<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[applemuffin]]></title><description><![CDATA[hello world 🌎]]></description><link>https://aplmfn.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k0A5!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4a7cc3c3-b21b-4e47-b099-91e487835444_100x100.gif</url><title>applemuffin</title><link>https://aplmfn.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:03:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Faplmfn.substack.com%2Ffeed" rel="self" 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GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21vbVZ%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F469a748c-ab47-4aab-b934-c0ec89004873_715x300.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>am i a narcissist? </p><p>am i self obsessed? </p><p>am i egotistical?</p><p>i always look to myself to make me happy </p><p>not inherently my physical appearance but more so the seeds past me has planted for future me</p><p>everything i own is decorated because otherwise everything feels like a chore and i must find joy in everything i do even just a little bit.</p><p>i would consider myself a generally optimistic person,                                                    sometimes so optimistic it pisses other people off&#8230;</p><p>when I feel the inkling of a negative feeling ill glance at my nails , admire the glorious holographic star polish I painted on earlier and smile </p><p>&#8220;ahh&#8230;everything is okayy&#8221;</p><p>i love wearing hair clips in my hair </p><p>my favorite one has a little kitten that says &#8220;lucky&#8221;, i love looking at it in the mirror when im washing my hands in the bathroom </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21zp_Y%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252Fb2a814de-367a-4db7-9ed5-b067422c8e89_770x770.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zp_Y!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2a814de-367a-4db7-9ed5-b067422c8e89_770x770.jpeg 424w, 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width="296" height="296" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b2a814de-367a-4db7-9ed5-b067422c8e89_770x770.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:770,&quot;width&quot;:770,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:296,&quot;bytes&quot;:0,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;lucky&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="lucky" title="lucky" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zp_Y!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2a814de-367a-4db7-9ed5-b067422c8e89_770x770.jpeg 424w, 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the time however, I HATED IT. why does all my stuff look mine? how do I make it different? why cant something look like I had nothing to do with it?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21Xw2k%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F2b5d50f1-6172-45f5-90c7-50702acfade7_1048x1053.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xw2k!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b5d50f1-6172-45f5-90c7-50702acfade7_1048x1053.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">my guardian angels</figcaption></figure></div><p>am i&#8230;.severely childish? do i just enjoy cute things? what do you call this?  genuinely&#8230;&#8230;</p><p>whatever it is i wonder if i&#8217;ll ever grow out of it </p><p>why do I feel like the world is counting on me?</p><p>i care about me and my own feelings too much is that my problem? </p><p>I think in third person often, especially when I am feeling down.</p><p>taking a test thinking &#8220;applemuffin you got thiss!!!&#8221;</p><p>or when i&#8217;m driving I become self proclaimed applemuffin superhero </p><p>hello humongous truck of course i will let you in because all of these assholes have never seen a turning signal in their lives </p><p>oh you need to get in my lane, go ahead god put me here to make this go smooth i&#8217;m just his hands </p><p>i wouldn&#8217;t even say i&#8217;m a religious person </p><p>but i always mention god </p><p>&#8220;gods plan, god didn&#8217;t want this to happen, yoo this is what god wanted&#8221;</p><p>when something strange happens i look up at the sky like bruh </p><p>sometimes I feel like god is playing a little trick on me </p><p>a godtrick  </p><p>and i don&#8217;t care which god you imagine </p><p>i don&#8217;t know either and I fw god </p><p>maybe the blues brothers changed my life? </p><p>no that&#8217;s not what this is about that&#8217;s a whole other story&#8230; </p><p>was i always this way? or did everything start feeling so grim one day i had to take initiative?</p><p>don&#8217;t get me wrong i love the world!!! </p><p>but i am bleeding myself out!!!! it&#8217;s oozing out of every pore and my blood is PINK! </p><p>how long am i going to be me?</p><p>I've practically created my own little world but is it borderline schizophrenic? </p><p>i can keep myself happy but i want to know the reason. </p><p>maybe i listened to too much lil b during my development.</p><p>is my ego too big? </p><p>i beg to differ but isnt that something a narcissist would do? </p><p>so what&#8217;s the difference between me and one? </p><p>i am horrible at giving advice </p><p>i can only give anecdotes </p><p>does that mean i just love talking about myself? </p><p>then why am i so secretive? </p><p>is that a whole other essay? </p><p>if people don&#8217;t know me by applemuffin they know me by another alias </p><p>the only people who know my government name find out years later in casual conversation or i know them from school </p><p>(idc enough to change my name in class i mostly hate when random customers know my name but that means all my coworkers have no idea unless they&#8217;re deep enough in my life to notice) </p><p>the way i see myself when I try to make sense of it all is i present myself how i want because i hate regretting things. (?)</p><p>i never want to be one of those people that&#8217;s always lingering in the past wishing they did things different </p><p>when i get an inkling of that feeling i have to act upon it </p><p>better sooner than later am i right?</p><p>i&#8217;m not sure how this applies&#8230;</p><p>maybe in terms of appearance? </p><p>if anything, I feel less physically entertained by myself now than ever before, i took out every piercing i had, my hair isn&#8217;t pink anymore, i don&#8217;t do crazy makeup anymore my eyebrows are normal </p><p>i felt more wayyy more narcissistic then </p><p>anyways </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="iframe.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21fYhQ%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F50d41a26-ec5d-4d1b-a51a-b9d74d860337_2887x2887.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fYhQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50d41a26-ec5d-4d1b-a51a-b9d74d860337_2887x2887.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fYhQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50d41a26-ec5d-4d1b-a51a-b9d74d860337_2887x2887.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fYhQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50d41a26-ec5d-4d1b-a51a-b9d74d860337_2887x2887.jpeg 1272w, 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bruh whateverrr </p><p>or maybe it is </p><p>i don&#8217;t know anything!!!</p><p>me me me me </p><p>i i i i i </p><p><em>sigh</em> </p><p>i think to myself writing this, is this just another narcissistic self obsessed manifestation? </p><p>but in my heart i am writing this because i just want to be a good person for the world </p><p>i am always following my heart </p><p>so if something is wrong with me id like to fix it for the greater good </p><p>i would say i have severe empathy for others </p><p>i notice things i feel people purposefully ignore </p><p>sometimes i feel too much </p><p>like i smother every person i know </p><p>i love making people super personal gifts because i love when they feel cared about and heard </p><p>and sometimes im afraid it will weird them out but i follow my heart</p><p>i love when people talk to me about them </p><p>and dear god please i am not fishing to be glazed </p><p>i have get-to-the-bottom-of-it syndrome and my thinking cap is on but i am trapped 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