You need boredom. A lot of it. Start by going on walks without music. No stimulation. No distractions of any kind. If you learn to sit with your own thoughts, for long enough, in time they will start serving you. You'll start having ideas once again. You'll start developing an extreme sense of clarity that will shift you into the next stage of your life. All by being bored, which is pretty insane.
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself.
Today is International Children’s Day.
I love the series by a Japanese photographer, who captured everyday moments of children across China in the 1980s, later published as the photo book 你好小朋友.
Decades pass. Childhood remains recognizable.
Keke Palmer knew she had met her match when Jenifer Lewis explained why she ended an engagement over a tree and went OFF on people criticizing her standards and non-negotiables in relationships 😭💀👀
“Nothing is non-negotiable, I don’t negotiate SH-T… you be nice, have a good time, or go the f-ck home. Life’s too short. I’m 69, I got 30 some years left. GO F-CK yourself!”🤣
Nah. 27-33 aren't your humbling years. They're your awakening years.
So many people misunderstand this phase of life.
That's when you start seeing things clearly. Everything suddenly dawns on you. You realize what you want, what doesn't matter, and how much time you've wasted.
Some people mistake that clarity for failure because they wish they had figured it out earlier.
But if you're determined, you can build more in those few years than you did in your entire early twenties.
This is free advice from an expensive psychologist. If you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Anxiety feeds on importance. Don’t make everything a matter of life and death.
After giving birth, a woman's internal wounds take six months to heal, 12 months for physical recovery, two years for hormonal balance, and up to five years to rediscover her identity. Relationships frequently fail during this time due to a lack of understanding. Be kind and patient with new mothers; they are facing more challenges than it appears.
i fear the hottest relationship dynamic is when a woman acts like a chaotic creature and the man finds it deeply amusing instead of spiritually exhausting
Tomatoes need olive oil to release their lycopene. Spinach needs lemon to release its iron. Turmeric needs black pepper to release its curcumin. Most nutrients need a partner to maximizetheir benefits. Cook with that in mind. 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