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Need some motivation so... ...take a look at my to-do list! 🦋

Not a traditional post but my to-do list for tomorrow (13th of June) that will hopefully help me get back on track...and find a life purpose. June 13th

Go on an easy run;

Skin care + self care (eyes patches and apply mask);

Prepare for Cambridge exam;

Solve 3-4 coding tasks;

Bible reading session;

Choose nail polish and decide on a hairstyle;

Eat to fuel my body;

at least 7k steps;

Talk to parents about seeing a therapist;

💖 Hopefully I will be able to do this and not procrastinate. I really need a productive day that feels like a win. Anyway loves you'll probably see lots of posts like these in the future cause summer holiday is coming and my motivation is flying away. And accountability seems to be the answer.

Have a great day tomorrow! Mwah!

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Protecting your peace, as demure and cutesy as it seems, is also about: - not reacting; - getting used to being hated, criticized and ignored; - knowing when to stand up for yourself; - cut off people; - embrace conflict as a part of life (yes you can be neutral or walk away but this doesn't mean that it doesn't happen); - know that you don't have to be right in other people's eyes. I have been proved so recently. And I had to remind myself that living a peaceful life comes with a price. Also, it comes with the blame that friends and even family put on your shoulders. Which btw shouldn't affect you. Don't let it. If you want a healthy relationship those who cannot offer it will naturally be against it. Guilt tripping, gaslighting, isolation and intimidation are manipulation techniques. Yes they are not a good experience. But God knows they mean the biggest 'Wake up!!!' of all. And by the way you people who live with conflictual/toxic families. I know it hurts. Really, I know it hurts to see how something that other people experience is taken away from you. I get it that you want your parents' approval. I did too. And some part of me still does. But please, please be aware of the fact that you might not get and you might still destroy yourself in the process. Have standards, but be realistic with expectations. Expecting your family to suddenly change their behavior towards and for you is at best delusional. Expectations make you stay and be abused. Standards help you walk away and say 'no' to disrespect. Just because people should treat you right doesn't mean they do. Just because red flags shouldn't be a thing doesn't mean they aren't.

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What is not the purpose of life? - happiness -> because happiness cannot be owned and life is build on both happy and unhappy experiences. - success -> because success has become a trend and it means nothing is you do not want it. You are going to be successful only when you find what makes you feel alive and this rarely means having a 9 to 5 or buying your own car. - sacrifice -> because there is no pride in unnecessary pain (also sacrifice without reason usually equals stupidity sorry not sorry). What is the purpose of life? Living. The way you want to live. And if you can't do this right now. Then at least find peace. Or better: find yourself. Cheers to summer! 🌺

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Found this from therapy when I was struggling with daydreaming and disassociation

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You don’t need to be exceptional.

Mwa. Don't cancel me, ok? Listen. While being average is not a sin, being passive definitely is. Everyone’s obsessed with “being great.” Top 1%. Genius. CEO at 23. Whatever. It's fun having a goal and it is even funnier having big ones.

Here’s a truth no one markets: Being average is completely fine. You can still win. Still thrive. Still be respected. Still live a good life (and ain't this what we all wish for?).

There's a 'but' tho. Being passive? That’s what kills potential.

And it means: • Waiting for motivation • Consuming advice like it’s candy • Overplanning your “big move” but never moving • Talking like you already made it

You don’t need more ambition. You need action. Even if it is small, quiet, unglamorous.

Average people who act >>>>> “Gifted” people who stall.

You’re not too late. You’re not too dumb. You’re not “missing something.”

You’re just not doing enough with what you already have.

Because average + action = better than genius + excuses.

No drama. No aesthetic hustle porn. Just effort. Boring, consistent effort. And that’s what changes everything.

Stop overthinking. Do one thing today. Repeat tomorrow.

Bye.

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Almost all the advice you see online about socializing has no other purpose than fulfilling those fantasies of how talking to people and living your life should actually be. While there are proofs that certain words of body language can help persuading someone or getting the 'charm' that many desire, much of it can be reduced to one simple thing that people tend to forget about : being a decent person. Which can also be reduced to not trying always to compare yourself to the other person's experience, engaging in the conversation and showing people that you can actually listen and understand without feeling the need to steal the spotlight. Ah, also, being a decent person includes not arguing about something like your life depends on it and thinking that you are always right. Once you master these, you can move onto the next step: how to become quite likeable to talk to (which is not the same as being a pushover or a people pleaser). Oh, and the last thing: stop taking advice from people who don't know what they are talking about. Which, in fact, means the majority of people out there.

