Non Deficere

[the-vellichor]

“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.”

— Andy Rooney (via metrosouthern)

[pathologising]

actually you will not enjoy hearing this but you literally have to abandon your self deprecating humor. besides the fact that it can drive people away you literally are only hurting yourself by constantly making jokes that further cement the idea in your head that you are not good enough. I do not care that you think its a good coping mechanism it is absolutely not and you need to start challenging negative thoughts instead of feeding into them.

[bookrat]

Aphaneramma, a marine temnospondyl amphibian with a cute crocodile face

[avvocarlo]

weird cunt

[iamoutofideas]

harsh but fair

[surqrised]

“Be nice to yourself. It is hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.”

— Christine Arylo

[leosuncancervenus]

I just think you should sing no matter what you sound like and draw or paint no matter what it looks like

[sensualites]

SIX LESSONS ON LOVE:

1. Never hide your warmth; simply learn to be more selective about sharing it with anyone else.

2. Understand that you cannot force another person to love you or see your worth. Learn to walk away.

3. Take heed of a person’s actions. It is the truest indication of how they feel towards you.

4. Cultivate an unbridled confidence in yourself, your looks, and your character. You are worth it.

5. Be firm with your standards. Never compromise yourself to appease. That is the highest betrayal.

6. Relationships are an integral part of personhood, but you cannot connect with any other person if you have not met yourself first. There is no substitute.

[veinings]

you helped me meet a version of myself I didn’t know existed

[yiffmaster]

most tumblr jokes are utterly embarassing to say in public but today i said to someone “bold of you to assume i have dignity” and i won’t lie it was the most powerful I’ve felt in years

[nightmareshack]

I was in the car with my family and my mom was talking about how much time she thinks “our generation wastes on the internet” or whatever. And I was explaining how I use the internet to read and curate more interests and hobbies and expand my social horizons etc. and she was just like “Well fine if that’s how you want to live. You can waste all your time on the internet if that’s what you want but I beg to differ” and without thinking I just said “then beg.” and the entire car went silent until we got home. it was the biggest power move i have ever made to date

[aescapisms]

[kingscrown666]

There's an old saying (I think it's Russian): the same boiling water that softens the potato will harden the egg

[icedespressoo]

[permeate]

“Find someone who loves you well. Someone who never belittles you. Even in the heat of an argument. Someone who is gentle with you, but doesn’t treat you like you are fragile. Someone who knows what you’re capable of, and celebrates those pieces of you. Not someone who is intimidated by your strength. Someone who doesn’t make you feel guilty for being flawed. It is not love’s job to punish you. And remember the person you love is just as broken as you are when they fall short. No one is perfect – don’t hold them to this standard. Find someone who is patient, forgiving, and apologetic. Someone who practices forgiveness freely and often. Love someone who is humble, kind, and empathetic. Not only with you, but with a beggar on the street, or a stranger in the supermarket. Common courtesy is important. Compassion is important. Kindness is important”

— Vitor Hugo Mota (via permeate)

[mulabby]

2020 was an uncomfortable year that forced us to accept parts of our lives and selves that we normally refused to make peace with. As we transition into 2021, I will find peace. Peace in knowing that I am magnet attracting everything that is meant for me. I am positivity, I am love, I am protected. I am accepting this year as lesson and opening my arms for the blessing that is about to enter my life. December and 2021 will transform me into the best version of myself. Universe I am ready, guide me.

[bulletnotestudies]

#1 protip if you just can’t seem to complete your to do list

if you’ve got A Lot™ on your plate and you just can’t cross everything off, no matter how hard you work every day, try switching to a work-oriented to do list instead of a task-oriented one.

but sabrina, what’s the difference? glad you asked!

instead of writing down: ☐write essay ☐revise bio ☐clean room

switch to pomodoros/timeframes: ☐pomodoro 1: work on essay ☐pomodoro 2: bio revision ☐pomodoro 3: clean room

this way, you can adjust your pomodoro length to the time you’ve got left - your first pomodoro can be 50min long, but if you find yourself with 2 unfinished pomodoros and it’s already 9pm, you can switch to 25min, complete them, and still be able to cross them off the list by the end of your day :) now of course this won’t work as well if you’ve got 5 assignments to turn in by midnight and haven’t started on a single one, but this method is lovely for everyday studying in workload-heavy academic programs where you’ve sometimes got 10+ tasks daily, so i’d recommend this for college/uni students especially!

i’ve just recently switched to this method myself and it’s improved my study-related stress a lot, so i thought i’d share it with you and hopefully help my fellow stressed af students x

[vesface]

[the-gayest-dovah]

Better see y'all reblogging this

[disasterhimbo]

This user wears their mask over their nose and sealed properly!

[stargazing-at-the-moon-deactiva]

[repotting]

there ARE ways to cut down on your private info being surveilled and commodified.

consider not owning an Alexa/Google Home or at least keeping it unplugged when it’s not in use. yes, the AI is shit but don’t be lulled into a false sense of security – the microphone works just fine and has been shown to record and send out your data even when the corp promises it isn’t!

that Amazon doorbell is constantly recording video and using it in who knows what unethical ways, including - this is verified - sharing it with ICE. owning one directly endangers your neighbors who aren’t consenting to this surveillance!

consider not using Google for everything – try an anti-tracking search engine like Duck Duck Go even if you have to resort to Google after. we can’t get a better search engine until we train it with use!

consider replacing Chrome on your phone and laptop with Brave, a browser built literally on the exact same software (Chromium) but which not only rips out allllll the bloaty tracking Google adds in, it also attempts to block a lot of the tracking that giant websites like Facebook do on every single web page you visit (even if you aren’t logged into Facebook). it runs literally identically to Chrome, only faster.

like basically as an individual you can start taking back control of your data by learning who steals what and how, and taking steps to curtail that theft.

consider checking the permissions of the apps in your phone. Facebook and others routinely steal your contact lists and even your text message and call history, and part of what they do with this info is to build highly detailed “ghost profiles” on your friends who have never been on facebook in the first place and don’t know they’re being surveilled through your phone.

resist the urge to give into apathy! there are things that can be done, and it is worth it to take back even a bit of your private life. we don’t have to just cave to the capitalist surveillance state.

importantly, once you’ve started looking at this shit in your personal life, it may seem more feasible to look at how to organise with others to more effectively resist capitalism’s ever-growing control of our private data.

[arundolyn]

reposting bc op was flagged by shinigami eyes and this is important

[notebookist]

sunday morning journaling ♡