Moethiriwin - Madein.June

picture this

you’re in your late-20’s, early-30’s; you’re married and have two young kids. together, you live in a large house in the countryside. the house could use renovating, but it doesn’t need it.

wildflowers grow all over your large property. bees buzz by, but never sting. they make honey for your family to sell and enjoy.

in your backyard is a garden. you and your spouse wear overalls and bandanas while you harvest the fruits and vegetables you’ve worked so hard on; you sell whatever you don’t eat.

next to the garden is a pasture: you raise cows, bunnies, sheep, and chickens. you’ve taught your children to collect eggs every morning, while you and your spouse milk the cows.

although you have technology, wifi, and service, your family doesn’t rely on it for entertainment and communication. you play board games, read books, and write letters.

your house is your own. you fall asleep in the arms of the person you love, happily content with life.

This is how much 2018 has aged us all.

Things I Would Tell My High School Self (About Writing)

Accept criticism. It’s hard. I still struggle with it even now.

Write for yourself, not for others. It will make criticism easier.

It’s okay to love your characters. Don’t be embarrassed by your writing. Embrace it. Let it change.

Writing is not a competition. Don’t think of it as a popularity contest. We’re all struggling to create together.  

You’ll be 24 one day, working a full-time desk job and not be a published author. This is OK. Measure your successes in small units, and eventually, it will all work out.

Don’t expect everything to come together overnight. You’ll finish a book, a series, or some other project…you can be proud of it and everything as well! But…chances are, you’ll look at it again in two years and scrap it all. (And I did.)  

Really, you aren’t going to be a prodigy writer. You still need to grow up, see the world, and understand other people. Give yourself time to work out your craft. Grow up. Mature. Embrace others.

You probably won’t be famous either…but as long as your story puts a smile on someone’s face, isn’t that enough?  

Age is not a measure of success.

“Darling, you deserve it all. You deserve love and peace and magic and joy dancing in your eyes. You deserve hearty, deep belly laughter and the right to let those tears fall and water the soil. You deserve freedom and goodness and company and days of bliss and quiet too. You deserve you happy and healed and content and open. So keep going. Go realize into being the life you deserve.”

— Unknown

how to be more present🌙

take more moments throughout the day to just focus on your breathing.

notice the things other people would normally just glance over.

let go of expectations. holding onto expectations means that you’re holding onto an “idealized” or “perfect” reality, which means that you’re not in the present. often we are left disappointed when these expectations are not met.

be grateful for the things you have, and stop wishing for your life to be different.

don’t sweat the small stuff. don’t dwell on the small unfortunate yet irrelevant moments that we’ll most likely forget about!!

notice the negative thoughts floating in your mind and replace them with loving ones.

take one step at a time. you might not be where you want to be at the moment, but you will get there. and it might not feel like it, but you’re making progress.

forget about the past and the future. many things such as shame or anxiety keep us pulled away from the current moment.

take more time out of your day to do the things you love!!

get away from the digital world more often.

do self care! make sure to take care of your health, physical and mental before anything else.

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