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The Lost Boys (1987)

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the upper middle class white women who want to be writers yearn for the first person essay industrial complex that dominated websites in the early to mid 2010s...........

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poppy meadow; antelope valley, california

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poppy meadow; antelope valley, california

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Ingrid Bergman in a dramatic scene from Arch of Triumph, Hollywood, 1946 | Robert Capa

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by benjaminwolf__

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We will not be girlrotting in April. We will be girlblooming girlburgeoning girlflourishing

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My early 20's was really me like "I WISH I had the time to eat healthy, sleep, and work out but I just have too many other important things in my life right now" meanwhile I was emotionally absent, disassociating from stress and lack of sleep and nutrition, and totally abandoning myself for an idealized version of me I thought I could become simply by force and willpower

Insane to reflect on like....if you don't take care of yourself you actually CANT show up for anything you love or want

Why doesn't anyone teach us that

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one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

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- Toni Morrison

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Strive for progress not perfection.

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