excited for 2026, mostly bc december will finally be over. a month that’s always been my favorite & supposed to help cheer me up, but somehow made everything so much worse
bought a 30 dollar lip balm for shits n giggles, why is this shit fucking sensational?? never buying outside my tax bracket again, i don’t like experiencing what i can’t have forever
friendly reminder: you don’t have to be living on autopilot!!! snap out of it!!!
this is your ONE life!!!
you could literally decide right now to choose a new:
- route home
- hiking trail
- coffee shop
- neighborhood walk
- tunes
- food
remember your FREEDOM to CHOOSE!!!
If you want a Christmas feeling, cultivate it yourself. Clean your apartment, play Christmas songs softly, get decorations or lights, and, if possible, a tree. Find pleasure in the mundane - romanticize your life. You are in charge now.
I don’t mean to sound like your mom but the lack of routine and discipline in life, waking up without purpose, being idle and spending too much time on the bed with your phone will lead to terrible mental health. That’s a given.
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.