DiscoverinGenius

I'm Anastasia, 22 y.o. living the post-grad life. I like using the iPhone camera, cooking, re-reading Harry Potter, having iced coffee, and discussing science. On your average Monday you can find me in the lab pipetting solutions.

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Learn the art of growing without losing your inner child.

(via purplebuddhaquotes)

[discoveringenius]

Was watching The Umbrella Academy on Netflix with the significant other and there was this one female character who, unlike her siblings, didn’t have any superpowers. Sometimes I feel like that character. No superpowers, just so ordinary.

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Original Content

In the coming year I will be posting more of my own content here.

I love writing and I enjoy taking pictures, so more of that to come!

Let’s go 2019!!!

[discoveringenius]

Just Try

There’s something that happens to people in life where afterwards they are not the same people. They look the same and sound the same but they are so so different.

I look in the mirror and I recognize myself, but I look at the conscious being in my body and I don’t recognize it. Have I always been this crazy? Have I always been such a coward? Did I always make excuses for myself? When did I become so mean and harsh on others? What actually happened to me?

It’s a transformation that I do not wish upon the enemy. I cannot tell if I’ve simply learned all these new things about myself that have always been there but I ignored or if these odd traits appeared post trauma? Either way it would mean that what ever I am today has always been a part of me. A change in circumstance elicited these poor qualities to surface, thus there is hope for a reversal.

I know that I do not wish to be the person I am today. I know that I want to be my better self. But how do I move forward? How do I not become a monstrous adult that everyone eventually succumbs to? 

It scares me pants-less to think about how many people must have drowned in their own selves, never letting themselves shine for the world. I do not wish for that fate for anyone, certainly not for myself. Hence there’s only one thing to do and that is to try. Giving a chance to my best self once more, despite the protests of others, despite the haters pushing my head down into misery. Trying is my only weapon.

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#36

Life is temporary. The things you do have the potential to be remembered forever. Focus on doing the things you want to be remembered by.

[discoveringenius]

All the places I've grown.

I've graduated college, traveled to my homeland for the first time in seven years, hugged my favorite grandma, broke up with someone, made it a quarter way through my first job, traveled to Spain, fell madly in love, rented my first apartment, got diagnosed with a heart problem, met the best people you'll ever meet, and the worst, got cured from the heart problem, continued to stay madly in love, and after all this the only thing keeping me sane is twirling like a ballerina in the middle of the kitchen and making my right ladybug slipper talk to the left one.

Life hits you like a big yellow school bus as you're crossing the street on a green light.

Keep your wits about you, think fast, think slow, go wild, stay in bed for two days straight, do anything that keeps you you. That was not a typo, do anything to maintain your self. That's probably the most difficult part of living. If you've got that down, nothing can get you down - not even a big yellow school bus.

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[purplebuddhaquotes]

Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive. It becomes a habit after you realize how peaceful and calm it is. It’s like you don’t want to deal with people anymore because they drain your energy.

Jim Carrey (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)

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