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“I have learned that when sadness comes to visit me, all I can do is say ‘I see you.’ I spend some time with it, get up, and say goodbye. I don’t push it away, I own it. And because I own it, I let it go.”

— (via purplebuddhaquotes)

“Many of us who are older inherit teachings of discipline which were all forced on us, and we’ve learned to grow up dull and rigid. And so I could say things to this audience that I would not possibly say in an audience of students. 

‘It’s up to you to loosen up and to become a little mad.’ 

There’s no point saying that to a younger audience because they’re going to do that anyway.

A great problem for the generation of parents and grandparents is psychic rigidity because we have been indoctrinated for a long time in not being able to trust ourselves.”

— Alan Watts

Sexy talk!

180503 // Multitasking is out ;) I used to work on different projects simultaneously, because I somehow thought it would be more efficient and time-saving. While working on one project after another without distraction, I’m feeling more focused and it raises my creative thinking. Also since I’ve implemented single tasking, I feel less exhausted after finishing my last point on my to-do-list, so even if you feel like saving time, the energy that is spent wiser is a ressource of yours which is as important as time. 

Here are my other posts on self improvement :) get inspired <3

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“Depression turns you into a series of nouns, without the adjectives and without the verbs. You don’t remember where you misplaced your descriptions, your actions … You become: bed, shower, socks, coffee, keys, obligations.”— A Series of Nouns

MAY 23

learn it. correct it. unbottle it.

whatever it takes // whatever it takes from you // take the day’s rage or the day’s disappointments and let it fill a page, a canvas’s face, a stage, a path or sacred place // keep going, outgoing and out-pouring // protect what it permanent about you and be prepared to lose what changes // take the day’s rejection and arm yourself with kind words instead // in this life of endless synonyms, meaning is never far away 

meaning is found and nurtured, bought and sold wholesale, made into marketing campaigns, copied, re-sold and draw into cappuccino foam // meaning is led around the back and given a quick leg-trembler // meaning is gagged and bound and forced to read a prepared statement // meaning is hiding in the smallest flower, or else fallen down the back of the sticky seat // meaning won’t look you in the eye // meaning comes too soon and apologises

keep at it. keep at it. keep at it. 

(twenty-third of may twenty eighteen: I dreamed of XXXXXX again last night, sitting looking out over the jagged jawline of the city beneath a curdled egg-yolk moon, watching and waiting for something that felt like the end of the world. we could have kissed, we could have sworn to run away together. we could have escaped all this, but instead we sat and said things like “I don’t know what to say” when we knew exactly the words we needed to hear)

and it all keeps going, perma-take // day by humiliating day // no outlet or reissue, just waking up with a little less every time // a finite resource, this ability to carry on // screaming into the void, watching the cameras watch us // listen, I know it’s your day off but… // day by misery-making day // this everboring, this polismiling, this misogyagreeing // I’ve made mistakes and I wrap them up at night, kiss their crooked smile and say things like you’re all right now

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (via movemequotes)

Absolutely