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[mosaicofunmaking]

happy pride month btw

[mosaicofunmaking]

journal prompts i used this week:

1. ten things that make you happy

2. something someone told you that you never forgot (i did both a negative and a positive)

3. top three pet peeves

4. someone that inspires you

5. five places you want to visit

6. five ways to win your heart (i did it in terms of like respect/trust)

7. 10 songs you love right now (might post this one)

8. something you struggle with

[mosaicofunmaking]

kansas city ily <3

[mosaicofunmaking]

[remanence-of-love]

[slewfootwitch]

The thing about radical kindness (or any kindness, for that matter) is that there are going to be times when someone or something makes you regret it. There are going to be times when you show someone empathy and grace that they don't "deserve". There are going to be times when someone takes that kindness and uses it against you. The world doesn't magically transform into a perfect place when you decide to choose kindness and people will take advantage of it. People will continue to be shitty.

But the thing is...that's not a flaw of kindness. That's not a you problem. That's a them problem. People who are happy with themselves and their lives don't go out of their way to misuse someone's kindness or grace. The "normal" response to kindness or empathy is not to find a way to exploit it. People who are happy with themselves don't look for ways to hurt people for no reason. Kindness will never be the problem. No matter what some shitty person decides to do with it. It should go without saying not to be a doormat, yes. Don't allow people to treat you badly just for the sake of being kind. But also don't let shitty people make you bitter because of how they treated you when you were kind.

[breadandm]

somebody posted this Calvin and Hobbes strip and i cannot overstate just how topical this fuckin thing is

[midnightinshadow]

[mosaicofunmaking]

[thesweetiepienovels]

Please slow down this year. Please don’t live another year in fastforward. I don’t think any of us can take another year of that. Let’s learn to slow down, learn to brush our teeth slower, learn to eat slower, learn to look around more, learn to unclench our jaws and drop our shoulders, learn that this is not a rush, no matter how much society wants us to believe it is. I absolutely refuse to live another day under the palm of urgency, like my worth is measured in how quickly I can move, how efficiently I can exist, how much of myself I can compress into something easily digestible. I will take up space, I will need things and want things, I will be a human being this year, not just a ghost passing through, not just something that makes sense to everyone else. I’ll be as much of me I need and want to be.

[asynca]

I watched an insane amount of TikTok and other short form videos for the story I'm writing right now. I gotta say, afterwards, I found myself picking up my phone and opening the apps, almost unconsciously. I was walking and I thought about watching some vids at the same time. I was on hold to the ATO... maybe some videos.

I also happen to specialise in gambling addiction (although I'm not practicing in that area right now), and all I could fucking think about was how these fucking apps were conditioning me in the same fucking way gambling apps do. To be constantly plugged in, consuming. To not even think about just picking it up and having a look. To feel bored when I wasn't watching them, to think about watching them when I wasn't watching them....

That shit is fucking evil.

I deleted it. I'm not exposing myself to that.

That shit will fry your dopamine/reward system so fucking bad you will never read a book or watching a movie again without it.

Love yourself and your potential enough to put that fucking shit away. Watch longer form things that require focus and engagement. Listen to podcasts and audiobooks. Read books. DO ANYTHING BUT CONSUME SHORT FORM CONTENT IN AN UNSTRUCTURED WAY.

If you MUST consume it (I'm sure people will be like 'but my classmates' or 'but my own channel'.... etc), do it in a siloed and structured way. 30 minutes between x time and x time on x day. Focus on it. Don't eat and do it. Watch each short form video to completion. Engage critically with the content. ANd never watch them first thing in the morning or last thing at night.

PLEASE. From a gambling professional, short form videos ping your SAME circuitry and you will fuck up your life and your brain so badly if you don't put up guardrails for yourself.