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
saw someone say that “Superman is who you want to be, while Supergirl is who you actually are when life gets tough but you keep trying anyway” and i think that's really beautiful
unfortunately I'm one of those annoying bitches who won't read a fic unless it has my specific ships in it and I'm sorry to every amazing fic out there, I know you're out of this world but I simply am too obsessive
After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal. What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.
Gen Z realizing one of the biggest shocks after college is that life no longer happens around you.
In school, friends, events, relationships, and opportunities are built into your environment.
As an adult, if you don't actively create a social life, weeks can turn into months surprisingly fast.
Marry someone you love talking to. You'll come home to that voice, go to sleep to that voice, wake up to that voice. You'll have thousands of conversations, some deep, some dull, some in passing, some in anger. But if you can talk through anything, you can get through anything.
maturing is realizing none of us are easy to be with. It's about who's willing to stay committed to understanding you and actually wants to grow with you
I got in an argument in her comments because she made a video about how unhappy she was with all of her material privilege so I said she should probably try volunteering and maybe giving up some material and everyone said I was being ableist and didn’t understand depression