little thought bubbles || vol. 1

Originally Published: August 19, 2025

every mistake, every failure … it’s all just a step in your self-development.

even though things might be over, you never forget it. you keep it with you. but you don’t let those memories get in the way of what you do now, you step over it.

breakups filled with pain turn into lessons. rejections become a redirection (because of incompatibility). even making the slightest mistake like cooking your chicken too raw could be painful and ill-inducing, but you step over that pain and build yourself to stop eating raw chicken.

all i wanna say is, you haven’t really failed, you’ve just learned.

you don’t forget someone for who they were to you. you miss them less. they were a chapter of your life, not a footnote.

so move forward, move over the pain it caused you before and be a better person after. do it for yourself, your friends, your family, your spirituality (if you’re involved with that), and your community.

keep moving. don’t stand still, don’t look back. just walk. walk until you reach the end.

sometimes it feels like i don’t have any friends.

yeah sure, i have my best friend. someone i can rely on when times are troubling. but they’re always busy.

i had a friend that i talked to so much but i pushed them away, all over chemistry.

i have a mum that’s there when i really need her, but she’s also busy and we sometimes come to disagreements.

my dad doesn’t even talk to me that much.

i have friends, acquaintances? i have work friends but not really anyone i can just talk or rant to, and do the same to me when they need me. at least, not consistently.

it sucks being an only child. it also sucks when everyone else is busy. it’s hard to be busy when you’re a high school student and work feels like a chore.

sincerely,

david