And for anyone who might see a piece of themselves in them.
Every time someone said this to me, I learned to pull back a little more. To speak quieter, feel less intensely, take up less space. Be less myself. But what happens when an entire generation grows up being told they’re “too much”—usually with rolling eyes? We end up shrinking ourselves…
Ogni volta che qualcuno mi diceva queste parole, imparavo a tirarmi indietro un po’ di più. A parlare più piano, a sentire meno intensamente, a…

Hi, I’m Diego.
I’ve spent years moving through the world, collecting experiences from different places and faces. But somewhere along the way, all that external traveling led me inward. The most profound journeys, I’ve discovered, happen within ourselves.