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Sometimes, I get so involved in the lives of others that I forget how to live on my own. I share my hurts with my friends, but I forget to let myself actually feel them, to just sit still and breathe and acknowledge that yes, this hurts. Very much, in fact. But that’s okay. That hurt means I’m alive and it means that I had something that I cared about enough to miss. And I’m lucky because not everyone ever has something that important to lose. I need to learn to be my own person, even when I’d rather be have someone else around. I need to realize that it’s okay to be in my own headspace sometimes. I don’t need another voice around at all times to tell me I’m okay. I’m making that time for me to be alone. Well, alone with Taylor Swift and Ben and Jerry. Hey, a girl has to have her ways of coping, right? ...