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You don’t have to defend or explain your decisions to anyone. It’s your life. Live it without apologies.

Mandy Hale (via quotemadness)

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Orange Spiced Gingerbread Cookies with Cranberry Glaze | Dessert for Two

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http://www.studyspanish.com/ - Explains grammar, stem changes, etc.

https://www.notesinspanish.com/ - This is a podcast series from levels beginner to advanced. For a small fee, you can sign up and receive all the worksheets to help you get the most out of the lesson.

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Hey world,  

I know its been awhile since I posted on this in actual writing instead of just re-posting stuff. I’ve just been focused and stressed about finding a job, getting over a break up and all the littler things in between. Though, I’ve been doing good. At the moment my life is great actually. No hefty bills I have to pay (yet). No serious health issues. No sickening stressful relationship with anyone. No hectic schedule. I’m still 22, energetic and lively. My goals this year are in reach. So, I really don’t have anything to be sad about. Yet, some mornings I still wake-up and immediately think about irrelevant things that make me feel a bit sad...like the loss of the relationship along with that someone in my life that I cared about for over two years...or the fact that I am going to be starting another part-time job and not a full-time one like I imagined and hoped for. Gosh, why do we bring ourselves down like that when our lives are going well? Why do we let ourselves feel bad because of insignificant hiccups in our life? No ones life is perfect...and if it seems too good to be true than it probably is. In a interview that I had the other day the person that interviewed me (the co-owner of a education business) asked me questions that prompted me to talk about my biggest weakness, my college experience, and then talk about my negative experience with previous roommates. He brought up a few points or tid bits of advice for me 1. No experience is really a “bad” experience because you learn and thus become stronger from it. and 2. The question is why. Why do people do the things they do when they know it is hurting someone or even themselves? 3. When I said I think my biggest weakness is my self-doubt and insecurity at times. He said self-confidence really only comes with experience. Of course, you’re going to have self-doubt until you actually experience something for yourself or listen to the experience of a good trustful person in your life. From someone like myself exiting the college life and venturing into the workaholic life it felt nice to hear that kind of positivity/positive outlook from someone. From the experience I do have I know that I am not the only one that wakes up sometimes in a bad mood of self-doubt or negative thoughts...so, I just thought I’d share it to make other people feel better. As for why people do the things they do I feel like there can’t be and definitely is not a simple answer it is just one of the interesting, complexities in life that makes us wonder.

#thoughts #feelings #Life Is Short #positive #expectations #experience #advice

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What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?

John Green (via quotemadness)

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In the spirit of Valentine’s Day (especially for those of us who are single!), I’ve made a special blog. Instead of a conversation on a specific topic, it’s a long list of ways you can bring love into your life, towards yourself. There are ideas here that will make us feel confident, sexy, inspired, cared for, and relaxed—something for anyone to find at least one way to love themselves this February 14th and beyond. I’ve included 50 of the 75 here in this post, but if you want all of them, here’s the link to the blog.

Also consider signal boosting! This could make a difference for someone struggling with Valentine’s Day, self-esteem, or relationship stress. 

HERE ARE 50 FROM THE LIST:

Write yourself a love poem, as if you were dotingly admiring yourself.

Give yourself a heart massage by gently rubbing your sternum and upper chest—use a nicely scented massage oil if you have some!

Cook dinner naked when you’re home alone. It’s a fun little bit of self-intimacy that will probably make you smile every time you eat the leftovers of the meal you made.

Foot massages are really nice, definitely try giving yourself one.

Draw a heart on a piece of paper and sleep with it under your pillow.

Buy yourself some chocolates or another form of sweet food. You can indulge one day of the year.

Dress in color. Festive, bright, and engaging!

Take a long nap…let yourself have a full day of resting and relaxing.

Heat up the kettle, make some aromatic tea, and watch some fun television as you sip away.

Pop some popcorn, put it in a huge bowl, and have a private movie night. Wrap yourself in big pillows and blankets for “snuggle buddies.”

Order a body pillow if you’ve ever wanted one. They’re great single-person cuddle partner (not bones to make the cuddling uncomfortable).

Take a walk when people nearby are walking their pets. Ask if you can pet one, or two, or more. Animals are extremely loving and fun to interact with!

Go dress, suit, or nice clothes shopping! Don’t even bring your wallet, but just really indulge in how you look (and take some selfies in the process).

Write a list of ten body-positive things. What is unique about you? What do you know is super attractive?

Put on headphones and sing really loud. With the music directly in your ears, you won’t judge your own voice at all and can belt it out like you’re on stage.

Write yourself a love letter, literally put it in the mail, and send it to yourself.

Book tickets for an opera, orchestra, or musical performance. Something that’s indulgent, high end, and you can look nice for.

Buy that thing on amazon that you have had in your wishlist for an eternity.

Text your best friend something you love about them.

Eat all the food you have today with love, “good” or “bad.” Your body needs sustenance, sometimes that’s in the form of a treat. Have a guilt free day.

Treat yourself to an inspiring or beautiful guided meditation. Maybe this is “meeting your twin flame” or “traveling to a forest sanctuary.” There are tons on YouTube, browse around until you find something you like.

