[recaption]

[allisonpnguyen]

Sometimes I wonder if the choices I made in the past 7-8 years are right... If you had asked me if I regretted my decisions back then, I probably would have said no. Coming this far into my 20s, I'm not too sure anymore.

[uptional]

[kingofthehillcaps]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“One of the hardest battles we fight is between what we know and what we feel.”

— Unknown

[prettystuff]

[belgarhd]

belgarhd

[5tn]

[memeuplift]

[allisonpnguyen]

🥺

[ziggyplayedd]

things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

change the color used to highlight text on your laptop

move the pictures on your wall

stack whatever clutter is in your room into piles even if you don’t have time to clean it all

slightly vary your commute, even just by one street

change where you sit and scroll aimlessly on your phone even if it’s only to the chair in your room instead of your bed

drink water or juice out of a wine glass in the morning because nothing is real

shower with the lights off, without music

buy $3 flowers at trader joe’s—they look bad next to the more expensive ones but they look so good in your room

start typing things you don’t post into your notes. your thoughts can be worth documenting even if you don’t deem them worth sharing

wake up super early just once. you don’t have to make it a habit it’s just extra satisfying to go to bed that night

listen to the entirety of your favorite album from 2015

[sandersstudies]

Almost all of these are about variety. Humans need stimulation! We need enrichment! We literally cannot do the same thing every day!

The other day I was feeling miserable, so I hopped on a bus and rode it all the way back to where I’d started, and my brain, which had finally had some proper stimulation via new environments, was suddenly ready to go again!

This is why taking walks/drives and trying new hobbies are good for you! Don’t turn yourself into a sad zoo animal! You need some pumpkins to roll around in your enclosure!

[khuq-deactivated20250511]

To feel safe around someone’s energy is a different kind of intimacy.

[lofijazz]

[filmaticbby]

River of Grass (1994) dir. Kelly Reichardt

[samlabrahams]

[animationsource]

Spirited Away (2001)

[introspectivepoet]

Honestly, my goal is to build a life, and career, where I’m not constantly waiting for the weekend. I don’t want to live that way, where I hate five days of the week because I hate my life and job so much, that the only relief I get is Saturday and Sunday. I want to enjoy my life, and not wish it away every week. I want each day to matter to me, in some way, even some small way. I want to like my life, all of it, not just my life on the weekend.

[allisonpnguyen]

Slowly dying inside every day 🙃

[anxietyproblem]

[anxietyproblem]