we have this app called toogoodtogo where restaurants/cafes/bakeries/hotels and so on sell their leftovers for really cheap to reduce foodwaste

i got all of this for €4 from starbucks

I used to do community service at a community breakfast, we’d go to the local Safeway and get all their stale bread, the local bakery for their stale baked goods and whatnot.

here’s a few fillers:

“okay i heard you but i’m still thinking, gimme a moment”

“could you say it in a different way? i’m having trouble understanding what you’re saying”

“so you’re saying/asking about [rephrase what you understood]?”

“i know i’m saying “what” a lot but my brain is seriously lagging so i apologise but could you say it again, just slower?”

honestly, just explaining that you’re having trouble processing what they said will usually make people understand, and asking for it to be rephrased can help you understand better, rephrasing what you know for them will let them know what you’re missing, and then you can go on!! it can be frustrating for both people when someone just keeps saying “what?” and eventually the conversation just ends, so having these filler questions/comments can help both parties understand what’s going on and will get you to the answer more quickly than someone saying the same thing over and over again.

Each morning: Write down three things you are excited for in the day (it can be little things like drinking a tea, cleaning, putting on your favourite shirt etc.).

Each night: List three things you are grateful for (again, it can be little things that made you smile briefly, the weather, an act of kindness etc.)

Smile at people you pass on the street. It will give them a reason to smile too and you will feel good.

Do a few minutes of stretching every day. Mental health is closely related to physical health, just a few minutes of exercise every day can improve your well being.

Set a time during the day where you put your phone and everything else that has a screen away. You might not know it but staring at a screen for too long can leave you feeling frustrated and unfulfilled, which is why it is extremely important to get away from those devices for at least a few minutes a day. Instead, go for a walk, play a card or board game, meet up with friends, cook, bake, do sports, etc.

Declutter. Whether it be your clothes, books, emails, phone, social media accounts or even people in your life, take a few minutes each week to think about the question ‘What is still serving me?’  and then act accordingly to your answer. Getting rid of old things that might weigh you down and making space for new things is very freeing and definitely good for your mental health.

sometimes taking care of yourself means waking up half an hour earlier to make sure you can eat a good breakfast. sometimes it's going to that job interview that's making you anxious. sometimes it's spending an extra hour studying, instead of watching netflix.

Energy Management

A human-based organization method

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Other posts that may be of interest:

Getting stuff done: How to deal with a lack of motivation

Flexible time-blocking: A more breathable way to get things done

This is a ghost heart. What they’ve done is taken a pig heart and stripped it down to, basically, a cell framework that they can use to BUILD A NEW HEART UPON. You could inject stem cells into this framework so that a newly formed personalized heart can be transplanted into a donor with a significantly reduced chance of rejection. FUCKING AMAZING. It’s not been done with human tissue yet, but the promise this given to people who need hearts - or kidneys or livers or whatever - is beautiful. Science is beautiful.

And it’s IMPERATIVE to mention that a woman, Doris Taylor, at the Texas Heart Institute developed this. And she started with a rat heart and worked up to he bigger, more complex (and more human) pig heart. What a total bad ass.

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WOMEN IN SCIENCE

merperson: what's a gender

marine scientist: like, are you a man or a woman?

merperson: i'm merfolk

marine scientist: no, like, what's in your pants?

Merfolk: oh man, there are a lot of women here. Haha don’t worry guys, I got this :) *changes into a man to keep a balance because that’s culturally polite for merfolk*