Excelsior

Steffi, 20 years of age. Studying sports science in Germany. Soccer - weightlifting - running. Focussing on loving herself and staying healthy. 🍍❤️⚽️

[just-a-bird-in-a-sweater]

You're not overreacting. You're not stupid. Your feelings are valid.

Please know that it's okay to feel this way. It's okay to be stressed, hurt, sad, overwhelmed.

You're gonna be okay. Take deep breaths.

[fuchsteufels-mild]

REMINDER:

"Und wenn man es eben nicht schafft Kartoffeln, Spinat UND Eier, gleichzeitig zuzubereiten, dann ist das okay. Dann gibt es eben nur Katoffeln mit Spinat."- Kurt Krömer.

[positive-you]

“I know no matter how much you think it’s your fault, Or how much you deserve it. You didn’t deserve it. And it wasn’t your fault. You don’t deserve it. And it’s not your fault.”

— Posted by Anonymous. (via survivorssharingsecrets)

[blossomfully]

Don’t settle. Don’t settle. You are worth 100%. Not 60%. Not 75%. Don’t settle for excuses. You will find happiness and it will be so much more than you ever imagined.

[thoughtkick]

“Not everyone you lose is a loss.”

— Unknown

[thoughtkick]

“Sometimes it’s a blessing to not get what we want.”

— Unknown

[samxcamargo]

“Promise yourself things will change this time, and you will start taking care of yourself. Promise yourself you will start eating healthier and taking care of your body. Promise yourself you will make sure you get enough sleep and you will focus on thoughts that build you up instead of thoughts that tear you down and eat you up inside. Promise to be gentle and kind to yourself, and to remind yourself that you are doing the best you can, and although you are still growing and improving, in this very moment, you are enough. And promise yourself you will learn to love yourself enough to keep the promises you make to yourself.”

— Samantha Camargo

[anna-learns-to-love-herself]

“There’s so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn’t. There’s a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn’t need to be painful or empty. You need to fill yourself up with love. Not anyone else. Become a whole being on your own. Go on adventures, fall asleep in the woods with friends, wander around the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on your own, write on bathroom stalls, leave notes in library books, dress up for yourself, give to others, smile a lot. Do all things with love, but don’t romanticize life like you can’t survive without it. Live for yourself and be happy on your own. It isn’t any less beautiful, I promise.”

— Emery Allen  (via perrfectly)

[malisoun-deactivated20200727]

How do you fall back in love with life?

clean your room.  clean space, uncluttered space, space that doesn’t have miasma clinging to it can work wonders.  clean the dishes.  sweep.  take out the trash.  peel the clothes off the floor and wash them, and then actually fold/hang them.  take a long shower.  scrub behind your knees.  brush your teeth.  (this can be utterly exhausting, but try to get it done in a day, if you can.  the end result is worth it.)

pull out your notebook.  it doesn’t need to be a new notebook, but preferably one that you don’t usually write in, or that you haven’t touched in a while.  fuck moleskins.  the yellow legal pad will work fine.  sit in your room, or in the park, or in the library, and write a list.  count clouds.  describe all the colors that you see, and note patterns that arise.  sketch the cracks in the walls.  note the shape light makes when it enters a space.  talk about what the air tastes like, smells like.  what sounds are there?  even the white nose, break that down: air planes, fans, cicadas, anything.  remind yourself that you are sitting in the middle of a space brimming with detail.  remind yourself that you are not in nothingness and emptiness.  your world is fathomless.  it has potential.

drink cold water and try to eat something that isn’t processed.  it does not need to be fancy.  buy yourself an apple with the change between your couch cushions.  eat it outside.  if you’re someone who walks, walk somewhere afterwards, just to stretch your legs.  take your fucking meds.  remember that its a good thing that you are inside your body.  your body is a fantastic and endlessly intricate machine, and even though society has smacked a bunch of poisonous ideas on it, that doesn’t change its inherent worth and splendor.  take care of it.

read a novel.  underline your favorite lines, and write phrases that twist your heart inside your chest on the back of your hand with an ink pen.  read a novel like it’s poetry.  read poetry, something decadent but unpretentious.  watch a movie you haven’t seen before.  if there are free art galleries near you, walk through one.  take your time.  let yourself bask.  if there are patterns in what makes your soul ache, write those patterns down – marbles arches or soot crumbling bricks or dandelions or descriptions of dresses or whatever it is, write them down.

your chosen family is important.  remember, they picked you as much as you picked them.  the love has no obligation.  it is given freely and it is given from a place of compassion.  you are not a burden.  if you need to breathe, take a minute by yourself and just exist, but remember to go back to your people.  when they need you, listen and be gracious.  always be gracious.  the universe sometimes remembers things like that.

listen to new music.  link jump on youtube or related artist jump on spotify or ask the chap beside you in the cafe what their favorite band is, and listen to that.  listen to something that you don’t usually listen to.  we tend to tie up a lot of memory with music.  we are falling in love again.  the soundtrack needs to be specific to that.  

allow yourself to indulge in romantics.  press flowers in old books.  play movies with subtitles and mouth the words.  dance in your room.  wear something that makes you feel good, even if you wouldn’t wear it in public.  write your chosen family letters, even if you hand deliver them.  write poetry, even awful poetry.  revel in its awfulness.  eat dark chocolate and when your chosen family want to go out, try to go out with them sometimes, even if its just to the market.  

[lovequotespost]

[theuniversesmind]

[theuniversesmind]

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[thepowerwithin]

“Give yourself flowers. Take yourself out for lunch. Enjoy your own company. A date is a date, regardless of who it’s with.”

— Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

[galmiahthepigeon]

The way Soul (2020) said you don't need a big purpose, one big thing that defines your entire life and makes it worth living and will bring you satisfaction, you could be unremarkable in most fields and life would still be worth living.... The way this movie said you can just live for the sake of living because life is beautiful and experiencing it is meaningful in and of itself..... Give me a minute please

[just-a-bird-in-a-sweater]

You're not overreacting. You're not stupid. Your feelings are valid.

Please know that it's okay to feel this way. It's okay to be stressed, hurt, sad, overwhelmed.

You're gonna be okay. Take deep breaths.

[safe-haven-safe-place]

[honeymooncupid]

Even if it feels like everything is over and you feel like you don't know what to do now, even if it feels like the end of your story and you don't know what will be in the sequel, this is just a new beginning to reinvent yourself, to fall in love with life and all that is around you, to practice new hobbies and habits, to visit new places and discover new wonderful things. An ending does not always have to be sad, and mostly its just a new beginning.