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The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.

fibula-rasa

It's the Cat's (1926)

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Director: Dave Fleischer

Studio: Inkwell Studios

Restoration produced by Thunderbean Animation

mametzwood

JUSTICE FOR BIG CHALLENGES I LOVE YOU BIG CHALLENGES

huckleberryhal

Mary Oliver in “Dog Songs”

nohoperadio

You know that thing would eat you if you died, right? *pointing to the false image of you that others perceive*

pmamtraveller

"Arno" designed by Joe Colombo, 1960's

hannahlockillustration

Give Kris a little Ralsei plush please Toby.

kuttithevangu

Self care kind of got co-opted by like, Lush marketing, but the thing is that actually self care is an extreme uphill battle. You need good sleep good food and gentle exercise calibrated for your specific physiology. How many days a week do I get all 3 of these? Hahahahahahahha

creekfiend

all human beings have certain needs and disabilities/illnesses often make those needs much harder to meet. crucially, this does not mean that the needs cease existing.

ramshacklefey

Also crucially, you don't need to have everything every day. You can have good food today and a nap today and go for a walk tomorrow or whatever.

And some is better than none. A good meal or a bit of movement once a week is better than never. Getting enough sleep sometimes is better than never.

Don't tell yourself you can't have a little bit of nice things just because you can't have a lot bit of them. (And food, movement, and rest are all nice things to have)

bafahy

The mosaicist

lichen-punk

honestly i think the reason why it’s so common for kids to have the “it’s not a phase, mom” argument in their adolescence is less because they genuinely plan for their current state of being to remain utterly unchanged forever and more because they’re tired of having their interests/self expression/beliefs/etc dismissed as foolish due to being probably temporary

i know that when i was that age i certainly wasn’t thinking about whether or not i’d be into whatever shit i was into then when i was 80, all i knew was that i was sick of feeling like the adults in my life were just rolling their eyes and waiting out everything that was important to me at that moment

screambirdscreaming

I think another key thing conveyed by "it's not a phase" is that you won't return to being what they expect. Not necessarily that you're going to be This exact way forever, but that the next thing after STILL isn't gonna be the mold they're trying to put you in.

Whether or not being goth or w/e is a phase, *being your own person with your own priorities and interests* is NOT a phase, and that's what really rankles for people to not get.