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Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”

and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.

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I got impatient while waiting for my #moodmandala to grow this month :) #bulletjournal #mandala I wish that I could explain to people that, up until drawing mandalas, I had literally zero drawing skills! Even my stickmen are still unrecognizable sometimes! There's something beautiful in drawing mandalas, that the symmetry just WORKS for my brain. Basic shapes and simple lines and suddenly there's a work of art! #thebest

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I've made a mistake... 10 balls and my project isn't even 9x9" #oops #ididntthinkthisthrough #crochet #ineedabettersystem I may have to use one of the techniques for #graphghan yarn management! Such a brilliant idea to turn my nice portable project into a delicately organized system that wants to get tangled if I look at it wrong :P Way to go, Self, you're so smart...

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A crocheted baby blanket that I made up for a silent auction. So happy with how it turned out! #crochet #handmade #grannysquares #joinasyougo Crocheted on a G-6/4mm hook with Patons Canadiana in the colors Stone Heather, Toasty Grey, Teal Heather, Medium Teal, and Fool's Gold.

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Tried out two half mandalas for September because it's so hard to find time to finish the drawing part when the rings start to get huge! It worked a lot better this way! This month was nuts. I had a dear family friend pass away suddenly on the 4th and so I was even more grateful than usual for the way the mood mandala helps me to articulate what I'm feeling, but also turn it into something beautiful. It was so interesting this month to have the two mandalas really capture (without me even picking colors carefully) the blahness of the first half of the month, and then the healing and return to brightness of the second half :) #moodmandala #mandala #bulletjournal

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May #moodmandala update! #bulletjournal #mandala

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Okay, I'm calling it... That's as finished my April #moodmandala is going to get!! The last two weeks of April were chaos for me as I helped with organizing a big event, and I think I like the idea of just letting the mandala reflect that :) I finally finished all the detail in the most recent additions and I'm content to just let it end there so I can move on with my mandala for May. #bulletjournal #mandala

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Day 15 update of my April #moodmandala :) Forgot to mention that I changed up my legend this month too! Always a work in progress :) #bulletjournal #makingthingsupasigo

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It begins!!! I'm so excited to see how this grows this month! #moodmandala #bulletjournal

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My March #moodmandala is finished! Check out my story again if you are interested in a step by step of what I drew today :) Thank you so much to @boho.berry and @bujo.mama for the inspiration! I can't wait to get started on April :)

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Ahhhh... Feels good to get caught up! Check out my story if you want to see clips of the process :) #mandala #moodmandala #bulletjournal

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So behind with drawing on my #moodmandala!! Hoping to do some catch up tonight!

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Went to my first #paintnight today! So stinkin' proud of that polar bear, you have no idea!

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March #moodmandala update. Not the biggest fan of the dark tiny petals, but if #mandala drawing is teaching me anything, it's to just go with it :)

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Another #mandala in the bag! I tried for a more geometric design with mixed success, but the point of these is practice and relaxation, both of which were accomplished :)

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First #moodmandala in progress. I'm new to the #mandala drawing club, but I'm in love!! Thanks to @bujo.mama for the concept, and to @boho.berry for finally giving me the push I needed to use the #bulletjournal supplies that I bought a few months ago :)

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Current obsession: #mandalas It's so much more relaxing to draw mandalas than to color them!! Made these ones as practice for my #moodmandala (hence the colored rings) but I'm completely addicted and my #bulletjournal will probably be half mandalas at the rate I'm going!