Each day around 11:03,

I reach for a hit of permission.

 

I’m usually bored or stuck or displeased,

and the ashtray just sits in my kitchen.

 

I inhale the vapor of freedom and power

and all of the words I’ve been missin’.

 

Part of me asks Who are you without it?

I exhale the courage to listen.

 

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A few things I’m thankful for:

- My coworkers

- Traveling back to places I used to call home

- Kiki’s

 

 

Pop culture things I’m thinking about:

- Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr

- Actors on Actors ft. Greta Lee and Andrew Scott

- The Schiaparelli robot baby (Schiaparelli in general)

- “Constant Repeat” by Charli XCX (a true bop)

 

 

A random journal entry:

9.16.23

the answer will be found in the calm deep

not in the choppy shallow

 

 

Something to practice:

Doing less.

 

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Thanks for reading :) Talk again soon.