FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT you are allowed to feel proud of yourself for things that might seem silly to other people, like getting better at a video game or putting together a nice outfit for the next morning or finishing a book. You deserve to feel proud for your accomplishment.
Tag: good things
the “you live with your parents” insult is really flaccid because a metric shitton of cultures don’t see “leave the house forever” as some grandiose moment of liberation that’s so important to the development of a person that it has to happen as fast as possible. until i came to the USA i didn’t know a single person who was pressured by their parents to leave the house because they’re “too old to stay there” or whatever. in puerto rico it is really common to stay with your parents until they and you are both stable enough that you can leave. whaddaya know, there are cultures that don’t place a stigma on being poor or wanting to care for your family or needing your family to care for you for some other reason.
looking healthy does not mean:
petite, curvy, small, large,muscular, slim, pretty, well dressed, sweating from the gym…etc
looking healthy means:
eyes sparkling, real smiling and laughter, skin that glows, a functioning alert body and radiating contentment and positivity about yourself.
Seriously cannot say this enough.
if you are a young thing i have one piece of advice for you:
being enthusiastic and happy about things you love is more important than being apathetic and snide. you will go so much farther in life spending energy on and talking about something you love than wasting energy on only complaining about or making fun of something you don’t.
don’t focus on mocking others for being genuinely excited about something. focus on the things and people you love.
Stop telling yourself that the grass is greener on the other side, because it’s not. It is greener where you water it. So take control of your life and start watering your own pastures and grow your own greener grasses.
Other ways of saying “I love you:”
- I’ll wait in the car until you get into the house.
- I’ll carry it for you.
- I got you hot chocolate/coffee/etc.
- You’ll be okay.
- Let’s go take a walk.
- You’re amazing.
- Text me/Call me if you need anything.
- Text me/Call me when you get there.
- Drive safe.
- Be careful.
Stop hating yourself. Try going one day without saying anything bad about yourself. Try complimenting yourself. Do it again. Buy yourself dinner. Put soft things against your skin. Listen to your favorite songs. Eat ice cream. Eat ice cream naked. You have to spend the rest of your life with you. You’re all you’ve got. Be kind, start loving yourself.
Just because you took longer than others doesn’t mean you failed.
What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t happened yet.
Unknown (via swiftbeat)
things to do tonight if u are sad
- buy a $0.01 book on amazon that you’ve never read and be excited that it’s coming in the mail for you
- listen to the sufjan stevens christmas album
- watch an episode of bob ross’ joy of painting
- buy some tea
- play this pokemon sapphire emulator
- visit the van gogh museum
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