AURORA

Like the lights ❇️ 27 year old teenage mother Finding balance Becoming better

[thememedaddy]

[remanence-of-love]

[2productive]

[jacobvanloon]

Lead Shot Star XI Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 11x14″  2015

[sabocat-deactivated20260328]

he definitely had his way with language despite his other issues

[waterbugsanonymous]

“please provide a cover letter to show your interest in this position”

bro i literally have a degree in this subject in this field and i need to eat do you want me to beg on my knees

[existennialmemes]

We could house everyone. We could feed everyone. We could care for everyone. We could build devices designed to last as long as possible. We could align our manufacturing around the needs of the people and the planet.

We materially have the resources to do so.

That's why leftists are so angry. The resources we need to build a world everyone can thrive in literally already exist. We are just using them mostly to pamper the rich or murder the poor.

[septentrrional]

Fuck capitalism

[starlike-klondyke]

I hope this isn't a controversial opinion, but I would rather have my tax dollars go to people fraudulently using SNAP benefits than have a single person go hungry. And I mean real fraud, not selling food stamps to buy tampons or any of that. I wouldn't care if half of the people receiving SNAP benefits didn't really need them if it meant everybody in the US had enough food to eat. It's food stamps. That's the exact kind of thing taxes are supposed to be for. Food isn't supposed to be a privilege or a luxury.

The ideal scenario, of course, would be that 100% of people do not require food assistance because food is necessary to live.

[perrfectly]

Source

[1980vibes]

I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone.

[scorpionlafemme]

[theambitiouswoman]

I would break things down to days and hours too when I first started. Helps alot as long as we’re holding ourselves accountable. But more than that, when you break things down as much as possible they become more attainable and your mind will be less resistant

[juniper-abaddon]

the way people seem to genuinely conflate brain damage with fascism drives me up the wall. maybe it's the lead in paint/gas/vapes. maybe it's ai. maybe their brains just don't work right. maybe something they didn't have control over made them dumb to us and thus ontologically evil. what are you on

[juniper-abaddon]

every single day millions of people are poisoned by the actions of rich people trying to save a dollar by ignoring public safety. nobody has ever chosen to get brain damage. implying people with it are predisposed to conservatism is flatly awful. you yourself are not safe from getting brain damage because you are leftist. you are not special. you are just as likely to fall victim to it as anyone else is.

[juniper-abaddon]

your mental ability does not, has not, and will never determine your political leanings. it's just plain ableism.

[arinzeture]

[theambitiouswoman]

Warm thoughts before bed 🧸✨

Okay so lately I have taken up the habit of asking myself what the warmest or best part of my day was and I think about it over and over right before going to sleep

When you are about to fall asleep, your brain shifts into slower brainwave states moving from beta (alert, problem solving) into alpha and then into theta and delta waves which are the states where your brain becomes very impressionable. It’s when your subconscious, the part of your mind that holds your patterns, beliefs and emotional defaults opens up

So when you focus on a warm moment before sleep, your body moves out of stress mode & into a parasympathetic state, which lowers cortisol, relaxes your nervous system and helps you sleep better. Ultimately, it retrains your mind away from the natural negativity bias, teaching your brain to look for what’s good instead of what’s wrong. And little by little, this nightly habit rewires your self concept, replacing the old internal narrative of fear or lack with a deeper sense of connection, possibility and emotional safety. You wake up feeling really good too :)

[nervousstrangernut]

This was suggested by my VA therapist for PTSD. I was skeptical, but I have to admit it helps. I have fewer night terrors, and seem to awaken more awake, not necessarily refreshed, when I do this.

WTH, do you have to lose, except for fewer memories, you can do without?

[theambitiouswoman]

Thank you for sharing your experience @nervousstrangernut 🙏

[radical-revolution]

[dangerouslyfurrydragon]

Date someone who naturally brings out your inner child, makes you laugh, never stops flirting with you, and loves you a little extra on the days you don't feel so loveable.