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Solely.

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This past week has been one of the most happiest weeks of my life. I believe it's because I have finally realized that I respect and truly love myself 100%. I spend a huge chunk of my time alone and last night I saw Lorde in concert.....alone. It was amazing to take myself out on solo dates and not feel awkward or crippling social anxiety. I realized this week that I genuinely enjoy doing things alone and i've made it a new goal to take myself out once a week, just me. I think it's healthy to build and maintain a relationship with yourself as you will have the longest relationship with...well yourself. I've spent many months trying to find what I thought was needed when all along I just needed the love of myself, not of others (tinder and okcupid dudes, i'm talking to you). I'm currently laying in bed with both of my windows and blinds open as it's absolutely gorgeous outside and the feeling I currently have is one of peace and excitedness. I'll keep...

Glasses.

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I've been wearing glasses since I was seven. I am now twenty-two. When you wear something for so long, it becomes a part of who you are. No one knows me without my glasses, not even myself. In fact, seeing myself without glasses makes me really uncomfortable. My vision is awful and without my glasses, I live in a world of panic. So many times growing up I would fall asleep with my glasses on and when I woke up, they weren't anywhere to be found as I moved them around in my sleep. Those few minutes of not being able to find my glasses are pure panic and chaos. I don't enjoy it and as an adult now, I make more of an effort to put them on my bedside table before I drift off to sleep but old habits die hard and 7/10 times I fail at doing the previous task. I can remember my first pair of glasses. They were oval shaped and the metal frame was a navy blue. As I'm writing this, i'm picturing seven year old me getting her picture taken for school, smiling and looking so ...