You. Be cool.

just going through my life one hyperfixation at a time.

[catchymemes]

[wereopossum]

The sheer energy. The beauty of this woman. The women hugging in the background. The man in rainbow parachute pants. This whole video is art.

[inthefallofasparrow]

XXI. The World

[taboo-delusion]

This is what world peace looks like

[alicentsgf]

no you do not need to hold fictional characters "accountable". they are not real.

[misseffie]

I need more hayffie fics set in District 13. I'm starving for the comedy of hayffie transitioning from co-workers in the murder games to co-workers in a war bunker.

[mihai-florescu]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Except, critically, at bedtime.

[findersfeeders]

Ravings and urges get miscoded over time. Let’s say you’re thirsty, and you live in a strawberry field. Strawberries contain some water and a bunch of sugar so, over time, you may start to crave strawberries when you are thirsty because you get a reward and some relief in shorter time from the need starting than the trek to the stream. This can happen for every need: sleep, food, whatever.

Trevor Noah has a great tip, that when he craves ice cream at night he breaks it down into parts: I want something cold, I want something sweet. He drinks a glass of cold water then waits to see if he still has the ice cream craving. Usually he doesn’t.

So listening to your body isn’t “follow every urge” but “decompose the urge to discover the underlying need.”

If you always feel like getting cozy in bed you may be: cold, dehydrated, and/or malnourished (maybe a need for high calories that are bioaccessible…not processed).

If you do not feel tired at bedtime you may: need to eat dinner earlier because your body is still digesting, need to exercise or go outside more during the day, get the fuck off your screen for an hour so your brain can enter sleep mode.

Hope this helps someone.

P.S. notice i said nothing about neurodivergence. Not that it’s not a likelihood but the over-pathologization of behaviors prevents us from taking simple actions to improve our wellbeing. Also, these tips are pretty accessible and applicable to most brain variations.

[brightlotusmoon]

[venussunsett]

i love being present, i love sinking deeper into the moment, i love eye contact that lingers enough to catch a feeling, i love curiosity, i love consideration, i love fluidity, i love dropping into my body that i witness someone relax into theirs, i love pauses & random silences that absorb a question or a moment, i loveeee feeling their eyes move with my gestures peripherally, i love eagerness and I LOVE

[freakoutgirl]

sorry for being annoying [remembers that practicing gratitude instead of shame is better for my mental health and my relationships] thank you for letting me be annoying with you

[butchfaith]

how it feels to become an active participant in your own life

[misseffie]

Another hayffie fic rec: Capitol Pets

Absolutely incredible one-shot with excellent characterization. It had zero comments when I found it. Please leave a comment and give it some love!

[kosmogrl]

[free-my-mindd]

[nattyjayna]

embarrassment has good bones

[misseffie]

More people need to be reading Effie's Trinkets Out.

[perigilpin]

there is a secret that we keep, I won't sleep if you won't sleep

[waltzingbi]

wednesday in both directions as far as one can see

[flowersforvax]

haha nooooo fandom don't sand off all the rough edges and pointy bits off of that character those are the parts I scratch my brain with haha

[misseffie]

I can appreciate wanting Haymitch and Effie to have a real relationship and be genuinely in love.

But to me hayffie will always be the most ambiguous and unhinged workplace situationship.

Codependent co-workers who create a little pseudo-family with a couple of kids and send them to die every year.

They're good friends. They can't stand each other. They're strangers. They can only trust each other. They're repulsed by each other. They're addicted to each other. They will never understand the other. They're the only ones who truly understand... etc. etc. They had 46 kids and they're all dead. They have 2 alive ones who they have adopted and will do anything to protect.

They're "married". But in the way that they occasionally live together as roommates and will deny anything beyond friendship until their deathbed. Like those spinsters who lived together and were "good friends" in the old days. No one knows what their deal is and they don't know either. They're not "in love" but they can't leave each other the fuck alone.

[thesweetiepienovels]

A lot of us would thrive in a kinder and softer world, but since it’s not, be sure to be the kindness and softness, for others and for yourself, even when the world pushes back. Being gentle with yourself is the first act of real rebellion in a harsh world. Even if no one notices, your own heart and body will thank you.