#self importance

[dreamdolldiary]

girl, lock in! 📓🍵🩰

UP your water intake! no more bloating here.

7-10k steps a day. move. your. body — walk, chores, park farther. don’t take shortcuts, do it all!

probiotics, protein, fiber.

prioritize whole foods.

educate yourself for an hour a day. NO EXCUSES. listen to podcasts/youtube videos/audiobooks. read an article or book. learn how to cook better or take care of your skin type. just learn something! don’t let your brain be wasted away. it CRAVES growth.

HAVE ADMIN DAYS. make your to do lists, set 3 priority tasks and set 15-20 minutes of uninterrupted time to tackle them. boom.

stop aimlessly shopping. you have everything to need to live. save up! your future self will thank you.

[prettieinpink]

HOW TO GET OUT OF A READING SLUMP

Inspired by how I'm currently trying to read again. 

START SHORTER. Try to read something manageable for you, and it doesn’t have to even be a full novel. It could be an essay on something that interests you or any short stories you find. Get into the habit of reading at your own pace, till you feel ready to take on something bigger. 

SET REALISTIC GOALS. Instead of wanting a goal like completing a book within a week, I would say 20 minutes of reading per day or at least 2 hours per week. You don’t have to track the time when you’re reading, but make mental notes of when you start reading and how long you read. 

EXPLORE. You may even be tired of reading certain genres, and not notice it. While in a slump, I would explore different books and see what interests me the most. For example, if you love reading romance books, try some action ones instead(or vice versa.)

REREAD FAVES. The familiarity of some books can help us get back into the swing of reading. Every time I reread a book, I always pick up on new details that I didn’t notice before. Reread one of your favourite books and try to spot details that you didn’t spot before. 

MAKE A LIST. Create a list of all the books that you want to read or reread. I feel like the process of seeing all the books you could, really encourages you to pick up that book. 

TRY A DIFFERENT FORMAT. For a lot of us, reading paperback or hard copy is the way to go. However, when I’m in a slump, I feel like opting for a different format helps me to get back into reading. For example, a digital book, or an e-book. (or vice versa)

READ IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. I love LOVE, reading in an actual library. It is not for everyone, but a change of scenery can help. Some ideas can be at a park, a cafe, beaches and or a nature trail. 

PAIR READING WITH ANOTHER ACTIVITY. Some examples are exercising, cooking, travelling/commuting or doing mindfulness activities. This is more for getting back into the habit, once you’ve got it again, I would say to focus only on reading. 

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[selfhealingmoments]

[the-joy-of-knowledge]

5 Ways to Find Your Path in the New Year

As 2025 draws to a close, I find myself taking stock of my life with both gratitude and a quiet, persistent hope for what comes next. Yet beneath this sense of buoyancy, there is also a current of anxiety. I want 2026 to feel different. I want a turning point. I want to confront the fears and patterns that hold me back. And the question that keeps echoing is simple: What is my path?

Here are the lessons I have gathered from reading the words of thoughtful, accomplished people who have, in their own ways, unraveled the secret to building a meaningful life:

1. Let action lead you.

Clarity rarely arrives before the first step. The more you do, the more you understand. Momentum reveals direction. If you wait for perfect certainty before trying anything new, you will stay exactly where you are. Begin, even if you begin imperfectly.

2. Notice your highest efficiency.

Pay attention to the moments when your eyes light up, when time slips away unnoticed. What are you doing? What skills feel natural, energizing, or deeply absorbing? These moments are guideposts. Follow them.

3. Focus less on rigid goals and more on themes.

Instead of obsessing over fixed outcomes, consider the kind of life you want to lead. Do you prefer structure or flexibility? Independence or collaboration? Do you enjoy being visible, or do you thrive behind the scenes? When you understand the rhythm of life that suits you, the right path becomes easier to recognize.

4. Do not overlook serendipity.

Life leaves breadcrumbs. Pay attention to the small, unexpected events that unfold without your effort—opportunities, invitations, insights, people. These moments often signal alignment. Step back from your routine long enough to notice them.

5. Make yourself the priority.

Stand firm in who you are becoming. What do you want out of life? If you do not choose your own direction, the world will choose for you. Claim your desires with conviction. Take risks on your own potential. You owe yourself that courage.

Love!!!

[highonhalcyon]

I need to talk about this. I need to talk about how much this mirrors an abusive relationship. The paranoia and fear and anxiety when all you can think of is what feels like inevitable punishment and torture. The terror of 'knowing what's coming' because you know them, you know how they are. The way Jax sort of dismissively assumed Gangle was going with him and the way he forcefully grabbed and pulled her. His annoyance and anger when she denied him. "You're a human, you're not his toy." Feels like an affirmation you give to somebody who feels how Gangle does. Like when you're at the mercy of somebody else who doesn't care about your wellbeing and puts their shallow wants above your existence. "It sometimes doesn't feel that way." Sounds like somebody prone to relenting to the constant degradation of their humanity at another's hands. Somebody who sometimes or often believes that they *are* just a thing that exists for somebody else to use. "How are you supposed to like the part of yourself that just makes you worse than everyone else." This one especially touches home for me as somebody who struggles with depression and anxiety. There are many things about myself that I don't like and that makes me feel like I'm lesser than the people around me. And I ask myself that question but in different ways. How am I supposed to like something about me that makes me less valuable? At first I didn't get Zoobles reply. I was disappointed but I watched it again. And I think that what Zoobs is saying is that even though you don't consider it a positive trait, it's your trait. It's one of the traits that makes you who you are and it's real, it's raw. It's not some fake, made up thing, a facade or a role that you're playing for others or for somebody else. Who's a piece of who you actually are, your genuine self. You could pretend that it's not there, but that piece that you've created to cover that real piece? It's fake, it's not real. It's not you. It's something that I'm constantly struggling with and have for as long as I can remember. Always wanting to fit in and be liked. I've created so many fake pieces, personas, roles, facades etc. I'm genuinely not really sure who I really am. I've been doing it for so long, doing the things that I want to do feels more forced now than putting on the mask does. And I think that for people like me and Gangle, we need positive reinforcement when we do show our real selves. I think we're scared of rejection and isolation not realizing that we're rejecting ourselves and isolating ourselves from ourselves. The people that we're stuck with every second of our lives for our whole life. Lately I've been more myself, even at work, at the risk of embarrassing myself in front of coworkers and my crush. But I'm getting better at brushing it off when I do embarrass myself. It's made work easier, it's made being myself easier. I know I will have bad days and slip backwards but I'm hoping to have fewer of those days than more. Anyway. I just wanted to talk about it because I didn't really see much conversation about that scene. Not that it doesn't exist, I just haven't found it yet. And I wanted to share how it impacted me personally.

[savagechickens]

Very Important.

And more importance.