#young adulthood

[heavensickness]

Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

#Shitposting #Young adulthood

[bitstitchbitch]

a lot of shitty, world-changing and nation-changing events have happened in my lifetime (9/11, 2008 recession, all of 2016, global pandemic). The American Dream I was promised as a child doesn’t exist, and never really did for most Americans. I understand why people in my generation just give up, throw their hands in the air and stop trying to make the world better. I understand because it would be really fucking easy for me to do the same. but back when I was a teenager I promised myself that I wouldn’t give up. So I rebel by being happy. I rebel by educating myself. I rebel by being kind. I rebel by volunteering. I rebel by showing up every day and trying. And even when I fuck things up, I try again the next day. Maybe I won’t change the world a lot, but I can change it in little, tiny ways. I can change it for myself and my friends and family. I know things are rough. But apathy is the enemy. Look how much better life is now than it was 100 years ago. You don’t have to do much. Just being present makes a difference.

#Volunteering #make the world a better place #philosophy #life advice #growing up #young adulthood #happiness #politics #US politics #pandemic

[reviewinghiccup]

BECOMING CHIEF || HTTYD MOVIES | BREAKING DOWN HICCUP (DEEP TALK)

Blog Post Title : Breaking Down Hiccup (Deep Talk)

Blog Post Series No.: #1

Title : How to Train Your Dragon 2

Disclaimer: This isn't a full review on HTTYD 2 the movie.

Once again, Hiccup floating in the air, gliding through the skies on Toothless, seamlessly flying on invisible currents is cathartic. I just wish I could breathe air that clear and fresh. I wonder if some time away from everything will make it easier to make tough decisions.

So far, I don't think I address the question on whether Hiccup wants to be chief. My reviews on Riders of Berk refer to the village's changing perspective of Hiccup and them taking to him as leader. I don't think I've discussed whether Hiccup wants the job. Besides, that question isn't material at the time and space ROB was just yet. Hiccup was still, a kid.

In HTTYD 2, we know he doesn't want to be chief because he still feels lost. Incomplete. His thirst for adventure continues and he will harken to anything calling his name (apart from his dad). But Astrid's advice rings true. He has had so many missions, adventures, discoveries in ROB, DOB and RTTE but they did not quench or answer the inner call to "Who am I?"

Even for us, sometimes wanderlust is just a distractions to the grand scheme of responsibilities we are suppose to take on to answer the question we keep asking.

Believing that being chief isn't innately him, is the very doubt that causes him to discount how much of a born leader he is.

"I was so afraid of becoming my dad, mostly because I never thought I could. How, how do you be someone that great, that brave, that selfless? I guess, you can only try," Hiccup says at his father's funeral.

Self-doubt is the thief of destiny. As such, even after his father's passing, Hiccup struggled to step into the role, to feel worthy of it, until Valka said that his father always knew he was going to be great.

"He always said you would become the strongest of them all and he was right. You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon only you can bring our worlds together. That is who you are, son."

A CHIEF PROTECTS HIS OWN

You see. This may sound like news to Hiccup, but for those who have been following his story, he has always been brave and selfless. He protected Berk and his riders, diving to their rescue even at the expense of precious treasures.

Even to the extent of protecting day-to-day relationships. Like what he did for Snotlout at Thawfest, the encouragement he brings to Fishlegs, the validation he gives the Twins. Training dragons to live w Berkians. Defending Berkians. Saving anyone that needs saving. Helping anyone that needs help. Without question or quandary.

He thought that the answer to Who am I was out there, but it was in him all along. And when you are this blind to all your attributes, the only way to answer the all-asking question is by stepping out of your comfort zone.

He has always protected his own. It started w his undying loyalty to Toothless, protecting him from day one.

I hate that Stoick's death had to happen, but it was that drastic nudge forcing Hiccup into the shoes he was always meant to fill.

Parts of me feel like I understand Hiccup, 15-year-old Hiccup and 20-year-old Hiccup because I AM HICCUP. Sure, I don't have a village to run and no legacy to fulfil, but boy am I afraid to do something because I don't think I can.

This show just speaks to me because I hear that same internal struggle tugging at my heart. Where do I fit in this world of very definable squares?

