I've always struggled with excessive self-criticism, lack of impulse control and feeling ashamed of how I act after acting out in those ways. Stoicism aligned perfectly with who I want to be, especially when I learn more about figures like Marcus Aurelius and Socrates.
.✦ ݁˖ A slight delay before eye contact, then holding it too long. The delay is them deciding to commit to the lie, and the overcorrected, too-long eye contact afterward is them overcompensating, because they read somewhere that liars avoid eye contact, so they're aggressively
Also if you saw 2024 Moto3 season, Alonso won every race by a last lap overtake, never by himself, always in group or a last lap battle. He has a big advantage there (as Holgado) by being small and knowing how to manage tyres.
tAernyata abangku dong 😭 Dicintai selagu-lagunya bjirrr 🥹
Mana hafal lagi 😂Tku kira kakak iparku yang dengerin,
Aiap aku pulang ke rumah, pagi-pagi gini pasti denger lagu Minang.
ku punya kakak ipar orang Minang.
When the frustration shifts from "why is this happening to me?" to "why do I keep doing this to myself?", the victim mentality evaporates. It’s an uncomfortable place to be because you can no longer use your usual excuses to comfort yourself.
but i have also made the conscious effort to lessen that kind of talk for myself, because it does create mental fatigue if you're tacking on 5 paragraphs to everything you say which could be covered with the phrase "no pressure." and also if specific people are making you feel