@FlatEartherK1tt Me when a random Babuska came up to me speaking Russian and getting angrier with me each second I didn’t respond to her back speaking Russian because I’m not Russian.
The internet sees "Honey Boo Boo turns 21" and only remembers the 6-year-old on TLC
What people completely forgot is what happened after: after surviving her family's public chaos, her mom's addiction battles, and losing custody, Alana Thompson moved to Colorado, got a job as a patient care tech, and is finishing her degree to become a pediatric ICU nurse.
She’s set to be the first person in her family to graduate college. Turning 21 isn't just a milestone; it's a masterclass in breaking generational cycles.
Dolly Parton says she once went through a period so dark, she understood why people turn to drugs and alcohol.
“Yes, I went through a bad period of time back in the ’80s when I was going through the change. I was having some female problems, family problems, emotional problems, and I was overweight. I didn’t feel good about myself at all, so I got myself in a pretty bad bind.”
“I understood at that moment how people get on drugs, how people get on alcohol, and how people can commit suicide. I didn’t do that because I kept praying, holding on to God, and hanging on to my friends.”
“No business thing has ever been able to get me that depressed. It has to be something very personal, either family or something during that middle-age change of life, when your hormones and everything are different.”
“I did have a very hard time, but God, praying, friends, and just trying to hang on helped me. Being Dolly, just being me, I thought, ‘Hey, either get off your fat ass and do something about it, or go ahead and blow your head off.’ And I thought, ‘Nah, I ain’t gonna do that.’”
“I believe God meant for me to go through that so I could completely feel for other people about everything.”
My boyfriend told me he was "going out with the boys" last night and i said ok cool have fun. he came back at 11pm covered in glitter and i was like what the hell happened and he said "pottery class" which made NO SENSE. turns out "the boys" is him and four other guys from his gym who take a weekly pottery class together and they've been doing this for EIGHT MONTHS. he's been lying about boys night. it IS boys night but it's POTTERY. i asked why he didn't just tell me and he said "i don't know it felt weird to say" i made him show me what he's made and he has a CABINET full of mugs and bowls in his apartment that i thought he bought but he MADE THEM. they're actually really good. he's got a mug with my name on it that he was too embarrassed to give me. all his boys have matching plates they made. they have a group chat called "clay bros" i'm dating a man who's been in a secret pottery club for months. he made me promise not to tell their girlfriends. i'm keeping pottery secrets now
in order to become a better person, you must first realize how horrible you really are. not in the dramatic sense, but in the quiet ways you sabotage yourself, repeat unhealthy patterns, hurt people who care about you, or tolerate what wounds you. you cannot grow if you keep pretending you’re innocent in the story you’ve created.
Imagination Library has 40k followers, but should have MORE. If you can't donate in Dolly's honor, then we could at least help grow the platform and its visibility by following.
My therapist once told me:
Get good at bouncing back.
A rough conversation, a bad day, a skipped workout, a choice you regret, none of it has to ruin the rest of your week. You can reset whenever you decide to. You can't change what happened, but you can choose how long you hold onto it.
A woman created a YouTube channel to help children growing up without a mother.
She shares simple life lessons and everyday advice, giving kids some of the guidance they may be missing.
You should study what makes you defensive. The topic you avoid, the joke that irritates you, the question that feels insulting, the feedback you instantly reject. Defensiveness is usually the guard dog sitting in front of a weakness you have not trained yourself to face.
telling your brain "i know you don't wanna do the thing and it'll be very uncomfortable for you at first but you can do it buddy. it'll be fine" is actually surprisingly effective. it sounds too simple but that fuckass organ WILL listen to you if you treat it with kindness lol
you can literally wake up one day and be like “actually, fuck everything ab my past and the self-sabotaging identity i had” and decide to live an entirely new life and be some1 who always fucking wins. it doesn’t take a feeling or breakthrough moment or epiphany. only a decision.