[moodboardmenagerie]

[bogwitchgardens]

I finally started my raised garden beds and it feels so good. Getting my hands in dirt feels SO GOOD. Theyre a little late, but im okay with that. I hope theyre hardened enough. But theyre getting out there. Its happening. Im so stoked.

[venom-princess-deactivated20250]

[theambitiouswoman]

Your brain doesn’t get tired from doing things, it gets tired from resisting things. When you’re doing nothing your mind starts overthinking and carrying the weight of all the things you’re avoiding. That’s why you feel so tired. It burns more mental energy than simply taking action

Do the thing

[theambitiouswoman]

I want to add to this that the less you do, the more your brain starts to question your ability to do anything at all. Inaction slowly chips away at your confidence because you’re no longer proving to yourself that you can handle things. This is also true when someone else is doing everything for you like a partner or a parent. Momentum creates evidence. When you stop moving, that evidence disappears, and doubt fills the space. Over time, even simple tasks start to feel heavier than they actually are because you’ve trained your mind to hesitate instead of act

Avoidance creates doubt, and doubt creates more avoidance. The only way out is action, even in small doses

[butterflypeaflowertea]

it’s so nice being fond of people on here :-) like yeah maybe we only know each other in a very limited way but i care abt you guys & hearing abt your lives makes me happy & i like listening to the things u have to say & i really truly wish the best for you all!!! sending my love from a couple states, countries, oceans away

[isuggestlandback]

You know how right wing media runs off of BIG SCARY EMOTIONS instead of fact?

Left wingers do this too. Except instead of "THEY'RE EATING THE CATS AND DOGS" it looks like:

"No one else will ever accept you."

"You're too oppressed to be understood by anyone but us."

or

"Anyone outside our group is dangerous."

Check in with yourself about how online communities make you feel.

Do they make you feel hopeful, or hopeless? Connected, or isolated? Accepted, or tolerated?

Do they encourage you to think for yourself, and use critical thought? Or do they ask you to accept without thinking and toe the line? Is there open communication, or are differing opinions bullied into silence?

Beware of anyone who tries to isolate you.

Beware of anyone who tells you no one else will ever love you like they will, that no one else will ever accept you.

Beware of anyone that tells you life is nothing but pain, or that there is no hope.

Hopeless, lonely people are easily controlled.

I know things are scary right now. I'm scared too.

Look out for people who WANT you scared.

Try to find spaces that make you feel like change is possible. Look for people who make you feel empowered to do something!

Look for the helpers.

[bogwitchgardens]

The wonderful irony of @pessimism-central liking my posts that are responding to pessimistic takes with optimism.

[bloodyfeminist]

why am I just not like, participating in my own life? I have a home with books I don’t read and records I don’t listen to and meals I could cook but I don’t. I could watch films but I don’t. I don’t light my candles as much as I could. I have incense I don’t burn. why do I find it so difficult to have a nice time. I’m so bad at being on my own, I have no will to entertain myself

[bogwitchgardens]

It takes practice. Its not easy. Pick one thing when youre alone and then when you have that time just try to make the habit of it.

Im not great at practicing what I preach, I will admit that, but when alone, choose something to trigger you to light the incense. Eventually, maybe add tea to your incense. And then maybe a book or movie. Eventually, you'll have a whole ritual spurred just by being alone.

[profundis-formor]

Ads for Vinted and Depop have been upon me lately, and every time, I get the biggest ick.

No, I don't have closetfuls of underworn clothes on which I could make big money if I sold them on the internet. Ew. If I don't wear something anymore, it's because it's pushing 10-15 years old, seen some rough days, and falling apart. I am pained by the small holes in my t-shirts from 2013 and dread when I'll have to throw them out. With very very few exceptions, I wear things until I can't (because they're old and worn out; I don't grow out of things and have worn the same sizes forever). The idea of selling my unwanted clothes is so super foreign to me.

