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drinking a can of soda is better than not drinking anything at all. “junk” food is better than no food at all. just rinsing your mouth out with mouthwash is better than no oral hygiene at all. changing into a different set of pyjamas is better than not changing at all. getting up just to sit down on the chair across the room for a bit is better than not getting up at all. changing just your pillowcase is better than not changing your bedding at all. cracking a window open is better than getting no fresh air at all.

if you don’t have enough spoons for full tasks, smaller adaptations are better than nothing at all. it’s okay if you don’t have the energy to actively fight today. just staying afloat is enough. you are enough.

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"There’s a saying in Texas: “The smallest dog barks the loudest.” A confident man doesn’t feel a need to prove that he’s confident. A rich woman doesn’t feel a need to convince anybody that she’s rich. Either you are or you are not. And if you’re dreaming of something all the time, then you’re reinforcing the same unconscious reality over and over: that you are not that.

Everyone and their TV commercial wants you to believe that the key to a good life is a nicer job, or a more rugged car, or a prettier girlfriend, or a hot tub with an inflatable pool for the kids. The world is constantly telling you that the path to a better life is more, more, more—buy more, own more, make more, fuck more, be more. You are constantly bombarded with messages to give a fuck about everything, all the time. Give a fuck about a new TV. Give a fuck about having a better vacation than your coworkers. Give a fuck about buying that new lawn ornament. Give a fuck about having the right kind of selfie stick. Why? My guess: because giving a fuck about more stuff is good for business. And while there’s nothing wrong with good business, the problem is that giving too many fucks is bad for your mental health. It causes you to become overly attached to the superficial and fake, to dedicate your life to chasing a mirage of happiness and satisfaction.

The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important." Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

"Abysmal Misfortune is Draped Upon Me", Malignant Aura's debut album cover art by Paolo Girardi

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with ℒℴѵℯ

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Mornings in Norway, 2016

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Rain

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“The pleasure we derive from any department of knowledge is largely due to the glimpse which it gives us of our own nature.”

— Frederick Douglass, “Self-Made Men (1872)”

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“It’s an odd thing, silence. The mind becomes like a starless night; and then a meteor slides, splendid, right across the dark and is extinct. We never give sufficient thanks for this entertainment.”

— Virginia Woolf, from A Haunted House: The Complete Shorter Fiction, “The Evening Party”

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“As I read poetries and books that I wish I wrote, I consider them as messages that I needed to hear.”

— 04/05/21, anastasiasyah (via anastasiasyah)

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“The way you treat yourself is the standard you set for others.”

— Unknown

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“A lie is only intended to deceive, and when it ceases to fulfill its purpose it is of no value to the liar.”

— Frederick Douglass, “The South Knows Us (1879)”

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“I was enjoying myself, but it was an insulated enjoyment. I was alone inside of it.”

— Ling Ma, Severance

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“Beware against the sweet person, for sugar has no nutrition.”

— Anne Tyler, Vinegar Girl

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“Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. To say that so and so was born here and went there, that he did this and did that, that he married this woman and had these children, that he lived, that he died, that he left behind these books or this battle or that bridge – none of that tells us very much.”

— Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy (via quotespile)

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“The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing.”

— Charles Bukowski

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“Educate yourself. When a question about a certain topic pops up, google it. Watch movies and documentaries. When something sparks your interest, read about it. Read read read. Study, learn, stimulate your brain. Don’t just rely on the school system, educate that beautiful mind of yours.”

— Unknown