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Jettison is like one of the top 10 words in the english language, get that fucking thing out of here at a notable velocity

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had a dream last night that i found 12-oz sizes of the little Yakult yogurt drinks at H-mart so that was pretty sweet

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An Ode to 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' by David Gate

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Sasha Chapin

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(through gritted teeth) i love being out of my comfort zone it is necessary for my personal development

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I just want to read a few books per week, learn multiple languages, and a couple of instruments, become more proficient at advanced mathematics, write essays and books, exercise regularly, sleep eight hours per night, eat really healthily, have an active social life including enjoying all of my close relationships, and be really sexy. Is that really so unreasonable

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Bertil Nilsson

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I think it’s so funny when negative emotions cancel themselves out. I’ll be nervous about a presentation but I’m too tired to be nervous. Or you’re not in the mood to get something done but due date panic gives you motivation. You’re sleep deprived but something makes you mad and wakes you up. The brain is incredible. What a shit show.

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in half-requited love with a jewish boy whose family is despondent that he’s seeing an outsider

drunk on the tantalizing hope that there is a way this all works out on the end, wishing i could ignore the creeping pessimism-maybe-realism that i’m just setting myself up for the Major Heartbreak of My Twenties

…terrified but sticking it out? i guess? someone come tell me i’m stupid

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how is everyone not wailing and shouting in the streets everytime a new james webb telescope image comes out how are people not immediately rent asunder by the terrifying beauty of space with every new release

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nothing like stepping outside while the seasons are changing and suddenly feeling a change in the weather that knocks you back in time by several years

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I love the concept of exile. Like dude just get out

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why am i getting so many manscaping ads on here

i do not require manscaping at this time or probably ever

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There’s a little rat inside your head.

This rat doesn’t know anything, but it knows that sometimes snacks fall into its cage, and sometimes the floor shocks its feet.  It likes the snacks, and it hates the shocks.  It will tell you to do things that produce snacks, and it will tell you not to do things that produce shocks.

This little rat is not the only power inside your head, and it might not be the strongest, but it’s there and it has influence.

So pay attention to how you’re treating the little rat.

If every time you learn something new, you say to yourself “ugh, I’m so ignorant for not already knowing this,” you’re shocking the rat.  You’re teaching it to be afraid of learning new things, to associate it with embarrassment and self-criticism.

Remember to feed the rat instead.  Tell it “now I know, and that is good,” and let it eat its snack in peace.

If every time you take care of yourself and your home, you say to yourself “ugh, I never do this enough, and I’ll never get it right,” you’re shocking the rat.  You’re teaching the rat that it was safer when you didn’t try to take care of things.

Feed the rat instead.  Praise what you have done, forgive what you haven’t, so the rat can feel safe.

When the rat takes a step in the right direction, even if the step is too small or slow or not in quite the right direction, feed it.  Don’t shock it for being imperfect; it’ll only learn not to take any steps at all.  Feed it, and let it get bolder, and take bigger steps, and give it bigger rewards for those bigger steps.

Be kind to your little rat.

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i love small joys so much!!!! yes i love my coffee in my favorite mug!!! i love the sun spilling in the window!!! i love the wind on my face!!! i love my blanket over my lap!!! i love the clouds in the sky!!!! i am seeking joy in every moment!!!!