what oddly-specific texture are you? (+ a tiny story about you)

Question of
pick a morning vibe
- waking up to sun on your face, slow and soft
- the smell of toast, warm and slightly crunchy
- stepping outside into chilly, crisp air
- the hush of a rainy windowpane
- a crowded subway, vibrating and alive
- a quiet attic with dust motes dancing
- bare feet on cool river stones
- electricity in the air before a storm
Question of
choose a comfort thing
- a worn sweater that smells like someone you like
- a mug that’s always warm in your hands
- a blanket folded in thirds, never messy
- a notebook with scribbles in the margins
- a playlist that always knows what you need
- a pocket full of pebbles you collected once
- the fur of a tired old dog
- the hush of a library at midnight
Question of
pick a color that calls to you (not too hard)
- dusty rose
- coal black
- honey amber
- seafoam green
- stormy gray
- faded denim blue
- cream parchment
- molten gold
Question of
your ideal small ritual
- lighting a candle and staring at it for three whole minutes
- making a ridiculous playlist and crying a little
- pressing a leaf into a book and forgetting about it for months
- folding an origami star while waiting for a message
- re-watching a movie while doing nothing else
- walking barefoot in the grass and apologizing to no one
- leaving a post-it with a compliment on a stranger’s bike
- whispering a secret to the moon and immediately regretting it
Question of
pick a sound that calms you
- rain on tin roof
- the kettle’s slow bubbling
- distant train on the tracks
- pages turning, one long exhale
- a friend laughing too loud in the hallway
- ocean at low tide, soft and patient
- crisp leaves underfoot
- static between stations, the in-between radio noise
Question of
pick a small obsession you could explain but won’t
- collecting ticket stubs like they’re treasure
- aligning the spoons in the drawer until they shine
- knowing the exact time a certain bakery opens
- photographing any door that looks like it has a story
- alphabetizing playlists for comfort
- memorizing the scent of one person’s shampoo
- folding napkins into weird shapes in restaurants
- tracing the rings of a tree whenever you can
Question of
how do you handle heartbreak (pick the most you)
- you make a tiny shrine of things that remind you and stare at it like it’s a movie
- you make playlists with names that are too honest and send none of them
- you busywork yourself into clean corners of the apartment and forget time exists
- you leave the curtains open at night and watch the sky like it owes you answers
- you talk to someone and tell the truth and feel better immediately
- you bite your tongue and swallow the words and later forgive yourself
- you write terrible poetry and put it in a box you never open
- you steal a pastry from the bakery and eat it in the nearest park
Question of
pick an object you would keep forever
- an old sweater with a catch on the sleeve
- a tiny toy that lost one eye but still smiles
- a postcard with a stamp you don’t remember buying
- a stone that looks like a face when light hits it right
- a single Polaroid that’s slightly overexposed
- a key with no lock you know of
- a ribbon from a present you unwrapped once and cried a little
- a journal with the first page half-filled and the rest blank