When you feel like you're not good enough, think again.
It's so, so easy to get down on yourself when there's no attention in your direction. But you have to remember -- you're only a twenty something with your whole life ahead. There's a great big world out there to explore and discover. And I'm not talking about traveling to exotic places and having some crazy, adventurous life that everyone who stalks your Instagram is jealous of (even though that would be awesome.) I'm talking about breaking out and trying something new. Get up and follow your passions. Stop lying around and crying over what you don't have, and what you aren't doing. Go do it.
Climb a mountain, fly a plane, grab your friends and go on a road trip, play board games for hours,try a new recipe, just start marking off of your bucket-list. Go out and discover what lights you up.
Never, ever settle. Never settle for something average when you know you're capable of incredible.
That guy that you went to dinner with won't text you back? You probably shouldn't be chasing him anyways. The guy that told you he would think about a relationship, but decided against it because your "body-type would be an issue," -- you don't need to be in a relationship with anyone who would stoop that low. Sometimes you reach out for friendships, and the opposite hand doesn't always reach back to grab yours. All you can do is try and shelter them in love.
Don't be afraid to reach out and make a new friend. When you engulf yourself in your passions, you'll be surprised to see that there are tons of like-minded people around you doing the same exact thing. Do what you love; love what you do. Don't go searching for love in the wrong places, let real love find you. The best relationships start out as friendships, and if you go searching for love in the wrong places you'll be extremely disappointed when you find out that guy from your one night stand doesn't want to get outside and go on a hike, or go driving around to see the Christmas lights, or take you to Chick-fil-a just to grab a milkshake at 9pm. If your heart isn't searching for someone who's going to call you up at 3 am to "netflix and chill" (no thanks), then don't get down on yourself when you don't find the guy of your dreams in a drunken blur on another random weekend at 20 years old. You're only 20. Think about everything ahead of you.
Put your heart into your days. Every day you're living is another day closer to the day you're dying.
Stop sobbing and start singing. Look around you.
This place is so much greater than you could fathom. Your dreams are waiting for you, so stop sleeping on them and get after them! You shouldn't wait for that perfect guy to *possibly* come around. Get at your dreams and you'll find some really awesome people with passions similar to your own. If you don't, you still have awesome experiences to look back on. Your memories last a lifetime.
Chase the sunlight, and your shadows will always fall behind.
