leslielemon

this building, man,this building is like any other old building in the area.
it's got a concierge, slow elevators, a brick exterior, and maintenance issues.
just a regular pioneer age pioneer square building.

I assume that it is the concierge's job to post cheesy motivational pictures with motivational quotes printed on them in the elevators, switching them every so often. super cheesy stuff, you know? like "spring is an exercise in immortality" and other live life to its fullest crap.

one of the more recent ones is this cliche:

"don't ask yourself what the world needs. ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

it's printed atop an image of a young boy diving off a pier into cool blue water. he's young and alive, get it?

as cheesy as that sounds, I have reflected upon it.

I'm barely alive these days. 20%, maybe 30 tops.
I'm suffocating here, man. stagnating in seattle. vanishing in the great pacific northwest.

I need to be elsewhere in the world to avoid withering away.
I need to make it happen. I NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, MAN.