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in a lot of ways having ADHD and being academically gifted and borderline genius (and for once this is not ego) I have had to learn attention direction because life has taught me my genius follows my attention. When I was focused on music and pop culture I had so many great idea for it and sure I was supposed to be a popstar and celebrity I can sing I can dance I can act I have so much talent it's crazy and then when I studied journalism it was like wow this industry is so dumb I should just have my own media house and teach them how to make news then when I took time to study finance I was sure I can overthrow the whole industry and now I'm studying Aviation like huh maybe I should just invest in airlines- plus all the side hobbies I get into that make me feel like yay new career opportunity - and I've learned the opportunity is me. I tell my girls the only variable that matters is you. Things are just things. They become important because you're paying attention to it. There's a branch of physics x philosophy that agree that things only exist as much as the attention being paid to them. That there are only two things that exist- perspective and matter. If you're not paying attention to it it's as good as non existent.

Genius follows attention.

When people have too many passions and get confused it's. Pick one and go. Genius follow attention.

Robert Greene makes this point all over his book- Mastery. The reason you think that idea is so awesome is because you're paying attention to it.

This is the exact same mentality behind manifesting and visualizing. When your manifesting guru says visualize and live as if, they are asking you to pay undivided attention to what you want because your genius will follow it. This is the whole positive thinking thing. You pay attention to it by virtue of having an IQ above 0.01 it will make sense to you.

So pick one and go. Make a choice and dedicate your attention to it.

This is also the whole idea behind passion. I am passionate about = I pay attention to. Alex Hormozi has a great little post (I'm sure I've posted it at some point, check the archives) about how you become passionate about something by doing it. Exhibit A I hate flying it's not even phobia it's pure hate but I've been studying Aviation for a while now and do I love flying? No. Do I love aviation? Yes. Why? Because it's not easy for me. I have to pour all of my energy into studying it so I see it as an investment and for that I am passionate about it. How do you build passion? Practise. The more you do it the more passionate you become about it (unless you're mentally blocking it. Unless you've DECIDED to hate it then you're literally blocking yourself?)

How do I know what I want to- pick one and go. Your genius will follow your attention. The only variable that matters is you. Just pick one and go. Just one.

How to make life choices? Pick what is good for you not what you like or what you're passionate about, then give it your undivided attention and withdraw your attention from everything else. I'm PaSsiOnAtE abOUt yeah no one cares is it good for you? IS IT GOOD FOR YOU? No? Find what's good for you and cultivate passion for it. Skill >> talent. Mastery >> passion. What is good for your long term goals? Do that. The passion will come. The genius will follow your attention.

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This is for you ladies who are in high school or college or whatever job that requires performance and learning. Repeat after me: in order to reach my goals I have to be able to function. Well done. Do it again. I am not going to elaborate. But I feel the need to post this cause there are so many girls who dream big but don't eat well/enough, sleep, move their bodies and take care of their mental health. Each day that you sacrifice yourself for the sake of your own expectations will come back to you. And no matter which height you reach...you'll get so low that you'll need years to build everything again.

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"I don't like it" doesn't always mean "I should give up". You'll discover that it often means "I haven't done it for long enough". If I learned one thing from school and studying this is it: you like it when you become good at it.

And people usually think it is the opposite (that you become good at something after you like it). Just as motivation follows action, liking something follows doing it.

The order: you put in the work -> you see the results -> you start loving it. You're welcome.

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Fresh start and new beginning is something we love to incorporate into our everyday lifes every few months. Getting out of the rut seems like a solution to all your problems - I mean surely this time will be different and I can get my life together once and for all? We want to have THE rebrand of our life.

What all these videos on youtube and tiktoks about upgrading yourself and rebranding won't tell you is that you will have bad days, sometimes bad weeks or maybe even a bad year. I'm not saying this in a way that there's no point in trying to be better, I'm saying this with hope and understanding for your future self. Forgive yourself for your mistakes and make a plan. You don't have to create a new version of yourself to be better. Stop having unrealistic visions about big changes and think about what you can correct right now. It's going to be okay. Every new day can be a new start. It's all about progress, don't get caught up in all or nothing mindset.

