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[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

[theambitiouswoman]

I will force myself to do something I know I have to do (discipline) instead of forcing myself to change my mind. Most people think they need to feel motivated before they take action, but your brain doesn’t actually work that way. The emotional part of your brain wants comfort and avoidance, while the rational part cares about your long term goals. When you try to force yourself to feel different, you usually create more resistance and stay stuck. But when you take action anyway, you bypass those emotions and strengthen self control. Your actions rewire your thinking. Your brain learns that action comes first and feelings follow. This is why discipline gets easier, mental resistance becomes less and you start building real trust with yourself. You don’t need to change your mind, you just need to move. The concept of changing your mind is simply about making a decision and following with action. Not waiting for your mind to change to do the thing

[the-big-mood]

[todayintokyo]

In 1982, quite by accident, a zookeeper at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Shizuoka Prefecture discovered that capybaras absolutely loved soaking in hot water, and the practice of providing them an onsen, or traditional Japanese hot spring, was born. Source Massimo; video @yu_haradakei.

[coughloop]

MOVE IDIOT

[pmamtraveller]

Luca Ponsato - Does Anyone See My Suffering

[jamelalatise]

finding beauty in the everyday again and again

[margecouture]

how to get out of a funk

no matter if it's a small funk or one you just can't shake, there are ways to self soothe when you find yourself facing a burnout. here are some healthy and mindful ways to get yourself out of a funk:

go for a walk & sit on a bench with no devices

take a morning everything shower

make a warm cup of tea

listen to feel good music

do a deep clean reset to your bedroom, kitchen, closet, etc.

try a new recipe or a new drink

deep breathing exercises

fall asleep to white noise

get lost in a book

ask yourself questions & write down your thoughts

plan out the following week

create something

hydrate before caffeine

don't force but allow

healing is your responsibility and growth is your decision. all it takes is effort. one step at a time. to anyone who is in a funk, you will get out of this. you got this! 🕯️

[sunshiney-stuff]

Realizing that self care also means avoiding toxic people. I can try to be respectful, but we will never be friends. I can’t be open like in the past and I won’t engage in discussion because I’m afraid of getting setback. It’s not worth it. Out of the millions and millions of people you are not chosen. I can do better

[bdgonhldy]

[marinella-ela]

[scorpionlafemme]

[memoriesofthingspast]

💻👾✨🌹🇵🇸🍉

[status-quo-hater]

Dehumanizing bigots is bad, not because I want to be nice to them, but because they are human beings and they serve as a reminder that anyone is capable of evil ideation and action. Violent bigots are not fundamentally different beings from you. They are human beings, who have developed a reactionary and destructive belief system due to their circumstances combined with their biases. In a different timeline, that could've been you. Anyone can be radicalized. Nobody is immune to propaganda, not even the person reading this.

[dduane]

(via @radiumskull.bsky.social)

(ETA: Thanks to those who've pointed to Snopes and other similar sites regarding this. Who knows, maybe someone will turn up an original. Meanwhile, I approve of the sentiment.)

[alienaficionados]

““When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn’t believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day, when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spanking–the first in his life. She told him that he would have to go outside himself and find a switch for her to hit him with. The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, “Mama, I couldn’t find a switch, but here’s a rock that you can throw at me.” All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the child’s point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone. And the mother took the boy into her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because if violence begins in the nursery one can raise children into violence.””

— Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, 1978 Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (via jillymomcraftypants)

[shamebats]

In 1978, when she received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Lindgren spoke against corporal punishment of children in a speech entitled Never Violence! After that, she teamed up with scientists, journalists and politicians to promote non-violent upbringing. In 1979, a law was introduced in Sweden prohibiting violence against children in response to her demands. Until then there was no such law anywhere in the world.

What a legacy. We’re so lucky to have had her.

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[fatherizzyisms]

Wouldn't it be OERO when spelled backwards?