Bisan's recent post. I think it's important for you to read it. Tonight 03.12.23, journalists in gaza share their last messages. There are no words to describe the horrors unfolding in gaza right now.
I no longer have any hope of survival like I had at the beginning of this genocide, and I am certain that I will die in the next few weeks or maybe days. I have been sick with severe viral infection for days and cannot move from the mattress!
I suffer from nightmares that are so closely resemble reality that I no longer differentiate between reality and dream.
I live in a world other than the one I claimed to be building! I am a community activist who lived on the fantasy that the world was free and just, and I sought to bring rights not only to my people, but to many men and women in third world countries!
I was shocked that I was not from the third world! Indeed, we are the most humane and moral! Yes, because the world approves, supports, and finances the genocide we are being subjected to, legislates it, and gives reasons for for 58 days! While we are a people who have been living on occupied land for 75 years and are still searching for our rights and communicating our voice to the world!
My message to the world: You are not innocent of what is happening to us, you as governments or peoples that support Israel’s annihilation of my people. We will not forgive you, we will not forgive you, humanity will not forgive you, we will not forget, even if we die, the history will never forget .
A Message to friends: Thank you and the supporters around the world. You have been compassionate and very strong. We ask you not to lose hope, even if the world seems completely unfair and your efforts have not yet resulted in a ceasefire.
12 Days of Christmas Personal Development Journal Prompts
Looking to reflect on your personal development and set goals for the upcoming year? Look no further! We’ve curated 12 days of Christmas-themed personal development journal prompts just for you. These prompts will guide you through gratitude, skill development, goal setting, self-care, overcoming limiting beliefs, and much more. Each day, you’ll explore different aspects of your life and discover…
December is a myth for the poets. They think they'll find love before the year ends, but all that's left in the end are their unsent love letters and half written poems.
I did. One side spread lies (which have been debunked numerous times) while the other had parents carrying the remains of their children in plastic bags on camera and crying out for help.
One side is living in safety with food, unlimited water supply, electricity, and an internet connection. The other side's infrastructure is destroyed due to carpet bombing, they have no food, more than 90% of their water supply is contaminated, and even before the 7th of October, Israel controlled their water supply.
One side has healthcare, while the other side's healthcare system completely collapsed due to the continuous bombing and lack of fuel and electricity.
One is colonizing, while the other side is colonized and subjected to ethnic cleansing.
I use the monthly as my calendar, the weekly as my Japanese diary and to do list, and the notes pages as my commonplace and memory keeping.
This book has served me very well! I love that it’s chunked up a bit from the stickers and ephemera I’ve pasted in. Hoping to do a flip through video sometime early next year.
Next year my plan is to move into a hobonichi A6. I want more space to common place and memory keep. I’m moving my productivity tools (calendar and to do list) into a digital space. I use TickTick and Google Calendar - so the analog tools have become a bit redundant.
I'm on a bit of a mission to fill in every last bit of space in the polyglot journal I started in 2019. Some pages I left intentionally blank so that my future (i.e. present) self could weigh in on whatever needs weighing in on, tbh. Lessons I've learnt, glaringly obvious mistakes (taking on too much, wacky timelines, delusional goal setting, usw.), and general commentary.
Right now I'm only focusing on filling in the gaps for that decade month of a year, i.e. May to August, 2020.
December is an illusion. It is meant to be loved but it is easily forgotten. December is sadness corrupted by faux smiles. Holidays are over before we know it. We forget to live in the moment and then blame December for passing too soon. December often feels like a stretch between a new beginning and the life we're used to.
Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
[Text ID: December 31 / The last day of 1958: clear and heavenly blue: the day, bland, offers beauty: all weathers are lovely, if only the inner weather reflects and endows loveliness.]