Today I learned...

Cornerstone is really hot.
La De Les is a wonderful band.
Listener is INCREDIBLE live.

Today I learned...

Cornerstone is hot.

Today I learned...

Cars are awesome.
I miss my boyfriend.
I'm a crazy person that starts driving to Cornerstone on a near-dead battery at 10PM.

Today I learned...

that keeping up with something can make you feel fantastic.

Today I learned...

to just breathe.

Today I learned...

Iowa's my best friend.

Today I learned...

I guess Fridays are okay. I like coming back to Illinois, now.

Today I learned...

Doctors can be fun.

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we can make this last.

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I have the motivation. I just need the means. Sometimes those things are very different.

Today I learned...

I'm going to have to handle this a lot. It'll be a process for sure. You don't get used to this. But you can learn how to deal with it. I hope that can be learned. I really do.

Today I learned...

something that I've known my entire life. My dad is awesome. Literally the best daddy in the world. I love him so much. I also have the coolest Grandpa(s) ever. I'm pretty lucky with family. They're rad.



Happy Father's Day!!

Today I learned...

I am the luckiest girl in the world. I have some of the coolest friends, and I don't mean to say that in a brag-gy way. The kids that I hang out with are just really legitimate people. I love them all. They're the ones that I know I can count on in any situation. We got this. We're all in this together. Bring life on.

Today I learned...

Good things come to those who wait.

Today I learned...

I have so much ahead of me.
Days go from bad to good and back again and again and again. There's no stopping it.

Today I learned...

that hard work pays off. So much. So so so so so so so so so muchhhhhhh.

Today I learned...

Lord of the Rings is still incredible.

Today I learned...

that you can focus on the bad or the good. You can focus on why you cried for two hours, or who made you smile for three minutes. You can focus on all the negative things, but when you realize that you like the positive things more, you start to only care about those things. I am starting to understand that perfection is boring - being myself is the truly interesting part. If that's not what someone wants, so be it. I can't please everyone. We all chose different paths, and the ones that matter to us are the ones that we should not be so afraid to take. We are all at different walks in our lives, and one person cannot hold another's chosen path against them for any reason. At some point, if our paths intertwine, they may not stay tangled together forever. And that is the wonder of choice. I can tell you about how I learned to grow a backbone and stand up for myself today, but I did not. Someone I was very close to in the past tried to hurt me, and at first it worked. But then I realized that everything they said to me had nothing to do with me - it was only what they wanted from me; something that was in the past and that I could not give them. When things are broken, they can be repaired, but it does not happen by pointing fingers - it happens by holding things together and letting everyone feel safe and human and alive.

Today I learned...

For all the things that I'm not prepared for, I am ready for something else that will get me there along the way. And that's how life cycles through. It's beautiful.

Today I learned...

I can still have fun. My friends are the coolest.

I jump to conclusions. And I want to learn how to worry less.

So in love.

Today I learned...

a lesson the hard way. But more importantly, I learned how to deal with a bad situation that I didn't know how to handle before; and that my friends are the best anyone could ask for.

Today I learned...

Chiropractors can do miracles. I feel so much better. But I should probably hold back on celebrating. Things could always go back to how they were. Ick.

Today I learned...

why I was so stoked yesterday. So worth it.

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that I can get ridiculously stoked about a castle when I don't even know what's in it.

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that it's someone's actual birthday. I thought it was fake. Oops.

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that some things are supposed to turn around.

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what it's like to actually get back what you lost. Not even two days went by and I was a mess. I have my better half.

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Waiting is the hardest part. Sometimes a wake up call is all it takes. But you have to wait for it.

Today I learned...

what it feels like to have to try to let go of the most important person to me outside of my family. And to have that person care that we were losing each other.

Today I learned...

time moves strangely.

Today I learned...

nothing of consequence. How to waste time and money. How to be a negative person for an entire 24 hour period.