Keep Going

i came up with a new pain scale idea

“Self-love is a skill, and like all skills, the more often we practice at it, the better we get.”

me, a borderline: *takes an online bpd test*

when you have bpd and someone says something that could be taken a few different ways

one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.

One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”  I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.