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I have some doubts after reading your recent post. Firstly, You said that be a friend to everyone but at the same time to none right? But the thing is in my personal experience people are not dumb they can see through this bullshit and at time of need or when you want to get your work done through someone no one is going to be there . I , with my extreme social butterfly skills can say that the best thing is to keep a group of friends (school ,clg ,office friends or anyone who u can bear) be vulnerable but not tell everything. Thus, sence of exclusive treatment for them and trust me they will strick around through thick and thin but don't limit yourself with just them, talk to everyone and anyone actually even stranger old grandma (i did it just for fun) but give them a taste but not accessibility . They would want you or be part of your group based on how they felt around you.( Just like how you talked about that indifference thing)

Secondly,you said when there is gossip you are involved but you yourself don't gossip ,just plug in earphones and act lost when someone engages.Again it's a problem , i don't know if you see it but I bet people badmouth about you all the time and you not liked by them either because i know a girl like you who actually is intelligent(4.0 cgpa type)but guess what no one likes her. If she comes around u see practically see people rolling their eyes,so u want the gossip but don't have the dare to gel on it or pick a side huh?Now ur talking about office setting in which this is helpful but in ur social life uh huh nope. People want trust to be put into and when you don't give that your are untrustable. Just pick a side if you don't mean it (like i don't care if someone dies i will pick a side even if i don't mean it at all) it helps people to know that you stick with people you care for (which I don't but it helps ) HAVE EXCLUSIVITY BUT NOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE ALIENATED AND MADE FUN OF. just like that girl especially on a long run , sure in cooperate but not in social or group setting.

ah as someone thats miserably failing in my social life with no social skills I'm so happy you pointed this out we all need schooling 😩

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In order to fix something you need to accept it is broken. In order to improve something must recognize what needs to be improved. In order to love yourself you have to know yourself. Shame, embarrassment, guilt are only obstacles that deepen the damage.

No matter if you want to start leveling up, get back on track or just make your life just a bit better, you have to own the bad. And then stop thinking of it this way. Own your mistakes, patterns, habits, regrets. You have some. We all do. It's okay. What it's not okay is to get stuck in this vicious cycle. So yeah they are yours. What's done it's done. They say you can't change the past, but you can change the future. I say you have to start with the present. Good luck!

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So I was talking to my manz (see how he earned this title after I signed a prenup, not after I got a ring? Very smart. Very that bitch. Very demure. I don’t go committing myself to anything before I see paperwork. I think from reality and future instead of emotion and promises. See how I negotiated and manipulated with that prenup? Very IT girl, very smart girl. I don’t take chances with my life. Very classy.) about going back to therapy because why am I always attracting criminals? And not even the “robbed a bank” or “body count of ten” kind—we are talking dark, dark people.

He shrugs and goes, “You are just so you,” which—after a lot of prodding, because men can’t say shit straight ever—actually meant, “It’s because people feel like they can tell you things.” Which disgusted me, because you're saying I come across as an emotional dumpster? But apparently, nope—I’m just “trustable with this kind of thing, you know?” And to the question, “Why in hell are you saying it like it’s a good thing?” the answer—which is the main topic of this—was: “It means you’re an asset.”

Womanhood is not a spectrum, actually. It's set in stone, and that stone is this: I. Do. Nauuttt. Give. A. Fuuuck. For. Free. The highest form of femininity is indifference. Because femininity is surrender (not submission—that’s masculinity. The highest form of masculinity is submission. See: wars, legacy, workplace politics, reputation, and manhood), and surrender is indifference. When you surrender to something, you are completely impartial to it—hence, indifferent. And this concept is so hard to explain because it’s girls who want to be a “bad bitch” that think this means they should just be careless, because IDGAF—and that’s the highest form of stupidity. Indifference means: I am separate from the outcome and impartial to the process, but committed to my goal. It’s indifference to the process but commitment to the outcome.

When I was young, in high school, there was literally no form of power to leverage because there are such limited forms of power in the world. And I was getting bullied 24/7 because there was nothing for me to leverage to buy consideration. And because of this, everyone and their dog—including teachers—used me as a trauma dumpster. Because what am I going to do? Blackmail them?

Which—thank God—I am me, and me is incredibly smart, because me turned that into power. How? By being selective about who gets free journal privileges with me.

