This is the cutest thing I have ever seen
everyday is a transformation. everyday ... is a new sensation... alteration... modification... an incarnation. celebration; everyday, is a new equation, everyday, a revelation... information.... anticipation........ on to another..... destination!!!!!!
1. Accept that we all feel low at times (but recognize that’s different from clinical depression.)
2. Don’t beat yourself up about feeling miserable. Remind yourself it’s normal to feel this way sometimes. (That is, we all feel bored, discouraged or a failure at times.)
3. Be real and acknowledge that today is a bad day so it’s going to be harder to keep your motivation.
4. Think about one thing you can try or do to interrupt your thinking and take your mind off things.
5. Get up from sofa, or switch off your computer, and make the small commitment to take some form of action. For example, just going for a walk can start to lift and change your mood.
6. Smile at yourself, and other people you encounter. You’ll start to feel more human, and things won’t seem so bad.
7. Don’t keep looking back, or going over what went wrong. That won’t help your feelings, or help to move you on.
8. Think of things that make you happy, or people you enjoy, or all the many things that you are grateful for.
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Uni's magical Mario Galaxy adventure..
one day I woke up and realised all the waiting and yearning was actually me living my life and it’s happening right now and it’s still good even if it’s not perfect and there is no moment when all your dreams get fulfilled and everything makes sense. like… this is it. this is life. you’ll waste away your youth waiting for some imagined future if you don’t love life for what it is now and make the most of it
Sometimes self-care is, actually, NOT getting onto the computer and little treats and watching youtube videos. Sometimes those things are self-care, but sometimes they're also avoidant behaviors.
Sometimes self care is waking up and just. Fucking getting in the car. And driving to the bank. And the store. And buying the cat litter. And changing the cat boxes you've been avoiding because your brains been stuck in a hole. And picking up the trash you've been piling up. And getting a load into the wash. And mowing the lawn before the village council sends you a formal complaint and potential-fines warning.
Like its hard and annoying to do because it sucks. It sucks so much. But if I don't start working on this pile of bullshit I've let build up because it stinks and i was stuck in deer-in-headlights mode, I risk letting it turn into fuckery. I do not have the patience for fuckery that I once - foolishly! - thought I had.
Martín Riveros Baxter