Culturally Eclectic

Fourth year in University. English major. Linguistics concentration. INFJ. Native English speaker. Target language: Spanish. In love with Jesus and my husband.

[thequotejournals]

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (via wordsnquotes)

[wordsnquotes]

Nothing can compare to books and writing while it’s raining.

C.S. Lewis (via wordsnquotes)

[wordsnquotes]

I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.

Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos (via wordsnquotes)

[theinturnetexplorer]

“The concept is simple. Take a blank sheet with nothing but the basic outline of a pinup girl and illustrate a unique scene around her.”

Art by David Jablow

[alwaysbewoke]

love that this didn’t get nasty or overly sexual. awesome.

[just-shower-thoughts]

Being afraid to check your bank account is the adult version of being afraid to check your grades.

[flirting-with-psychology]

College is when you’re afraid of both

[thelovejournals]

How do you know when it’s over?’ ‘Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.

Gunnar Ardelius, I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You to Bits (via wordsnquotes)

[culturallyeclectic]

16 April 2017

What a beautiful Resurrection Sunday it has been. These past couple months have been ones of immense growth and introspection. Through rededication of my life to serving God and trying to give Him control of EVERY aspect, I have been resting in this indescribable peace and freedom. I never expected to find such liberty and purpose.

To give some insight in how my life has changed I have compiled a little list of blessings I am so thankful that God brought to my life:

1. My residency program with my church. It has been such a blessing to spend time with other college age Christians and have pastors feeding into me on a one on one basis. Being able to serve and grow has been a challenge and blessing I will hold onto for the rest of my life. 

2. My job at Starbucks. My Starbucks family have been such cheerleaders and supporters. They are more than coworkers, they are friends. I have been blessed with a store that guides, uplifts and genuinely cares about other people. 

3. A focus and vision for my future in University. I have previously gone through school without purpose or idea of an end goal. It has given me such peace to have a set goal that I feel called to and to stick with it, instead of having a fickle heart. 

So 2017, you have proven to be the year of change and prosperity. Thanks be to the God most high, Who has provided more than I could ever imagine. 

[academic-achievement-deactivate]

No amount of study tips or anything is going to help you if you’re not willing to put in the effort.

[succeedbaby-blog]

This is just so true, you need to actually study to see results.

[quock-ko]

[megurashkarchived]

real ice eater memes

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me

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lov the cronch

[spookbot]

my naym is Pidg and wen its cold and all the drips to rouftops hold i sit up hygh i hav my lonch -

i chomps the ice.

i lov the cronch.

[disneygirlstudies]

Day 4/100 I labelled my new pastel highlighters! I love them so much📝 what are your favourite revision supplies?

[tilly-and-her-books]

look at this little cutie!!!

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Places where reality is a bit altered:

• any target • churches in texas • abandoned 7/11’s • your bedroom at 5 am • hospitals at midnight • warehouses that smell like dust • lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore • empty parking lots • ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods • rooftops in the early morning • inside a dark cabinet

[solareveille]

playgrounds at night

rest stops on highways

deep in the mountains

[ghostfiish]

early in the morning wherever it’s just snowed

trails by the highway just out of earshot of traffic

schools during breaks

those little beaches right next to ferry docks

bowling alleys

[genesisdoes-moved]

unfamiliar mcdonalds on long roadtrips

your friends living room once everybody but you is asleep

laundromats at midnight

[coolpepcat-deactivated20190924]

what the fuck

[ringingofraevolution]

galeries in art museums that are empty except for you 

the lighting section of home depot

stairwells

[doomgeneration1995]

•hospital waiting rooms •airports from midnight to 7am • bathrooms in small concert venues

[midtownsparker]

I just got the weirdest feeling I swear

[the-crepes-of-wrath]

OK LISTEN THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS!!!

A lot of these places are called liminal spaces - which means they are throughways from one space to the next. Places like rest stops, stairwells, trains, parking lots, waiting rooms, airports feel weird when you’re in them because their existence is not about themselves, but the things before and after them. They have no definitive place outside of their relationship to the spaces you are coming from and going to. Reality feels altered here because we’re not really supposed to be in them for a long time for think about them as their own entities, and when we do they seem odd and out of place.

The other spaces feel weird because our brains are hard-wired for context - we like things to belong to a certain place and time and when we experience those things outside of the context our brains have developed for them, our brains are like NOPE SHIT THIS ISN’T RIGHT GET OUT ABORT ABORT. Schools not in session, empty museums, being awake when other people are asleep - all these things and spaces feel weird because our brain is like “I already have a context for this space and this is not it so it must be dangerous.” Our rational understanding can sometimes override that immediate “danger” impulse but we’re still left with a feeling of wariness and unease. 

Listen I am very passionate about liminal spaces they are fascinating stuff or perhaps I am merely a nerd. 

[sp1ne-sh0t]

I, for one, appreciate your passion for liminal spaces and thank you for explaining it to the rest of us.

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[dailymemorytips]

Be an imperfectionist. If you don’t see the flaws then you’re not looking hard enough.

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[studytwice]

September 12, 2016 // Canon in D Major

Mondays are my favourite catching-up-and-getting-things-done kind of days 🌻 | from my ig: @sarahboparah

[sheisrecovering]

26 activities to help your mind, body and soul. some important facts to remember about self care:

self care makes you more energetic and mentally present.

you technically don’t have to do anything and it can still be an act of self care. self care is about genuine fun and relaxation.

self care can help you build self esteem.

self care does not mean you are choosing between yourself and others. it does not make you selfish.

self care is important to maintain a healthy relationship with yourself and others.

self care is essential.

[dietfitnesshealth]

I have spent many years at war with myself. But now I am healing. Mentally, physically and spiritually healing.

dietfitnesshealth (via dietfitnesshealth)