Say, in the dorm, if some girl sat on my bed and tried to trauma dump but hadn’t earned the right to yet, I’d just echo a “hm” and do everything but listen. It’s like, mhm, while I fold my clothes and midway go, “Hey, are you sitting on my blouse?” No? “Uh, where is it?”—so they know I wasn’t listening. Which would, I found, lead them to want to make me listen (because one week ago I was “why am I not right now?”) and they’d go “Are you even listening?” and I’d be like, “Yeah, you were talking about your mom or something?” (steal a look, force a smile) “If you’re not sitting on my blouse, where is it?” —and then go back to my whatever without trying to reestablish connection. (P.S., the blouse doesn’t exist lol.)

And then that would be them freaking out because the power has been flipped. Which led to the “Ugh, you’re not even that important,” to which I’d be like “Yeah, you told me that three Sundays ago, I still remember. Have you seen my hairpin?”

And when people earned the right to trauma dump, I learned they’re just looking for indifference. They just want to be heard.

So, example: A guy would ask if he can sit by my table at lunch, and I’d just shrug— “I don’t own the tables? You can sit on the table itself if you want to. How does this concern me?” And then he’d sit, and I’d look at him once every ten minutes as he attempted trauma dumping, and I’d play the same game like:

Him: Trauma dumping

Me, mid-sentence: “Do you have this textbook? I need to buy one but it’s hard being broke.”

Him: “No, but I’ll buy you one.”

Me: smiles “When?”

Him: “After school?”

Me: “Okay, see you here then. 5 p.m.? I’ll get a permission slip.” Leaves the table.

When evening came and we did, in fact, go buy the textbook, then—and only then—would I actually listen. After checkout: “Maybe your mom wouldn’t be so shitty if you weren’t so shitty? Just do what she wants. She’ll give you your freedom. She just wants submission. Humor her.” Waits for him to hold the door open so he can drive us back to campus.

To which you would think: Mother, isn’t that the exact opposite of being indifferent? Well yes—but if I agreed, it’d be obvious I’m kissing ass. I picked both his side (you’re not wrong) and her side (neither is she. You can both win), to say I was listening—you just hadn’t earned the right to be yapping family business at me when I’m eating the lunch you’re paying for.

People are so easy to train if you have the patience for it.

So my indifference is an asset because it’s earned. No, I do not care to listen to you babbling about your cocaine trade that’s ruining South America unless I’m getting something out of it.

When you’re in the same space as people, they assume you’re on the same level—unless it’s obvious you’re not (e.g., scholarship kid that is known to be scholarship kid)—and they have to find a way to establish hierarchy. And then attention becomes the model of it. Are you someone that gives your time easily? Are you someone that takes sides? Can you be trusted?

And think of it this way—do you trust things you get for free? If I gave you a Birkin for free, would you trust it? Obviously not. You’d be suspicious.

So if I’m at an event and someone’s underloved dad, who’s had to buy all his intimacy because he’d rather die than develop emotional intelligence, decides to strut-waddle over and talk about his illegal streams of income, I make the most mechanical, obvious “I’m not interested in hearing this” face and reaction. And at some point I drop the— “Wait, didn’t you recently acquire this one firm? That was something. How did you get them to sell? Are you publicly listed yet? How does one get on the investors list when it’s still private? Yeah, I know it’s not easy, that’s why I’m asking the CEO, not Google?” And when I get an answer, it’s: “You know it’s not my place or my trade, but if I were to take a route for it, I’d avoid the one you’re taking and take this one here—it makes more sense. I’m no lawyer obviously, but think of it this way…”

I will ONLY listen when there’s a reason for me to.

So how is this an asset? It means I easily make it to the advisors table. Every. Single. Time. Some boy that used to bully me in the first year of high school offered me a Board of Directors position in a firm I’m not even in because he can tell me he killed his mom and I’ll say, “Okay. Anyway—” And he will be secure in the secrecy I’ll keep, because I do have something to lose—whatever he used to bargain his way into having me as his journal. And not only will I not judge—I’ll also not offer advice or praise him for it. None of my business, you know. Moving on.

I need you to understand: outside JK Rowling, Taylor Swift, and people who become billionaires through intellectual property and talent, there isn’t a SINGLE ethical billionaire on the face of planet Earth.

