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Writer's Block: Solo traveler
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I'm actually very open by now. In my head, out my mouth. I spent so long hiding and manipulating and skirting the truth without actually lying but in the end just acting all the time so that I could get by on a day to day basis. So I don't do it now.
A lot of people think I'm emotionally guarded, though, because I guard my emotions. I'm open, but not in the sense that I wear my heart on my sleeve and let just anybody stick around and keep hurting me. I cut people off pretty readily if they're fucking up, and I'm okay with that. Doesn't mean I don't open up to people; it means I shut them out if they screw up and I never look back. They can come back when they learn to act right.
Getting rid of the idiots and jerks is how I keep my life a safe space for me to be open. If someone around me makes me feel like I have to start sneaking and hiding and playing games to feel safe? They go away. Because I'm not going to live like that again.
I'm actually very open by now. In my head, out my mouth. I spent so long hiding and manipulating and skirting the truth without actually lying but in the end just acting all the time so that I could get by on a day to day basis. So I don't do it now.
A lot of people think I'm emotionally guarded, though, because I guard my emotions. I'm open, but not in the sense that I wear my heart on my sleeve and let just anybody stick around and keep hurting me. I cut people off pretty readily if they're fucking up, and I'm okay with that. Doesn't mean I don't open up to people; it means I shut them out if they screw up and I never look back. They can come back when they learn to act right.
Getting rid of the idiots and jerks is how I keep my life a safe space for me to be open. If someone around me makes me feel like I have to start sneaking and hiding and playing games to feel safe? They go away. Because I'm not going to live like that again.