#laura donovan

[grell-writes-stuff]

Idk this is essentially an OC dump at this point - and a very under-formed one at that

[monzzymoore]

Just because you’re having fun now doesn’t mean you’ll be punished with relentless misery to make up for the joy later.

Laura Donovan

[dimensionexplosion]

In New York, I looked forward to something interesting and unusual happening every day. I’d be serenaded by homeless men on the way to Dunkin’ Donuts, catcalled by the simian Second Avenue construction workers on the trek to the subway or bombarded with confusing messages from other transplants pretending to make it on an island that didn’t want or need them. If I missed a weekend out on the town, it felt like I had no one, which is perhaps the reason I willingly flung out of bed at any 2, 3, 4 a.m. text from an inebriated, demanding Wall Street type who’d settle for me after nothing better came around at the bars. I’d kick myself for coasting off those pathetic, empty shared hours during the weeks and months of silence that followed, but I had already been burned a lot, so what was another dud to add to the list? It takes more than a single instance to break a tough individual’s spirits, but small events can be the catalyst for unfortunate change.

Laura Donovan, "Why I Finally Chose Good Things Over Interesting Things"