Softness, An Every Day Protest

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~ Forget Me Nots ~ One of my favourite wildflowers because they were my mother’s favourite flowers 😍 They scatter themselves throughout my garden, generously, happily, requiring nothing from me but to notice and appreciate their charm and beauty…all the while reminding me of my mother 💙

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mental / emotional / spiritual selfcare :

- meditate , visualize , go for a walk

- listen to music / podcast

- affirm positively , gratitude , set goals

- start journaling , read a book

- draw to express your emotions

- spend some time alone

- watch a movie / show

physical selfcare :

- eat well , stay hydrated

- play a sport you enjoy , exercise , try yoga

- set a skincare routine , have a good hygiene

- get your nails & hair done , dress up

- get enough sleep & rest

social selfcare :

- remove toxic people !

- spend time with your friends & family

- communicate , ask for help if needed

- spend time with a pet

- positively interact on social media

- surround yourself with positive people

- set your boundaries

ya know, the movie about the middle school kid who was moving so he fucked up the entire oppressive system for the rest of the student body before he left to make everyones lives better

where he had the icecream man and the corporate bully fight over their stuff and then dumped i don’t even know how many gallons of melted icecream on them

and had Lizzie McGuire’s dad in a cheese costume

and he unleashed a petting zoo on his dickwad douchenugget fucktruck of a principal

and for almost no reason had Lil Romeo in it and Reese from Malcolm In The Middle 

and a bully who wrote the name of his victims on his shirt and was terrified of a giant green frog mascot

and he caused one of the best food fights I’d ever seen on film back in the day and did a backflip off a table during it (and idk if you’ve even been in a food fight but they’re literally started out like this basically and it was the most accurate depiction of mine, minus the backflipping and hitting teachers but they’re fucking great like 10/10 would recommend)

and yes thats right thats Josh Peck he was one of the two best friends and he never took a robe off so he was called Robe and they was tight

and then caused a major rebellion including the fucking marching band headed by Josh Peck and included his band geek other friend that was crushin hard on him

I think about this movie a lot

If you don’t understand why I fucking loved this movie I don’t know what to do with you. If you don’t love this movie I’m still not sure what to do with you. If you haven’t seen this movie I know even less what to do with you so go watch it.

This movie helped make middle school somewhat mostly bearable for me and not quite as much of a hellhole as it was for other people and I’m sorry if you didn’t have with you what this movie gave me