Relentlessly self-aware.
11/27/15 My memories are marked by the friendships that accompanied different seasons of my life. Some, have been present for many and continue to do so now. While others faded – for better or for worse – and now no longer stand. Similar to most I would assume, I have a terribly hard time when […]
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11/22/2015 Until yesterday, I had never eaten something from a cafe before. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I will never be a true Canadian since I can’t eat at Tim Horton’s, and I will never be too “basic” since I can’t buy Starbucks and Instagram it. And yet, I still have […]
Read More11/15/15 I met a guy a couple of weeks ago who, after finding out I had a peanut allergy, looked at me and said “You’re the reason I couldn’t bring peanut butter sandwiches to school! I’ve never met one of you before!”. His enthusiasm provided the entertainment for our entire “Friendsgiving” dinner. *** When I decided to […]
Read More11/12/15 Experiencing anxiety is a lot like being in a room full of people who are all scared of the dark, but when the lights are switched on you’re the only one who forgets it’s okay to stop being afraid. That’s the frustrating part – because everyone experiences fear, but anxiety is irrational – it’s […]
Read More11/9/15 //You can move all over the world but regardless of whatever your life looks like it’s still the places you left that pushed you into whoever you are.// High School’s a lot like that 1st part-time job you never fully decided if you liked or not. You don’t hate it and you meet some […]
Read MoreYou don’t have to be single, but you do have to be independent.
Read MoreFrom a day spent staring at mountain tops and thinking, maybe this is it. (and by ‘it’ I mean everything)
Read Morefrom 2015. Vulnerability seeks a companion, and confidence can often appear in solitude. Maybe that’s why people tend to keep their distance from things that require more than the usual attention. If I had to choose, right now I’d choose to be alone. I am comfortable with silence, and the fact that my bed sheets […]
Read Morefrom 2015. I can’t pinpoint where I fell in love with him. Maybe it was in that parking lot when it was raining. Maybe it was in places I was too preoccupied to notice. But I lost him in pieces, everywhere. I lost him between the distance that one summer, I lost him on the […]
Read MoreMy ex’s brother tried to give me relationship advice at a party about a year ago. He said, to expect 40% but always give 60%. It was one of the key’s to a relationship – always giving more than you are expecting in return. And if both partners are consistently operating around these percentages, there […]
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Love, Ashley. 