STAY MESSY, STAY STANDING
THE NEW REBELLION: STAY ALIVE
You know what's underrated in 2025?
Not burning your whole life to the ground because you're in a mood.
Seriously.
It’s the hottest trend you’ve never seen on TikTok:
Guy does hard thing. Doesn’t self-destruct after. Lives to tell tale.
No thirst traps. No drama. Just... survival. (Yawn, right?)
Here's what they don't tell you when you're 15 and building your personality out of paperbacks and cigarettes:
Living is punk rock.
Still being here — after the heartbreaks, the almosts, the "this time it'll be differents" —
That's rebellion.
That's real.
HOW IT LOOKS NOW
Current stats:
I lift weights now.
I run in the mornings, fueled solely by coffee and spite.
I moisturize. I floss. I journal.
I sleep before 1AM most nights.
I still blast sad music like I’m 22 and waiting for someone to text back.
It’s all true.
It’s all ridiculous.
It’s all saving my life.
"Living like a Bukowski character gets old right around the time your doctor starts using words like 'pre-hypertension' and 'family history.' "
Turns out, walking the long way home feels better than waking up wondering who you disappointed again.
I’M STILL ME (JUST LESS FLAMMABLE)
I've still got:
The tattoos.
The messy hair (getting messier).
The black shirts.
The playlist that thinks it’s cooler than you.
But here’s the plot twist:
I’m actually here for my own damn life now.
Not dreaming it.
Not apologizing for it.
Not drowning it in bourbon and bullshit.
SOME DAYS STILL SUCK
Some mornings still feel like getting out of bed is an Olympic event.
Some old fears still knock at the door, wearing yesterday’s clothes and smelling like 2009.
They don't get to come inside anymore.
IF YOU WANT ADVICE (YOU DIDN’T ASK, BUT HERE IT IS ANYWAY)
Sweat every day. Move your blood around. Remind your body it’s alive.
Write something every day. Even if it’s just a grocery list full of bad decisions.
Groom yourself like someone’s going to meet you today who changes your life. (Spoiler: it’s you.)
Don't die before you're dead.
Stay messy. Stay standing.
Even when you don’t feel like it.
Especially then.
This life thing? It’s a slow burn.
You gotta stay close enough to the fire to feel something,
but far enough away that you don't catch yourself on it.
And if you do catch?
Roll around a bit.
Laugh about it later.
Take a picture.
FINAL WORD:
You're still here.
That's the whole fucking point.