Go eat extra healthy! If you’re passionate about nutrition, take some time to research a super-foods meal, buy the ingredients as soon as you can, and cook it for yourself.

Take 20 minutes of your day to read about a new skill, hobby, or subject that you’ve been interested in learning but have never had the chance to actually look into.

Find a role-model. Research some inspiring stories you can relate to so, at the end of the day, you can forever answer that question of “who is someone that really inspired you?”

Stretch or do some yoga. It really feels great.

Create a loving affirmation to say from this day on.

Take a bubble bath. Or maybe throw in some essential oils to make it smell wonderful.

Take a hike, or plan a day to take one soon. Go somewhere nearby that you’ve always wanted to go and make serious plans to do it.

Can’t afford to travel? That’s okay—make a dream vacation. Start researching locations, events, and everything you’d want to splurge on a time away. Who knows, maybe a few years from now you’ll actually be able to afford it.

Dance! Find some really moving music, whatever that is to you, and shake it out.

Daydream, find something super positive to think about.

Write a short story in the third person about an amazing miracle person, but (secretly, shh) you’re writing about yourself. Word it all like an inspiring memoir of this miracle person, all they survived, all they made out of their life, and what you think “they” are destined to become.

Make a long list of “I’m different because _________, and that’s awesome/amazing/spectacular/loved/etc.”

Write to your inner child. What do you wish you could tell yourself, how would you support yourself as a younger you? (Have some tissues nearby, this one can get emotional!)

Meet someone new and authentically connect. Ask some deep questions, just go for it. Reveal some personal stuff; be genuinely you.

Make a journal entry of “If I had nothing stopping me from achieving (insert your goal here), I’d accomplish it by doing _______.” Write an action plan from the stance of having a perfect life. (Hint: you might actually realize that this goal is still possible in your current life).

Go get healed. Find a masseuse, Reiki practitioner, energy worker, chakra balancer, acupuncturist, etc. and set up an appointment.

Make yourself a loving temple or shrine. Buy or lay out some crystals, flowers, drawings, notes, etc.

Write sticky note affirmations for yourself and stick them around your home or room. Make sure to add some on the mirrors!

Buy yourself a bouquet of flowers and place it somewhere that really draws attention to it.

If you struggle with feeling “broken” or “in pieces,” buy some painter’s tape (the kind that isn’t very sticky), cut it into strips and place these strips quickly on some fabric to make them less sticky, then draw a heart on each strip. Put them on your skin, over your heart, on places that hurt and then smile, knowing that you’ve successfully taped yourself back together.

Tell a close and trustworthy friend about a person you love, platonic or romantic. It will feel amazing to gush about an individual. (Maybe later you can even tell said individual that you gushed about them and really brighten their day).

Tell your parents that you appreciate them, and get specific. What exactly did you love about your childhood? What clear memories do you have that shaped who you are today? (If you can’t do this with your parents/a parent, then find a long-standing relationship of another sort and give it a try…how did this person impact you in a positive way?)

Remember that dream date you’d go on with a partner? Take yourself on it now. Go to that restaurant, that library, that park, even if you’re alone.

Light a candle or warm up some essential oils in a diffuser. Take a minute and do nothing but watch it and smell the aroma.

No matter your gender, paint your nails. If you can, go for really funky and fun colors. You don’t need to keep the polish on, but it might be fun to try for an hour! Colorful hands are a joy to look at.

Buy a sketchbook or journal and write down or draw one positive thing each day.

Make a self-care list—things to do when feeling down that you know will work to help you.

Make a self-care box—open it up in these times you feel down.

Listen to the “should have, could have, would have” voice in your head and what it’s saying, then transform the points it’s trying to make into “okay, but I did accomplish/do/feel (insert something positive that you’re proud of here).”

For the additional 25, the blog article is here!

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When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small. My judgment called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.

Kim McMillen (via love-inspire-universally)

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This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

Elizabeth Gilbert (via quotemadness)

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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou (via quoteverything)

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Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.

Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (via wnq-anonymous)

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou (via wellconstructedsentences)

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Climate change is real, no matter what naysayers might claim after cherry picking their way through mountains of data or perhaps because of a troglodyte affection for things antidotal. Science and technology helped make the mess – although they had a lot of help from other sources along the way, and science and technology represent the only path out of this mess. If we turn our backs to the coming storm, it will not, just go away, and we will still get quite wet. Go out there and invent the future – at least better umbrellas.

Professor Miranda CSU Chico

#climatechange #science #technology

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Be a person that others will look for your posts daily because they know you will encourage them. Be the positive one and help others to have a great day and you will find that not only they like you but you will like you too.

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Hardships

Thinking about my life thus far. I think my life got most difficult starting in high school. The pressure to perform well academically and in athletics was enormous. Plus, just all the physical & mental changes that comes with puberty. It was difficult and I broke down again & again. I became depressed and went on anti-depressants when I was around 16 years old. Though, what I have learned since is that there will always be pressure from others to be like this or do that but you shouldn't change yourself for anyone but yourself. When it comes down to it its your life to live. You have choices and you should never feel like someone has the right to make them for you.

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Knowledge of theory alone does not enable one to make a fire