— i hope 2018 brings you clear skin, people who love you, lots of happy moments and calm in your soul.

• concept: me, living in my dream city, speaking multiple languages, working at my dream job, having multiple nerd friends who i love and who love me.

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• concept: i’m in my early twenties, living and studying in some european metropolis. i love my university and the classes i’m taking. i live in an apartment with a balcony overlooking a street with people always passing through. sunlight coming through wakes me up every morning and i wake up and enjoy a cup of coffee on my balcony, watching people walk their dogs and ride their bikes to work or school. i’m content with my life and i am hopeful for all of the good things the future has in store.
• concept: me, sitting in a café and revising my notes. on the table are my favourite stationery and drink, and i am thinking about the great things i have planned for later. i enjoy my studies a lot, and am able to manage my time so i can both study and relax doing what i love. i have a healthy sleeping-schedule and am refreshed and at peace with myself and my life.
• concept: i’m able to fluently express myself in a wide range of languages. the eyes of native speakers lighten up when they hear me speak their language, complimenting me on my skills. i have now access to culture and people in a way I never had before.
• concept: me, sitting at my desk sipping tea at the perfect temperature as sunlight filters through the window with a soft blanket wrapped around me. I’ve completed all my school work and received high scores. i’m so proud of myself for all of my hard work and am savoring a job well done.
• concept: me in my dorm room at my first choice school. i am studying for finals. all my classes are fascinating and a well deserved winter break is on the horizon. i am warm and i dont bite my fingernails anymore.
• concept: clean, soft skin, early and prepared for class, neat handwriting, and falling asleep early.
• concept: i receive all of my exam with a smile. i don’t feel a heavy feeling on my chest when i show my parents my gpa. my friends and i support each other. all of my friends genuinely like me and i like them back. i feel content.
• concept: i carry an art journal around me and sketch portraits of beautiful people and places. i don’t mind if it doesn’t turn out as well as i expected because it’s all just for fun and practice. i drink coffee and sit on the rooftops overlooking paris and i paint everything i see. everything is documented in my journals. every tiny sketch and quick doodle counts. even a fleeting stranger can end up in my book of memories. i slowly get better and better with every drawing and as i flip through my journal i can see the progress. i never stop drawing and i treasure my journal forever.
• concept: i'm the girl who walks into first period with a smile on her face and a spring in her step and a really cute ponytail swinging behind her. like i want to have a neat color coded binder with postit notes sticking out of it, a matching water bottle, organic rose tinted lip balm and my homework stapled and highlighted every day.
• concept: waking up early, eating a healthy breakfast, going for a run, drinking enough water, finishing assignments on the first day and not last minute, having clear skin, not being stressed 24/7.
• concept: i wake up early fully rested and excited to start the day, i go on a run, eat healthy meals, wear nice and comfortable clothes that i feel good in, i go to school to see my many kind friends who love me and would do anything to protect me. i take tests and ace them, i have perfect high A’s in all my classes. immediately when i get home i do my homework and finish it all before dinner. i understand everything i’ve learned. i read and write for a couple of hours before bed in my huge room, full of bookshelves and potted plants, while rain pounds on the window, and then i drift off to sleep.
• concept: i am not envious nor competitive with anyone. i acknowledge that others have seemingly different goals. i root for them, i support them, i validate their dreams. there is no sense of competition between us, nor envy. we are on different paths, and are both deserving of what we want.

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• concept: i have all the time in the world. i live in a small flat filled with books from the floor to the ceiling. and there is a coffee shop downstairs.
• concept: my mind blossoms, filled with books and ideas, and my souls shines, filled with live and kindness.
• concept: being in your favorite foreign city, living in a cute, cozy apartment with a lovely view, working at a small bookstore, spending your time at beautiful cofffee shops and libraries, taking long walks, meeting new people that make you feel good, being yourself, finding true love and actually feeling good & fullfilled with your life.
• concept: i don't have to deal with any of this anymore. i'm safe and far away from everything that suffocates me. when i wake up my heart is open and i'm not afraid.
• concept: living in a city with a nice weather, both on winter and summer. not being scared of anything, either people or the future, and being completely safe. learning leanguages without pressure. growing as a person without getting hurt.
• concept: the new year is better. you are cuddling with someone. you are warm. you are loved. you are surrounded by people you care about. you learn to love yourself. you are calm. you find new hobbies. you find yourself.
• concept: you’re in your new apartment, comfortably cuddled in your extra big fuzzy blanket. your favourite, calming song is playing while you look out of the window, down on the city lights. next to you lies a great book eith a beautiful cover you’ve bought yesterday, together with a cute bookmark you’ve ordered online, and a cup of some hot beverage. you’ve been productive today, your assignments are challenging yet fun. tomorrow you’ll meet with some friends of yours at a little café you’ve just discovered. you doze off with a smile on your lips.
• concept: i live on my own. my mother lives with my grandmother and my father in the woods. they're safe and free from their mental illness and so am i. i don't have to give away energy i don't have to take care of them. when i want to i visit them and we have lunch together. we talk about the weather.

