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concept: me, escaping to a vast garden that is a secret to everyone but me. it is overgrown with vines and waist-high flowers, and is silent to the rest of the world

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Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry written c. July 1935 featured in Selected Diaries

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old books 

19th century leather and cloth 

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want to be the person someone can’t wait to come home to

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trash tarot deck (22/78)

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new uquiz by yours truly! i assign you a fictional woman that makes me go "i don't know who i'd be without her"

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i made a uquiz. which art motif are u

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You are going to laugh until your stomach hurts again. You're going to be in awe of a sunset. Watch your favorite show while you eat your favorite food. Find money on the street. Discover a great band you haven't heard of before. You will find your way back.

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frank ohara

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no more perfect skin. no more adjectives like porcelain glossy dewy. no more 34 step skincare regimens. ive decided you only look hot if you have acne now

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this is your reminder to start slow and gradually lean into consistency rather than to change your entire routine one fine day. it's okay to start wherever and whenever you feel ready. please don't compare yourself to the highlight reel of people on social media. i promise it's never too late to work on your goals. you don't have to make a drastic change just because it's a new year. time is a social construct and i want nothing more than for you to truly enjoy life at present without worrying too much about the future. you are completely able to achieve goals you have set for yourself, but take it step by step. please avoid burnout and please take rest. wishing you all the best!!

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the overwhelming desire to just exist without having to prove one’s worth in the false world of commodity and personality production

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“Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.”

— Matt Kahn

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“She doesn’t want to hear that she is flawless. She wants to hear that she is loved regardless of her flaws.”

— charmingwinds

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HOMEWORK FOR THE HEART

gather a list of:

• songs that make you feel light and bubbly

• scents that make bursts and explosions of delight play in your chest

• people you’re grateful for

• sights that leave you tender with gratitude for life

• moments you’ve had with strangers that made you feel a light but definitive sense of being loved deeply (by others? by the world? by the universe?)

• places you’ve felt pleasant and cocooned by life physically

• best tastes your tongue has known

• sweetest things you’ve ever done for or told others

• times you’ve felt entirely present