power in positivity
We all open up differently to each person we interact with in our lives. Every time I return to my home town I run into friends and family. Inevitably people will ask "how have you been?" For those closer friends that I haven't talked to in a while my response typically looks a lot like this: I take in a deep breath, sigh, and look painfully into their eyes while shaking my head and slumping my shoulders. My friends have come to understand this as "I've been so overwhelmed, I don't even know where to begin." Recently I've been adding "I'm so glad to be done with this academic year!" One friend last week said "I feel like this is how you are every time." "This year has been the legitimate worst," I assured him and added a head nod to affirm his statement. We didn't discuss the mundane details but hit on one or two large things. I was sure not to dwell on those negatives though and it wasn't hard for us...