[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!

[yippeeepenid]

ITS BACK!!!!!

god i fucking love the quote “dont turn yourself into a sad zoo animal” it has really inspired me!

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

please don’t spend your life convincing yourself that love or joy is reserved for the idealized version of you that only exists in the future

[kosmogrl]

[oldschool-romantic-deactivated2]

🎬 Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)

[moxyphinx]

EDEN ESPINOSA & AMBER IMAN  "I Will Paint Her" LEMPICKA the musical

[moxyphinx]

“I Will Paint Her” LEMPICKA the musical

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

It's a lot healthier to go for a daily walk than to sign up for a gym membership you won't be using because you hate that kind of exercise. It's a lot healthier to eat a frozen meal than to skip a meal because you were too tired to cook something healthy. It's a lot healthier to take a quick shower than to procrastinate an elaborate routine for days. Don't aim so high that you won't be hitting anything!

[creamypancakebatter]

this is actually really helpful and affirming thanks

[breelandwalker]

[moxyphinx]

AMBER IMAN as Rafaela & EDEN ESPINOSA as Tamara de Lempicka LEMPICKA the musical

[moxyphinx]

it's just the two of us AMBER IMAN & EDEN ESPINOSA in LEMPICKA

[bettedavises]

Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck shipping post.

[6odyisa6lade]

The Outlaws, 1995 by Tina Fiveash

[roomtemperaturesuperconductor]

Thinking about pre-code Hollywood director and lesbian style icon Dorothy Arzner

[aiqingdemeimiao]

"i'm just left out! who am i going to marry?"

children of divorce [1927]

[jeanharlowsbrows]

Marlene Dietrich photographed by Milton H. Greene, 1953

[classicfilmblr]

Queen Christina, 1933 dir. Rouben Mamoulian

[sidxlune]

Greta Garbo Anna Christie (1930)

“I love Greta Garbo as a screen actress—as a star—but I also identify with her as a homosexual, as an invert, as a keeper of secrets. She blends beautifully both the male and the female; she is alone, for the most part, and appears to be strong, for the most part; she is loved and wanted, but never weakened by this attention and affection. I find her the ideal leading man in my films and in my fantasies, and I am unafraid to say that I wanted to be very much like Greta Garbo.”

— Tennessee Williams

When shown this passage, Marlon Brando replied:

“I feel quite the same way.”

[acepalindrome]

I genuinely hope American media sucks for a while! I hope the big companies keep trying to churn out shit and that it’s all embarrassing garbage! I want it to be extremely apparent to everyone how important the writers and actors are to create good media and that they deserve to be compensated appropriately!!!