If you want to dine with the Fortune 500, you need to look at actual human abuse and say “huh. Anyway—”

And the big money you want so bad is held by people that feel repressed inside their own bodies—because they are human beings, social creatures, who need companionship and connection, which comes from sharing. But they can’t do that, because it’s always someone trying to “hypergamy” their way into their pockets. And if you make yourself a safe space, they will end whole races of people for you.

I said there’s a KKK-level white supremacist dude that would break up with his Gigi Hadid of a wife if I didn’t like her—and everyone (literally only two people lol) were wondering how that happened. And the thing is: I’m a safe space on the condition that I am also safe within this space.

I will listen to you rant about how your Adderall drug business is stressing you while eating ice cream on your balcony and just: “Wow, that’s something. What did you do after that?” And then, after your crime confessions, I’ll groan about my aviation exams like: “What was I thinking.”

I will make you feel normal. I will offer you humanity. Normalcy. Stability. No judgment. Without OFFERING MYSELF. This, right here, this is the catch.

If you piss me off, I’ll cut you off. If I feel disrespected ONCE, I’ll walk out. And I’ll hold nothing over your head. Even if we break up, your secrets are safe with me. That’s it. That’s the catch point. In this relationship, one of us needs the other.

Do the math.

BMAC

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While I understand people talking to AI in order to build some structure in their lives and solve issues, I don't think anyone should ever use ChatGPT for socializing and finding closure. And this is because no matter how human a bot may sound the world we live in is one made by and for people. Therefor, you need to know how to socialize, which means: - knowing how to argue; - knowing when to abandon the fight; - knowing how to persuade someone; - knowing how to distinguish between lie and truth and how not to let yourself manipulated; - knowing how to make yourself liked when needed and always act according to your interests. It also means that everyone you meet will have their own goals and if your goals and theirs don't align you have to be able to turn the tables in your favor or accept it and move on. Focusing on this one, let me ask you a question: Does it feel good to talk to ChatGPT? Maybe even better than to real people? Yes, love, it does. Why? Because AI only tells you what you want to hear and if you got outside of your room for 10 min you'd notice how others don't. Others don't care and don't need to care. The truth is that unless we're talking about family and friends (and I am not even certain about them) no one inherently wants you to feel good or succeed. At best they don't care. At worst...I'll let you think about it. The good part is that if you show them that they benefit from your success they'll do what you want to without even asking. So you can use people. The bad part is that you need to know how to socialize and make them feel validated and get yourself out of drama and be a decent human being or at least know how to maintain the reputation. ChatGPT is not the one hosting the job interview. AI won't be the one giving you a promotion and taking you on a date. OR giving you a discount. It's the people, love. Don't get me wrong. AI is great. For planning, analyzing, scheduling. But not for socializing and trauma dumping. Please get a journal, touch some grass and talk to someone.

Also, talking to ChatGPT (long conversations I mean) gets you in that learned helplessness state. I already have a post about it.

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A lot of people want to entirely change their identity. They want to become someone else, to be anyone else but themselves... ...and they try to have a first "new start"...and then a second one cause obviously the first didn't work. What many of them don't realize is that we can't suddenly forget all of our patterns, habits, routines and ways of existing. You can't possibly erase an identity that was formed through so many years. Biologically speaking. What you can do, though, is evolve. Change happens slowly and you don't even realize it until you look back. But it happens. Here's the secret: YOU START CHANGING WHEN YOU START DOING THINGS THAT YOU HADN'T DONE BEFORE. CHANGES ARE RELATED TO ACCEPTED CHALLENGES. Also, a lot of the change happens when you start understanding the world around you, but also yourself. So let me give you a few ideas: 1. Art. This is it. Make art, not matter how bad the results are. Do it consistently. Because art is a way to know yourself and discover things that you didn't even know are there. Write, paint, draw, act, sculpt, do pottery, dance, play an instrument and compose your own music. 2. Read. Read something that you don't usually do. Keep yourself informed and learn to accept books that are not easy to digest. It doesn't have to be easy - but at the end of the book you'll find great satisfaction, I promise you. Some recs: Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, The stranger by Albert Camus, One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez; 3. Ask questions. I wish I was joking. Find something to be curious about. There's something that we, the younger generation, stopped doing. It's called thinking for ourselves. Tip: if you don't know hoe to start, go online, find a trend and criticize it. Find its flaws. Quite cynical, I know. But it's better than being brainwashed and losing your capacity of analyzing reality. 4. Disagree. Hang out with a friend, start a conversation about a topic you both view in a different manner. And learn to argue in a way without getting offended or offensive. Will be hard at first. But it get easier when you put your ego aside and understand that apart from entertainment, it has no real purpose. 😁 5. Form your own little rituals. Mine is savoring tea and dark chocolate after breakfast/lunch while looking outside. I know someone who's made a habit out of reading manhwa on Friday night. A friend of mine also takes one photo a day and keeps them in a separate folder. Get creative, babe :))

