It’s the first days of July, which I can hardly believe-the pieces below carried me through May and June. In these past two months there has been many transitions and changes in my life and I’m trying to figure out how to remain steady when the waves of life get a little high.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Seen on Soulpancake’s tumblr

The most satisfying pleasures are the surprising ones, the ones that can’t be engineered.

– Adam Phillips

Seen in  Rookie’s Issue 57 Editor’s Letter

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world.

-Anne Frank

Seen on my mom’s daily inspirational calendar

Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!

-Charles Dickens (David Copperfield) 

Seen in this useful article  on how to stop procrastinating

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

-Michael Sam

Seen on Refinery29’s Instagram