[ziggyplayedd]

things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

change the color used to highlight text on your laptop

move the pictures on your wall

stack whatever clutter is in your room into piles even if you don’t have time to clean it all

slightly vary your commute, even just by one street

change where you sit and scroll aimlessly on your phone even if it’s only to the chair in your room instead of your bed

drink water or juice out of a wine glass in the morning because nothing is real

shower with the lights off, without music

buy $3 flowers at trader joe’s—they look bad next to the more expensive ones but they look so good in your room

start typing things you don’t post into your notes. your thoughts can be worth documenting even if you don’t deem them worth sharing

wake up super early just once. you don’t have to make it a habit it’s just extra satisfying to go to bed that night

listen to the entirety of your favorite album from 2015

[sandersstudies]

Almost all of these are about variety. Humans need stimulation! We need enrichment! We literally cannot do the same thing every day!

The other day I was feeling miserable, so I hopped on a bus and rode it all the way back to where I’d started, and my brain, which had finally had some proper stimulation via new environments, was suddenly ready to go again!

This is why taking walks/drives and trying new hobbies are good for you! Don’t turn yourself into a sad zoo animal! You need some pumpkins to roll around in your enclosure!

[brown-wavyhair]

[amargedom]

“The universe is so well balanced that the mere fact that you have a problem also serves as a sign that there is a solution.”

— Steve Maraboli (via goodreadss)

[writingsforwinter]

i wish it were easier to ask people, “can i just have a little extra love today”

[dirt-legends]

11 miles of backpacking and this is our beautiful reward.

[unrar]

Flowers float in the Mediterranean Sea in honor of refugees lost while making the perilous journey to Europe. Last night more than 80 Syrians and Palestinians refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean close to the Libyan shores trying to reach Europe.

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

a gentle reminder that you did well this year. you met new people, learned new things and felt new feelings. you did so many things that made you scared. you picked yourself up off the floor after feeling completely defeated or heartbroken. there were some really tough nights but you survived them all. you made people happy just by existing. you accepted many goodbyes but the serendipitous meetings made up for them. it was your own hard work that paid off but you always downplay it or compare yourself to others. that’s not fair on yourself. you’ve come so far from the first day of this year. you have more wisdom and strength now. yes, other people seem more “successful” but does that even matter? please don’t think so lowly of yourself to only think about your failures. 2018 was your year of growth. I hope you take a moment to be kind to yourself, and believe that 2019 will be even better.

[lightheartedsuggestion]

the spaces between your fingers are where mine fit perfectly.

[xvzwo-deactivated20160702]

[vicforprez]

[lightheartedsuggestion]

This is not the end of your story. It’s the turning point. There is still so much more that lies ahead, so much more yet to be finished.

[amortizing]

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.”

—  Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via amortizing)

[amargedom]

“When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours?”

— Franz Kafka, in a letter to Oskar Pollak dated November 8, 1903 (via goodreadss)

[1st-1]

[inkskinned]

oh god please // r.i.d

[starsequence]

Sometimes you need to remind yourself that you were the one who carried you through the heartache. You are the one who sits with the cold body on the shower floor, and picks it up. You are the one who feeds it, who clothes it, who tucks it into bed, and you should be proud of that. Having the strength to take care of yourself when the world is trying to bleed you dry, that is the strongest thing in the universe.

[knowanoah]

Stop telling yourself that the grass is greener on the other side, because it’s not. It is greener where you water it. So take control of your life and start watering your own pastures and grow your own greener grasses.