Positive self care

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[kindnotestoself]

your past self was doing the best it could. You know more now, and in the future, you’ll know even more! You grow each day! Don’t hate the past versions of you for not knowing what you know now.

[les-fleur]

The belief that I matter, you know? Regardless of what I do or don't achieve. Or the belief that we all deserve to be loved whether we've been hurt or maybe we've hurt somebody else. Or what about the belief of hope? Yeah? That's what I wanna mess with believing! that things can get better. That I can get better. That we will get better.

[thepeacefulgarden]

[thepeacefulgarden]

[positivelypresent]

Don’t settle. 🤍

[eggsdoodz]

i love u

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

free yourself. accept liking and doing “cringy” things if they’re things you like.

[creatinghelen]

I am a mosaic of everyone I have ever known and loved and touched and I find fragments of them in my playlists and how I make my tea. we may not know each other any more but we will stay connected like this. I hope a fragment of me is with you too.

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

june, please be kinder

[suggestionsofkindness]

I hope you go to bed with a light heart, and if not, that you wake up tomorrow a little less heavy than the night before. Know that you are loved and important. Your worth is beyond measure and you bring something very important to the world that only you have. We are glad you’re here with us, and if no one has told you this lately, I just want you to know that I’m proud of you. 🌸

[grimmscythe]

Some of you are so sweet, never stop being kind-hearted.

[kindnotestoself]

You know, sometimes I think about the fact that I always got in so much trouble for being clumsy or not listening when I was a child and then I grew up and it turns out I had brain tumors and was going deaf, and I wonder what the excuse was because I literally inherited it from my mother who had a 50 percent chance of passing it on.

[scribeherself]

[becherdireinen]

may you never go back to the dark places you fought so hard to get out of

[nourishcolourwellness]

[shamelesslyimpurrfect]

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[renthony]

I've been seeing a lot of posts lately that tell dropouts "you can always go back!"

And that's not bad! It's true for a lot of people! You CAN go back later! You can apply to university, you can get your GED, you can pursue whatever level of education you want. It's not bad to share that message. If you dropped out and want to go back eventually, there is zero timeline. You can go back at any age, with any life experience. You do not have to graduate by a specific age.

But as someone who dropped out of college over a decade ago, sometimes "you can always go back!" starts to feel a little like an empty platitude. Sometimes it starts to feel grating instead of hopeful. Even when it might technically be true, sometimes it still feels like a hollow sentiment.

I just want to say, to anyone else out there who feels that way, who dropped out and CAN'T go back, potentially EVER, whether it's due to poverty or disability or any other reason:

It's okay to drop out and never go back. It might feel shitty, and you may even feel grief over it. That's real, and painful, and allowed. But you are not lesser. Even if you never go back, you are not a failure or a loser. Academics do not define your worth. You are not stupid. And it is almost certain that the system actually failed YOU.

With love,

A fellow burnout