But maybe that's the answer I need to hear. That to find it, I have to go towards it. And to believe, that "this destiny" was mine all along.

#how to train your dragon 2 #deep talk #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #Hiccup #Hiccup x Astrid #Stoick's Death #Valka #HTTYD #HTTYD 2 #Destiny thy name is Hiccup #Hiccstrid moment #sweet Hiccstrid moment #Snotlout cheering for Hiccup when he becomes chief is so wholesome #breaking down hiccup #reviewing hiccup #existential crisis #young adulthood #growing pains #growing up #fulfilling destinies and legacies

[m1ndnumb1ngnostalg1a]

It’s 2 days away but I am already dreading Monday…

#favorite things #aesthetic #indie sleaze #girlcore #2010s internet #2011 #early internet #house show #young adulthood #party scene #adventure #memories #nostalgia #glitter #2014 tumblr #soft grunge #pale #2014 soft grunge #2014 sleaze #skins #old web

[uljherishte]

Based on “dog thoughts” by Anna Haifisch.

⁺˳✧༚

Wake Up Sid was a very surprising movie. It was released in a very brief period where movies about mundane love and small things were well received within the Bollywood industry (this is my personal theory and I've no evidence to back it up) — it didn’t have spicy dance numbers and action scenes, it didn’t have a thrilling, action filled plot. But in the two hours or so that it demands from the audience, it unravels a beautiful story about the transformation of a man-child, the development of a childish love in a woman that is steadfastly mature, and what it means to carve out your place in this world as a clueless, newly minted adult — all against the backdrop of a Bombay that waiting for the monsoons again.

Iktara is a kind of song that’ll stick around in your brain, as it has definitely stuck around in my mind. I was charmed by it as a kid and I’m even more charmed by it now, now that the words actually resonate with me. I’m roughly in the age range that Sid and Aisha were in this movie (a fact that baffles me), and I have nothing but love and admiration for Shankar-Esaan-Loy for writing such a song — and for Konkona Sen Sharma for portraying someone I would’ve been in an alternate universe. I've translated the first few lines below; perhaps you can see what makes this song so special.

Oh re manva tu toh bawra hai,

Tu hi jaane tu kya sochta hai,

Tu hi jaane tu kya sochta hai, bawre,

Kyu dikhaaye, sapne tu, sohte jaagte?

Oh mind of mine, you are but a fool,

Only you know what you think of,

Only you know what you think of, you fool,

Why do you show me dreams, sleeping and waking?

#original writing #webweaving #young adulthood #growing up #wake up sid #south asian poetry #south asian literature #dog thoughts

[outstanding-quotes]

Bright yet vague. She is perhaps twenty-two. She is shabby.

Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room

#virginia woolf #jacobs room #another one about being 22! #english literature #quote #literature #lit #prose #fiction #novel #young adulthood

[ivynotpoisonous]

Longing 'till the point I throw up

#longing #yearning #on yearning #on longing #on loneliness #young adulthood #young adult #single #sadness #on sadness #quotes #tumblr

[dyslexic-asexual]

I need more friends I need people to hang out with and support me and do stupid shit with me and cook mediocre food with me bc it tastes better together I need people to take weird pictures of and to take weird pictures of me I need people to sit in a parked car with and yell lyrics to songs I need people to be platonically in love with I need shitty crafts given as birthday presents I need long walks out in nature making up games I need comfortable silence broken only by quoting obscure references I need knowing looks and stifled giggles and confident I love yous

#mental health #social anxiety #young adulthood #being in your 20s #20 something

[raincamp]

storytime, i dropped out of highschool and failed most of my classes, but i technically graduated early because i took my GED and passed all my tests and pretests first try with flying colors (no classes/ extra lessons needed)

I qualified for some state college scholarships but I didn't take them up on it because I wasn't made for academics. Sometimes i feel like a failure because I didn't make it through school like everyone else my age did, but sometimes the school system fails people, especially neurodivergent and mentally ill kids, and thats not a reflection on you or your intelligence.

despite all this i have an apartment at 20 and am working towards my dream career. what's important is the hard work and resilience you put in to succeed even if that path is wildly different to what everyone's saying it should be. its ok if you struggle if you keep trying, you didnt fail the system, the system failed you.

