I'm from Kentucky, Arizona and I live in a yurt

the Ritual riso prints are now available on my shop! 🏳️‍⚧️

I'm sorry to drop this "bomb" on my audience, but this is a fundamentally insane thing to have to say to a child.

Follower her and uplift her today. I begged with and for her father at my lowest. It is a blessing to hear from his daughter so consistently but it shouldn't be to beg for her and her sister's life.

Our families should be able to visit. Be friends.

They should have a home to rest in.

"get a second job"

"start your own garden"

"stop buying name brand"

"don't get your nails done"

"learn to budget"

"live within your means"

am i learning, processing, or ruminating? it’s important to be able to distinguish between the three. learning is when you receive new information that updates your frame of understanding. processing is when you study a situation to help yourself understand it. ruminating is when you cycle over the same thought repeatedly, often causing distress. learning and processing are productive, while rumination is destructive.

which theme is this? understanding the root of the spiral has helped me to untangle why the rumination feels so intense and scary. (example: i’ve been ruminating on one specific interaction with someone where i think they might’ve misinterpreted what i meant. this is my theme of fear around being misunderstood.)

how do i respond? (example: okay, this is that theme of being misunderstood. but it is not my job to make myself perfectly understood. the people i have around me can ask clarifying questions if they’re confused, and they are willing to meet me in the middle because they want to understand.)