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    15 hours ago

    I don’t worry myself about wasting life. At least not in the way people often mean it.

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        14 hours ago

        “meant to be”

        That’s the thing. Everything is always in the future. Everything’s always tomorrow. Everything is always over the horizon, and then everything will be as it should be. Life’s treated like an inconvenient, high maintenance gift we didn’t ask for. “Don’t fuck it up. Dont fuck it up. Always become. Never just be

        Look if I have an opportunity to transition I will. There’d be no reason not to. But I’d still be me. And that’s really all I want. I want to be me right now and then die when it’s time.

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          12 hours ago

          I’m just saying you are denying yourself a great deal of happiness. It’s not about reaching some idealized final state. It’s about living a life of joy instead of the alternative.