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Also it’s been raining for like almost a month straight here & today the head chef came in and said “how’s everyone feeling today, because this weather is personally making me feel really depressed, so let’s do something about that. Depression breakfast?” And proceeded to make everyone eggs & hash & thick slices of whole wheat topped w/goat cheese, olive oil, & herbs. And I was busy w/mixing but multiple coworkers made a point to come over & remind me to grab a plate. Like wow it’s just so life affirming working at a place where there is genuine care and support in the air and people check in on each other

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some things i’ve learned about adulthood that no one warns you about

you will in fact continue to have acne past the age of twenty

you will eventually hit a point where you start to feel icky inside if you go too long without eating some sort of vegetables

depending on your current level of athleticism/physical activity as well as the kind of activities you did as a kid/teenager, your joints may start acting whack in your twenties, despite what everyone says about that not happening until middle age

eventually you will reach a point where you wonder how you were able to stay up until 3am nearly every night and be perfectly fine the next day (and this moment will come much younger than you expect)

it is much harder to meet new people after you’re done with school than sitcoms would have you believe

don’t let society tell you shit: it is perfectly acceptable to live with your parents after you graduate, there’s no need to be broke and miserable just so you can have some misguided attempt at independence straight out of school

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guys im so obsessed w this person on pinterest that does photoshoots w their snoopy plushy it's so good

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snoopy's life in a bottle

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lloracion al óleo

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obsessed with the way my robotics team lead talks

she’s reinventing hieroglyphics

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I finished all of my psychology plus french exams and assignments! Having some free time feels like the reward~

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all of your feelings are valid as in “worth acknowledgment and internal consideration” but some of your feelings are also stupid and mean, and you need to deal with that shit without making it anyone else’s problem

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things to study once classes end

for those who want to keep up a habit or just enjoy learning

a new language

a style of literature less commonly studies (e.g. fantasy, science fiction - I took a sci-fi course this semester and it was so fun)

practice an instrument or learn some music theory

take some skillshare courses!

start / join a book club. this isn't really studying but imo most English courses are just really expensive book clubs

learn to read tarot / study other spirituality. I want to get better at astrology

study your local history! your library probably has a bunch of stuff on it

pick up a new hobby or craft and learn the history of it

study the plants in your local forest, aim to create a mini foraging guide

design a heavy programming project for yourself, challenge yourself to learn how to do it before the fall term starts

teach yourself some psychology! there's a LOT about it out there

do a bible study if that's something that suits you

the 1980s UK punk scene. I just took a course on this it's great

really any pop culture era

the Salem witch trials. there's a lot to learn there

if you're up to it, learn the history of some local indigenous / aboriginal groups if you happen to be on colonized land. learn what you can do as an ally (I actually have a reading list for those of you getting in to indigenous American allyship, and you can always reach out to me for a starting point)

literally take out a textbook from a library or get a used textbook off a friend and read through it, annotate it if you can, study the material. It's fun to learn without deadlines looming.

work on your handwriting

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Em Niwa on Instagram

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the lights are off and your heart is heavy, but my love, remember this- you have so much to stay for. it is not nearly your time yet, and there will be sunrises and sunsets, and dewy grass fields. there will be sticky summers like the ones of your childhood, and solace to be found within the pages of a book. there are people to be loved and you? you're one of them. it's not nearly your time yet so- stay.

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Sky details in Ivan Aivazovsky’s paintings

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why does what happens in a moment take years to forget?

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this life is the kind that makes you thirstier the more you drink

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The Sugar Plum Fairy tutu took over 200 hours to sew and features 10,000 hand-sewn beads & over 1,000 pearls

Photography Marisa Ho x

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stop normalizing the grind and start normalizing whatever this is