Alyssa Lynn Malmquist

I tried so hard, and then I tried even harder. Still, I kept trying. I believed anything that made me feel this strongly was worth fighting for. And that’s where I went wrong.

If you’re unsure about him, you’re sure about him. If you’re undecided, you have your decision.

It’s okay to be unsure, and it’s okay not to know.

I don’t like to release the energy I hold dear on things that don’t deserve said energy. I like to save it for when it matters most.

Don’t let them push you away; they need you more than they can communicate. 

I’m not going to tell you it was okay how you treated me or that it was both of our faults. Because it wasn’t. It was yours. It was you. 

Look at your life and decide what part you’d like to courageously start 2019 with.

You changed before, and you’ll change again.

You must find excuses to initiate conversation in order to spark plan and see each other.

He used me and I used him. It doesn’t matter the intention, it never had a chance of growing into anything real.

It seems with news there is always a negative judgment whether it be labeled corrupt, falsified, exaggerated, or bias. But, when it’s pushed on social media, the biggest problem is that it’s out of place.

It’s actually pretty simple but it takes some serious brain work to look at the situation from an honest place. 

I don’t think we can talk enough about how the President of the United States is sending a message of fear and doubt to anyone that wants to be brave enough to bring forward a story of sexual assault. 

For many, dating now requires you to fill out an application, like a job, almost. And then you’re interviewed or judged upon with further questioning.  

We don’t know what forever looks like. What we have control over is right here and now. 

The inexperienced douchebag.

That’s not meant to be an easy thing. It’s not.

We’ve expanded our rationale to the growing levels of casual that have become the standard for what relationships are today.