At your age, everyone who thinks they know what they are going to do in 10 years will end up doing the opposite. Part of growing up is making mistakes and starting over. That’s when you’ll figure it out. Don’t force it and to hell with everyone trying to tell you what to do. It’ll come to you, and when you feel it in your gut, you’ll know exactly what you’re supposed to be doing with the rest of your life.
| night before school: | i want to look attractive tomorrow |
| morning of school: | nevermind |
i am terrified at what next month and beyond holds. i’m not ready.
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Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.
- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via suavium)
