The wildest part about POVERTY is how much time it steals. Waiting for buses. Calling assistance offices. Comparing grocery prices. Fighting insurance. Sitting at laundromats. Being poor is a second job nobody pays you for.
True alchemists know you just gotta lean into your inner chaos in order to conjure something new. This is why people stuck in chronic avoidance also suffer for prolonged periods. There is no reward for avoiding yourself.
get in girl, we’re lengthening our attention spans by reading thick, long books, watching an entire movie without checking our phones, meditating, listening to classical music without doing anything else or while taking a long, warm bath, not using our phones 1-2 hours a day
depression often steals a person’s ability to imagine their future.
it’s important that everyday when you wake up you just close your eyes + visualize or think of one thing that you will do in the future.
it doesn’t have to be anything dramatic or too far off into the future. it can range anywhere from going to a bucket list travel destination in 3 years to going to a fitness class next week.