[explore-blog]

The meaning of life… clearly has to do with love — what and whom and how one can love.

Oliver Sacks, who would have been 93 today, on despair and the meaning of life.

[wwiedtb]

Guess it’s true what they say; the more you chase after something the less likely it is to happen. I need to just work towards my goals in general and let the universe handle the rest (in whatever shape that might be)

[zagrebinaa]

[wwiedtb]

Will Sunday nights/Monday mornings of a corporate job ever get easier

[jasmindas]

[wwiedtb]

My anxiety is getting really bad again and I’ve been feeling so sick/nauseous. I’m just not really sure what to make of my work life and what my passions are

[petaltexturedskies]

One day you’ll have whatever it is you’re now so confusedly seeking. That kind of calm that comes from knowing oneself and others. But you can’t rush the arrival of that state of mind. There are things you only learn when no one teaches them. And that’s how it is with life. There’s even more beauty in discovering it for yourself, in spite of the suffering.

Clarice Lispector, from “Gertrudes asks for advice” in The Complete Stories

[putthekettleonlove]

i love it when people are in their thirties that's so sexy of you

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[lelif]

the beauty of life

- // @fairycosmos // ? // - // @cassidyshotchocolate // - // - // elsie de wolfe// @podencos // afternoon on a hill, edna st. vincent millay// rien ne va plus, margarita karapanou, tr. by karen emmerich// - // - // @ annalauraart on instagram// culpable, joy sullivan// - // @ jordanklancaster on instagram// @ niall.breen.comics on instagram// agatha christie// @plasticlove1984 //sweeter than fiction, taylor swift// the summer day, mary oliver

[threeamserif]

instagram | photos are my own, reblogs fine, do not repost/reuse

[parkchanwoohoo]

Once you start noticing how the incapacity to handle discomfort affects how people live their lives it's actually pretty shocking how it ruins pretty much every conceivable aspect of existence. Interpersonal relationships, romantic and platonic. Career and education opportunities. Your politics Your willingness to go anywhere. The kind of food you eat. The kind of art you expose yourself to and your ability to read it. It's never just one thing, it touches everything, and once you notice it it's like suddenly being able to see germs or something. Just this horrific catastrophe people look at you askance for screaming about. As I grow older and see what became of my friends and peers who could not learn to handle discomfort, the more I'm like. This is a genuine societal issue

[werewolf-beans]

Increasing my discomfort tolerance has also been one of the greatest assets to improving my mental health.

[littlecitylove]

“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”

— Katherine Mansfield  (via thatkindofwoman)

[savagedefectives]

maggie nelson on eve kosofsky sedgwick

[wwiedtb]

My incoming period kicking my mental heath ass as per usual aha

[mournfulroses]

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955

[mournfulroses]

Joanna Glenn, from her novel titled "All My Mothers," originally published in 2021