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At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.  At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. 

At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.   At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.  At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.  At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78. Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow. Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. 

Never tell yourself you missed your chance. 

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough. 

You can do it. Whatever it is. 

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Here’s a great music recommendation by @xhopelessfangirlx! Thanks sweetie!

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it won’t be like what you imagined. maybe you get the road trip to the beach with coffee in your hand and the radio playing, maybe you don’t. but happy shows up. it’s in a 2 AM game of jenga with your new college friends. it’s curling up for another marathon of netflix. it’s meeting the person who will be your best man at the wedding. it’s 4:45pm in the library when the girl in the study coral across from you quietly whispers “i’m going to set everything on fire” and then turns to you and asks if you wanna take a break for dinner (say yes, she’s very nice and you both need a moment away from the stress). it’s the mornings they have omelettes and in good books and in a puddle that looks cool. it’s sometimes picturesque, but more often it’s full-belly laughter at stupid things on the floor of your friend’s house while in the background someone is debating the best way to win settlers of catan. 

i know it gets dark early now and the tired is setting in and everything sort of feels blank and hazy and you want to spend ages staring at walls thinking of nothing

but happiness will find a way in. it will be small moments. look for them.

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study tips for high school freshmen

aka some of the things that have made this year bearable so far

if you’re stressed, coffee will make you jittery and overwhelmed. caffeinated teas (i love stash’s green+white tea fusion) are much better.

go to bed early and wake up early. you’ll be exhausted after school anyways, and this way you have more time to get ready in the morning. plus, sunrises make homework much more fun.

classical music can be really entertaining if you can find stuff that you like. try looking on 8tracks!

always keep a few dollars in your pencil case so that you can buy water or snacks if you need to. 

find a friend or classmate who likes to study, and build a relationship with them. it doesn’t matter if you’re not that close, or you’re taking different classes. just being able to sit next to somebody and work in silence or have a place to go when you can’t focus at your own house can be a lifesaver.

if you don’t review your math notes every once in a while, you will forget everything.

have medicine on hand in case of a stress headache or something else that makes focusing 100% impossible.

also, if your eyes get tired really easily, you can get low-strength reading glasses from most drugstores. they really do make a difference.

you never know when you’re going to need a #2 pencil, sharpener, eraser, and ruler, but it’s more often than you’d think.

read plot summaries of books for your literature classes before you start reading them. you’ll be able to pick up on important moments, foreshadowing, and follow along with the story much easier, and you’re not in trouble if you miss a reading.

public libraries are a blessing. big tables, wifi, books, and a quiet space are so good to have. 

make friends with your professors. it will pay off in the end if you need help, advice, or anything else, and is great for your class participation grade.

if you ever miss class, get notes from two different people. one might have missed some information or copied something wrong.

older students know a lot of stuff, and they’re usually really nice and will take you under their wing! don’t feel like your friend group has to be limited to people in your grade.

