It’s September.

Go outside. Practice getting too hot, too cold, covered in sweat and bugbites and mud and rain and dust.

Lay down on floor *as much as possible.*

Look up at the stars. Connect the tiny points of light with imaginary lines.

Cook with rice, corn, black beans, avacado, cheeeese. Hot sauce is especially important.

Every night, read a book until you fall asleep and drop it on your face.

As you read the things you have to read for school, write questions all over the pages.

The answers you find on the internet will probably not be as interesting as the insights that are already there in your head. Go looking for those when you can.

Notice when things are objectively absurd, and find the humor that exists there.

Write because you have something to say.

The things you have to say might become more interesting if you spend more of your time listening.

Put your blankets outside in the sun, when it isn’t raining. They will smell nicer.

Give yourself a break from whatever hurts the most. Set it down, even for just a moment. It’ll still be there when you come back.

Drink enought water.

Have a good night.