"This was the year I learned to no longer depend on other people to get by, nor be stubbornly independent without any help from anyone or anything. This was the

"This was the year I learned to no longer depend on other people to get by, nor be stubbornly independent without any help from anyone or anything. This was the

Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating.

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Love does the job. travelling too. writing does it. music. Also art, whisky, dark-coloured flowers and watching the landscape change in October. Driving on a sm