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How I Started Eating to Feel Better—Not Just to Look Better

by Soleau Club

Most of us grew up thinking food was either the enemy or a reward. Either we were counting calories or eating our feelings. No middle ground, no balance, no actual connection to our bodies. Just chaos disguised as “being good.”

But then my body was like, “Babe, I’m tired.” And I listened.

This is how I started eating to feel better—not just to look hot (though, yes, that happened too).

I Asked Myself How I Wanted to Feel

Instead of obsessing over what would make me look thinner or more toned, I started asking questions like:

Do I want to feel energized or sluggish?

Do I want to feel light and glowy or bloated and blah?

Do I want to crash in two hours or feel stable and nourished?

Shifting my mindset from appearance to vibe changed everything. I stopped eating like a punishment and started eating like self-respect.

I Built My Meals Around Support, Not Deprivation

I stopped obsessing over what to cut out (sugar, dairy, joy) and started focusing on what to add:

Protein to keep me full and fueled

Healthy fats to balance hormones and glow my skin

Fiber for digestion, fullness, and let’s be honest... regularity

Colorful veggies and fruits to flood my body with micronutrients

When you eat to support your body instead of controlling it, the way you feel is next level.

I Romanticized the Hell Out of Every Bite

I turned my meals into rituals.

Pretty plates

Fresh herbs

Music or a podcast playing

Sitting down and actually being with my food

Suddenly, I wasn’t mindlessly inhaling a protein bar—I was dining like a woman who journals in silk robes and has her gut health together.

I Noticed My Cravings Were Low-Key Clues

Craving sugar? I probably skipped lunch. Craving salty snacks? Might be low on minerals. Craving ice cream after a stressful day? That’s emotional, babe. Let’s deal with that, not demonize it.

Instead of judging my cravings, I got curious. And my body started to trust me more.

I Let Go of “Perfect” Eating

I still eat fries. I still love croissants. But now I ask myself: “Will this make me feel good—or just give me a quick hit and leave me bloated and moody?”

Sometimes the fries are worth it. Sometimes I want my gut to feel loved more than I want that 3-minute dopamine spike. Either way, I choose. Not my insecurities, not my past.

I Remembered That Food = Energy, Not Morality

Carbs aren’t evil. Fat isn’t the enemy. Food isn’t “good” or “bad”—it’s just fuel. Some fuels are cleaner than others. Some feel heavier. But all of them have a place in a life that’s full, joyful, and free from diet trauma.

Eating to feel better gave me a level of peace that no “clean eating” challenge ever could. My skin improved, my moods evened out, my digestion stopped hating me, and the pressure to be perfect melted away.

And spoiler: when your body feels good, it glows. Automatically.

Follow @soleauclub for more hot girl nourishment, nervous system love, and wellness that starts on your plate but ends in your whole life.

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any language learning tips? Especially for german and mandarin (i am currently learning them on my own) any languages you think are important for a person to know?

Instead of replaying already known advice that you can easily find on reddit I'll give you the ones that I don't see talked about that worked for me

Subtitles. Setting my Netflix to spoken language = language I want to learn and subtitles = language I am fluent in. This is actually how I mastered English.

Reading x translation. Writing simple sentences and trying to translate them into language you are learning and then having AI crosscheck for you (You are SO lucky you're learning during the AI outburst back in the day we had to befriend natives)

This is weird but it's actually worked the best for me- when I was learning mandarin I used to pick up fights with native speakers on the internet . It was my online bullying phase (To be fair I was the one getting bullied in a language I couldn't even speak) So I combined both. Learning audacity AND Mandarin. Learned couple of choice words too.

I'd say the easiest way is to interact with what you usually interact with , but in that language. If you like music go the music route if you like film the film route- its always hard to implement new things it'll save you time to tweak what you already have and love over superimposing new habits. New habits (not just in language, in life too) almost never stick.