• the warmth of the afternoon sun.
• a cup of ginger milk tea.
• the scent of rose incense.

“all freedom is relative—you know too well—and sometimes it’s no freedom at all, but simply the cage widening far away from you, the bars abstracted with distance but still there, as when they free wild animals into nature preserves only to contain them yet again by larger borders. but i took it anyway, that widening. because sometimes not seeing the bars is enough.”

20 | she/her | aries

“for what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. there’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. you can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. we can make the best or the worst of it. i hope you make the best of it. and i hope you see things that startle you. i hope you feel things you never felt before. i hope you meet people with a different point of view. i hope you live a life you’re proud of. if you find that you’re not, i hope you have the courage to start all over again.”

• build your faith with daily prayer and gratitude.
• incorporate simple and gentle movement into your morning routine, including yoga and pilates.
• create a consistent beauty maintenance routine.