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keep it simple 💜

[remanence-of-love]

[perfectquote]

“Don’t be in such a rush to figure everything out. Embrace the unknown and let your life surprise you.”

— Unknown

[drinksomefuckingwater]

drink some fucking water

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[frachella]

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

forgive yourself for bad decisions and the setbacks they may cause. but do learn from it. try your best to choose what you need.

[remanence-of-love]

[slfcare]

the very first step of getting over your fears is to have them. just like the first step to getting better is being worse than you wish you were, and the first step to becoming who you want to be is being who you are. don’t let your shame back you into a corner. you can only grow from here.

[remanence-of-love]

[ahtokasano]

hello friendly reminder that you do not need a special occasion to use nice things! if you wait long enough your nice bath bomb won't be as fizzy! your favourite fruits will go out of season! candles are meant to be burned, not looked at! you're not enjoying your special tea if it's just sitting in your cupboard! you're allowed to have nice and special things on completely ordinary days! heck, it might just make that day special!!

[inkskinned]

the advice "do today 1% better than yesterday" does not work for me because my brain doesn't like the mathematical quantification of my experience and also it makes me feel like i am not doing well-enough. i do not like that it implies being a person is a perfect upwards line.

it is better to say make today 1% better. there are things you can do right now that will make today 1% better than it currently is. it is not being held in competition with your past self nor is it putting pressure on your future self.

it's okay if today is a bad day. you could maybe brush your teeth. you could probably do a 5-minute meditation. you might be able to get a glass of water. for style points you could even attempt to wash your face, even if it's more like splashing around in the sink. raising the type of day by 1% is better than throwing the entire day in the bin.

sometimes you will get to the 1% and that will be the end of your energy, but you did make it 1% better, and it will feel good to have attempted it. sometimes the 1% will roll into 2% which will roll into 50%, which is delightful. 1% is often very-doable. even just shifting your pillows so your neck isn't getting a crick counts as a 1% effort.

there will be days where the 1% will not be doable, and you will actively be fighting yourself from making it worse. that is okay. but one of the things that i have learned from doing this (as someone with impulse control issues) is that i often stop myself and say is this going to make it better or worse? sometimes the answer is worse and i don't care. but sometimes my 1% of effort is actually not doing something. i decide i am too-tired, i shouldn't go out tonight. i decide that i am making a bad choice. i decide to stay-still, and that is my 1%. i am doing better, slowly.

today was a bad day, i struggled to get out of bed. but i just made myself do 3 minutes of yoga. it is barely anything. and let me tell you: i feel fucking excellent.

i love you. i hope you give yourself 1%.

[thedruidsforest]

This year is full of comfort and joy—slowly drinking tea, reading more books, crafting instead of scrolling, wearing silly little outfits, gardening until our skin turns green, enjoying the quiet moments.

So mote it be, like to charge, reblog to cast

[primordialsoundmeditation]

[miyukony4n]

[theangelsnumbers]

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

Ram Dass

The angels are guiding you right now. Follow the link in my bio to receive their message.

[thoughtkick]

“Worrying won’t stop bad things from happening. It only stops you from enjoying the good.”

— Unknown

[thoughtkick]

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”

— Henry Ward Beecher