good luck, and hang in there. you got this <3

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***warning! Inside Out spoilers ahead!** For me, the moment in Pixar’s new masterpiece that hit hardest was a moment early in the movie, in which 11-year-old Riley gets kissed goodnight by her mom. “Through all this confusion,” her mom tells her, “you’ve stayed our happy girl.” Riley’s father is very worried about work, she notes, so “if we could keep smiling, it’ll be a big help.” It’s a throwaway scene on its surface yet  I was struck right to the heart by that line. The lesson to stay positive and project happiness is one I’ve heard coming from my own mouth more than once. Since seeing Inside Out, I’ve started to reconsider the way I talk to my kids about these emotions. That’s because this children’s movie’s treatment of sadness—the emotion itself and the character of Sadness is outstanding and, I think, quietly revolutionary in its own way. “Aren’t you a little bundle of joy?” Riley’s dad asks his infant daughter in her first moments of life. Indeed, for the first years of her life, Riley’s defining characteristic is joyfulness.  In a pointed scene Joy draws a chalk circle on the floor of headquarters and tells Sadness to stand in it. “Make sure all the sadness stays in the circle,” she says, desperately chipper. “Doesn’t that sound fun?” It’s an echo of Riley’s mom’s gentle message of repression from the night before, and it doesn’t work. Joy realizes the error of this approach after Bing Bong (Richard Kind), Riley’s imaginary friend is despondent about his own approaching obsolescence, [because] it’s Sadness who knows, instinctively, how to treat Bing Bong. “I understand,” she says quietly, sitting next to him. “They took something that you loved. That’s sad.” Joy looks on, irritated, as Bing Bong sobs on Sadness’ shoulder—but then Bing Bong sniffs, wipes his eyes, and feels a bit better. “How did you do that?” Joy asks Sadness, bewildered. Her entire existence, up until now, has been focused on eliminating, or at least minimizing, negative emotions; it’s never dawned on her that Sadness has a role to play, too. That’s a potent lesson in a children’s movie, especially one with a girl at its center. After all, the emotional messages of most entertainment for kids are pretty relentlessly positive: Love your family, stay true to yourself, keep positive, never give in to despair.  Near the end of the movie, Riley seems to be suffering from a bout of depression—aspects of her personality have fallen away, and the control board in headquarters has faded to gray, suggesting she’s gone from feeling too many emotions to feeling none at all. It’s Sadness, with Joy’s blessing, who takes over the console and brings it, and Riley, back to life—not through a tickle fight, or a game, but through an honest outpouring of true sadness. “You need me to be happy,” Riley cries, held tight in her parents’ arms, “but I want to go home.” In Inside Out, big girls do cry, and that’s OK—even necessary. Joy, it turns out, is no heroine, though the movie cannily presents her as one at first. Not every moment of Riley’s life can be exultant. Not every memory in Riley’s banks should be uniformly joyful, or uniform at all: Part of growing up, the movie reminds us, is gaining access to more complicated, multicolored emotions.  “I just wanted Riley to be happy,” Joy says at her lowest point in Inside Out. Like Finding Nemo with its message of letting kids free to have their own adventures, Inside Out seems to be delivering a lesson not only to its young viewers, but to the parents who accompany them. I’m trying to embrace that message, too. When my kids have come to me sad or upset since we saw Inside Out, I’ve tried to do a better job of listening to their feelings—of trying not to solve their problems or gloss over them but to understand them, even for a moment. It’s hard! It reminds me not only of how much it hurts to see my children sad, but how much energy I spend on my relentlessly positive attitude, even when it might not be the best thing for me or those around me. I hope this uncommonly wise movie has reminded other parents, as it’s reminded me, that sadness and joy can happily coexist.

Dan Kois, Finding Sadness in Joy: A parent grapples with Inside Out’s quietly revolutionary message about children’s emotions.

^^^ brilliant writing on how Inside Out teaches us to go beyond simplistic ideas of positivity for the health and (ironically) happiness of both ourselves and the ones we love, an especially important topic when it comes to children’s mental health ^^^

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You would be surprised with how many people in your life could be going through depression at this very moment.  People hide it like a paper bag over their heads out of fear of being judged, made fun of, seen as weak, or just not taken seriously.  Depression should not be taken lightly, it holds us down from our purpose and potential in life.  Those who tell you that it doesn’t exist have never experienced depression in their life, therefore not understanding the symptoms and how it’s something that cannot be fixed in a day!  So if you think you are depressed or if you think you know someone else who is, please talk to a friend, a family member, or anyone else in your life that you trust - never overlook the possibility of seeing a doctor for more professional help!!  Your feelings are real, your feelings are shared upon millions.  Don’t hide it, talk to someone about it.  With the right help, you can rediscover your confidence and begin life anew with our undying love and support! We are right here!!

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Anybody else have those "what-am-I-going-to-do-with-my-life" freak out moments? ... No? Just me? ok

#words #future #anxiety #this sucks #I know I'm usually all sunshine and rainbows but sometimes

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I'm having a really bad night right now and I feel so stressed and I keep thinking about the past and I can't stop crying and I feel so alone

Take a deep breathe, sweetie. It’s going to be ok. I’ve actually been in your exact position recently. You are not alone! Nonnie you are incredibly strong! I known you will get through this. 

It’s ok to cry too, let it out. But know dear that as much as it hurts, we can’t change the past. It is completely out of our control. What ever happened, happened and we have to move forward. Please try not to dwell too much on it sweetie; it will only hurt you. Try some soothing music, it helped me calm down a lot.You will overcome this bad night and every other night because you are a kind and beautiful person who deserves happiness. The sun will come up, I promise. In the meantime, I’m here!Love, J

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just in case you need to hear this today:

you are not a failure

you are not a waste of space

you are loved

you are wanted

I believe in you

you can do it!!!!

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eat yer heart out Julie Andrews

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