Black Ballerina

[thevirgodoll]

[le-bronzage-est-delicieux]

[thesophistiicate]

the ability to see more beauty in the world is a skill. the more beauty you see, the more comes to you, the more you create yourself. so much of the disempowerment people feel is because they are trained to see the ugly and negative in everything. you have to unpick your mind from the lure of negativity and train yourself to find beauty. if you want a beautiful life, it starts with learning to find the beauty everywhere.

[sverate]

[wetheurban]

Not every season is about glowing up.

Some are just about not giving up on yourself and staying alive in spirit when everything feels heavy.

[sverate]

[euphemialikesberries]

[theambitiouswoman]

You build your confidence by doing the things you promised yourself that you would do

[hermajestyimher]

My approach to relationships? It's simple: I go where I'm cherished and celebrated, never where I'm merely tolerated. I'm never too much or not enough for the right people. I can be me in my fullest self with those that are aligned and for me. I don't feel the need to perform or make myself smaller to be liked or accepted by the wrong crowd.

[jean-doe]

[theambitiouswoman]

[sverate]

[scorpionlafemme]

[theambitiouswoman]

Robert Greene didn’t say it exactly like this, but in The Laws of Human Nature, he clearly explains how we should judge character & not how someone makes us feel

It’s easy to get swept up by charm, attention, or chemistry. But Greene says to pay attention to people’s patterns, not their promises. Don’t just listen to what they say, watch what they do

The faster you learn to read someone’s true character, the more time, energy & heartache you save

That one skill alone can change your whole life

[achillesinhighheels]

silver cupid locket from the 1600s with the inscription "no heart more true than mine to you"

[mothmansboywife]

The only adhd tips that actually work:

1. Never tell anyone what you're planning to do until you do it (you will get a premature dopamine hit and sense of accomplishment from telling them and lose motivation to actually do it)

2. Never sit down (never sit down)

[ashstfu]

propaganda i am not falling for:

always moving on. some goodbyes need to rot a little. some griefs need to be held in the mouth like a stone.

beauty defined by algorithms. beauty exists in crow feet and smile lines

pretending to be chill. i’m not chill. i care deeply and inconveniently. i read into things. i write poems about eye contact

beige apartments with no soul. give me bookshelves and incense and loud art

sneaky links and unclear intentions. i want devotion. and also clarity

treating books as decor. read them. dog-ear them. argue with them in the margins