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I started off this semester tired, so it's only right I end it absolutely exhausted

on the bright side, however, i've developed an unhealthy emotional attachment to my indoor plants

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i found personal to be way too spacious for life after uni so i decided to give pocket a try! carrying this little planner with me has been a lot of fun

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Saturday, 22nd of March 2025

I don't think I've ever had a 100% clean/ clear desk space. Having said that, I think having that would make my anxiety flair up lol

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~3 months traveling in my wife’s home-country -> 100 journal pages

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Visiting the French countryside! After a busy few days outdoors I’m looking forward to spending all Sunday just doodling and reading 🌷🍃

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"it's so easy with chatGPT" maybe you should try to do things that are hard so you will also feel good about doing a hard thing on your own. Maybe you should spend 4 hours on writing a letter and 20 minutes on scrolling your phone and not the other way around

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wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating

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book + journal + my lovely gift wrapping skills

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new filofax cover i bought on ebay. i feel the cracks on the spine give the leather history

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no offense but reading is literally the cure to brain rot and there’s no work around to reading books

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annotations + essay planning (11pm)

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WARNING do NOT start reading books and comics or watching movies or looking at art!!! you will start wanting to create art yourself. or god forbid. writing.

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After years of living in the adulting world, I think I’ve come to a realization: Manners exist to guide you to good conduct even when you’re in a bad mood.

When you’re happy, when you’re feeling generous, when you’re pleased with your gift or your service or your outcome, it’s easy to be nice. It’s easy to tip the waiter well when you’ve had a good day. It’s easy to thank the teller or the clerk when you got what you wanted out of the transaction. It’s easy to smile and chit-chat with strangers on the road when you’re in a good mood.

It’s hard to tip the waiter when you didn’t enjoy your food. It’s hard to thank the clerk for their time when you’ve just been told there’s a problem with their account and they weren’t able to fix it for you. It’s hard to think of something nice to say when your aunt gave you a crappy sweater you neither need nor want. It’s hard to be nice to people when you’ve had a shitty day. It’s HARD.

That’s what manners are for. Scripts and phrases that you learn by rote to say when you can’t think of a single nice or good thing to say from your own volition. Yes, they’re scripted. Yes, the sentiment is empty. But the scripts work in every situation, and the emptiness provides a buffer between your own unhappiness and the rest of society.

Because most of the time, it’s not the waiter’s fault that the food you ordered wasn’t what you expected. It’s not the clerk’s fault that your account is overdrawn. It’s not the fault of the barista or the stranger on the subway that you got fired today or your favorite aunt died. But even when you can’t summon a smile or a cheery word, you can still have manners, because they will serve you the same in sunshine or rain.

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WHEN ON PERIOD:

do not crash out

your feelings are NOT valid

do not send that text

don't kill yourself. lock in

do not act on negative emotions until at least 2 days have elapsed

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you ask a student in april how they're doing and they'll say "oh i'm fine" but in reality they are treating themselves in such a way that violates the geneva convention on treatment of prisoners

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