Vita Brevis Ars Longa

Marissa - Just a 26 year old struggling through life * Sigma Alpha Iota * NIU Alumni * Master of Sass * Cat Mom

[maweesa-here]

This is one of my lowest lows

[this-tragic-affair]

Charities/organisations to avoid:

PETA: They’d rather spend their money on publicity campaigns than on the animals in their care. PETA killed 73.8% of the animals in their care in 2015 (x)

FCKH8: Is a for-profit company that exploits oppressed groups for money. They’re also wildly uninformed, and spread misogyny, cissexism and bi/panphobia, as well as stealing their posts/designs (x)

Autism Speaks: They spend most of their money on researching a way to eliminate autism, heighten the stigma against autism and don’t have a single autistic person on their board (x)

Please support other, better charities, and feel free to add any others you can think of to this.

[tequila-tekaylah]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure: CEO makes insane amounts of money, they deny a lot of requests for wigs/help with treatment/etc., and have attempted to sue other charities that use the color pink as part of their anti-breast cancer campaign. ( x x x )

[reproductivejusticeandliberty]

The Salvation Army: They promote the hatred of LGBT+ people, work with fundamentalist Christian groups to support conservative politics and rip off and exploit workers. ( x x x )

[shitpost-senpai]

Wounded Warrior: They take money that should be spent on veterans and blow it on huge opulent parties for the company bigwigs. 26 million in 2014 alone wasted! ( x x x )

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

^ Important reminder to NOT waste any money donating to these groups

[ayellowbirds]

Reblogging because of the added info about Wounded Warrior.

[arch4ngel]

A good way to know if a nonprofit you’re donating to is allocating their money in the right way is to check out their Charity Navigator rating: http://www.charitynavigator.org

[rpfunstuff]

Heads up to my tampon wearing friends in the US and Canada.

[pooh-and-friends]

RARE PICTURES OF EEYORE SMILING

[castielsteenwolf]

Good post OP

[iwouldliketobutteryourmuffins]

reblog for good luck and happiness

[cwote]

be proud of your progress :))

[maweesa-here]

Do I have any mutuals that are interested in new friendships and becoming pen pals?

[maweesa-here]

Nothing like a chat with someone while at work to basically make you feel bad about yourself for enjoying to eat foods sometimes that are bad for you

[maweesa-here]

Just when things start going well, they go wrong just as fast

[maweesa-here]

I’m sad and bored, ask me stuff

[badsciencejokes]

…I almost killed myself

I put on my sunglasses, to hide my swollen eyes, over my tears. I cried all my makeup off. Went inside to have a milkshake. I don’t know why. I wanted something to drink as I figured out what I would do. I got a soda and a milkshake. Medium. The cashier looked at me and with a line around the corner of the counter he rushed away from the counter “Hold on “ he yelled to a coworker.

I filled my soda and went back and saw him looking all over. I go up and he gets close and says “I made it a large”.

That was seriously enough for me not to do it. His kindness. Someone went out of their way and as I went back in my car to cry I realized I could muster through a few other days. A few more weeks. Then I came down from that panicky high of anxiety, depression, and pain. I finished my shake. And it was enough time to let me feel better. I… I’m alive. I’ll make it through.

Try and be nice today. Tomorrow. Something as much as a smile. It helped so much.

Thank you man at McDonalds.

The milkshake saved my life

[blackheartseverywhere]

I hope you all can read this and remember to be kind

[the-quiet-priestess]

The smallest of gestures can save a life. My Mum answered her phone when I called and I am alive today because of that.

[badsciencejokes]

I’m glad you’re here.

It’s a phone call, a milkshake, a friend.

[badsciencejokes]

I feel like I shouldn’t keep reblogging this but when I do more people see what kindness can do…. I don’t know. Love everyone as yourself.

[nunyabizni]

Nah, keep rebloging it. It gives hope.

[evilerthanthou]

walked sobbing around a city once wearing a summer dress in mid-september thunder and rain. basically dragged myself into LUSH as the smell of the store always made me smile. the shop was empty and dead due to the weather, just this blonde short woman behind the counter who smiled at me. i stared at her feet and asked ‘do you have anything for people who are scared a lot?’ (i was so out of it i had no clue). she showed me two bath bombs, one pink and one blue, and said both were good - i chose the pink, paid for it and left. i then sat at a bus stop clutching the LUSH bag in one arm and my prescription meds in the other - i’d lied and ordered a refill so i could just drift away with sleeping pills. when the bus arrived and i was out of the rain, i decided to have another look at my bath bomb, smell it and what not. opened my bag and saw she’d put the blue one in there for me as well and written on the receipt ‘feel better soon :) hope you like x’. 

no one had ever been so selflessly kind to me before, i didn’t know what to do with it except hang around long enough to use the other bath bomb. 

[thesaltofcarthage]

be kind.

always be kind.

you never know when your moment of kindness will literally save a life.

and if you are the one who needs that moment of kindness… please hold on. the world is better with you in it. 

[sickfake]

being alive is very………..Not Easy

[maweesa-here]

I am not as strong as I thought I was

[maweesa-here]

Self-care update

Yesterday I took a big step in my mental health care. I resigned from a position that was an ideal job for me once. This was a very hard decision, I went back and forth a lot. In the end I determined that my mental health was most important as I have been struggling recently more than I have in long time.

Most of it stemmed from this job.

Working in mental health has been extremely difficult and it’s taken a severe toll on my mental health that I didn’t believe was worth it anymore. It’s hard for the other staff too, I’ve been told multiple times from people that I was a strong staff in this position. But in the end, I’m choosing to pursue other opportunities, ones where I can apply myself better and not have as large of a toll on my mental health as I have been fighting. I will work my last day on Nov 10th. Im still accepting a lot about this decision, as I have not received an official offer in another position yet, but have very strong potential. I do have a back up plan for this time as well.

This has been an incredibly hard decision. And if you’re still reading this, I not only applaud you but I also encourage you to make time for self-care today. Mental health is so important, it’s important to do what is best for you and to take time for care of yourself. My inbox is always open as a safe place for comfort and support if you need to reach out.

💜

[the-words-blog]

[pretty-words-blog]

I didn’t ask…

[fairycosmos]

me: compulsively switches between the same 4 apps for 12 hours straight because i’m absolutely incapable of being left alone w my thoughts

[maweesa-here]

If you wake up in the morning sick to your stomach just from the thought of going into your job, it’s time to find a new one.

- me to myself