Maya Kachroo-Levine

You aren’t supposed to be with someone who likes the changed version of you. That isn’t what love should be built on.

Going to an event, a museum, a bar, or a movie by yourself, like a boss. Going places alone and not being worried about it is one of the most liberating social moves anyone can make.

Your first weekend away together. Your first road trip, and the memories of long talks in the car and playlists that stick in your head.

You really don’t want to meet anyone on an app. And it’s not that you don’t realize that it’s honestly similar to meeting someone randomly at a bar, you’re just sick of the endless swiping.

The friends who are always there for you. Devote your time to them, instead of aimlessly trying to spend time with people who make you worry that they won’t return your texts, or reciprocate your affection.

“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

You can choose to feel let down by people, or you can choose to grow from each personal experience, even the ones that honestly blow.

Michael Phelps winning gold in London in the 100m Butterly. Watching Phelps’ mom is almost better than watching Phelps. She is 100% the true Olympian.

But when Jojo is on cloud nine claiming that nothing can go wrong, and then is immediately handed a magazine that was also planted in the boys room, that’s going a little far.

You will become enthralled with their presence all too easily. They are easy to fall for; it feels intoxicating to be around them because of their welcoming touch and creative, different outlook on things.

Lazy Sundays… aren’t really a thing for them. I mean, they might like to sleep in, but they probably won’t just stay in all day. They’ll plan something for you guys to do together.

Trying online dating. It’s going down, I’m yellin’ Tinder.

She realizes that part of the value in having a guy over is so that he can chop finicky vegetables.
The squash struggle is raw and real.

Make a bucket list of things you want to do in your town or city this summer — with one or two close friends — and then actually make those things happen.

An age-old tale. Couple gets together. Couple goes strong. Couple gets three years in, isn’t living together, and one party is v concerned that their relationship is going nowhere and that the second party is pulling away from them.

Betting on yourself. If you aren’t going to believe in yourself, who will?

Invent a Bring Your Dog To Work Day.

Summer activities are a great time, but they’re also a blatant reminder that warm weather would be more fun if you had an endless cash supply.