My cat, on my old school bag I guess. The funny thing is, that I have a photo that’s very similar to this one, from the time when I actually used that bag. It’s funny how time flies🫧
this.
How do you fall back in love with life?
clean your room. clean space, uncluttered space, space that doesn’t have miasma clinging to it can work wonders. clean the dishes. sweep. take out the trash. peel the clothes off the floor and wash them, and then actually fold/hang them. take a long shower. scrub behind your knees. brush your teeth. (this can be utterly exhausting, but try to get it done in a day, if you can. the end result is worth it.)
pull out your notebook. it doesn’t need to be a new notebook, but preferably one that you don’t usually write in, or that you haven’t touched in a while. fuck moleskins. the yellow legal pad will work fine. sit in your room, or in the park, or in the library, and write a list. count clouds. describe all the colors that you see, and note patterns that arise. sketch the cracks in the walls. note the shape light makes when it enters a space. talk about what the air tastes like, smells like. what sounds are there? even the white nose, break that down: air planes, fans, cicadas, anything. remind yourself that you are sitting in the middle of a space brimming with detail. remind yourself that you are not in nothingness and emptiness. your world is fathomless. it has potential.
drink cold water and try to eat something that isn’t processed. it does not need to be fancy. buy yourself an apple with the change between your couch cushions. eat it outside. if you’re someone who walks, walk somewhere afterwards, just to stretch your legs. take your fucking meds. remember that its a good thing that you are inside your body. your body is a fantastic and endlessly intricate machine, and even though society has smacked a bunch of poisonous ideas on it, that doesn’t change its inherent worth and splendor. take care of it.
read a novel. underline your favorite lines, and write phrases that twist your heart inside your chest on the back of your hand with an ink pen. read a novel like it’s poetry. read poetry, something decadent but unpretentious. watch a movie you haven’t seen before. if there are free art galleries near you, walk through one. take your time. let yourself bask. if there are patterns in what makes your soul ache, write those patterns down – marbles arches or soot crumbling bricks or dandelions or descriptions of dresses or whatever it is, write them down.
your chosen family is important. remember, they picked you as much as you picked them. the love has no obligation. it is given freely and it is given from a place of compassion. you are not a burden. if you need to breathe, take a minute by yourself and just exist, but remember to go back to your people. when they need you, listen and be gracious. always be gracious. the universe sometimes remembers things like that.
listen to new music. link jump on youtube or related artist jump on spotify or ask the chap beside you in the cafe what their favorite band is, and listen to that. listen to something that you don’t usually listen to. we tend to tie up a lot of memory with music. we are falling in love again. the soundtrack needs to be specific to that.
allow yourself to indulge in romantics. press flowers in old books. play movies with subtitles and mouth the words. dance in your room. wear something that makes you feel good, even if you wouldn’t wear it in public. write your chosen family letters, even if you hand deliver them. write poetry, even awful poetry. revel in its awfulness. eat dark chocolate and when your chosen family want to go out, try to go out with them sometimes, even if its just to the market.
Ich war gestern hier auf der Demo vor der CDU Zentrale, ein paar Highlights:
- katholische Hochschule im katholischen NRW spricht der CDU die Christlichkeit ab
- erstes Lied der playlist war "schwarz zu blau" von Peter Fox
- technische Probleme? "Kein Ding, ich bin Gewerkschafterin, ICH KANN SCHREIEN!" (Die Menge goes Cheeeer)
- "Herr Merz, wenn Ihr Geschichtsunterricht zu lange her ist, kommen Sie doch vorbei! Wir organisieren Ihnen gerne eine Nachhilfestunde!"
- die CDU hat zur Absage der Demo aufgerufen, aus Angst vor "linker Gewalt". Das "selbsternnante" Bündnis gegen Rechts solle sich doch mal umschauen, mit wem sie sich da einlassen. Das Bündnis meinte als Antwort, dass sie sich nicht provozieren lassen, aber das ja schon eine ganz schöne Aussage ist... Von der CDU.....
- vor allem weil die CDU-Dame von Angst gesprochen hat, die Tür zu öffnen. Sorry aber wenn ihr Samstagabend noch wen da arbeiten habt, adoptieren wir den direkt in die Demo.
- ADHS ANTIFA - ABGELENKT UND TROTZDEM ANWESEND I love you so much
- alle boppen ihre Schilder zum Rhythmus vom Lied
- die Omas gegen Rechts lieben wir ja eh
One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking edits I've ever seen
Omg thank you for finally saying it!!! I‘m kinda in the midst of finding out that I might be trans ftm and use both they/them and he/him pronouns. X female reader fanfics make me feel so uncomfortable and dysphoric and I just hate it when people tag stuff as gender neutral and then continue to sprinkle in wayyy too many things that make it clear that they have a female reader in mind when writing it, like CMON ._.
Gender neutral MEANS gender NEUTRAL not female with extra steps ._.
okkk I'm just askinggg why do ppl who strictly use she/her get so mad when males make xmale reader ffcs....LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING!!!
"Oh theres not enough female fics, and blah blah blah."
OK so if you follow my blog, (which is not much like at all-) you know that I go by they/him will read both mxm and mxn.b
I've seen this shit before like when females decide NOT to follow the rules of she/her she/they WOMAN DNI and just continue to read it like they don't check.
And then they start to ask why they get Blocked like hmmm I didn't follow the rules of someones post why did I get blocked??
So dude just follow ppls rules so we can avoid drama, if you wanna read it you have to be the right gender then, read whats for you, cuz if you dont specify the gender for sure so many females will pop up.
ALSO STOP PUTTING TITTIES OR PUSSY FOR GN SHIT.
Like they may either be afab or amab but not all ppl are happy to see the words princess, queen, or baby girl when it says gn.
PUT THE RIGHT GENDER OR PUT AFAB GN ITS NOT THAT HARD TO FIX YOUR DAMN TAGS!!!
...thats all♡♡
people always talk about how germans have hundreds of words for apple core or cum but no one ever mentions our countless synonyms for awkward
tag yourself i’m dabbsch
Do you guys ever just go on ao3 and completely forget which ship you wanted to read fanfiction about? Because I do that.. it’s pretty similar to walking into a room and then not knowing why you went there to begin with.
I’m so sorry we didn’t learn, George.