Sunday, October 12, 2014

How to make the most of it

  • First, find your newest, most favorite, and most indie songs; it really brings out the angst that we have built up in high school.
  • Think of everything that is wrong.  All at once.  Because no matter how good it is for you at that moment, something is still wrong.  Make sure to think of it.  If you don't this won't work.  Maybe even cry a little.  Hold on to a childhood plush that found a home underneath your bed where you used to believe the monsters were.  This starts it all.
  • Now keep thinking about the wrongs, but proceed to find mementos of the rights.  A text from years ago, the first pictures on your phone when it was new, or embarrassing photos of yourself that got to facebook or instagram one way or another.
  • Eventually you will forget that the wrong existed.  It's still there, but that's how the world works.  You've thought of the wrong, and then saw the physical evidence of all that is right.
    • Trust me, I understand that the wrong is still there.  The point of this is simple.  See what was wrong for what it was in it's entirety.  After seeing the wrong in it's entirety, you can look to the right, and your brain is smart.  It will do the same for the right.
  • Reminisce with anyone else involved.  Talk about the good thing that had happened.  This makes it invade your thoughts more than just seeing a picture.  Thank them for what it was.  Making others feel right is right, and so in turn you feel more right.
  • Apologize for the wrongs.  Go back to the wrongs and touch them for just a bit.  Knowing that the wrongs are forgiven makes them powerless to weigh down against the rights.
  • Hug the person.  If they're not there, then you had damn well hug them the next time you see them.  Every time you see them.
  • If no one is involved in this memory, or you can't communicate with them, write a letter that is never sent.  Reading your own words can stimulate something similar.
  • Find old songs.  Ones that aren't connected to the wrong memories, but that you just seemed to have outgrown along with forgetting the rights.  Remember what they gave you.  Nostalgia is a fun little drug if you use it the right way.
  • Recreate the rights.  Become your old self for a second.  Even if you don't like the old you, they must have done something right for a moment in their existence.
By this point, you should have quite the nifty little feeling of euphoria.  Which is where we get into another important part.  Step 2.
  • Take pictures.  Or get others to take them.  Make sure they're captured anywhere.
  • Start a quote book.  Remember the day you started it.  Remember the days that you write people's words.
  • Get Spotify.  They're good at finding songs that are similar to ones you already like.  Get a new favorite playlist.  Remember every word.
  • Make new friends.  Don't ditch your current ones, that's stupid.  Just try something new; you may be surprised by the outcome.
Now you have record of when you felt euphoric.  Keep this, but don't dwell on it.  Wait until yet again your angst creeps out and decides that you are unimportant.  Then start the process again.  Feelings are fleeting; they come and go.  You welcome them into your home, and they may just walk out without saying goodbye.  Use this newly created record when the time comes.  Think back to your latest euphoric moment.  Your mind works through association, and thus when you think back to the last time you did it you will remember everything that made you happy then, and everything since then, meaning the more times you've done this the more power there is in it.

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