iam reading this and iam reading you and there's so much love it's making me want to call my friends. wenyi reading your post is equivalent to me eating ice cream for breakfast maybe better
This is so beautiful and so full of love and I love the little tip of writing three things to be grateful for. I too struggle with this idea that when things are going too well, it means something bad is coming. This is just what I needed with my morning coffee🖤
Thank you so much! And I think what helped me most was realizing the opposite was true too - if things are going poorly, then good things are on the horizon :) so it's better to focus on the moment when things r well and to hold on + wait when things r bad. (But ofc it still takes a very conscious effort to remember hahaha)
thank you for writing this! i feel relieved knowing that writing about joy is a collective struggle and glad to be reminded that it can start from the little things of everydayy
"If I cannot hold onto these blessings, I can at least trace their outline with my pen." so um yet again you've split my soul, wenyi. this is such a lovely + acute representation of why i write.
Lovely read. Ah yes, *the fear*. When I went from precarity to relative stability, I wondered if the fear was every gonna go away. It goes dormant and rears up when things get shaky, but a good thing to remember is that you are capable of making your life better. You did it before, you can do it again. Happy for your continued success!
I click on your pieces when I need some relief. This one, in particular, gave me so much of it. Every single line you write is powerful, pointed, poised. It's all so deep and meaningful. Have I told you before that if your words were in a book that belonged to me, every line highlighted, underlined, annotated?
You always write exactly what I need to hear. I don't know how else to explain it. "There is love in that muscle memory" moved me so deeply. Thank you for sharing, <3
Thank you so so much I want most of my writing to have a sense of peace and hope in them so I'm so glad it comes across. If I ever publish a book you are first on the list to get a copy (although I hope this also means if u publish a book I'll get a copy too) <3
i believe in you, wenyi. you’ve kept going, even when it was hard, even when you didn’t feel ready. you’ll do great, because you’ve always found a way. <3
iam reading this and iam reading you and there's so much love it's making me want to call my friends. wenyi reading your post is equivalent to me eating ice cream for breakfast maybe better
thank u so much 🥹 call ur friends they love you too !! + I love eating ice cream for breakfast hahah
this was so so so sweet and vulnerable. made my week <3
awww thank you!! 🫶 I hope the rest of ur week goes well too
feel like im breathing wrong after reading this
that's bc you are 🤺
how it feels to respond to myself on my alt
Lovely and I agree that we too often worry about the thorns rather than smell the roses
yes!! Thank u very much for reading :)
This is so beautiful and so full of love and I love the little tip of writing three things to be grateful for. I too struggle with this idea that when things are going too well, it means something bad is coming. This is just what I needed with my morning coffee🖤
Thank you so much! And I think what helped me most was realizing the opposite was true too - if things are going poorly, then good things are on the horizon :) so it's better to focus on the moment when things r well and to hold on + wait when things r bad. (But ofc it still takes a very conscious effort to remember hahaha)
Growing up is about learning to find perfection in an imperfect world.
——Netochka Nezvanova(written by Dostoyevsky)
Tysm <3 that's such a lovely quote
thank you for writing this! i feel relieved knowing that writing about joy is a collective struggle and glad to be reminded that it can start from the little things of everydayy
Thank you for reading!! And I'm rlly glad this helped <3
This is gorgeous - so vulnerable and affecting in the best way, and, like all the best writing, full of lines I wish I had written myself
thank you so much <33 that's so kind <333
"If I cannot hold onto these blessings, I can at least trace their outline with my pen." so um yet again you've split my soul, wenyi. this is such a lovely + acute representation of why i write.
really beautiful, vulnerable work here (:
thank u so so much !!! <33
Lovely read. Ah yes, *the fear*. When I went from precarity to relative stability, I wondered if the fear was every gonna go away. It goes dormant and rears up when things get shaky, but a good thing to remember is that you are capable of making your life better. You did it before, you can do it again. Happy for your continued success!
Thank you so much. Honestly feel like I needed to hear this today so thank you not just for reading but also for commenting :)
this was beautiful and I am so happy for you <3
thank you so much <333
I click on your pieces when I need some relief. This one, in particular, gave me so much of it. Every single line you write is powerful, pointed, poised. It's all so deep and meaningful. Have I told you before that if your words were in a book that belonged to me, every line highlighted, underlined, annotated?
You always write exactly what I need to hear. I don't know how else to explain it. "There is love in that muscle memory" moved me so deeply. Thank you for sharing, <3
Thank you so so much I want most of my writing to have a sense of peace and hope in them so I'm so glad it comes across. If I ever publish a book you are first on the list to get a copy (although I hope this also means if u publish a book I'll get a copy too) <3
Will forever be a big supporter of yours! If I ever do publish a book you are the FIRST on my list as well <3
love the way this wraps up
thank u very much :)
wenyi i love this so much. i’ve never read anything that’s captured my own wilful self neglect better - you have a real gift
Thank you so much :') !! Hopefully also a reminder for both of us not to neglect ourselves in the future :)
i believe in you, wenyi. you’ve kept going, even when it was hard, even when you didn’t feel ready. you’ll do great, because you’ve always found a way. <3
thank you so much 🥹🥹🥹 ily
i love this so much
thank you :)!!