I split problems into two groups: muddy puddles and leaky ceilings.
Some problems are like muddy puddles. The way to clear a muddy puddle is to leave it alone. The more you mess with it, the muddier it becomes. Many of the problems I dream up when I'm overthinking or worrying or ruminating fall into this category. Is life really falling apart or am I just in a sour mood? Is this as hard as I'm making it or do I just need to go work out? Drink some water. Go for a walk. Get some sleep. Go do something else and give the puddle time to turn clear.
Other problems are like a leaky ceiling. Ignore a small leak and it will always widen. Relationship tension that goes unaddressed. Overspending that becomes a habit. One missed workout drifting into months of inactivity. Some problems multiply when left unattended. You need to intervene now.
Are you dealing with a leak or a puddle?
DOES ANYONE ELSE WITH ADHD AVOID OPENING A MESSAGE BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU READ IT, IT BECOMES A RESPONSIBILITY?
And unread, it doesn't exist yet. So you just... leave it there.
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.
i mean this with love and humor, but a lot of the (now) jock & bear types have horror stories from these growing up, which partly drives them to form smaller, tight-knit groups.
(but also i understand this is a defense mechanism for a lot of queers, so it's not black and white).
NOBODY WARNED ME ABOUT ADULT ADHD AT 30. SO I'M WARNING YOU
(Write these down. Screenshot them.)
1. You get 3–4 sharp hours a day. Spending them on email is how smart people produce average decades.
The concept of beating the shit out of your disabled stepdaughter because she was kissing your ex husband’s underage son with whom you are having an affair with.
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.
i just heard the phrase, “if you wouldn’t trust their advice, don’t trust their criticism” for the first time and i don’t think i’ve ever needed to hear anything more
Major cheat code for life: Be patient with yourself when you’re trying to become someone you’ve never been. You’ll feel lost, unsure, and tempted to quit. Don't. Change feels chaotic because your old self is fighting for survival. Expect it to be a battle. But also expect to win.
Dalawang beses na akong nakulong. Yung mga dapat makulong ha, hindi pa nakukulong! Juskolord! Wala pa talaga kahit isa. 🙄 Sila naman, please! Ikulong na yan, mga kurakot!
Alsooo many Filipino sexual euphemisms came from the agricultural lexicon. Say, "bayuhin" (ang palay), "araruhin", "tigang" (ang lupa), "pulot gata", etc. This is reflective of how agrarian lifeways shaped language in a conservative PH society