December 2010
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“Self-loathing is not a fucking character-builder. It doesn’t make you stronger....”
– Jane, Casual Blasphemies (via bear-bones)
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This was supposed to be a much longer post, but...
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kiriamaya:
Basically, the people I like are people who are more interested in becoming right than they are in just demanding everyone see them as right. Those who prioritize learning and self-improvement can still cause harm, of course, but what matters most to me is that they’re constantly trying not to.
THIS
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“By being too sensitive I have wasted my life.”
– Arthur Rimbaud. (via colettesaintyves)
Yes & I also believe the opposite is true. By being sensitive I’ve enriched my life.
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“I don’t make resolutions any more. They seem to be based on eradicating...”
– Dave Hingsburger @ Rolling Around in My Head blog
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“Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of...”
– Cherrie Moraga (via fuckyeahchicanawriters)
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New Year's Resolutions
abbyjean:
New Year’s Resolutions
1. Be not bitter. I’ll tell you, nothing is uglier than a chorus of brilliant people wallowing in mean-spirited, cold-hearted disengagement. Blowing off steam is one thing, but the tone I’ve heard you take — ! So fight the fights, certainly, drum up the awarenesses. But fight the battles of class with class, learn how not to...
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“Able bodied people think depressed people have magical powers to just over come...”
– (via janedoe225)
TRUFUCKINGFAX
(via missworld)
This is like Care of the Self’s #1 maxim. Sometimes kitten videos and mindfully recounting one’s blessings does a whole bunch, but sometimes it does fuck all & nothing else works either.
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dress up box: Mantras, to help me survive this... →
dressupbox:
screaming these things aloud may or may not make your heartbeat calm, or attack the root of what causes it to speed, but they will at least take your pulse back from the dark for a few minutes.
i am a coral reef made from a sunken ship, glistening. i mean it. i am no one’s wife. i am the first…
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“Happiness is an act of defiance. This is particularly true when the world wishes...”
– Dave Hingsburger @ Rolling Around in My Head
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Glittery internet pals are great!
pretendable:
[description:.gif of a kitten tucked in bed with a pillow cuddling a little stuffed animal]
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“The [person] is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”
– — Henry David Thoreau
This one is from the Happiness Project mailing list. One quotation about happiness per day. Not everything about Gretchen Rubin’s project speaks to me, but a lot of it causes me to think important thoughts. Like this.
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“I love the late Japanese psychotherapist Shoma Morita’s advice to stop...”
– Interview with Oliver Burkeman at the Happiness Project blog.
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self-care
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readnfight:
miswritten:
m & i were talking about self-care last night, about how hard it feels to step back sometimes because of all the responsibilities we hold. and how hard it is sometimes, to feel like others have our backs or that we actually can step back without things going awry.
i know that a lot of that is about pride and mistrust— and just as much of it is about...
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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is...”
– Audre Lorde (via exhibitnumber1)
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iSerenity →
white ambient noise sounds. for sleeping and working! The one I linked to is “purring”.
Thanks Liat!
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List of Suggestions from an old journal entry
-sitting and working in a cafe instead of alone
-fancy at-home manicure
-get dressed nicely even and especially when working from home
-go “shopping” at the public library where it doesn’t matter that you’re broke
-long sexy baths
-make apartment more awesome
-make yer bed every day - don’t get back in it.
-read indulgently
-purchase seasonal and overly...
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