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i get so frustrated when i see those “motivational” ig accounts that say things like «we all have the same 24 hours in a day, it’s just about priorities» because honestly? no. that’s not true.

some people have to commute hours just to get to class or work. some have to get part-time job (or even full-time) to support themselves while studying. some have to be a caregiver for a parent, a sibling, or take care of their own child. some spend their evenings cooking, cleaning, running errands, keeping a household together.

so no, we don’t all have the same 24 hours. and pretending we do only makes people feel guilty for not being “productive enough.”

the truth is not everyone is blessed with free time.

and i think the real challenge is not to compare, but to appreciate the time we do have. to use it intentionally, without taking it for granted. because if you have free time — time that you can spend on studying, creating, resting, or simply existing — you are lucky. not everyone has that privilege.

so instead of guilt-tripping people for not living up to some unrealistic “24h” standard, maybe we should just focus on making the time we have meaningful and stop telling people how to live their lives.

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T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

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To The People I Pass On The Train At Night - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

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it will pass ..

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People who say “oh but with uniforms you don’t have to worry about kids bullying each other over clothes” are psyops to me there’s no way people genuinely believe that uniforms do anything to curb bullying

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i got shot a million times

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the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

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Shepherd’s Hut

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April 29th, 2025

Nature is so beautiful right now... I am so happy to finally be able to spend much time outside, soaking in the colours of spring!

My vacation is over and I'm a bit sad. I loved every minute of these two weeks but now back to work. Which is ok as I like what I'm doing. Still, time off is still better haha

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One of my recent favourite linguistic phenomena are words for geological aspects that are only used about nature in the region where the language is spoken.

Like in Swedish “fjäll” refers to mountains above the tree line, exclusively in the Nordic countries. It’s not that that’s the name of our mountain range, it’s just what we call mountains here. I can’t say that I’m going to the Italian “fjällen” because they do not exist. I’d have to say “berg” which is a more general word for mountain (which can also be used for Nordic mountains of course, although “fjällen” is way more common and also gives a very different picture in my opinion). Another example would be “älv” (big river) and, interestingly according to the dictionary of the Swedish Academy, a similar but not exactly equivalent feature, “flod”, has the usage note “mainly describing a feature abroad”. Personally I had never thought of this and to me there could be a “flod” in Sweden but not an “älv” abroad.

What fascinates me about this is that these are in no way features unique to here. Like how you’d think a “fjord” has a specific name because it’s so common in Norway and so uncommon elsewhere. Both “fjäll” and “älvar” are extremely common everywhere so why are they only used for our “fjäll” and “älvar”?

Anyway if anyone knows if this phenomenon has a name, if it has been studied and, most importantly, if you can think of any of these in your own language I’d love to hear about it!

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a customer returned a drink because a fly flew into it and said: “one of your flies flew into my drink” and my coworker was so confused that they just said: “…my fly?”

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Here's the long-promised Latin resources masterpost! Resource recs are always appreciated and I'll try to update this post from time to time. :)

Study and fluency tips, plus my review of a few different Latin textbooks here

Free online resources here

Suggestions for if you've studied Latin in the past and want to brush up/re-learn here

Tips for expanding vocabulary here

Links for Latin literature and suggestions on which works to start with here

Salvete!

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sundays rule number 1: DON'T THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE

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Shout out to all language students with disabilities, chronic illnesses and health conditions that impact their ability to write, read, pronounce, remember or otherwise interact with their target language. I'm here with you and I believe in you.

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And to all of my language learners out there, check out Radio Garden if you haven't yet! It's a direct access to so many different radio frequencies from all around the world! You can listen to music, sports, casual conversations and debates, news, and so much more!

For me most of the time things are almost impossible to understand, but every so often I understand a word, or part of a sentence, and it's such an encouragement!!