Herb Diaries

[i-the-spoonie]

[boycritter]

silly little comic about chronic pain

[image id: an 8 panel comic

the first panel has a conversation between two people. the one on the right is a light gray, and facing away from the viewer. they are meant to represent a generic person. they are saying, "wow, chronic pain sounds like it sucks." sucks is written in a dark pink. the person on the right has tan skin, a pink shirt, and pink hair. he responds "haha yeah."

the second panel shows the same two people, with the first person saying "how do you tolerate it? i'd go crazy!" tolerate is written in a dark pink. the second person responsed "um..." and trails off

the third panel shifts to a drawing of the second person sitting curled into himself. it is entirely grayscale, except for his pink hair, which is a little more muted. the text around him reads "i tolerate it because not doing so isn't an option". 'isn't an option' is written in dark pink.

the fourth panel shows him sitting and leaning against the left edge of the frame, with his legs stretched out. it reads "because what else am i supposed to do?" supposed is in all caps and written in dark pink.

the fifth panel shows a torso up drawing of him in the bottom right corner. the text reads "i can't hope for a day i'll wake up and be better." better is written in dark pink and all caps on the left half of the panel.

the sixth panel shows him sleeping, with a brown dog near his head. the text above him reads "all i can do is make sure i wake up." wake up is written in dark pink.

the seventh panel is all text, reading "i tolerate it because it needs to be tolerable". tolerable is written in dark pink.

the eighth panel shifts back to the conversation between the two people. the man finishes his response to the other person's question with "i don't know".

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[maaarine]

@hatr @fasterthanlime

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

Oh man I hope these services die an awful nasy death

[atotalmess]

[chadepitanga]

there's something so raw and soul crushing about spending your late childhood+teen years suicidal then growing up and actually wanting to live, after an ungodly effort, only to see your health deteriorate because of chronic illness.

[herbivorousfool]

life's a song

Life is a song of souls

Of hard truths that rarely get told

Of soft lies that comfort the bold

[herbivorousfool]

mindfulness

is waiting for the next thought

[herbivorousfool]

voting, elections, demo cracy

If we argue that by not participating in elections, we're making a statement that we reject the political system and we don't even want to take part in the system, we're being stupid

We're already a part of the political system, politics pervades the society and us

Elections give us a chance to influence the system

By not voting, you're making yourself more powerless

[herbivorousfool]

fear

Fear is the rejection of reality based on illusions/ irrational reasons/ faulty perceptions

[herbivorousfool]

formula for success

part luck + part privilege + part hard work + part talent

Luck and talent cannot be controlled

Privilege can be influenced or bought

That's why we focus on hard work

But if we don't succeed, it's not always because we didn't work hard enough

And actually it's almost always luck

[herbivorousfool]

autonomy and accountability go hand in hand

Autonomy without accountability is useless. You're free. Free for what? Free to do what? We need to specify. You're not free to fly like a bird and fall like a stone. You're not (always) free to travel without a visa.

Direction is important with freedom.

If you want autonomy you have to be accountable for something. The reverse is also true: If someone holds you accountable for something, they should give you autonomy.

[herbivorousfool]

everybody's a creative

Anyone can be creative and come up with ideas

But real creatives come up with ideas and own the ideas

Execute and own the execution

Take feedback without taking it personally and then make changes to fit the bill

This takes training and hardwork

This takes dedication and persistence

Go ahead and call yourself a creative but don't forget to do all these things

[herbivorousfool]

perfectionism is a disease

Don't chase perfection but do strive for excellence.

Excellence is a virtue.

Punch above your weight.

[herbivorousfool]

things and gifts

The thing about things is that the more you have things the more you want things

When it comes to gifts, it's not the thing that counts, it's the thought of bringing the gift that counts

[herbivorousfool]

forget her

Have you forgotten her yet?

"Not yet." replies the prisoner, just like yesterday and the day before and the day before that.

"Then you'll stay here till you do. I'll come back tomorrow."

The prisoner laughs, just like yesterday and the day before that and the day before that.

[herbivorousfool]

seek different experiences

Just doing or experiencing one thing continuously in life leads to fatigue, boredom, and a mundane life

You need to do and experience different things

For example, with your partner if you just have positive experiences, it'll wear them out and you'll become less excited the next time a positive experience happens. You need to also experience negative things with your partner.

This being said, the concept of "balance" is not true here. You shouldn't have the same number of positive and negative experiences. Negative ones should be less and interspersed throughout the positive ones.

[herbivorousfool]

be irrational

It's irrational to want happiness while knowing about all the fucking world events and personal tragedies

But there's no other way to achieve happiness

You cannot keep the events and tragedies aside. You have to live with them. And by being irrational about it, by still wanting to be happy despite those things, you'll get happiness

It's rational to worry about finances and parents, be irrational and be in the moment, and think happy thoughts

[herbivorousfool]

skipping months

Days turn into weeks, weeks into years I skipped months, spent wiping off my tears