I Have Faith In Hard Work

20, Med Student, studyblr, 1/100 days of the productivity challenge.

[fuckyeahsartrecamus-blog]

[fuckintheia]

picasso, sartre, camus, valentine hugo, cécile éluard, queneau, leiris, dora maar, beauvoir, jacques lacan…

“ucundan yakalanan arzu”

[everythinginlifeisalie]

[theboywhoreadsbooks]

*Enters a bookstore*

me to myself: be calm

[courageofourheart]

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”

— Toni Morrison, Beloved (via quotespile)

[mindful-minds]

[pebaicons]

motivational lockscreens

like if you save

[sharmakeswife-deactivated201809]

do you ever just fucking hate yourself for not working hard enough to reach your full potential?? cuz same.

[phynali]

i know a lot of the other notes on this say the same, but just to repeat it:

this is evil at work.

this is something we’re conditioned to feel by our bullshit capitalist societies, which teach us that our only worth is our output.

this is capitalism teaching us to do it’s job for it - making us feel bad and self-hating so we act in accordance with it. making us so exhausted with self-loathing we have no energy to push back against the toxic ideology that makes us feel this way and change the system.

what i mean is -

if reaching your “full potential” means working so hard you make yourself miserable or mentally unwell - consider that it’s not a healthy, sustainable goal and was never meant to be.

capitalism doesn’t care if you’re happy, it only cares if you’re fulfilling your quota. whatever thing it streamed you into doing, if you don’t do it *this* much (i.e., a value that requires literally all of your time, energy, and emotional labour), then you’re a shitbag. you must be. 

because you have underutilized “potential” and they want to capitalize on it. and how better to wring out every drop from someone than to make sure they hate themselves if they’re giving less than 110% at any point.

and this isn’t taught to us by our teachers and parents on purpose. but it’s there, and it’s there in our narratives and our heroes (mundane and superpowered both). and it becomes this emotional radiation too us.

it takes time, and a lot of self-care and self-love, to unhook the barbs of capitalism that have stabbed so deep into our flesh. but it’s work worth doing - dismantling this self-loathing.

because “not reaching your full potential” is a lie. you’re whole and good and fucking perfect in this moment already.

[create-a-positive-mind]

Your full potential is exactly what you make it. If that’s being a stay at home parent, working as a CEO, being the president, being a barista, working for non-profits, going to school, or anything in between then that is exactly what your full potential is!

Never let anyone tell you otherwise. Do what makes you happy and content and that will be how you reach your full potential. 

[minuty]

[heartsday]

“know this: you can start over, each morning.”

— Tyler Joseph (via suspend)

[fuckyeahyoga]

Focus on the sensations coming from your coffee.

Notice the warmth, the rising steam.

How does the cup feel in your hand?

When you take a sip, pay attention to the taste, the aroma.

As you swallow, feel the warm liquid.

via  Zen Coffee: A Guide to Mindful Meditation

[amargedom]

Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.

Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (via amargedom)

[amargedom]

You are not accidental. The world needs you. Without you, something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it.

Osho (via amargedom)

[hufflepuffwannabe]

just start now. whatever you’re holding off on, just start now. don’t wait until the mood strikes. start now. working on it for even five minutes is better than nothing. just start now. now

[minuty]

Let’s borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night (via minuty)

[synqra]

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[tragicinsanity]

[ambitiouslylearning-deactivated]

I don’t know what stage of the semester you’re at right now but let someone in exam period (me) give you some advice on revision: Start early. Early as in NOW. Start now to not end up like me