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Your Daily Affirmation:

I deserve more than I could ever imagine and more than I’ve settled for. There is truly nothing out of reach for me. I will try my luck and win.

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Stop waiting for permission to experiment with color, makeup, hair, fashion, beauty. That’s part of our creative power. Create your own mood boards and style. It’s art. It’s yours.

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I’m slowly learning that even if I react, it won’t change anything. It won’t make certain people suddenly love, understand & respect me, it won’t magically change their minds. Sometimes it’s better to say nothing & detach myself from them.

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repeat after me: I’m not being difficult when I stand up for myself when someone is not treating me right

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I think people need to understand that part of living a healthy life is having different people who understand different parts of you, so that you don't overwhelm your friends and expect too much of them, or ignore valuable relationships because they feel "incomplete".

We all want to be fully seen and understood, but it's not shallow or meaningless to just have a pal you talk about TV shows with who isn't also, like, your platonic soulmate. That's still your friend! You still enhance each other's lives with your company. Not everything that matters is profound.

I think a lot of you are lonely because you're waiting around for someone who sees into your soul instead of just plain old lookin' at the people in your life, finding common ground, and planting a little garden there. Even if that garden only grows Star Trek fan theories and memes, it's still good.

It just... makes me real sad that you guys can't imagine a friendship where you don't talk about sex and trauma constantly, or that you think these are prerequisites for "real" friendship. Like, it legitimately breaks my heart.

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i want to live in the peaceful feeling you get underwater where everything sounds softer and the lights are all tinged blue and the world feels silky and light and surreal

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It's okay to still be learning and changing as you heal.

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there’s no shame in doing something alone; not everything requires company

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honesty sometimes people are better without you in their lives and sometimes you're better without them in your life and that doesn't have to mean they're a bad person or you're a bad person sometimes it just doesn't work out and honestly? that's okay.

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“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

— Nelson Mandela (via themedicalstate)

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“I’m not telling you to make the world better, because I don’t think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment. And if you ask me why you should bother to do that, I could tell you that the grave’s a fine and private place, but none I think do there embrace. Nor do they sing there, or write, or argue, or see the tidal bore on the Amazon, or touch their children. And that’s what there is to do and get it while you can and good luck at it.”

— Joan Didion, Commencement Address at UC Riverside (1975)

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“She is sensitive. She does not see the world as it is. She's a bit up in the clouds. She cannot fit in.”

-Christa Wolf

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Becoming your own muse makes you magnetic. It's the secret to seducing your dream clients, potential business partners, lovers, spouses, friends, family, and anyone who has the honor to grace your presence. People sense individuals who exude confidence and have ignited the fire inside that drives them. Smile at the mirror and recognize the perfection in your reflection. Never let a negative person, undesirable salary, relationship status, or circumstances dim your light. Only you can define your worth. Trust your intuition. You know deep down what's truly meant for you.

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anna nicole smith (1998)

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“Accept how you feel but don’t let feelings rule you. You are in control. You are not their slave.”

— Unknown

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@ boys with mental illness

You are not less of a man because you have panic attacks. You are not less of a man because you have anxiety. You are not less of a man for having depression. You are not less of a man for having a mental illness. Period.

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