dam…….. that website “you feel like shit” (it’s like a questionnaire / troubleshooting guide for when you feel like shit) really works………………….. im not even all the way thru it and i even half-assed a lot of the suggestions and i already feel loads better

Oh my God this is so fucking wholesome

“I saw the sunrise for the first time in years” moves me way more than it has any right to

read the manifesto for maintenance art and maybe u’ll feel better abt sweeping ur floor and doing ur dishes.

[Image ID: A Facebook post by Devyn Lennex-McCool published on Nov 22, 2020 that reads: Just a daily reminder that care tasks are cyclical and morally neutral. A dirty stack of dishes or a pile of trash is as morally neutral as an empty trash can or clean sink. Any time you have a dirty space it is because that is where you currently are in the cycle and that's ok. Moving into the next cycle is easier if you aren't attaching your self worth or moral judgement onto these cyclical tasks. End ID.]

it also grants you a tiger

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

i love reading sad books bc when your own grief is stopped up inside you like a clogged drain you can grieve for a character on a page and understand that you're also grieving for yourself a little bit

Stories are full of impossibilities to teach us to bear the unbearable.