madelaku

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”

Søren Kierkegaard

February 2023

Hello friends, here are some things I’ve been thinking about:

  • Age is just a number that you choose.
  • I have some pretty great friends. What did I do to deserve such good people in my life, who will show up to celebrate my birthday and invite me to celebrate theirs?
  • You know what else is great? Figs. I love figs. I was sad this week, and then I ate some figs, and now I feel great. Dried figs. Fresh figs. Candied figs on fruit tarts. Fig jam on pizza. (But not Fig Newtons, those are gross.) I just LOVE. FIGS.
  • People aren’t always who you think they are. I always thought of this more negatively, as in I’d think some people are great initially, but later find out that they’re actually super shady. Lately, I’ve been seeing the flip side, where I’ve been surprised that some people are much more kind and sincere and genuine than I thought previously.

Anyway, birthday celebrations and other good things aside, I feel like this has been a tough month. I’ve been wanting to curl up on my couch, watch Netflix all day, and not talk to anyone. But that’s just life, I guess. The highs are high, and the lows are low. If things were always mid, we’d be flatlined/dead.

Let’s get through this together, alright? Until next time.

-M