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[the-talented-and-the-damned]

[onecrazywhiteboy]

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[thewrittentales]

Kathy Whipple shares a heartfelt non-fiction piece, 'Chantou,' inviting readers into a world of memories and connections. 💞 Submissions open at Written Tales. Follow & subscribe for touching narratives! https://writtentales.substack.com/p/chantou

[anawkwardencounter]

Fall in love with taking care of yourself!

Hoping this will serve as a reminder for myself but if anyone else sees this then let it be a reminder for you too.

Self-care is more than luxury, it’s necessity. I mean that for two reasons;

1. You do not have to ‘earn’ self-care. It is your right, no your moral obligation to yourself soul, to look care for yourself. It’s a basic survival instinct that you need to develop and foster EVERY. SINGLE. DAMN. DAY. You do not need to run yourself into the ground in order to treat your self well, with the care and love you deserve. You do not need to wait until you are completely burnt out in order to refuel, that’s as bad for you as it is for your car!

Which leads me to point 2.

2) Self-care is just simply - taking care of yourself. It isn’t exclusive to long hot baths, expensive face masks and using your ‘nice’ perfume on nights out. It’s the every day, ensuring you get enough sleep, eating to fuel and nourish your body, working out because it helps your mental health.

Self-care doesn’t need to be costly in money or time. This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t treat yourself to the luxuries, of course you should but you need to remember the difference between ‘self-care’ and ‘luxurious treats’.

Here is my list of low-cost, low-effort & low-time self-care tips, I hope this list help.

- Getting 8 hours of sleep

- Showering daily

- Maintaining oral hygiene

- Drinking plenty of water

- Keep up with skin care

- Balanced eating; what you want and what your body needs (this one’s a toughy)

- Exercising for your body as well as your mind but rest when you need too

- Stop doom scrolling

- In fact, no phone one hour before bed

- Read more, you love it once you start

- Notice the little things in life and appreciate them

- JOURNAL

- Be creative; at work and in life

- Speak/think kindly about yourself

- Make time for music - to sit and actively listen and experience the lyrics and melodies

- Get out in nature, it can bring such a clear perspective

Some of these may seem obvious but their impact is often taken advantage of and then they become forgotten. Especially if you are ailed with one or more mental health issues, the basic and mundane can often become overwhelming and unachievable. If that sounds like you then I recommends slow integration into the above, you do not need to do this all at space. You can pick up and put down these tips in any order you feel, just pace yourself, take one day at a time and listen to your body & mind. Before long these tips will feel so easy but you’ll still be getting just as much from them and ‘slowly and then all at once’ you’ll fall in love with taking care of yourself.

I love you, all of you!

💜

[still-queen]

I vented to you. You told the person everything I said, including things I didn’t say. They hurled their words at me like fire. But I’m already burning in the flames. All you’re doing is speeding up the process of creating ash. I told you how I almost perished days ago, but you still, pushed me further in to the heart of the fire, almost as if; it serves you, to watch me wither away.

[serlinarose]

COMING SOON!! Book: Cherished Virtues Genre: #Poetry Here's a poem from the book again: Title: Precious Minutes - #familypoem For precious minutes reminisce on true Beauty of family. The tender bliss Of warm affection that humbles all to Find how much life is beautiful. Cherished Hours to last a lifetime outline with Funereal eyes. Precious moment full Of emotion, until finally with Sorrow not to be forgotten. Kinfolks Appreciation and admirations, For precious minutes makes life treasured time. ©SerlinaRose 🌹🇩🇲✍🏽🇩🇲🌹 Look out for the book for more! #poetrybooklovers #familypoem #inspirationalbooks #booksaboutfamily #indianauthorbooks #indiebooks #indieauthor #authorsofinstagram #poetryporn #poetryofig #poetryislife #poetscommunity #poetryofinstagram #creativewomen #creativewriter #writinglife #writingismyfreedom #writer #blackwomanwriter #caribbeanfemaleauthors #caribbeanpoetry #caribbeanbooks #dominicanpoet #dominicapoet #dominica #creator #serlinarose #followformore (at RPR Enterprises Press) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChEzihDOdo_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[travelwithmestranger]

