When he decides he wants the middle of the bed, no exceptions, and you know he’s going to get up in the middle of the night when you’ve resigned yourself to sleeping in an uncomfortable s shape… cat 🤦♀️
Strangers asking me for directional advice are a great confidence booster on a bad day. Makes me feel that I look mentally stable enough to be approached, and knowledgeable since, oftentimes, I do actually know where I am :)
Listened to an interesting article on my long run; it’s about how empathetic listening is an important tool for change. “In order to build a relationship of trust, someone has to make the gesture [listening] first… and that’s called leadership”. https://t.co/Hj2o4oW2pk
You never realize how stupid the idea of laughter is until you’re removed from it. How weird is it that rhythmical contractions of the respiratory system, are present at times for no reason other than basal reflexes and social mimicry and release endorphins in the process?
My favourite spot in the library… on my breaks I like to count the people who are walking alone, compared to those in groups. I find it interesting that, unfailingly, in a 5 min or 10 min observation, there’s always more people alone than with other people
Adulting is realizing that sitting in the library, alone, with a hot chocolate is the best way to spend an afternoon… loneliness is a myth, leave me alone with my book 😜
If seeing the truth is not painful, they’ll see through the lie… but if it is painful, they can lie to themselves by believing you told the truth… subconsciously you still communicate the truth