I am currently donating a sack of things for the first time in, I think, 8-ish years. In approximately 8 years, I have accumulated just under 1 garbage bag's worth of things I think are good enough for someone to want but not wanted by me. Some are things I ordered online that weren't as good as expected, a couple shirts I got as gifts that I kinda wore but don't really want. There's a wig I got for a costume that I didn't end up needing, old costume pieces I made but don't plan on wearing again, and a book my coworker gave me.

I just can't understand the mentality of someone who does have a valuable amount of clothes in sellable quality. It's a reflection of our hyperconsumerist society right now. There's a Vinted ad that emphasizes kid's clothes and toys a child may grow out of, which, fine, that makes sense to me. But otherwise, it looks like these apps are for overshoppers who fill their closets every year and have tons of old stuff that's perfectly good but just "last year's." The presentation of "if you can't afford to go out with your friends, just sell some stuff on Depop" feels like targeting people in credit card debt who want an excuse to go spend more by selling the shit they got but didn't need.

It's stupid. People need to stop buying so much stuff and just use what they have until it's at the end of its material life. If people didn't buy and buy and buy all the time, these apps wouldn't be a thing.

[bogwitchgardens]

I will say, I am personally a clothing collector. I have a bunch of vintage items I've collected over time. I do wear most of them, crucially, however if I was in a really tough spot, I have some valuable pieces I could get close to, if not more than, $1000-$2000 in total for. Not purchased all at once, and certainly not purchased for that price for most of them (some, and i mean some specific pieces) were purchased at high retail, including my wedding dress (cheaper than a standard wedding dress, though, by at least a factor of 10).

I also have some specific collection pieces, as well, not really intended for wear. They are highly novel and I have them to potentially recreate them.

Selling them, though, would only be if im in a difficult spot. And im not the norm. Most people arent buying interesting vintage clothes to wear or collect as an actual, you know, collection, but are instead intending to overconsume to high heaven. Im not perfect. Ive definitely hit the thrift and found TOO MUCH and come home with it (I have a stack of things I need to alter and change to make them more wearable for me). But I also wear those clothes and have no intention of getting rid of them.

All of this might be bean soup, but I like nuance. This might also be sickening to you, but it could be a good explanation.

[sailorsally]

Unpopular opinion but if you don't enjoy the process you should find a different thing to do.

And I think this is true in general but now I'm talking about it in the context of AI.

If you don't enjoy making art and only care about the end piece and how it'll look and how much traction it"lol get online then making art is not something for you, find something you enjoy from start to finish.

Same goes for writing: if you do not enjoy writing and rewriting and then some more and instead want AI to write for you, being a writer is not something you should pursue.

Sure, not every part of creative process is going to be equally enjoyable but you should get satisfaction from solving the problems along the way and you should get a sense of accomplishment on your way of "making the piece yours" and you should have a sense of ownership once you are done.

None of these things will come from typing in a prompt into chatGPT. And I am sad to see so many people are missing on the opportunity to experience the joy of making something with their own hands and brains.

[theivorytowercrumbles]

#this is so true#i know writers like to joke about hating writing#but like if you're serious?#if you actually hate the process of writing?#why is this what you've chosen to pursue#just do something else

[the-bramble--patch]

One of the foremost reasons I like solarpunk is that in the mainstream, being eco-friendly is about sacrifice. Don’t buy new things, don’t buy plastic, don’t take unnecessary trips—etc. It’s not sustainable unless you’re a saint. It’s exhausting to abstain from consumerism without having alternatives like the things Solarpunk emphasizes: community, resources held in common, sustainable hobbies like gardening and mending (and all other sorts of repair), free and accessible public transportation, etc. Solarpunk is about creating a world where being eco-friendly is about joy, not deprivation.

[bogwitchgardens]

I wanted to look into a yard and vent calender. Ive been considering it for a few years and figured id scope some out before making a decision after saving up for a few months. These things are over $300 AND some are SOLD OUT. Its JUNE. Advent leads up to CHRISTMAS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I NEED TO PLAN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS OUT FOR MY NICE LITTLE SWEET TREAT FOR CHRISTMAS???

