I've been having one of those weeks. And really, I think that's all the explanation I need.

I am allowed to cry.

I am allowed to hate.

I am allowed to sleep.

I am allowed to change my mind.

I am allowed to be alone.

I am allowed to be social.

I am allowed to not study.

I am allowed to study.

I am allowed to be vulnerable.

I am allowed to be angry.

I am allowed to be honest.

I am allowed to be blunt.

I am allowed to not care.

I am allowed to care way too much.

I am allowed to contradict myself.

I am allowed to hate myself, sometimes.

I am allowed to not diet.

I am allowed to eat what I want, when I want.

I am allowed to wear the same clothes all the time.

I am allowed to be comfortable.

I am allowed to say when it is that I am not comfortable.

I am allowed to be tired.

I am allowed to quit.

I am allowed to keep going.

I don't have to be perfect.

I am allowed to read novels, even when I haven't done all my schoolwork.

I am allowed to live off of black beans and rice, if that's what I want.

I am allowed to laugh.

I am allowed to forget.

I am allowed to pretend that I'm okay.

I am allowed to acknowledge that I'm not.

I am allowed to breathe.

I am allowed to complain.

I'm allowed to sing, even if it's off key.

I'm allowed to scream.

I'm allowed to be happy.

I am allowed to be me.