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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

I love that you throw yourself into your passions! This resonated with me:

“when someone used to ask me why i was so dressed up (which happened most days) i would be so confused and answer, “why not??????””

This is me every day! Let the unimportant stuff go- the uncleaned drawers, whatever- and never stop giving 100%! 💕

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emily north's avatar

thank you!!!!! needed that reminder as i sit here staring at the clothes i have to put away <3

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Play with them, build some outfits in advance, for when you don’t have the mental energy!💕 This is one of the best things I do for myself.

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Therry Neilsen-Steinhardt's avatar

Oh Emily, that's me every day and I literally have two rooms full of clothes. Of COURSE they don't get put away!

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Ochuko Akpovbovbo's avatar

your essays feel like wow I need to have this girl at my party!

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emily north's avatar

i would literally come to any party you throw

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Danielle's avatar

I love how you describe finding your joy as a bit. Like your doing your part in the world by being you. I love that. I do that too, hadn’t considered it a bit though. My bits include being a horse girl or understanding current politics or helping people chase their dreams.

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emily north's avatar

😭😭😭😭😭 thank you so much for this

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isla aqua  🌺🐆's avatar

something about the way you described the faithfulness, the loyalty towards yourself and your joy really got to me. I love this! you squeezed my heart (in a good way) with this post! thank you!

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emily north's avatar

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! i really appreciate that you recognize that !!!!! thank you for reading <3

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Jules's avatar

LOVE this especially after I just spent the last hour putting glow in the dark stars on my ceiling in the shape of constellations so I can stargaze in nyc ✨

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emily north's avatar

I LOVE THATTTTTTTTTTTTT

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Meg Flores's avatar

omg this is soo precious and exactly what it means to be a romantic these days. I’m the sameee way. I get excited for my own birthday, movie trailers, seeing a butterfly lol. the list goes on, as it should!!!

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emily north's avatar

EVERYTHING IS ROMANTIC !!!!

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Aliza Sir's avatar

This speaks to me sooo deeply. I’m turning 34 in a couple weeks (still don’t know how that # is real, but alas!) and my two-year-old son will be spending the night at his grandparents so I can have all my girlfriends over for a collage and craft night — middle school style.

Another bit I love: the over-the-top birthday party invitation.

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emily north's avatar

I LOVE THIS!!!!!! i think a lot about aging and bits (lol), because i really believe you are as young as you feel not as you are- i get very weirded out when people speak about age in such rigid terms when it is in actual one of the most fluid parts of our existence

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Therry Neilsen-Steinhardt's avatar

Kid, I"m 76 and I still for for the laughs every single time, you do not have to be old and not be funny!

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emily north's avatar

AGREED!!!!!!!!! thank you terry ❤️❤️❤️

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Kaeleen's avatar

obsessed with this. committing to the bit is the only way to do life

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emily north's avatar

hell yea

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Colette's avatar

"i’ve noticed that lately i have been caring a bit less about things, it’s a foreign numbness that i expected to feel good, but instead it’s as if my life is slipping off of me, slowly burning like acid as it drips down." wowww

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emily north's avatar

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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M. Chen's avatar

brava!

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Elle's avatar

i loved this so so so much

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emily north's avatar

adore you

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AMANDA's avatar

omg what is life without a bit, right? I usually do these things with my sister (my partner in crime)! The bits are way more fun when we have people who will totally commit to it (even if they don’t understand it, but just because they love you)

I had a cowboy themed birthday party that I spent months organizing and I was literally so happy when everyone showed up with cowboy costumes, I have my weekly karaoke nights with my best friend… I don’t even know what my life would be like without a bit! It’s extremely therapeutic to me because I LOVE a routine (currently writing a post about it) and it helps me remember that there is more to life. 💖

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sarah cucchiara's avatar

i love this and relate to this so much! life is so much more precious with little joys and the bits that we find special and unique <3

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Brooke's avatar

The way you do one thing is the way you do everything or whatever they say! You have to commit 🤍🍸

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thuweiba's avatar

forever one for the bit! life is dull without giving into it

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Arden Yum's avatar

omg I AGREE bits make the world go round. 2 nights ago my friends and I couldn't stop saying "it's a knife when…(insert unpleasant or random thing)" and it wasn't that funny but it was also the funniest thing ever

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Arden Yum's avatar

ok we also just did a coke-oreo and oreo-coke taste test and that was also top 10 memories of senior year

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emily north's avatar

wait my friend and i just tried the oreo x coke flavor AND the coke x oreo cookie as a bit yesterday we’re sooooooo aligned

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emily north's avatar

they were bad btw but no regrets

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Arden Yum's avatar

Ok I’m with you

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Arden Yum's avatar

What’s your verdict??????!!

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