2020
I’ve come to a point in life where I’ll probably never regularly use Tumblr again (this is my first post in years), but I think about this platform often and the comfort it brought in my late teens and early twenties. I’m grateful to have those years documented in a public blog, as silly as that sounds. It’s raw, dumb, and important that I can look back on this. If there’s one thing I could tell the Gwen that was on Tumblr religiously so many years ago, it’s that it does get better - So long as you put in the work. I spent so much time relying on hope that life would eventually improve itself. I wish I had been more introspective on what I valued and what made me happy and channeled that better into improving my well being. I also wish I had known that a consistently “great life” was unrealistic. Life is not without it’s hardships and bad days are inevitable, but it’s what you choose to do with those roadblocks and curves that can make the most of your brighter days. I have grown for the better. If anyone happens to read this, I wish you well, too.