[bogwitchgardens]

Also, why is like 80% of yarn romantacy themed? Not my vibe. I like the colors, but I feel weird buying an ACOTAR yarn. Ive read the books. I liked them. But its kind of lost its luster for me and its just not my thing anymore so it feels weird to buy a ~themed~ yarn.

[bogwitchgardens]

I wanted to look into a yard and vent calender. Ive been considering it for a few years and figured id scope some out before making a decision after saving up for a few months. These things are over $300 AND some are SOLD OUT. Its JUNE. Advent leads up to CHRISTMAS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I NEED TO PLAN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS OUT FOR MY NICE LITTLE SWEET TREAT FOR CHRISTMAS???

[bogwitchgardens]

Also, why is like 80% of yarn romantacy themed? Not my vibe. I like the colors, but I feel weird buying an ACOTAR yarn. Ive read the books. I liked them. But its kind of lost its luster for me and its just not my thing anymore so it feels weird to buy a ~themed~ yarn.

[bogwitchgardens]

I wanted to look into a yard and vent calender. Ive been considering it for a few years and figured id scope some out before making a decision after saving up for a few months. These things are over $300 AND some are SOLD OUT. Its JUNE. Advent leads up to CHRISTMAS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I NEED TO PLAN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS OUT FOR MY NICE LITTLE SWEET TREAT FOR CHRISTMAS???

[this-is-trans-joy]

You can’t call yourself a leftist if you hate children tbh, like you can choose not to have them or be around them, but outright hating the most marginalised group of people in the world who have absolutely no power or control over the most basic parts of their lives and bodies is a dangerous mentality to have and you need to grow the fuck up and get out of your edgy phase and start treating everyone around you like human beings, even the ones that piss you off.

[this-is-trans-joy]

Like the older I get, the more empathy I have for children. Imagine living on this planet for less than a decade and having to figure out every single thing from scratch, only for the people around you to treat you like a living doll and constantly invalidate your feelings because you haven’t learned how to express them beyond screaming at the top of your lungs, like you’d be having meltdowns in the grocery store as well. The least you can do is offer them some grace, everything is so fucking confusing and scary and overwhelming and they’re not able to communicate that properly and no one around them is explaining shit, and they are constantly at the mercy of whether or not the terrifyingly giant adults around them CHOOSE to be kind like genuinely put yourself in the situation of a child and tell me you wouldn’t also be freaking the fuck out.

The way society treats children is borderline inhumane, and you have the audacity to call them hellspawn crotch-goblins for screaming a little bit too loud or daring to be in the same vicinity as you.

[this-is-trans-joy]

I do also believe that hating children is a sign of underlying ableism, because most of the justifications of hating children comes down to “they’re annoying” or “they don’t know how to act” or “they’re gross” and if you are unable to treat people who lack social skills, who make loud or repetitive noises, who are incontinent etc. with basic respect and dignity, then what’s the difference between hating children and hating disabled adults that share the traits you find so irritating?

[blue]

i am a bunny | illustrator: richard scarry

[deadgenerations]

I really hate that for some reason the narrative became that women fought to join the workforce rather than women fought to have the same jobs for the same pay as men instead of being relegated to labour considered to be lesser and explicitly disallowed from many roles and professions. fuck off and die.

[auroraapplepie22]

Women have ALWAYS been part of the workforce. Always. When we were hunter gatherers, women both hunted and gathered. When we began farming, do you think women just sat around staring at the ground all day? No, they fucking worked. They would strap their baby to their back and work in the fields, all day. When industrialization came to town, women worked. Sometimes longer hours and always for a lot less pay. We typed, we filed, we ingested poisonous substances to paint tiny little numbers on clocks. And became horribly disfigured from it. Fighting for equal rights didn't mean we suddenly "got" to work. It meant we fought to not be denied a promotion because we were women. It meant we fought to not be fired because we got pregnant. We fought to make a dollar for every dollar a man made in the same position, rather than 70 cents for every dollar. We still aren't done fighting because this shit is still happening right now.