Shell’s Journal

I love me-time and hobbies — it keeps me alive

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[izzines]

i'm gonna make them so proud.

quote, @plumslices \\ i will, mitski \\ photo from pinterest \\ never grow up, taylor swift \\ photo from pinterest \\ quote, lalah delia \\ the best day, taylor swift \\ photo from pinterest \\ quote, @mounaks (could not find their acc) \\ both last photos from pinterest

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Slowly, I will learn what it means to be kind to myself.

[efemeralis]

We have poems, films, and endless songs about romantic love and the shattering when it ends. But friendship? The quiet, unassuming love that sees the whole of you — that holds your history in its palms — that’s the grief no one writes for.

When a friend leaves, it is not just absence, it is an amputation. A part of me that spoke my language without translation is suddenly silent. And who do I turn to when the very person I would have told is the one I’ve lost?

We’ve crowned romantic love as the highest form of devotion, while friendship waits in the shadows, under-acknowledged, misunderstood in its vastness. But I have oceans of love for my friends — for my platonic lovers — and I am told to keep it contained, lest it be “too much.” Too much for what? For whom?

Yes, everything ends. But my friends have shaped the way I move through the world. They live in the cadence of my voice, in the corners of my wardrobe, in my music, my films, my shelves of books.

I stir a certain sauce and I am back in their kitchen. Their birthday comes and I remember. I hear their laughter, still, like a ghost that haunts my waking hours and dreams.

How do you grieve a love no one talks about? Am I alone in this unspoken sorrow, this tender and painful longing?

If they were still here, I would tell them.

[shellsjournal]

Happy March everyone! A powerful month l for all the powerful ladies in the world! Women will conquer the world, i just know it

February recap: a month full of big surprises and changing plans. not only did i start college, but ive changed a course i never thought i’d drop. also a month full of dates (well it was february isnt it?), baking valentine sweets, painful studying and lots of sad hours. hopefully march will treat me better.

[shellsjournal]

my bestfriend said shes craving green tea, so i painted her one :) her sweet 17th with sweet puns

- March 2021

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do you smell tht? *sniff sniff* it’s love in the air! owh, and glitter! i hope this month is sprinkled with lots of love, laughter and sweet stuffs! lets all make quarantined valentines a good memory!

- February 2021

[shellsjournal]

Wait it’s February already?

The month of love is here! Cheers to a beautiful month filled with flowers, chocolates, and love ofc ;D Go and shoot your shot, or even tell your friends you love em! Love has no boundaries

january recap: january flew by so quickly that it seems like we’ve just celebrated new years yesterday. a month full of accounting, cute kdramas, baking for my sweet tooth, hugs i dont want to let go and rambling nonsense at night with the loml which made me so so happy

- February 2021

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Ive never been so blessed to continue this art account for 2 years. Thank you for showing support — from liking, commenting, following or even just scrolling through my feeds. Every big to small gestures are as meaningful as ever. Happy 2 years!

- 2 February 2021

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When i get super anxious, i tend to scribble messy flowers.

then i remember i read somewhere, that flowers symbolizes a gentle and fragile nature.

now that i think of it, ive had a rough couple of days. and im pretty sure anything could make me collapse at this point, even with a soft little nudge.

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It’s 2 am. And im getting teary eyed over a boy. And no, not because he just broke my heart. But because hes everything ive always asked for. It just feels so surreal...? Tell me, what did i do to get so lucky?

- i better marry him, Excerpt from a book i’ll never write (Jan 2021)

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Among Us cards in detail!

- January 2021

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Among Us Greeting Cards!

christmas cards for 7 of my special friends

- made in December 2020 tho

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AHHH it’s January! I hope this month will be as colourful and sparkling as these crystals

december recap: a super magical month to end 2020. it really is the most magical time of the year. december was full of hugging cuddling my loved ones, meeting up with my hilarious friends, christmas baking, fangirling over kdramas, lovey dovey dates and prioritising my me-time again. quarantined xmas and new year wasnt so bad after all :)

- January 2021

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even though were celebrating christmas and new years in a lockdown, it still seems pretty magical huh? dont forget to hug ur loved ones close (and super tight) 🥺

- January 2021