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A few months back, I read about a study that found that people who were told to regularly think about things they’re grateful for reported significantly improved physical and mental well-being at the end of the study. So I started going for a walk every day before work and making myself come up with 5 things that I’m grateful for. And I know it sounds like the most cornball shit ever, but it has fundamentally changed my brain chemistry.

I was aware that I was becoming a little bit too much of a sarcastic little hater before I started this experiment. Now I am almost startled to catch myself saying shit like, “Wow, look at the flowers on that tree, I am so grateful I decided to walk this way,” unironically, completely unprompted, and outside of the specific time in the day when I do the gratitude practice. I’ve rewired my brain to look for things to be grateful for, and so I look around me more and find more of them, which makes me feel happier, which makes me find even more good things.

For the record, I’m not saying, “Only think positive thoughts! No bad vibes!” Toxic positivity is probably about as unhealthy as only thinking negative thoughts. Sometimes shit does just suck. I’m not telling you to be grateful for the bad things around you. Being a sarcastic little hater definitely has its place. But setting aside like 2 minutes per day to come up with 5 things you’re grateful for will genuinely improve your outlook. It doesn’t have to be big stuff—sometimes the best I can manage is simple shit like, “I’m grateful that zippers were invented,” but even that forces me to be in the present moment and deepens my appreciation of the world around me. Try it, even if you have to do it badly or sarcastically at first. Even if you only do it so that you can come back and tell me I’m wrong in 3 months. Set a daily alarm on your phone and give it a try.

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Cherry blossom

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the most annoying people are the ones who just reply "no 💖" to recovery/self-improvement posts

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Flashy shibe

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burrito

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You make today a better day and your presence is wanted and appreciated.

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FUCK IT. I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY.

BITCH I WILL FLOURISH BECAUSE I DESERVE TO.!!!!!!!!! AND SO DO U!!!!!!!!!

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bro… are you writing mean things about yourself online..?

stop saying these things.. u gotta stop using maladaptive coping humour to demean and belittle yourself so much.. i just want u to be kinder to urself bro

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instagram be like: get a nose job, hoe out, do some squats, lose weight, buy skinny tea, buy fenty beauty, buy a kylie lip kit, get your summer body, get engaged, get pregnant, lose the baby weight, dedicate yourself to sex and beauty and men and makeup and your man, shave your eyebrows off then draw them back on-

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~Surround yourself with positivity!~

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I need to stop getting on scottish twitter cuz i be wanting to laugh mad hard in class

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Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy the mcu spiderman movies and I think tom holland is one of the best peter parker’s we’ve ever had. That being said, the mcu spiderman movies are by no means actually spiderman movies. And it’s not like any of the other less popular mcu characters where this is the first adaptation and people might not know too much about the comics, this is spiderman, perhaps the single most iconic and popular superhero in all of marvel comics. There’s so much lore and history to this character, and we’ve had so many adaptations that have set the foundation of what we expect from spiderman media. And there are certain iconic elements of peter parker’s story that you just cannot erase. His relationship with ben and may, how he was shaped by the loss of his parents then his uncle, his financial struggles, the fact that he’s very much a friendly neighbourhood spiderman. And not in the condescending way the mcu does it, but more so in the fact that he fights for people who no one else would care for. He’s not meant to be out there leading the avengers in intergalactic wars especially not as a sixteen year old. The mcu movies have stripped peter of his identity as spiderman and made him ir*n man jr. We don’t see his relationship with uncle ben or even aunt may because he now has t*ny. Every villain he faces is a direct product of t*ny and only fights peter because of his association with him. There are no iconic spiderman villains, no iconic spiderman characters, there’s nothing but regurgitated ir*n man storylines to fit him into a narrative that was never his. And I wish stans acknowledged why we are so angry about it, it’s not just blind hatred for t*ny or the ir*n man cinematic universe, it’s valid criticism for a story that shares nothing with the legacy of spiderman other than a name.

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due to personal reasons i will be happy