Daphne’s Diary Entry #10 - in honor of 10k!
Written by Daphne Bryant
Hi ᓚ₍⑅^..^₎♡ This diary entry is going to be formatted a little differently than the others.
This time around, I really genuinely wanted to connect with you all and let you into my world without having to worry about structure.
You may know this already, but yesterday morning Dreamworldgirl Zine hit 10k followers on Instagram. 10,000 of you and counting: that is genuinely, actually crazy, especially because it hasn’t even been a year! So many of my dreams are coming true, and some days I really feel like I’m on top of the world. In a lot of ways I guess I am, but I feel it’s necessary to erase the perceived notion that everything in my life is perfect.
Nothing is perfect, even this beautiful zine. There are mistakes in the print issues. There are photoshoots that have gone wrong.There is merch that’s taking forever to ship, hard conversations I’ve had to have, and many things that have felt so rushed. My life isn’t perfect either. I just graduated college and haven’t found a big girl job yet. I have aspirations of relocating to LA, but nothing’s clicked. Where I’m living right now is so far away from all of my friends. And my love life? Let’s not even go there.
While you could be beating yourself up for not doing things that I’m doing, there are probably things in your life that I wish I had. That’s how life works, you know? It’s why I always catch myself when I start making unhealthy comparisons or having perfectionist thoughts that are much too critical. I am twenty-one years old, and I actually have no idea what I’m doing, and that’s okay.
What I do know is that we are creating something special, people-driven and wildly creative.I can be proud of that, for sure. ANDDD this week is going to be a great one because it’s LAUNCH WEEK! Issue 02: Bitter comes out on Saturday <3 Everyone has worked so hard on this project and I can’t wait for everyone to get their hands on it. I’m also so excited to party with all my friends and celebrate with them. I am lucky because I have this community, and it really feels like it’s mine. I belong here, and so do all of you.
Sending love,
Daphne
