[scorpionlafemme]

[frailbug]

you think that you're so alone in the world then you read literature from hundreds of years ago and you realize that other people have always felt this way

[jouuds]

how much of it was real?

[aidashakur]

[heterorealism]

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[tackled]

[saudi-overload]

“I like your personality” thanks i have a couple more

[thcartierrug]

[int-shaku-deactivated20201101]

do i cross your mind ?

[tankaramo]

me, making a phone call: god i hope they don’t answer

[rodrickheffeley]

there's something stupid going inside my head

[rodrickheffeley]

[berkeleygirl3]

[04k96]

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

[ayshx-deactivated20251028]

So many people inspire me to be nothing like them.

[just-bellerose]

[mortalityplays]

here's a secret: whatever you're doing, you have to root for your peers with all your heart because it forces you to root for yourself too. I've seen people in various spheres of my life (workplaces, education, art, activism) fall into the trap of envy and resentment when they see others succeed while they struggle, and it always always goes hand in hand with them pulling back and giving up and stagnating.

when you let yourself get sour grapes about shit, you tacitly give up on yourself. when you sit around hoping other people will flop and fail so you can catch up to them, you stop trying. it's a fantasy of mediocrity, the vain wish that other people would walk so you could take the gold medal at a jog. wouldn't you rather come last place at 27mph?