On a personal note, I am just, doing really well right now. I feel like I spent a lot of time struggling and suffering in my teens and early 20s and moving my way up hill, but I might actually be able to see the top of the mountain?

Like, there’s this study that I sometimes think about that kids with dyslexia often do well in later life due to being able to connect things creatively and see things in “the big picture.” I used to cling to this idea when I was crying over tests and spending 8-hour days in the library, because I thought “one day this will pay off.”

And it may finally be paying off? Like, I’ve been planting these seeds and patiently working hard and it may finally be time to watch them bloom! I have a job I love, and I am finally publishing my works, and I am moving to a new city. I dunno, if you told me at 16 that I would make it to 25 I wouldn’t believe you.

If you told me at 16 I could be stable and content I would have simply started crying. It really does get better.