july, softly

[typingnoise]

not a checklist.

not a challenge.
just a way to look at the month with both feet on the floor and a hand on the heart.

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things to tend to

• the stack of library books by the bed - return, renew, or finally read
• the windowsill basil that wants more sun (don’t we all?)
• inbox zero, but emotionally: reply to that one message you keep thinking about
• a small corner of the house that could feel more like you with a little care
• the habit of drinking water before coffee

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thoughts to return to

• you don’t have to earn rest
• not every silence is a problem to solve
• things take the time they take
• joy counts, even if no one sees it
• nothing blooms all year

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music to play on purpose

playlist: songs to make peace with your ghost to
a mix of ache, stillness, and strange comfort:

add your own. haunt gently.

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soft hopes

to write more, even if no one reads it
to feel the day instead of racing through it
to keep showing up as someone you like
to be surprised by tenderness
to remember: there is no behind, only beginning again

add your own. haunt gently.

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“It doesn’t have to be productive to be worthwhile.”

or, as the breeze through the open window might say:
you’re allowed to just be here.