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introspective journal prompts (with some mental health sprinkled in)

I tried to make these mostly positive, but life isn't always positive.

list ways to be kind to yourself

a moment a stranger changed your life that they didn't realize

small things in the world that are beautiful

steps forward you've taken in the last week/month/year (IT IS OK IF THEY ARE SMALL)

10 things you love about yourself

10 things you look forward to

hard questions to ask yourself

what moment in time would you go back to over and over?

what really just pisses you off right now? get it out.

the soundtrack to your life right now

something you know, something you want to know, something you have learned

draw yourself, label all the parts you love.

what is something you know is harming you but still keep around? don't feel guilty, just acknowledge it and be gentle with yourself

write a dialogue with your younger self, or a letter to them

is this what you thought your five year plan would look like five years ago?

roadmap to how you got here

pick something that makes you happy; now write a recipe for it like you're baking a cake

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bang the doldrums - fall out boy

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Jonathan Stroud is holding an AMA over on Reddit!!

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is it just me or is Ali sooooo... phew girl, it's hot in here !!

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Damn the Barbie Movie looks great!

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Probably George: UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS will include time-wasters, fraudsters, and persons with criminal records

Lucy: walks in like she's about to waste everyone's time after ten rejections in one day and commits criminal fraud by lying about having her Grade 4

Anthony J Lockwood, Esq: Lucy can have a little crime, as a treat

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locklye + food + homely

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George:

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Let's all give a big round of applause to Joe Cornish for making the absolutely brilliant decision to make Lockwood be the one who is pathetically in love.

Book!Lockwood is great but the show just would not be the same and would not have absolutely captivated me the same way without Heart-Eyes McDaniels over here.

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You’d never guess where I am. Kept our promise. I’m in London. Fittes and Rotwell wouldn’t even look at me, so I’ve ended up in a… I don’t even know where I’ve ended up. Some… tiny agency run by two boys.

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Lockwood’s like “I’ll die anyway so I won’t let anyone in and won’t leave anyone behind mourning” but then Lucy is like “too late for that I already care about you so much” and then Lockwood’s like “well, I didn’t care about dying but since I met you, I want to live” but they talk about it like it’s nothing, so casually that you slowly loose your mind

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Incorrect Lockwood Quotes - 10/?

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ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ. ʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇꜱ ᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ? ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɴɢ. ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ… ᴡᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ᴛʜɪꜱ. ɴᴏᴡ.

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The part I appreciate the most in the Lockwood and Co show is how it handles depression and suicidal thoughts in teenagers. As a theme, it’s not often (ever) done well. Lockwood and Co is the only story I can think of that depicts it in a nuanced, realistic, non-romanticized way

but first, before I get into it: [if you’re in crisis or need someone to talk to and don’t want to/can’t use your national hotline, highly recommend Samaritans, genuinely saved my life] okay, let’s go

Lockwood is the most obvious, with his general disregard for his own life and admitted suicidal ideation. Lucy struggles with her self-worth and the intensity of the emotions she’s subjected to. George worries that he doesn’t belong, that there’s something useless or wrong about him. The show depicts these thoughts and feelings in a way that isn’t overblown or dramatized, it’s all but casual. Which is how it happens. Depression or suicidal thoughts don’t crash into you all at once, they creep into your life without you noticing

But more importantly (and again, something I’ve never seen anywhere else), the show also offers counterpoints to those thoughts and feelings. It shows that there is a way out, even though you may feel trapped and hopeless. This is crucial for the show’s target demographic. Bad media depictions of depression or suicide get internalized, contribute to the stigma, and make it harder for people to ask for help. This show doesn’t do that. This show tells its audience that, yes, things are scary and painful and it fucking sucks, but it’s not hopeless. And it says it so well

In the second episode, when Lucy wants to quit, she admits something that I’m almost certain she’s never told anyone

“sometimes I just think I’d be better off dead”

And when I watched this the first time, I expected Lockwood to react the way I’ve seen people react in my own life; with silence or panic or downright dismissal. But he didn’t. He stays calm and he says something that is so so important to hear when you’re struggling under the weight of feelings like this

“I understand that”

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Okay so did Lucy HEAR the whole "Save your kisses for what's-her-face" exchange or???? Because she was RIGHT there on the other side of the wall getting the Fittes Ball invitation.

Like I NEED to know.