#be determined

[defensive-tactics]

Give yourself permission to do whatever it takes to stop a violent attack. Be determined.

[suntzuofficial]

If anyone ever says it's "Easy", it's because they've never done what you have dared to do.

And if anyone ever tells you it's "Impossible", it's because for them, it is. And most likely, the person who says it's "Easy" is also the same person who tells you it's "Impossible", which means their competing theories makes them completely full of shit. (pardon my F̶r̶e̶n̶c̶h̶  Korean)

Tune it out Warrior.  Accept that it wont be easy, and that it is not impossible.

Find your advantage.

Find a way.

"𝙄𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙪𝙮, 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝. 𝙎𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝, 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚.  𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨, 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮…𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩…𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧." 

~ 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙨𝙝 (𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧, 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮.  𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝘽𝘼'𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧…𝙏𝙒𝙄𝘾𝙀)

𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 if you are a Warrior on a Mission: IMPOSSIBLE.

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 this to any naysayers…Queens don't compete with hoes, nor Kings with shmoes. 👊

𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 for Daily Inspirational Wisdom and Strategies from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".

[sammy-the-best]

"No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success."

⏤ Jack Canfield

[giannagaviola]

♡ Happy Monday ♡

3 December 2018 — Week 3: Post 2/4

Like most people, I would usually dread Mondays because let’s be honest, who looks forward to Mondays? But for some reason, I really had a feeling that this Monday would be different.

First off, I spent my Sunday afternoon-evening working on my blog posts & research tasks. I even got to finish my narrative report. I was finally able to face the tasks I had been cramming so I didn’t have to dread Monday!

Next, for the duration of my day, things were good. Nothing too special but nothing very bad either. Way to go!

Lastly, I went out with Naomi, Ashley, Patrick, Daniel, Allyssa, & France and we ate a lot of food in Malibay. I ate chicken skin, dynamite, isaw, fried noodles with shark’s fin, & drank wintermelon milktea.

It took me a long time to go home but that’s okay because I got to hunt down a lot of new Pokemon along the way. (Add me in Pokemon Go: GiannaOohNana)

[assembling-the-pieces]

I want my mom to call me to say congratulations, not to talk about the weather.

Me.

[poppiseed]

30 days!!!

I am 30 days sober!!! I can hardly believe it! It's been years since I've seen that many days strung together without a drink. When I reflect, which I have done much of in recovery, I'm in shock at how much happier I have been. At the beginning of this year I never thought I could experience this much joy in life without alcohol. I was so miserable but I never once tried to deal with my emotions. I just drank more. And in turn I became even more depressed. I was an awful friend who yelled at people and acted inappropriately. I lied to my family. I hurt myself (going to the doctor on Monday... kinda nervous). I drank so much that I would hallucinate at times. I would skip out on responsibilities to drink. I would ditch my pals. I was hungover and unable to do a thing. I drank at the desk. I spent so much time just passing out in a drunken stupor. How did I ever think this was a life worth living? I would see this pattern of drinking in excess to where it was ruining my life, stop for a while, and return to it just to repeat the pattern again. Literal insanity. In all my other sober periods, I never once tried to better myself. I never once learned other means of coping or other means of enjoyment. That's what different this time. I found a support group (stopdrinking on Reddit is LIFE guys), I bought a self help book, I have done other things besides hit the bar (saw the most awesome jazz show omg), I bought a book on alcohol and addiction. And I have wholly embraced that drinking is not glorious or the epitome of what makes being an adult great. There's so much more to life than consuming poison everyday at 5pm until you can't walk straight. I'm not saying that you should quit drinking. If it's okay for you, then hey that's fine! But me? I'm done. I'm fucking done. It's time to live a life that is worth fucking living. The road to recovery is long but taking it one day at a time will get me through it. I look forward to life's challenges with a clear mind.

[rupertsupportfamily]

I was always quite a shy child but I found, when I went on stage, that I could hide behind a character. It was an escape for me to be someone else. It really does help your confidence to be able to mimic what you see. I was very determined during the auditioning process [for Harry Potter] and so wanted to be a part of those films...in any shape or form. I wanted to be noticed. You have to believe in yourself. Be determined and believe in yourself.