working title @whaaatsarahsaid - Tumblr Blog

My boss, who is a grown woman with children my age, just whispered, “Oh, this is going to be so fucking efficient,” before spraying Febreze directly into the ceiling fan and proceeding to cough her guts out when it blew back in her face.

correct-vampire-opinions

me

thebootydiaries

Person: what’s wrong?

Me: nothing…

Me internally: why did that man honk at me in the intersection between 52nd St and 3rd Ave on January 4th 2015

Chloe Crane-Leroux

Kaitlyn Gibson

amazing 💯💯💯💯

protectblkwomen

This warms my heart, they met for 2 years straight 😊

themotivationjournals

Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.

Glennon Doyle Melton (via kvtes)

recovering-and-healing

5 THINGS YOU CAN DO EVERY DAY TO BE HAPPY

1 - Brisk 20-minute walk. Studies show three 20-30 minute walks a week outperform, from a happiness perspective, test groups on anti-depressants and test groups doing both the walking and taking the anti-depressants. (Penn State / Babyak, American Psychosomatic Society)

2 - The 20-Minute Replay. Journal for 20 minutes about a positive experience you had during the day. Your mind will relive the experience as you write and relive it again when you read your journal. A tripling effect. (University of Texas, “How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Words”)

3 - Commit A Random Act of Kindness. Surprise someone a coffee, hold the door open for your coworkers, send a thank you note to an old teacher. (Lyubomirsky)

4 - Meditate. Studies show meditation increases the activity in our pre-frontal cortext – the part of the brain responsible for attention and focus. (Massachusetts General Hospital)

5 - Write down 5 gratitudes. If you can be happy with simple things, it will be simple to be happy. The research here had students write down five gratitudes, events, or hassles. Those writing down gratitudes vastly outperformed the other two groups after ten weeks. (Emmons / McCullough)

A list of activities to do besides watching Netflix and being anxious

1) read a book or magazine. Preferably a paper copy

2)do something creative!

3) more specifically, do something in your art journal

4) practice sewing. Even if it's bad--that's how you get better!

5) cook something yummy

6) listen to music (bonus if it's on the record player)

7) reorganize a room and find 3 things to get rid of

8) go for a walk

9) call a friend

10) make up a silly dance to on old nostalgic song

11) read new recipes in your many cook books and plan a time to make them!

12) listen to an encouraging podcast

13) go to the gym

14) make a card for a friend (or make a bunch of cards for friends)

15) bike ride

purplebuddhaproject

Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.

Wall Street Journal (via karibu-nyumbani)

So so relevant