i am a contradiction.

i am shy, but i cannot stop talking.

i love to make things, but i don’t like showing what i make to people.

i am educated, but i am not smart.

i am independent, but lonely.

i love research, but i hate my job.

i love how i feel after i exercise, but i hate to exercise.

i crave intimacy, but i prefer to be alone.

i want to have a boyfriend, but i don’t put myself out there.

i am an adult, but i am really just a child.

i love to read, but will only ever finish 3 or 4 books a year.

i am a dreamer, but i am a pessimist.

i am the one my friends talk to when they have problems, yet i have limited life experience.

i want to watch my niece grow up, but i live on the other side of the world.