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Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. #joelscrib #sendoffparty https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVtHrsDfUxwLYUMoMDya5bnPOfMRVxup0uADc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18gc1zm1rm8as

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#Repost @qtpocmentalhealth (@get_repost) ・・・ Each and every year, considering the "what ifs" becomes all consuming. This year New Year’s resolutions just wouldn’t cut it. The need to do something different engulfed me as never before. Maybe a Bullet Journal would work. Or maybe I could color-code my Google Calendar differently. - As marginalized folks, we are constantly inundated with messages pushing productivity. American society always demands the most of those it values the least. So we greet that reality strategically. We understand that the more intersectional our identities, the further we are from an ‘A for effort’ reality being possible. If we’re Black, queer, non-Christian, femme, live with a disability, or any combination thereof, we are implicitly informed and explicitly encouraged to tip the balance of inequity by using our productivity. - So we control the controllables. We work harder. We are more precise. We get A’s and do the extra credit. We show up early and stay late. We generally exert more effort in a game that seems to take up all of our waking hours. - Personally, as I continue the work of unlearning habits built by the politics of respectability, it's become crucial for me to create habits that uplift my spirit. So this year, my solution was to adopt the "done list" as a daily practice. - Visit www.restforresistance.com to read more from "Reconsidering To-Do Lists: The Deceptive Appeal of Productivity" by Joel N Jenkins @joelscribes 📸 Eve Moreno @iwritelight_ - bit.ly/2CBkADb