sometimes you just gotta give yourself permission to accept that you deserve good things in life. you deserve to feel good about how you look. you deserve the attention your partner gives you. you deserve the praise for that thing you’ve worked really hard on. you deserve the people checking in on you and caring for you. you deserve all of it.
Tag: reminders
you gotta learn the difference between people who like you for what you do for them & people who like you for who you are. for your own sake.
I tell everyone this and I mean it. Buy a journal. Carry it with you everywhere you go. And I mean everywhere. Write about your favorite moments, your least favorite moments, ideas, grocery lists, people you’ve met, strangers you’ve walked past on the street, favorite quotes, words to remember, what the sky looked like at 7pm, new songs you’ve discovered and what they mean to you, your childhood, places you want to go or places you’ve been, write about your passions, how you feel in this exact moment, draw out the mountains, scribble all over the pages. And when that one gets full, buy a new one. Reread it in 2 years, 20 years, when you need a good laugh, when you’re crying on your bathroom floor, read it to your children. You need to remember these moments in your life. They are so important.
6i:
it takes years to develop your craft. do not romanticize the idea of an ‘overnight success’. be a student. grow organically. get really good. hate your work. start over. find new ways to express the same ideas. the student becomes the master. your time will come.
stop believing that you ran out of time to shape yourself into who you want to be! stop believing that its ruined! stop believing you don’t have potential! you are not a fixed being! you have endless opportunities to grow.
how to lighten your energy
⛅️wake up with the sun
✨start every day with a washed face + a glass of water
🍯practice healthy eating
🕊meditate for a few minutes before heading out
⛅️spend time outside, daily
✨surround yourself with art that speaks to you
🕊schedule time away from electronics / social media
⛅️be mindful of the things that drain you
✨give yourself a cleansing space
🍯 and like a plant, always grow towards the light
I recommend constructing a detailed image of who you want to be and how you want your life to be, down to all the details (love-life, work, money, your home, day to day life, etc). Flesh it out fully and let your heart and desires govern the whole thing, don’t hold back at all, create your ideal life. And everyday think about it – and feel it. Feel it as if your life is already that way. And make all your decisions according to its ultimate fulfillment. Get in touch with your values, what’s really important to you, and let them guide you.
never let your loneliness drive you back to toxic people
the worst thing about comparing ourselves, is that we have such an ugly image of ourselves. you don’t see how many smiles you gave others, or the people who love you for being yourself. you don’t see how lovely you look when the sunlight hits your eyes, or your little accomplishments. you only see what you lack. you could be the prettiest garden and want to cry because another garden has different flowers. you could be the sweetest peach in the world and still hate yourself because you’re not a strawberry. you’re comparing the worst version of yourself to the best version of others. you don’t appreciate or see what you do have. it is a really toxic mindset where whatever you do, you will never be enough. you might think, i wish i was the prettiest, or smartest or most popular. but in reality, even if you were all those things, you will still find what you don’t have. it’s a never-ending thing, and comparisons will kill you. there are more important things in life to spend time on. why not spend the 86,400 seconds you have in every day to love yourself, see your worth and better yourself? why not draw or study hard or play a sport because you love it and it makes you happy, rather than be sad or lie in bed, just because there is someone else who did those things better, or earlier? why not love your beautiful features, because someone else’s beauty doesn’t take away yours (and you don’t know how many people have admired you too!) you don’t need to be the best. if you do something and you love it, that’s more than enough. if you feel good in your skin, and love yourself because peaches are as amazing as strawberries but in different ways, that’s more than enough. you don’t need other people in the picture. you are already more than enough.
I feel the mountains burn inside 