You Are Awesome

I decided to make this in order to create a more positive world for the people in it. I am passionate about positive mental health and I will give out tips to lead a happier life. A disclaimer: I am not licensed in psychology/therapy/anything related to mental health, so if it doesn’t work for you, then don’t/stop doing it. I’m only fluent in English and Hebrew but if you want to translate it into another language, go for it and thank you. Also, if you have any ideas/tips that I can post, please share it with me. I would love to receive your input.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Be kind, darlings be kind.

[perfeqt]

“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take the step.”

— Naeem Callaway

[recoverystuff-deactivated202108]

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

you ARE worthy of love

[toastbutteregg]

this is important!!!

[softdaisie]

you got this. sometimes trying your best means taking it slow. you don’t have to wear yourself out everyday. surviving is a success too. ⁣⁣

[thoughtkick]

“Keep the ones who heard you when you never said a word.”

— Unknown

[aidashakur]

[anonymousalchemist]

being 25 is like: im dying. im living my best life. im a failure. my life hasnt started. everything interesting has already happened to me. im achieving my dreams. im cutting my hair with kitchen scissors. im starting a skincare routine. im a corporate professional. im a sellout. im out of groceries. i have too many groceries. i am never going to be successful. i am going to win a hugo award before im 30. im crazy. im boring. i need to finish this essay. i need to finish this story. i need to start a newsletter. i need to start tweeting more. i need to stop tweeting. i need to ghost all my friends. i need to tell my friends i love them. i need to find a new apartment. i need to take out the trash. i am the trash that needs to be taken out. 

[wilwheaton]

Maybe someone will hear this, and enjoy their twenties in a way I couldn’t. I’m 48 now, and my life is honestly just beginning. It’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve felt like I have anything figured out, and I – and every other adult – is really just kind of faking it most of the time. Because we were told, over and over again, “grow up and be responsible” so we made the destination the point, and missed a lot of the joy of the journey. Yes. “Growing up” is a thing we all need to do, and we all eventually do. But when you’re in your 20s? Live your life! Enjoy your life! You’re going to make a million mistakes. You’re going to fall down a thousand times. That’s part of being in your 20s, and it’s really okay. You are not the trash that needs to be taken out. You aren’t trash at all. You’re a person and you deserve to be happy and to follow your dreams (and not everyone in their 20s knows what their dreams even are!). But the most important thing I want to share, the thing I know at least one of you needs to hear, that I hope you can hear and really act upon, is this: Don’t give yourself “my 30th birthday” as a deadline to have it all figured out and happening. When you do that, as I did, you completely lose the fun and the joy and the freedom that is such an essential part of your twenties. All these questions you have, all this turmoil you feel, all the stress about not being further along your career path … all of that is totally normal. All of your peers are experiencing it. Everyone who was in their 20s before you has experienced that. You’re going to be okay. Keep asking the questions, and keep challenging your presumptions. You’ve been told the world is one particular way, by your parents and educators, and now that you’re in your twenties, you get to find out what was true. Figuring all that out takes a lot of time and a lot of energy. You can do it. I feel everything the OP posted here, in my memories of being 25, and I want the OP to know that I felt all of those things, too. They’re part of life’s journey, and you are not trash for experiencing all of them.

[jumpingjacktrash]

me at 25: if i don’t become one of the big famous prolific fantasy authors my life will have been wasted!

me at 48: i made my son feel loved today. i have accomplished what is important.

the priorities you’re given growing up are often just adults fantasizing through you about the things they wish they could’ve done. it’s not your job as a human being to impress them or fulfill their dreams. your job as a human is to be a member of your community and make the world a little better, that’s all.

[anonymousalchemist]

hi! its me! op! i did not expect my “semi-self deprecating oh jeez everything happens all the time, i swear i’m not mostly a sadboi, this was actually a very out of character post” post to get 60k+ notes. that was very weird to begin with. 

i also did not expect wil wheaton to reblog with life advice and to tell me that i’m not the trash that needs to be taken out (thanks wil wheaton) and i hope that all the other 20somethings who have been reblogging this and tagging it with very depressing tags get some reassurance. there have been a lot of depressing tags. it has maybe been harshing my mood, as the kids say (the kids do not say this) 

i also did not expect jumpingjacktrash, whose homestuck fanfic i read a lot of when i was sixteen, to reblog this with life advice either. tumblr really is one of the sites to ever exist. 

anyway im reblogging this with all the commentary because you know what, i made the original post, im feeling vaguely obligated to spread some positivity. 

[greedyteen]

hearing “im so proud of you” when you feel like you aren’t doing enough really lifts some weight off your shoulders

[restingmedusaface-leaving-deact]

idk who needs to hear this but i’m so proud of you

[minuty]

[sapphicbutchdaddy-deactivated20]

You are valid. Your feelings are valid. You existence is a gift to this world. You are deserving of rest and relaxation. Your outside appearance does NOT equate your worth. You are stunning in just being YOU. You are worthy and deserving of all the REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Thank you for still trying and doing your best. Thank you for continuing to be here with us. Real Love is abundant and limitless and I love you. If you needed a sign, here it is. Please keep safe. ❤️

[inspiration-and-motivation]

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tzu

[minuty]

[aseaofquotes]

Benjamin Alire Saenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

[minuty]

[wheresmybubble]

A habit I’m trying to break.

Books - http://debbietung.com/books

[minuty]

“You need to associate with people who inspire you, people who challenge you to rise higher, people who make you better. Don’t waste your valuable time with people who are not adding to your growth. Your destiny is too important.”

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