#personal hygiene

maybe... just maybe... if i get 50 notes i'll try to make my bed... and maybe... if i get 100 notes ill clean my room... and MAYBE JUST MAYBE if i get 150 notes ill try to consistently brush my teeth... just maybe...

10 notes: get off tumblr and do my homework

50 notes: brush my teeth every day (I try ok)

100 notes: practise guitar three times a week

200 notes: try and manage my time better so I have free time to do my hobbies and stuff

500 notes: deal with the mess on my bedside table

1,000 notes: look for a paid job (I quite like volunteering though, and like I want to stay there for a while, so yk)

2,000 notes: finish reading a book

5,000 notes: not do sh for three months (yeah no lol)

If you feel like you smell more of sweat/smell worse than usual after switching deodorant or someone used your roll on deodorant it’s probably because your bacteria is out of wack.

The fix is to not use deodorant for a week. You can shower and wash yourself as much as you want but you can’t use deodorant. It helps get your bacteria back to normal.

Keep in mind, despite asking to get my hair cut very short, barbers and hair stylist alike that do agree to help me out here, will often spend the entire time lecturing me or just being outright demeaning.

It's not that I don't know what I'm doing, or that I'm some sort of dirty careless freak, just genuinely ive avoided dealing with my biracial hair as much as possible because chronic pain and autism turns washing my hair into a fucking cage match, and depression makes doing a task consistently if it my life doesn't genuinely depend on it, near impossible.

Man, what happenstance. I literally just got a package of body wash towel things for my mom. The Stryker Sage Essential Bath Washcloths. They're like wet wipes for the whole body and they contain some cleansers. I would assume it's something like micellar water where it is cleansers in it that you don't need to rinse off. Letting you know in case that's something you wanna try. But if just a towel is working for you, that's great. Actually, you might just be able to use micellar water and a towel too.

There are also things called no rinse shampoos. The one I was looking at was the clean life no rinse shampoo. Apparently they work by bringing dirt and oil to the surface of the lather and then you can towel it right off. I've never used them on myself or anyone, so I don't know how well they work. But it can be something to look into.

And I don't know what specifically is most exhausting for you, but if you don't already have one and want to do the shower thing every once in a while, I highly recommend getting a bath chair. There are ones with no arms and ones with arms, depending what works best for you. But my mom uses one and it majorly helps with fatigue so she can comfortably take her time to shower.