Project K

Life ain't all burritos & strippers, my friend.

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I know y’all heard that! 👏🏼👏🏼

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❤️

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“It’s possible to hope you succeed in life without hoping your neighbor fails.”

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Stop giving people the power to make you feel lesser than!

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•She•

I’ve hated She.

Hated nearly everything about She.

She’s too loud, She’s too ugly, She’s far too much.

She takes up space.

She doesn’t fit in, She tries too hard.

She wants to be liked, but She’s unlikeable.

She loves too hard, She wears her heart on her sleeve.

She’s clingy, & dramatic, & complicated.

But I love She.

It took me a while, but She grew on me.

She’s outgoing, She’s beautiful, She’s just enough.

She takes up space.

She stands out, She tries her best.

She wants to be liked, but She’s lovable.

She loves too hard, She’s open to love.

She’s needed, & concerned, & interesting.

I am She. She is me.

-Written by Katie ❤️

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I fuck with this song 🎶

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i’m joey

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#me #always

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Never without you. – Lukas W.

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Just because you're miserable with your life, doesn't mean you need to make everyone else miserable too. But I guess what they say is true: misery loves company.

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Everything Changes.

Everything changes. That two word sentence can either ruin your life or make your life. It's true though. Everything does eventually change. Whether for the good or the bad, nothing ever stays the same for long. Those friends that you've got, they'll change. They'll either become more & more supportive & loving or they'll stab you in the back. They'll either love you for who you are or leave you where you stand. Your group of friends will change too. You'll either add some new ones, or lose a few. Your family will change too. You'll either become that happy family you see on every Christmas card or you'll become the divided one no one likes to talk about. Your family will either become close-knit or distant. It'll happen, because everything changes Your job, your car, your life in general will change in time. You may have the same job for the rest of your life, but as innovation in the work force exists, things will change there. As time takes the toll on your car, changes will occur to it as well. Situations that happen in your life will cause things to be completely different in it. & most of all... You'll change too. It's not easy to accept change sometimes, but that's the beauty of it. You change with everything in your life that changes. Your perspective changes with every situation you go through, your dreams & goals change with every occurrence in your life. Your outlook on certain people or people as a whole changes with everything they do or society does. Your willingness to accept the changes in your life will even change. Your attitude towards things will change & your heart will change. As humans, we either adapt to survive or we change the place we're in to make it better for us. Being okay with the bad changes in our life is easy if only we do a little more changing to ourselves on how we plan to deal with it. Change your attitude toward the differences in your life & change your perspective to see that those friends that you lost, didn't really deserve you anyways. Change your heart to accept that sometimes people just don't work out & change your dream to finding someone who you do work out with. Don't be afraid of change. Embrace it. Do a little changing yourself. Change can & will be a good thing if you change your perspective a little.

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Being an Optimist Sucks....

It's really hard for a hopeful, optimistic person to hear bad news. Bad news is hard to hear, no matter what type of person you are, but it's especially bad for those of us that are positive, up-beat people. It's difficult to understand that something you've been so hopeful about for so long isn't going to turn out the way that you've expected it would. For an optimist, accepting defeat is just plain out of their character. Optimists don't know how to deal with negativity because they refuse to associate with it. When "tragedy" strikes, as it always does because that's life, optimists have a hard time accepting that the "tragedy" is even real. When someone tells such a positive person negative news, instead of accepting it & moving on with their life, we positive people still remain hopeful that things will work out. That would be fine, except for the fact that all we're really doing is setting ourselves up for failure. Being hopeful & putting that hope into certain situations is okay. It's just a matter of how much hope we put in. As for us optimists, we put hope after hope after hope into everything until we are actually defeated because we've put too much into something. We honestly don't know when enough is enough because we believe that if we hold out for a little while longer, that this time will be different. & it's really hard to accept that it won't be. It's not easy to convince an optimist that some things, no matter how hopeful you are about them, will never work out. There are definitely some downfalls to the optimistic way of life, but I think I'll stay an optimist. "In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip." - Daniel L. Reardon

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Comparing Your Ex to your Next