#storytime #neurodivergent #school #college #academics #relatable #highschool dropout #young adulthood #growing up

[mrsblackruby]

Guys would you be surprised if I told U I had low empathy because I actually have low empathy. But I try so hard to be empathetic. I’m also a compulsive lair but I’m trying so hard to fix that. These are just some of my trauma responses. people are usually surprised to find out about them because i combat them so hard but guys I promise they are high functioning. I try my best to compensate by actively trying to be outwardly honest and understanding when I can but it’s not in my nature. It’s just not. I feel bad about how impulsive I can be. I also feel bad about how I can intentionally/ unintentionally hurt others sometimes. Pls let me know if I’m being a dick. I’m trying to work on it. I want to love and be loved by people I care about. And try my best to care about their boundaries more. I just want understanding I hate being written off as just a bad person. I’m really trying. To be even more honest it’s hard for me to feel regret for things I’ve done; even if I know they were “wrong”. I beat up on myself a lot but I still don’t like feeling shame.

#this isn’t targeted at anyone but my brain #low empathy #impulsive #anger issues #compulsive liar #actually traumatized #recovery is possible #life quotes #life motivation #9teen #young adulthood #survivor #mental health

[ahkavia]

i don’t rate, i just listen (vol 1)

(deeply personal) opinion written 5/6/23

The Lonny Breaux Collection 

Frank Ocean 

Released April 2011

On the project 

This project feels like teenage ambition, like when you’re an adult trying to be an adult (for the first time). Excited and impatient. Bright and unscathed. It feels like 2 weeks before a blessed new chapter. Like right after you settle into self. Bliss comes only after that surrender. Frank’s ability to produce this many quality songs lets me know that only time and patience can take me where I wanna be. You can feel his commitment to practice throughout this project.  However short or long, you know you gotta keep going. You hear him smashing influences and technicality into his unique sound, his own creation. Though in alphabetic order, the songs feel like an expansion of the one before-not in the sense of storytelling or BPMs, but of a piece that strengthens the project in its entirety. It feels like an eagerness to express himself. 

Creatively, this collection is inspiring. As an artist, I scrap so much of my work. I sometimes fear imperfection and end up denying myself an opportunity to see my vision in full actualization. His collaborations with talents like James Fauntleroy are foundational to where r&b/Alt R&B and pop music is today. In looking at where they stand today, I understand the value of connecting with others creatively, I see that our creations are more beautiful when made together. This project displays the vulnerability of Frank’s growth as a writer and as an artist. It's playful and deep, It’s relatable but it feels like an alternate universe, like what may become. You easily recognize the cohesiveness of everyone that collaborated to create these songs. 

This project grounds me because you can hear 2011 In this- the grind before the perfect emergence of new tools for expression, with Tumblr gaining strength as a platform in 2013 with 13 billion yearly listeners. This sound and creativity contributed to this greatly. This project feels exactly like the years leading to a refreshing creative scene. It feels like the wave of exploration and training/practicing/work in anticipation of something big. It was transformation, preparation for something I had never experienced. Those times prepared me for where I am now, especially creatively.

project moodboard (all images via pinterest/not mine)

Frank's letter to himself (2011)

On me

The past year has felt like flowing into my sense of self. I learned that you just have to move forward. There are no rules to how fast you move. I met everything I was fighting not to shed, the core of my protecting force. I learned that most of who I am exists outside of me and that a home is a place where you feel most like you. Undeniably, boldly, happily you. I rejected rest to deflect from how deep I needed to go to get over myself. As I discovered my being, the warping of my self-understanding stretched me. I was confused and wounded in so many ways. 

Spiritually, I faced truths and redefined love, and gave it up to do the healing work. I couldn’t take what didn’t truly feel like me. Some things came back and some I parted ways with. I chose vulnerability once, and I choose it often now. The pain built my agility. Perseverance mirrored my weathering. I extended patience to myself because I had no choice. My mind was-is- always emulsifying, rest was only met when immense exhaustion and almost never accompanied relaxation. With an eye over my shoulder and a blade in my hand, I was protecting emotions with logic. I failed time and time again until I was certain. There was no half-doing in this. I felt every emotion and I sat in it, I tried and tried again. I gave myself the gift of surrender. 

