“Without your past, you could never have arrived- so wondrously and brutally, by design or some violent, exquisite happenstance

…here.”

Taylor Swift, Why She Disappeared

“May your heart remain breakable, but never by the same hand twice.”

Taylor Swift, Why She Disappeared

Philocalist (n.)

A lover of beauty, someone who finds it in all things.

Opia

“the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.”

Eleutheromania (Greek)

A feverish and wild yearning for freedom.

Tanaka (n.)

the good times that come after a long struggle

Mal de Coucou (n.)

a phenomenon in which you have an active social life but very few close friends—people who you can trust, who you can be yourself with, who can help flush out the weird psychological toxins that tend to accumulate over time

Metanoia (n.)

the journey of changing your mind, heart, self, and way of life.

Mettle (n.)

the determination and ability to deal with problems and difficult situations

Monachopsis (n.)

the persistent feeling of being out of place

Drapetomania (n.)

The overwhelming urge to run away

Etterath (n.)

the feeling of emptiness after a long and arduous process is finally complete—having finished school, recovered from surgery, or gone home at the end of your wedding—which leaves you relieved that it’s over but missing the stress that organized your life into a mission.

Watashiato (n.)

curiosity about the impact you’ve had on the lives of the people you know, wondering which of your harmless actions or long-forgotten words might have altered the plot of their stories in ways you’ll never get to see.

Sidereal (adj.)

1. Of or pertaining to the stars.

2. Star-like, lustrous, bright

Fika (n.)

a moment to slow down and appreciate the good things in life

Nodus Tollens (n.)

the feeling that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore.

Trumspringa (n.)

The longing to wander off of your career track in pursuit of a simple life.