things that are not selfish:
prioritizing your mental health
saying no
calling in sick to work or school (even if you’re not physically sick)
limiting contact with someone when their issues are affecting your happiness negatively
cutting off toxic people
declining help
setting boundaries for yourself
not immediately responding to texts/calls/emails
ending a friendship or relationship even though the other person “hasn’t done anything wrong”
not donating any money
complimenting and being proud of yourself
treating yourself
'Rainbow pool' at Congaree National Park - result of decaying vegetation, especially cypress cones and needles, that release their natural oils
me typing into the google search bar: nearest grassy hill with tiny flowers growing on it
‘leaves torn between the veins stitched together with pine needles hung from a tree raining, calm, cold’ izumi-mura, japan 1987 in a collaboration with nature - andy goldsworthy (1990)
Iced Maple Leaf Sugar Cookies
Hot take maybe but If Melville was alive today he'd set Moby Dick on a oil tanker instead of a whaling ship and it would be a beautiful ode to the world we are destroying just like Moby Dick is a ode to the animal they're killing. The deep black oil from the depths and the white whale. Ahab who lost a leg to a terribly unsafe industry but is still spreading fossil fuel propaganda like a religion. You get me
His self insert would still be married to Queequeeg except now theres a whole section about getting to know Queequegs culture and a beautiful marriage ceremony with a presbiterian pastor and Maori elders giving their blessing and three whole chapters are about the seafood buffet and open bar. What were we talking about
Snetzels. 🐌🐌🐌
respect all snails!!!1!!11!!!