Baptized in Fire

Oscar Yang

[oscaryang]

Rare I get to say this, but life has been beautiful as of late. Things have been coming together. Got my master’s degree, weightlifting has been great, and finishing school has immensely freed up my mental bandwidth. My social skills have leveled up a lot and I feel like every one of my friendships has improved drastically.

I’m also in a sweet spot where my past failures no longer haunt me. I’ve processed all of them, taken accountability, and they’re just part of who I am. They remind me every day to not be complacent and motivate me to be better.

Time to ride this wave as far as it will take me.

[oscaryang]

Some of the moments you perceive as your biggest disappointments or failures may actually be gifts. They give you a chance to learn lessons and recalibrate into a better version of yourself. Without those moments, you might not have ever had the catalyst to make those changes.

shittiest 6 months ever, but i feel like I’m the wisest, strongest, calmest, and most congruent I’ve ever been, and I know I still have more room to grow.

[oscaryang]

I just need to focus on finishing the last 6 weeks of this masters program that i’m tired of, move back home to cali, and start my career. Literally nothing else matters. Everything else is just meaningless noise.

[oscaryang]

Saddest 4 months of my life probably, but maybe the most meaningful 4 months of growth I’ve ever had, in so many different aspects of life. I feel like I gained as much wisdom and maturity in that time frame than I have in the last 2-3 years. It’s painful now, but I know in the future I’ll remember this time as pivotal and necessary.

[luthienne]

girl help i’m starting over again for the 1000th time & i’m beginning to think that life is a never-ending cycle of starting over & i actually have to make peace with that in order to move forward

[oscaryang]

Everything worth having takes time and effort.

[backinmy-body]

There was something about you that now I can’t remember It’s the same damn thing that made my heart surrender And I’ll miss you on a train, I’ll miss you in the morning I never know what to think about I think about you

[gallowhill]

David Oliveira - Dive, 2012

[love]

By use less useless words

[shizukais]

幽★遊★白書 1-12 (集英社文庫) ©冨樫義博

[oscaryang]

There was a time where music was so important to me that I would listen to hundreds of new songs every year and my spotify would be on all day. It feels like I’ve barely listened to any new music over the last 2-3 years. I know it’s very common that people look for new music less as they grow older, but I think it’s such a depressing idea to not want to ever listen to anything new.

I’m going to try to listen one new album every week or every other week. The pace doesn’t matter, as long as I make an effort 🤟

[oscaryang]

I wish I made better choices in who I chose to become friends with in my early 20s. It wasn’t all bad, but I do wish I invested less in some and more in others.

[venusianphase]

hate going into a store wearing clothes i got from there, like i’m their little bitch or something

[borderlinereminders]

Sometimes it’s necessary to stop trying for certain things. Stop trying to force relationships, to force feelings, and force things to be a certain way. Sometimes it’s needed to let go. For our own healing, mental health and overall quality of life.

[stonedvndconfus3d]

“Of this be sure: You do not find the happy life… you make it.”

— Thomas S. Monson (via thoughtkick)

[oscaryang]

Investing in yourself is arguably the most important rule in life. The people who think that is selfish are thinking too one-dimensionally on what that entails, what it will elicit, and what failure to do so looks like.

[coralinejones]

andrew garfield peter parker please come crack my back please my back hurts come grab me into your strong arms and crack my back please im begging andrew garfield peter parker c––