One Love: Prose/ Poetry Prompts and Collaborations. Please Read Details- 💜 Open Invitation to One and All in one of a kind Collaboration Event intended to Lift, Spread Hope and change the 'Me' dynamics on IG. 💜 Event details in the post. Completed Prose/ Poetry will be posted in Collaboration with the Writer/ Poet, Boosted and Featured. 💜 Heart the post. Spread the word. Tag your favourite poets and budding writers. No Follows required unless you feel like joining. 💜Feel free to use 'February prompts' by the following Amazing Poetry communities in your submissions @poetrysupportbybt @sgreggwrites @weepingiva @nataliecarrpoetry @mlhmusings @rhymesofpeg @prosetrybyr @poeticreveries_ . . . . . . #collaborations #writingprompt #travelwithmestranger #poetrycollaboration #prosepoetry #storytellersociety #writingprompts #newpoetspotlight #newpoetsociety #poetrycollab #poetsupportingpoet #writersupportingwriters #authorssupportingauthors #authorshelpingauthors #writerslift #poetslift #februraryprompts #newpoet #buddingpoet #mentalhealthawareness #writingismyfreedom #writingismytherapy #poetryismytherapy #lovewriting #journalprompts #writersandpoets #globalpoetcult #globalwriters #mentalhealthpoetry #bloggercommunity (at Writing) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cob0_4LJNSo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[topherpikebooks]

Redefine your life… #amazonauthor #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amwritingmystery #amwritingpoetry #amwritingya #authorlife #authorsupportingauthors #bookcoverdesign #bookreviewer #childrensauthor #creativewriting #indieauthorsofinstagram #poetsandwriters #poetsociety #publisher #romanceauthor #scifiauthor #selfpublishedauthor #writercommunity #writerlife #writingismyfreedom #writinglife #writingpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CoUeR5pujg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sakshikolhewrites]

Where all the magic happens. ✨️✨️ . . #amediting #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amwritingpoetry #amwritingya #author #authorlife #authorscommunity #authorsupportingauthors #creativewriting #fantasyauthor #fictionwriter #indiewriter #literaturelover #poet #poetrysociety #poetsandwriters #poetscommunity #poetsociety #supportauthors #writercommunity #writerlife #writersnetwork #writingadvice #writingchallenge #writingcoach #writinginspiratio #writingislife #writingismyfreedom #writingprompts https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZx2g2Kpx9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sujireadstoomuch]

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” – Anne Frank

[the-talented-and-the-damned]

[softbrownink]

Wrote this last night because i wasn't able to sleep. #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #poetry #sadcircus #writinglife #artists #indiawrites #writingismyfreedom https://www.instagram.com/p/CZpHfF8Pr6m/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thewrittentales]

Cynthia Barchers intertwines emotions in 'Emotionally Bound'—a free verse that captures the essence of heartstrings finely tuned. 🎶 Submissions open at Written Tales. Follow & subscribe for verses that resonate with emotional harmony! https://writtentales.substack.com/p/emotionally-bound

[ariantiks]

they loved the house of horrors, they were delightfully enchanted by its riveting displays that they didn't care that the air they were breathing was slowly poisoning their insides, or that their vocal cords had torn with the amount of screams they'd let out, or the way that some of the nails that had been glued on the doorknobs had stuck into their hands and had formed large gashes.

[poetrybyummeaimans]

𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐌𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 - 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬���� 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫. Thank you for the crazy, sexy, dark prompts @glimpsesofmysoul11.11 #emmia_janprompts I’ve used - The Devil’s Bite Marks/ Mind Lesions / Death Cycle Thank you @limned_moments #lmpjan22 for the gorgeous prompts, too. I’ve used – The agony of a pawn / art of the war / the longest game. I’ve tried using them at my darkest, most calculative best. Hope you guys like it. I’m also tagging @heartofquill for their #hoqopposites. My piece is on the themes of life – death / light – dark / love – hate / afraid – brave / begin – end. #bymepoetryindia #poetsoftumblr #poetstext #prosepoetry #prose #womenpoets #healingtrauma #storytelling #storytellers #poetsofinstagram #poetsofmumbai #writersofindia #darkthoughts #darkpoetrysociety #darkhousepoetry #darkpoetry #writingismyfreedom #creativewriting #contentwriter #storiesofmumbai #humansofmumbai #femaleempowerment #empoweryourself #couragequotes #communityofpoetry (at Mumbai City, Maharastra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYPLX17MGwK/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kornxoxo]

visions of extravagances dance in my head projecting images i have only dreamt of on the desolate walls i am so familiar with. anticipation beats on a bad drummers clock, speeding up as time goes on.

the fantasies grow and grow pushing one out of my brain for another, unable to remember what previously held my attention, building up my excitement- wait check the metronome- oh yes it’s coming even sooner now... until, it is not.

the tsunami of grief crashes over me stripping me of any hope i had for my future, for escape, and rolling me along the abrasive seabed of despair.

this was the last train to paradise and it seems I’ve missed it.

all i can do now is replay those seemingly extravagant fantasies, and curse the life i live. why is an ever brooding storm cloud so constantly gathered above my head?

one day i may come to terms with it, but for now, i like the rain.

~ softbrattyprincess