[stuckinapril]

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

[glowcowboy]

ok. enough suffering now. i am seeking out delight

[gnomebutch]

listen to sexworkers but only the ones filming anonymously from the comfort of their bedrooms and never the ones who are trafficked or groomed and are forced to do scenes that they don’t want to with people they don’t want to at the risk of their livelihood or even life because those stories bum me outttt and therefore don’t count despite making up the majority of cases.

[stuckinapril]

“Do it scared” “do it alone” are all great tips, but my biggest takeaway from therapy is do it messy. This is especially true if you’re getting out of a burnout, which I experience often. Literally just do it messy. You don’t need to pick the perfect trail to walk, the perfect playlist to listen to, whatever the fuck it is. You don’t need to have a meticulous to do list and wake up at the exact time you planned and drink the exact amount of water you planned to drink. Like the biggest thing for people like me to remember is sometimes it’s okay to do it messy. Put on a random yt workout and just get it done in sweats. Do 5 minutes of a daunting task and go from there. Sometimes just getting up is a win during intense burnouts or depressive funks. Literally just do it messy.

[cunked]

touch water (touch grass for people who like swimming)

[thesophistiicate]

the good life is something you have to DO to achieve. my partner teaches philosophy in high school and noticed his students struggling with the concept that a good life takes action. “ah,” i said. “i noticed this too. some replies on my blog act like you’ve done a hate crime when you suggest a good life takes responsibility for the self and intentional action, it’s not something simply given to you by others.”

this should be common sense, taught to you by parents and books. a life you love will not just be handed to you. you have to create it yourself. of course there’s always external realities that, if different, could make it better and easier. but you can’t rely on those. you have more power than you think to make even teeny tiny changes toward good right now.

[lieve-muis]

You still have time. Time to change your wardrobe. Time to get divorced and married again. Time to change majors. Time to learn a trade from scratch. Time to pay off debts. Time to travel. Time to love and be loved. You still have your whole life ahead. Whether you're 19 or 66. You still have so much time. But you have to take it.

[holybeings]

A love for life is infectious! I feel thankful for and indebted to every optimistic person there is no carrying on without an unwavering faith, a hopefulness, two hands over a little tiny flame there’s nothing to live or die for if there’s no fun

[qadarpriestress]

You never know how signing up for a new class, getting a haircut, attending a party you are too lazy to go to, or applying to a job you think you have no chance at can really shift timelines. You are probably one decision away from catapulting into a new timeline.

[qadarpriestress]

I need to follow my own words and go to that salsa social party I don't want to go to tonight and apply for these jobs I feel I am under-qualified for,

[ble-ss-ing]

We're inside all the time and most things we experience are scheduled ahead of time. When there are sidewalks, we follow them, and there's always some boring place to go. You need things that no one has any control over and that no one can sell for money. You need to be outside in a storm and see lightning strike very close to you. You need to meet a wild creature and have to stand very still and almost not even breathe and watch before it vanishes. You need to be alone somewhere very big. You need to go to a place because it looks interesting and be at the wrong place at the wrong time. You need to climb over a fence instead of going in by the gate. You need to hear the exploding sound of a huge flock of birds flying. You need to watch live theater performed by kids on a low budget. You need to be lost somewhere. You need to be barefoot somewhere. You need to sing with other people who are singing. You need to get soaking wet with all of your clothes on and come inside shivering.

[pposhspice]

Ladies make your own money and instantly your self esteem and standards will increase.

[hermajestyimher]

I can't put into words the high and immediate self-esteem elevation that comes from knowing that you are financial free, intellectually capacitated through higher education, and building a top-tier reputation. It gives you something that your nervous system can't argue against: proof that your competency and capabilities have real impact in your life and the world around you. Understanding that you have options and agency will make your self-concept evolve much more than any form of affirmations or visualizations will, and as result, everything else begins to fall into place because desperation, inferiority complexes, and other forms of mental roadblocks become automatically lifted.

[aidashakur]

I have touched dimensions within myself that most people spend lifetimes avoiding.

[loveridden1999]

[aidashakur]

[soundcarvings]

Life feels like it became more cooperative for me when I stopped internally begging for and desperately wanting anything, a career, a relationship, a home, etc. and I started asking “why do i want this?” And “how can I move towards it gracefully”. Stop demanding. Start asking better questions.

[justryingtovibe69]