I continue reading from my junior year AP English journal. I run into some problematic life outlooks. I was consistently looking forward to “finally finding happiness,” and looking for it through romantic relationships. I also had very ignorant opinions about mental illness, glorifying exercise as a solution. I can see where this pattern of “pushing through” emotional discomfort started developing. Holding myself with lots of love for the things I didn’t know back then. Learning to find happiness within myself.

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