There’s so much pressure these days to declare a major and focus right away, but I think college is supposed to be about exposing yourself to new ideas and new pathways in order to find which one fits you best.”
“Trying to find closure in a situation can keep you locked in that very situation and prevent you from rolling on, because now you’re looking at the person, or thing, or experience they hurt you so much and asking that very same thing to make the hurt better. You are looking to what made you feel incomplete in the first place and now asking it to make you whole.”
― How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever’s Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things
― How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever’s Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things
“Don’t encourage people to blame you for something beyond your control.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“Life doesn’t get easier you just get stronger”
― Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison
― Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison
“You can protect it all, but if you turn around and look back and what you see is no longer America, then what is it for.”
― The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
― The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
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