Teenagehood Misfits

'Your leftover' I have been uncomfortable with the notion of your ex being your leftover, and people saying if someone gets with your ex, then they're having your leftover. The reason why that notion made me uncomfortable is that what's toxic for one person ma...

Dump To be honest, I didn't plan some sort of 'rant' episode to be what I publish now but here we are. I shared part of a rant with a few people about 2 days ago and decided to extend it and share it here.  To me, a 'rant' is a means of releasing energy - usually anger, rage, or annoyance. But this one wasn't exactly that. It can still be classified as a rant but I was just putting down my thoughts because they became jumbled up in my head and I needed to see them down in order to make sense of it. Obviously, this is under the 'Echoes of an Advocate' theme because I'm talking about things very specific to me and my life, rather than things you can learn from per se. I actually wrote the 'rant' my notes on my phone randomly and shared it with people afterward. I titled it 'dump' because I was essentially dumping. I hadn't planned to write down my thoughts or to share it either. I just wanted somewhere to place it down before choosi...

*DISCLAIMER* Before I begin, I usually adopt a tone in which I'm advising you (the readers) because it's easier for me and helps me get my tenses, pronouns and point of views correctly. You are, of course, under no obligation to follow anything I say because everyone goes through different things. All of the "advice" I'll be giving is based on the knowledge of my experiences, so you all should take with a pinch of salt.  My views will probably change as I get older and experience things differently. A lot of us tend to put too much weight and importance on things that are somewhat mediocre to other people such as friendships. Not everyone shares the same values or ideas on friendships like others do hence we tend to overthink certain things that happen.  Let me explain with a bit of context.  I used to do this but I eventually learnt and stopped doing it. That is, thinking people value me as much as I value them. For example, I used to be rea...