move on

“What you’re doing, or experiencing, or feeling right now is, in the scheme of your life, pretty fleeting. I try and remind my kids of this when something at school isn’t going right or a friend is being mean—it feels like everything in the minute, but it won’t be more than a bleep when you look back. Don’t give the little things too much importance or you’ll let them define you. Move on.”

— Rebecca Misner on Apiece Apart

the thing about life — just constant reevaluation, learning, trying to get better. i did this giant concert last sunday (2000 people) and had to work on it 24/7 in the weeks leading up to it and was stretched pretty thin. i organized the show with a friend — cuz it was so big, impossible to handle alone — but it really got tricky with who owned what, who was boss? which: does that even matter? for a dumb ego, sometimes it matters. the day before the show, we tangled because she scolded me about offering a burrito to this guy and it was so dumb and i should’ve let it just roll right into the atmosphere, but of course my porcupine quills came RIGHT up and i got really ANGRY. inside and on my face and in my voice. i wish i could have moved on, and held onto what misner says, “it won’t be more than a bleep when you look back.” so true. and i’ll most likely never work with her again: so who cares about how it even goes down? i held onto that anger for so long that day. tight voice, tight shoulders, angry vibes. what a waste to a nice day (a nice, hard, exhausting day).