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Stop this “work hard” bullshit. You deserve free time, you deserve sleep and you deserve mental health. You deserve to procrastinate and you deserve to have your hobbies. You deserve it. You need it. No one should work & study all the time.

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thinkin of quitting my job to become a full-time horrifying void entity

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i decided im making my life about love, about comfort, about building a physical safe space for whoever wants to enter it, about light, about satiety and about understanding and compassion

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advice from a friend in recovery

no matter what is wrong, there’s a pretty good chance that just getting some sleep will fix it (or at least make it not as bad). it’s the biological equivalent of “turn it off and then back on again”

take advantage of your local library. it’s got free water, bathrooms, heating, and (hopefully) air conditioning, and if you’re lucky, it might have free wifi, computers to use, tutoring, and more.

there’s always that one bookstore or coffee shop that you love to spend time at, but can never remember just how good it is when you’re not there. put a note in your phone or on your wall. go there when you’re having a bad day. remind yourself that there are safe places in this world.

there will be people in your life who are there for you when nobody else is. reach out to them.  they might not be your best friends, but they are good people, and talking to them will make you happy.

find time to meditate. as little as three minutes a day will make a tremendous difference in your stress and burnout.

make a playlist for songs that mean a lot to you, and keep it at the top of your list for a few months or years. when you need to feel something, scroll back as far as you can. think about the past, and how far you’ve come, and how much further you will go.

fill your life with little things that bring you joy. listen to classical music in the morning. paint your nails sparkly pink. have a cup of herbal tea during a study break. write down the little things you can do for yourself, so when it feels like there’s nothing left to live for, you have proof otherwise.

make art. it doesn’t have to be good, and it doesn’t need to mean anything. doodle something just because it’s pretty. knit a shapeless hat for your best friend. decorate an old pair of jeans with sharpies. mix paint into pretty colors. do something that makes you feel like a child again.

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this next trick is a little something i like to call “bulking out my bibliography with articles I barely looked at”

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aug 1 2019

im writing this at like 130 am so this is all technically from the previous day. but i put in my two weeks at work so my last day is officially the 15th. i also sent in the last of the required forms i need for college which felt amazing. i went light dorm shopping at ikea and atarted rereading the goldfinch in preparation for the movie. in general im feeling pretty relaxed and happy rn which is exactly how i wanted this summer to be before i started school!

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Self care is so important right now - please make sure you’re taking the time to support yourself mentally, physically, and emotionally!

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I hope one day you wake up not bearing that heavy feeling anymore.

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No negativity, please.

Via @weheartit

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I’m tired of everyone using this quarantine to make others feel guilty for not having hobbies, not being productive, not learning something new, not doing xyz, blah blah. just leave people alone man we’re all trying to cope in our own ways, this isn’t a holiday it’s a tragedy

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girls!!! we gotta fail more often!!! we’re so scared of failure and disappointing people and looking stupid that we don’t even TRY things! men?? men brush off failure like it’s nothing! if a man doesn’t get a job he wanted, it’s because they didn’t review his application fairly! it’s because the competition was tough this year! it’s because he just needs to try harder next time! men just DO things!!! and you know what DOING things builds?? confidence!!! even if you fail!! the more you fail, the more confident you are that you can fail and survive! women don’t even wanna try unless they are 100% certain that they’re qualified and competent and won’t disappoint anybody! but that is NONSENSE. men are out there getting positions they’re not even qualified for, while over-qualified but less-confident women are staying where it’s safe bc they’re afraid to rock the boat!!! DO. IT. apply for the thing! ask for the raise! enter the competition! get used to failing ALL the time! fail quickly and move on!!! if a cocky but mediocre man would do it, then for the love of god, GO DO THE DAMN THING. you are SO much more qualified than you think you are.

#SO TRUE AND NEEDED

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things are changing fast, and the anxiety is kicking in. lately I’ve been trying to figure out the difference between leading with positivity and setting your expectations too high to be realistic. I still don’t know the answer. but what I do know is that a support system is essential to your success. and I’m hoping that one day I’ll feel just comfortable in who I am as they are of me. and know that what/who I am is more than enough.

I’m not there yet. don’t worry, though- I’m working on it.

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11/26/17 • I have one last midterm at the end of the term like ??¿¿ but just getting through this last stretch and then finally ready for the holidays!!!! ✨