for the lesson you still haven't learned

for the held breath

for the space between words

for the bug that reproduces every time

for the ticket stub

for the fist bump

for the thing you said you'd do yesterday

for former bloggers

for the meaning of life

for the fort made of blankets

for the budget spreadsheet

for people who can't afford therapists

for the ice on the windshield

for writing it down

for the unknowable

for the DM you screenshot

for people who buy notebooks like they buy lottery tickets

for the thing that wrote itself

for the solstice

for the job you quit

for people who run from things

for Monday mornings

for the ten more minutes

for public

for the whole extra hour

for letting it go

for the mug with the chip

for blindsight

for the smell that brought it all back

for the dream you can't remember

for the sign you couldn't read

for the day after your birthday

for the deadline

for the chronically online

for the missed deadline

for the clean install

for the quiet failure

for the person you are

for the first date

for the lunch table

for Saturday mornings

for the fort made of couch cushions

for aspiring novelists

for the thank you

for handwriting no one can read

for the library

for bus rides

for the library after hours

for the basement

for the dead battery

for the voice memo

for the photograph that doesn't match your memory

for the text you typed and deleted

for the almost knowable

for the coffee shop where they know your order

for the thing you should see a doctor about

for the comeback

for the first sip

for me

for the breath between sentences

for the fear of the blank page

for 'I'll remember this'

for prologues

for the first night in a new city

for the spider you killed and felt bad about

for starting over again

for butterflies

for the marginalia

for the Q&A

for the window you left open

for the podcast you recommend to everyone

for the unsubscribe

for the recipe passed down

for new year's resolutions

for airplane mode

for laundry day

for the space between

for the fish tank

for the person who held the door

for cold coffee

for the pen that ran out of ink

for the thing hiding in plain sight

for the unemployed

for the one who stayed

for the thing you're not ready to write

for the mute button

for the wrong turn

for the thing you're writing right now

for the language you're learning

for the border crossing

for delayed flights

for the equinox

for the charger you forgot

for the birthday that surprised you

for the film you can't rewatch

for the stray that followed you home

for the dandelion in the crack

for the lesson you had to learn twice

for renewed vows

for the poem you forgot

for people who start every entry with 'anyway'

for the person you pretend to be

for the beginning

for the notification you ignored

for former best friends

for em dashes—

for the draft on your phone

for the gym at 6am

for the pen you borrowed and kept

for the meaning of the dream

for the idiom that makes no sense

for the person you were

for the past you romanticize

for the tip you couldn't afford

for not shipping

for the playground

for the wind

for the reckless risk

for the person you're becoming

for the thing you googled at 3am

for apology-drafters

for the almost truth

for the friend you lost touch with

for the hallway outside the office

for the day nothing happened

for herbal tea at midnight

for the word that doesn't translate

for the growth everyone else can see

for nuance

for the day everything changed

for the film you watched alone

for the clothes that don't fit

for adults who feel like kids

for the productive procrastination

for the waiting room

for holding the elevator

for leap years

for the tree you climbed as a kid

for the thing you'll do tomorrow

for the avatar

for the notification that changed your day

for italic feelings

for the last sip

for the dream that felt real

for the inside joke

for the hug that didn't last long enough

for one more line

for the tweet you deleted

for the umbrella you forgot

for reminders you ignored