Adulting

forget her

Have you forgotten her yet?

"Not yet." replies the prisoner, just like yesterday and the day before and the day before that.

"Then you'll stay here till you do. I'll come back tomorrow."

The prisoner laughs, just like yesterday and the day before that and the day before that.

Our face when we meet someone who’s never seen Star Wars.

autonomy and accountability go hand in hand

Autonomy without accountability is useless. You're free. Free for what? Free to do what? We need to specify. You're not free to fly like a bird and fall like a stone. You're not (always) free to travel without a visa.

Direction is important with freedom.

If you want autonomy you have to be accountable for something. The reverse is also true: If someone holds you accountable for something, they should give you autonomy.

Pistachio Cream Pie

this guy gets it

Snape the Artist. http://daily-harry-potter.tumblr.com

seek different experiences

Just doing or experiencing one thing continuously in life leads to fatigue, boredom, and a mundane life

You need to do and experience different things

For example, with your partner if you just have positive experiences, it'll wear them out and you'll become less excited the next time a positive experience happens. You need to also experience negative things with your partner.

This being said, the concept of "balance" is not true here. You shouldn't have the same number of positive and negative experiences. Negative ones should be less and interspersed throughout the positive ones.