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• concept: my hands are warmed by a cup of tea, outside it’s raining. i’m okay, and this day will be okay too.
• concept: je suis contente. fatiguée, mais contente. le soleil brille, les oiseaux chantent et le café est parfaitement fait. c'est juste 8h du matin, il y a plein de choses qui peuvent passer, mais je sais qu'aujourd'hui sera une bonne journée.

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• concept: me, eating strawberries and peaches on a hillside where i am far from everything i know.
• concept: me, sitting on top of a grassy mountain, taking deep breaths of fresh, pure air. i lay back and watch the clouds all day. there’s no rush here.

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• okay but waking up in the middle of the night to soft rain and knowing you’ve still got hours to sleep, when you’re toasty warm and comfortable & sleep has made you forget all your worries and responsibilities and u go back to sleep feeling as content as ever.
• may your love for yourself become so strong that you no longer need validation from someone else.
• like,,,i dont even want to be filthy rich with two mansions and three houses in three different countries and a private plane thats just egocentrical i just want to eat good fresh food, have a small apartment in a lovely city and the stability to travel thats all i want.
• the real glo up is when you stop waiting to turn into some perfect hypothetical version of yourself and consciously enjoy being who you are in the present moment.
• i love when people are direct with their feelings so we can mutually understand each other and build and understanding and apologize and rebuild if needed.
• sometimes i think about foggy mornings, right after a night of heavy rain. i think about the buzz of an alarm going off at 5am, pulling a blanket over my shoulders, and feeling the numbness of sleep leave my feet as they touch the hardwood floor. i think about the smell of white wine, left overnight in a thin glass on my kitchen counter. i think about my best friends, following my footsteps: rolling out of my bed minutes after me, a blanket draped over their shoulders, mumbling “good morning” to nothing and everything. i think about dimly lit cooking sessions and breakfasts on glass plates… granola and peaches and almond milk on the balcony. i think about being huddled close with the people i love, all soppy eyed and drowsy, bare legs tangled, watching the sun rise. i think about many tommorows from now, where i’m content and happy and alive.
• i hope you guys like…eventually live the life you want to live and i hope nothing haunts you for too long and i hope you’re all kind to yourselves.
• ok but normalise going to coffee shops alone, eating dinner alone, going to the cinema alone. i’m okay & i’m not particularly sad or lonely. i feel bad that you’re feeling bad because i just happened to enjoy the company of myself today.
• i’m ok. i’m gonna be ok. i’m gonna live a beautiful life and i’ll get to know beautiful people. i will create things of beauty and be surrounded by flowers. and i’ll love myself, and i’ll be soft, i’ll be kind. and i’ll be ok.
• this year will be the year where i detach myself emotionally from everything - you did something that was supposed to make me sad? whatever. you got more likes than i did on a post? good for you. you got a better grade than i did? nice, go get that education. my boyfriend cheated? the trash took itself out! family being rude to me and treating me badly? their words don’t define my worth.
• may the new year bring you all the love and affection you deserve, from both the significant others and friends in your life. may you have peace of mind, good health, and whatever else you’re seeking.
• i get so excited when i think of all the possibilities the future holds. i can learn so much, help so many people, read so many books and listen to so many artist, meet so many brilliant, passionate minds.
• i want to be that girl that moved countries after high school to have a successful career and never came back. Off the grid, into the oblivion, bon voyage bitches.
• dan and phil sit across from each other criss cross applesauce on dan’s bed with the fairy lights on and discuss existentialism and introspective awakenings.