I’ve had a couple real talks with various people over the past few weeks and it’s all been centered around this: your utmost goal in this life should be to maximize and promote self-growth. 

The last place you want to be is twenty years down the line on a couch eating microwave dinners, getting lost in escapism, and dreading having to deal with your spouse, your children, your job. YOUR LIFE.

I’ve been lazy, I know. I’ve been intimidated by my own capabilities and possibilities. But this is coming to an end. I have grown, especially in this past year and I’m going to keep on keeping on.  Watch me. This is it and I’m going to get out of life all that I can and want. I’m going to bleed myself dry (in the good way).

Another point I want to bring up is that relationships are extremely important to this self-growth. If the people you surround yourself with do not bring out your best qualities or push you to being an excellent being then maybe you need to recheck your ties. Relationships should be comfortable and loving and full of nourishment. If your people cannot cherish or appreciate you then what is it all for?

Growth is a whole process. It’s not hard, you just have to want it and go get it.

n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.

(Source: dictionaryofobscuresorrows, via natashaeatshotdogs)