Shape up your smile, sweetheart

You are never taller than when you stand up for yourself. Anne. 32 year old Dutchie. I'm a licensed medical doctor and I blog about learning, living and being healthy. Got any questions about whatever? Why not ask?

[fairyinthetrees]

hi besties in my phone. i hope today is so so good to you. i hope something special happens to remind you that it’s not always bad. ily.

[noah-wyles]

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

[fluoritegalaxy]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[shapeyoursmile]

Did I get a completely new (partial) skin care routine? Maybe.

Was sick and tired of the pcos causing my skin to break out constantly. At least my hair loss has stopped being so bad (I would even say kinda normal) so that's nice. A few more grey hairs in places, but oh well, ya girl's getting OLD. Only 32, but hey. My knees have popped since I was 7 so yeah, age is just a number. Anyway, yeah, skin care routine, new stuff new me, blah blah. More pcos stuff under the readmore because of tmi✌️

I am ✨frustrated✨ by something I would've loved two years ago - I have a period again?? Somewhat? Ever since having the little guy, my body apparently got the memo that oh right, hormones are supposed to do stuff. Actual, functional stuff that isn't cosplaying as XY chromosomes. Here I was, not being entirely convinced yet that I want a second kid (at least any time soon) but being okay with it if it would happen spontaneously because well, the chance is nigh zero anyway. And now it.. Isn't? Like hello? What do you mean I suddenly have to recalibrate the entire way I look at my own fertility???

So yeah. I went from "probably will never happen" to "oh shit it just might". And to add insult to injury, I now get both the wacky periods and the hormonal acne. Thanks, I guess. Blergh.

[thepeacefulgarden]

[jackkdaniels]

when i was a kid i decided that killing people was bad therefore war was bad therefore the military was evil. and adults would tell me it's more nuanced than that and i would understand when i grew up. well i'm a grown up now and idk i still think that killing people is bad and war is bad and the military is evil

[kerink]

i know we're all sick of self-care being a marketing tactic now, but i don't think a lot of us have any other concept of self-care beyond what companies have tried to sell us, so i thought i'd share my favorite self-care hand out

brought to you by how mad i just got at a Target ad

[themythicalcodfish]

OP this is EXCELLENT

[whatbigotspost]

Now THAT’S a self care resource! If you’ve gotten distracted by capitalism’s appropriation of “self-care” and watering the meaning down to nothing this is a super helpful guide to cut through the bullshit.

[depsidase]

[electri-art-and-sillies]

This is important. Never stop caring, continue to be ticked off, educate others and do your best to fight against the systems and suffering.

I believe in you, you are all worthy of dignity and respect.

[josilverdragon]

"The horrors persist but so do libraries, books, iced coffee, sunsets, trees, the word 'fuck', the moon and the sea."

[madphantom]

"I'm just a girl☺️🥰💖💞💅🌺🌷🦄" when you were eight and the teacher said she needed some strong boys to carry something you used to be furious, and when you convinced them to let you help, you carried twice as many chairs as the boys with the righteous anger of a girl who knew she was just as capable as them. Where did that go?

[that-windy-place-tho]

People in the notes

[aidashakur]

My tumblr phase is never ending, always & forever a tumblr girl

[sakhafa]

no one ever talks about the 6th love language (being annoying)

[leofwines-deactivated20250831]

[raccoonmilf]

I know this is a joke but like, yeah. It is. I promise you.

See, I had graduated early from highschool and then got my associates in Zoology. But then, from ages 18-23, I was medicated with antipsychotics and (for those last two years) a deadly combo of sedatives due to misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis, and then a psychiatrist who was legitimately on drugs and just writing random shit that almost killed me.

Anyway, needless to say, my brain turned to mush and stopped working, and it took me 6 years to get some sort of bachelors degree (in fashion??) and I graduated at the bottom of my class.

And then I got properly diagnosed (the “psychosis” was just narcolepsy) and got off all those meds. And I was so afraid my brain was permanently fucked. And it is, cause of the narcolepsy part, but the narcolepsy doesn’t kill the parts of your brain where your smarts are.

But I went back to school. Got another bachelors studying sustainable tourism. Turns out my smarts hadn’t gone anywhere when my brain turned to mush. I graduated with a 3.98 GPA.

Now I’m getting my masters in biology studying the intersection of tourism and the conservation of the critically endangered Cozumel raccoon. And doing well. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[1thousandminus7]

Your brain is not a muscle in the literal sense, but it is a muscle in the sense that the more you use it, the better developed it becomes. Not using it might make its usefulness dip for a bit, but that doesn't mean it's gone forever. You might have to work your way back up, start with easier exercises (puzzles, creative exercises, critical thinking questions) before jumping back into the stuff you used to do, but like a couch to 5k slowly ramp up the difficulty and you'll get there in the end. No one's brains are useless, you just gotta meet 'em where they're at.

[smallswingshoes]

The brain can literally rewire itself around MISSING PHYSICAL PARTS OF IT. Which is so cool! The brain is amazing in its resilience.

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

This is getting a lot of notes again and is reminding me that I should try to get out for more walks in the nice autumn weather

[gardenxkisses]

I think it's very important for people 30+ to still be sluts

[gardenxkisses]

The + is for everyone above 30 ok I'm talking retirement home hoes. Let's get out there and werk it!

[shapeyoursmile]

I got a BIAB polish to do at home (carefully, don't worry, I don't want allergies) and it keeps lifting. I am annoyed.

What do you mean, if I get it done professionally it stays for 4 weeks, but I can't use the exact same thing for more than 24h??? Hello???

[depsidase]

[mreullogy]

[whisperingsoup]

it exists to divide the working class. All labour is skilled labour. Yes including that one. Yes, including that one too.

Do you know what's unskilled labour? Owning capital. There's no labour involved, thus requires no skill. And you can tell because people can be born into owning capital.

[kness]

Just gliding through 🦦