"A lot of my songwriting in the Hold Steady has to do with this place in your life where it’s appropriate to go to parties and have a dumb job. And then you get a little older, late 20s or early 30s, and it’s not as appropriate. There are people that make that transition and then there are people that get hung up right there. Things like hospitalization, mental health, and depression really start to come to light. It’s that frustration: ‘This isn’t turning out how I thought it was going to. Why is it so hard for me to get to work? Why do I sleep so much? Why am I not excited to see my friends?’"  -

Craig Finn (via synecdoche)

This just made me tear up. Can you fucking believe that? A quote from the lead singer of the Hold Steady — I don’t know if I’ve ever even heard a Hold Steady song — on Tumblr nearly made me cry at 28 years of age.

This quote literally describes me to a T. And, it’s so asinine for me to even suggest that I thought I was the only person in the world who felt this way. I mean, obviously, I’m not. The world has a great many people in it who are in similarly shitty circumstances. I am not that unique. I know this. But, even when you know you’re not alone, your brain always manages to convince itselfthat you are alone and you should feel alone.

And then, you read something like this that just nails your life and what you’ve been experiencing, and you simultaneously feel, “Oh, God, I’m such a pathetic wreck,” and, “Well, I’m not alone. Maybe I can make it after all.”

More of the former than the latter, admittedly.