I compare my ex-boyfriend to everyone I meet. First of all, don't let that sentence fool you. This is not a post about lost love & how I'll never find someone like him ever again. Trust me, that's not me. I compare my ex to every new guy that comes into my life. Every potential love interest, every crush, every guy that I've been involved with romantically since him. But it's not like you'd think. You've probably heard the quote, "I look for you in everyone I meet". That is not the case here. I'm actually looking for just the opposite. When most girls do the mental comparison of their new flame to their old flame, they're looking for qualities that they both have. When I compare the two, I want my new guy to be completely different than my old guy. My ex was the perfect picture of love gone wrong. I can't deny that when it was good, it was okay. But when it was bad, it was awful. Sure, he was charming & funny. But he was also discouraging & manipulative & controlling & sometimes just downright mean. My ex hated when I sang in the car, because he couldn't hear the radio. I'm looking for a man that turns the radio down so that he can hear me better. My ex would get mad when I told jokes because he didn't think I was funny. I'm looking for a man who laughs at my jokes because he actually thinks I'm funny. My ex didn't like going out on dates because he said I always embarassed him. I'm looking for a man who takes me out because he wants to show me off because he's proud to have me. I think every girl should compare their new love interest to their absolute worst ex the way that I do. 'Cause nobody likes repeating history. When he told me I'd never find someone like him again.... I knew that I'd never want to.

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Conceited or Confident?

I hate it when I mention that I feel pretty today or when I tell someone that my hair looks good or when I say that my eyelashes are on point with this new mascara (currently) & people respond by telling me that I'm conceited! Excuse me, but since when are people not allowed to brag on themselves without being told that they're full of themselves? If people only knew how much I hated the way I look most days, they wouldn't be telling me I'm in love with myself when I brag on my looks every once in a while. When I hear someone talk about how they like their hair today or how the shirt they're wearing makes them look skinny, I get so excited for them. Like, "Yassss. Slay princess." There's a difference in being conceited & being confident. Don't get me wrong, there are people that are conceited & they talk so highly of themselves like their 💩 don't stink. The ones that usually rag on themselves for the way they look aren't conceited, they're confident. & there's nothing more beautiful than confidence from someone who's constantly hating on their appearance. Instead of tearing people down for having confidence in themselves for once, try keeping your mouth shut. Just because you aren't happy with the way you look doesn't mean you have to rag on the people that are. 🐸☕

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When You're Perpetually Picky

I am the perpetually picky girl & I’ll never change. I’m picky about everything, from the foods I eat to the pens & pencils I write with, to the way my make-up looks & even the way my pants lay over my shoes. I have a specific way that I want things & that’s just the way it is. Of all the things I’m picky about, I’m extremely picky about the guys I date. Some call it a curse, I call it a blessing.

“You’ll never find a boyfriend if you don’t stop being so picky.” -EVERYONE IN MY LIFE, EVER

I wish I were one of those girls who never wanted a boyfriend, & for the most part, I don’t. But being alone gets old & from time to time I can’t help but wonder when I’m going to find that special someone…. The thing is I don’t just want someone, I want The One.

I’m 21 & marriage is the last thing on my mind. But the way I see it, relationships end one of two ways: with marriage (on paper/unofficial, long-term courtship) or with a break-up. & break-ups are not my thing. Why be in a relationship with someone that you don’t see a future with? You’re either just wasting their time or your time, & time is a precious thing to waste. I won’t waste my time on someone I don’t see myself building a life with.

I’m only so picky, because I know exactly the kind of man I want. If you’re going to be picky about anything in this life, why not be picky about the person you plan on spending forever with? I may settle for less than I deserve in most categories in my life, but I’ll never settle for a man that makes me anything less than happy.

I know girls who will choose not to eat peas because of the way they squish when they eat them (I’m one of those girls), yet they’ll stay with a guy for years that they aren’t happy with (I’m not one of those girls). & I’ll never understand why they do that. There are other fish in the sea, so I urge people to be choosy about the fish they decide to swim with!

I’m not saying that the man you choose has to be perfectly perfect, because if that were the case, nobody would ever find a boyfriend. I know that no one is perfect & I don’t expect anyone to try. I know the man of my dreams will make mistakes & he’ll have flaws & we won’t always get along, but I don’t care if he’s perfect. What I’m worried about is if he’s perfect for me.

Yes, I’m picky about the guys I choose to date, & no, I’m never going to change. I'd rather be alone than with someone I'm not happy with.