• making Spotify playlists for every possible emotion and life situation • journaling when I’m happy + journaling even harder when I’m sad • trying (and usually failing) new baking recipes • reading 6 books at once and finishing none of them • collecting pretty notebooks I’m too scared to actually write in • taking film photos and pretending I’m a 90s indie movie character • dancing alone in my room like nobody’s watching (because nobody is) • over-decorating my phone case with stickers until it’s basically 3D

Most of my free time looks like: lying on the floor listening to music with my legs up on the wall → doom-scrolling Pinterest for 40 minutes → suddenly deciding I need to rearrange my room at 11 p.m. → watching one comfort episode of whatever show I’m obsessed with this month → texting my best friend “are we actually living in a simulation or is it just me?” I also love golden-hour walks with no plan, cafe-hopping even if I just order iced latte, and taking 300 photos of the sky and my coffee just to choose one for my story.

Hi, I’m 18 and finally feeling like I’m starting to figure out who I actually am (well… 60% of the time haha). I’m the friend who sends voice messages that are way too long, cries at Pixar movies, and always has at least three different playlists for the same mood. I overthink everything but still make impulsive decisions at 2 a.m. I believe matcha tastes better when someone else makes it and that the right lip gloss can fix almost any bad day. Currently collecting cute socks, heart-shaped sunglasses, and experiences that scare me a little.

I want to live in a tiny sunny apartment that smells like vanilla and coffee. I want a wall full of Polaroids and concert tickets and silly sticky notes from friends. I want a job (or jobs) that let me be creative, make people feel something, and still give me time to travel somewhere new every year. I dream of waking up excited more days than I wake up anxious. And someday — maybe in a few years, maybe later — I want to look back and realize I was brave enough to choose myself over and over again.