Community is a topic that’s been at the center of my life lately. I had to discover what was stopping me from being who I knew I was despite not feeling it then. The value of those who I experience life with is so much greater than I was allowing myself to embrace. I often felt alone. It wasn’t loneliness but a habit of maintaining distance from those around me. In many rights, it felt like I had no one to guide me- no older siblings, mentors, or sponsors. I didn’t have any close examples of a lifestyle I desired. I had to feel my way through. 

While this is true in the tangible sense, I constantly found myself in “lucky” situations where just who or what I needed was right there.  Even if I had marched forward through 80% of the work needed to meet a desire, that 20% that came from the assistance of those outside of me was immensely influential, I learned that I need people and that I have the power to nurture an organic and loving community around me. I learned to embrace those around me leaning into those that come in my life and those that leave. I found balance in being present and enjoying what was in front of me. I learned that by denying myself of that experience, I denied myself an experience to truly know myself. 

Revisiting The Lonny Breaux Collection took me on a journey of Frank's growth, each chapter documented within his art. It reminds me that everything that is is here because of everything that was. It commemorates the last of an era, with a name change and an undeniably unique sound that would shape his legacy in music. 

Themes & tags:

Community

Young Adulthood

Creativity

Personal Transformations

Aquarius 

The 11th House 

Internet community

Openness

Personal Power

Abundance

Foundation building 

Patience

Divine Timing

Personal Development

Ahkavia.

On the series:I don’t rate, I just listen is basically: album reviews/assessments/concepts. detailing my takeaways, likes, commentary etc. may include a mood board for albums that give the feel that I embody when listening ie food, textures, smell, feelings, colors and moments. enjoy!

#writing #Community #Young Adulthood #Creativity #Personal Transformations #Aquarius #The 11th House #Internet community #Openness #Personal Power #Abundance #Foundation building #blackblog #frankocean #thelonnybreauxcollection #2011 #blackartist #playlistcurator #Patience #Divine Timing #Personal Development #ahkavia

[dosa-sambhar]

Hey everyone do you also get the desire to simply not exist, not in a I want to kms way but in a I don't want to be alive rn

#miseries of young adult hood #miseries of young adulthood #young adults #young adulthood #desi households #desi kids #relatable

[everythingilearned]

#humor #memes #funny #meme of the day #truth #spongebob #spongebob squarepants #internet humor #20s #life #young adulthood #emotional maturity #marriage #love

[peppergirlsworld]

#my first post #mpreg #clippy #illustration #the beginning of a beautiful tumblr youth #millennial #young adulthood #late twenties #just made my first real tumblr

[uljherishte]

Arguably one of my most listened-to, favorite songs. Rahman, just how did you create this? How did you capture the sadness of wanting what you love to stay the same, even though you know it won’t?

#webweaving #original writing #south asian literature #south asian poetry #friendships #young adulthood #rehna tu #ar rahman #uljherishte #Spotify

[open-your-heart-and-your-eyes]

Music is one of those things that makes me feel like I’m truly young

I dance like I’m in a club full of people, even when I’m by myself in my room.

I feel the lights, the heat of a hundred bodies in a crowded room, the smell of booze creeping through the sterile air around me.

The heat is coming from nothing else but the energy that burns through me alone.

My heart aches for lovers I’ve never had and for souls I’ve never crossed paths with.

For the love that has left me in pieces.

For the love I would die without.

My blood boils for lovers who have done me wrong.

I become the people I’ll never be.

I feel raw, dirty but unadulterated,

wild, sexy

Desired, powerful,

Rebellious

Reckless

Angry

Forlorn and mournful

Beautiful

I am overcome with the energy and passion that evades me in everyday life.

I radiate the light that’s trapped inside me, the light that life has tried to suffocate a thousand times

As I lose myself in the beautiful catharsis and briefly tour the short musings of a thousand souls.

Youth overcomes me and the aches of impending old age and sorrow fall away.

For a short time, I am nothing more or nothing less than free…

I am YOUNG.

#musings #rock music #rock and roll #metalcore #asking alexandria #fall out boy #danny worsnop #concert #maneskin #free verse #music #poetry #i guess #youth liberation #young adulthood #we three #scene queen rocks