really and truly being estranged from a parent doesn’t bother me 99% of the time at this point in my life but very occasionally i will hear news about my dad second hand that makes me enraged for anywhere between two and 10 minutes
your relationship with yourself cannot be built entirely around improvement. at some point, you have to become someone you are allowed to enjoy being. you get to be proud of who you are. present tense
@ring And you can do that by asking me to confirm my name, address, payment info. All retailers like Nike/adidas/etc don’t ask you to make an account for you to find out where your order you paid for went.
Keep your problems smaller than your life. A flat tire is a flat tire. A bad meeting is a bad meeting. A canceled flight is just an extra two hours. These things become catastrophes when you let them. But they stay manageable when you remember the depth of your real life- the people you love, the work you care about, the beautiful years still ahead. Zoom out. Fit your reaction to the size of the problem.
🇮🇪 Catherine Connolly, who described Israel as a “terrorist state” and accused it of committing genocide in Gaza, has been elected President of Ireland by a landslide.