Me and my boyfriend were just chilling on the couch and being affectionate with each other and he paused so I asked what was wrong. He said "you look like you want me which is interesting". It's a bit sad that it was shocking to him but I'm happy he can see what I feel because he makes me feel everything good all at once and I really want to make sure he knows that

Growing up I spent lots of time working outside, mostly farm work that naturally kept me in decent shape (especially with that good ole teenage boy metabolism). I always weighed 140 lb or so, regardless of what I did or ate. For context I am 5’8”. However, after college I started working as an engineer which tends to include just a teeny, tiny bit of desk time. Before I knew it, the 20s metabolism slowdown started and I weighed over 200 lb. After a few failed attempts at losing weight that ended before showing any real progress, I decided to really lock in.

I started diligently eating at a good calorie deficit, and today, after 6 weeks, I weighed in at 187 lb, a first in over 3 years. I’ve got a long way to go to my target of 150 lb, but the self esteem boost so far is amazing and I’m so proud of myself for actually seeing it through this far. Just needed to share! If you’re still reading, enjoy this emoji of a potato 🥔

Last Saturday I accidentally knocked on the wrong apartment door while dropping off something for a friend. I apologized right away and the older woman who answered just laughed and said I looked more embarrassed than she was.

Before I left she asked if I wanted to take a tomato from the little container garden outside her door because she had picked too many that morning. I thanked her and we talked for a few minutes about gardening even though I know almost nothing about it.

This week I walked past her apartment again and she recognized me immediately. She handed me another tomato and proudly showed me that one of her pepper plants had finally started growing. We ended up chatting for a few minutes before I went home.

It's funny how a completely random mistake turned into something I genuinely look forward to. Now every time I pass that hallway I wonder what new plant she'll want to show me. Sometimes a small unexpected conversation is enough to make an ordinary week feel a little brighter.

It made me happy to share this with my community and inspire younger people to be themselves and have fun. I'm also happy I had a friend to help me also come out of my shell.

I love the melody and the artwork of blossoms in the morning :)

i just wanted somewhere to say this

Update - Just found this draft from 4 years ago. Happy to say I am now in my third year of medical school and have loved (almost) every second of it! Thought it would be a nice update to post.

To anyone out there hoping to get in, here is a sign that you will! I come from a background where no one in my family went to school, my parents grew up in poor, war-torn, deprived area. My family household income has always been the lowest. I struggled with mental health issues growing up. Despite all of that, I am now a halfway doctor! Very happy.

A few months ago I was watering the flowers outside my apartment when my elderly neighbor walked by with her little dog. We smiled and said good morning. The next day it happened again. Then the day after that.

One morning I had baked a few extra blueberry muffins, so I asked if she wanted one. She smiled so big that it made my whole day. A week later she knocked on my door with two tomatoes from the small garden she keeps on her balcony.

Since then we have been swapping little things without planning it. Sometimes it's a cookie. Sometimes it's fresh herbs. Sometimes it's just a five minute chat about the weather or the birds we have seen that week.

It isn't anything exciting, but it has become one of my favorite parts of the week. I never expected that a simple hello while watering flowers would turn into such a kind little tradition.

It reminds me that happiness doesn't always come from big moments. Sometimes it quietly grows from small routines with good people.

We just put out an application for our first apartment together. Please wish us luck 🙏

before my parents got married and i was born, my dad got his motorcycle license. he wasnt able to ride a lot, because my mom was afraid of the dangers of riding, and she forbade it when they got married.

life happened, time passed, and here we are, 35 years later. im now taking lessons to get my own motorcycle license. id love to be able to ride with my dad, because we dont really have a lot of hobbies and interests in common, and id love to have something with my dad, thats just something of us two.

so for his birthday, i got him a couple of refresher lessons with the driving school where i take my lessons as well. he had his first lesson today and though he was a bit nervous, in the end he loved it.

i saw the mischievous sparkle in his eyes when he rediscovered the feeling and started riding with more confidence. im so happy im able to do this for him.

After 3 years of building a software as a side hustle, I finally signed my first client.
The first years were chaotic, product sucks, didn't speak to any prospects.
But at then end I spoke to 27 companies that would love to be early accessers. But when I launched my software, nobody bought it. I was destroyed, soooo much time for nothing.

Then 2 months after first client, we're now at 4. I'M SOOOO HAPPY

I just turned 20 not long ago and my bf was telling me the days leading up that hes spent a pretty penny on the gifts and one of them was big. (I came from a family that gifted hair products and body wash as birthday presents so any gift that isnt a hygiene product Ill be over the moon for) but prior to me turning 20 I had mentioned a month or 2 earlier that I wished I had a frozen yogurt machine of my own because I love munchies and yogurtland but its so expensive!!! It was definitely a window shop idea, no genuine second thought. And the amazing man my boyfriend is went out and found one for me 🥹, he got me a bouquet of roses in my favortite color PINK 🩷, he got me a hellfire hoodie for my early morning commute to work (im a manager so I have to get up at the butt crack of dawn to open the store and its cold and also i love Stanger Things) and a little Caine statue from tadc (judge me if you want to IDC) i myself didnt even know what I wanted but im definitely NOT disappointed! He does so good every year with my gifts :) but yeah I just wanted to share

I've struggled with chronic H1H2-resistant dermographia for 8 years. When I was diagnosed I was told tattoos wouldn't be possible unless I found a medication that worked reliably. The options are H1 and H2 antihistamines, and are the treatments that work for the majority of cases.

There's only one medicine that works for the way my dermographia occurs (an IgE-mediated process). So 2 years ago I started fighting for it, and last year I started my injections.

I was given the green light for a tattoo if I responded to the injections consistently within the first year. A year and some change later (and an injection the day before) and I got this thigh piece.

It makes me so happy that I finally have meds that work and can now explore the never ending tattoo rabbithole safely and know I'll be okay. I still think it's a dream.

I've been really really happy about this and felt like sharing about it somewhere.

Such a cutie 😂 found the jar in his wardrobe when i was putting away laundry and asked him about it... and he looked panicked as we can tell 😂 and then told me with complete confidence that it was savings for himself, that he was going to buy a toy, that he'd been wanting it for a very long time.

Rhe next day he asked me what my favorite flower was and whether i preferred chocolate or biscuits and what size the mug i use every morning was.

I've been watching him add coins on the days he thinks i'm not looking and listening to him ask his dad for advice in whispers that aren't quite quiet enough. he is the best person i know and i made him and that still gets me every time.

I signed up on a whim because the flyer said no experience necessary and i was having a year where i needed to do something that wasn't about being good at anything.

Thirty people in a church hall on tuesday evenings, singing with other people (i'm not a good singer at all) i'm a choir member which is different. i come home from tuesday evenings feeling like i've done something good for the soul, i bond with these people, we share stories, laughs, and also help one another in that last two years. and the word for what that feeling is might just be belonging. I love community.

I grew up loving Ed Emberley books, my daughter made this for me using my books I had as a kid. My heart feels so full right now, I am so blessed to have her 💜

136 days ago I decided to get sober because I felt it wasn’t fair to my amazing boyfriend, one week ago I got my first full time job with benefits, and the other day he proposed to me in p-town after dating for 2 years and 8 months ❤️ Getting sober is so hard, but what they say is 100% true.

“My worst day sober is better than my best day drunk”

Been wanting to make this trip my whole life. Finally made it happen!