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Happy Sunday (or whatever day it is when you're reading this) 💕

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Some people on this website wholeheartedly believe a cat will only try to bite its’ owner if it’s under traumatizing levels of stress.

I assure you cats will bite for a variety of reasons up to and including “fun and me time”

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Depression

Depression is the ghost

that never strays too far

and always holds your hand

even when you want nothing more

than to just let go

you simply can't.

Depression is the pain

that brings you to the place

where all you want to do

Is hideaway with someone

you've never even met

and hear "I love you"

just to forget the sound

of your own thoughts

in your own mind

for a moment in time.

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Travel and tell no one. Live a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things.

Khalil Gibran

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Never stop being a good person because of bad people.

Unknown

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Y’all IK we won the senate and it’s definitely important to celebrate, but if you’re in Georgia please, please, please vote in the runoff on December 6.

If we can get 51 instead of an exact tie it will give us a little wiggle room. For the past two years, a lot of the improvements Biden has attempted to make haven’t made it passed the Senate because one or two Democrats voted no and that was all it took; if we can get Georgia too, one Democrat can vote no and the legislation will still pass. The more seats we have the better chance we have for serious, meaningful change.

Please vote December 6th.

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Smile Instead

You can't control

the way people treat you,

but you can always control

the way you treat others.

so even if you really, really want

to punch someone in the face

smile instead.

it's better for your soul,

and that person may need it

more than you ever know.

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Moon

I don't know who I am without you

Because darling

Just like the sky needs the moon

I need you

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“May the bridges I burn light the way.”

— Unknown

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Texts I Can't Unsend

Come, take a seat

Dream with me

We don't have to talk about

All those fights

All those nights

Stabbing each other in the back

Telling the other what they lack

God, I was such an ass

Wasn't I?

I should've appreciated you more

Never walked out that door

Now I have a city's worth of texts

I can't send to you

Instead, I have a country's worth of texts

I can't unsend

Messing with my head

Wish I could leave them unread

Fuck, you were good to me

So kind, even when you didn't have to be

You have to understand

I'm used to being let down

By men who leave their promises unkept

Breezing by my expectations unmet

It's not your fault

You could never reason with me

I'm opinionated as fuck

I don't realize how deep I cut

Until I'm in a state of lust

Dreaming about your touch

In a king sized bed

With no one to hold

Hey, why don't you come over

I'll make a rum and coke

We can get a little stoned

Forget we hate each other

Just long enough to remember

We used to be in love

We could start again

Look me in the face

Don't run away

I never talk to people I used to know

But I called you, didn't I?

I'll change, I swear

I won't be mean for no reason

I'll stich up your wounds

Instead of creating them

You'll remember my birthdays

Buy me pistachio lattes

Say "I love you" first this time

No hill would be too high to climb

And no argument too much

I know none of this will happen

I have this bad habit

Of dreaming for so long that I forget

You're not a phantom in my head

Who agrees with everything I've said

We're real people

With deep feelings and memories

We'll always see the other

As what we could've been

Not what we could be

Won't we?

I'm sorry

I can't turn back time

No matter how hard I try

But hey, maybe you could come over

Drink away the bad vibes

And we'll be each other's

Even if just for a night

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SO much yes to this. I've been getting back into hobbies since graduating college and it's been so awesome. I'd also love to see more companies encourage people to take time off and explore hobbies. They're so beneficial.

Hobbies need to be accessible. I believe that it’s becoming more and more important for people to have physical hobbies that create real things and develop real skills–giving people a sense of accomplishment and overcoming feelings of helplessness. But so often, it seems like even beginner-level instruction is aimed at making the entry barrier as high as possible.

I was reading this book where this guy argues that people should develop areas of “micromastery” when getting into a hobby. Find one small, achievable, but still impressive task to master, so you have a cool skill to show off (and the sense of accomplishment) without having to master an entire huge area of knowledge. Instead of learning to cook, learn to create a really good omelet. Instead of learning an entire new language, learn to count to ten. And then you have a knowledge base to help you if you want to explore further. Seems very common sense. Very accessible. Learning is for everyone, not just people who want to devote tons of time to a new hobby. But even that guy, in his instructions, keeps telling people to buy the most expensive equipment to have the best possible results. There’s even a point where he says “the more expensive, the better”!

That infuriates me. I am enraged. The guy who’s trying to make learning accessible to the masses is now saying this is the realm only of the rich! It’s telling people to buy into the marketing ploy that more expensive is automatically better! It’s absurd. It’s insane. There probably is equipment that improves the outcome of the final product, but it’s not necessarily the most expensive stuff, and you certainly don’t need the expensive stuff when you’re just starting out!

Yet, tutorials and craft books keep pushing this message. If you want to start drawing, you need an expensive sketch book and seven different pencils and different weights of pen, and the right eraser. If you want to bake, you have to have the best flours and the appropriate sourdough technique. If you want to knit, you better have the expensive yarn. That’s garbage, and it makes things more difficult than they need to be.

When you’re just starting out, you’re learning if you even like the activity. Do I like spending time drawing? Do I even like the process of knitting or woodworking or building model airplanes? It’s pointless to spend tons of money on good yarn only to find that you hate the process of knitting. Pointless to get the good pencils when the process of drawing makes you want to crawl out of your skin.

If you want to try something, just try it! As simply and cheaply as possible. Want to draw? Get a free pencil and a bit of notebook paper. Want to knit? Get a pair of knitting needles from the thrift store and some dollar store yarn. As you get deeper into the hobby, you’ll probably want to upgrade your supplies–but now that you know more about the process, you know what problems can be solved by better supplies.

I was always intimidated by bookbinding–the tutorials always talked about having the right glue and the right book press–until a guy in the comments said, “I use Elmer’s Glue and my laptop.” I could manage that! That was accessible! I got some glue and some big textbooks and made a book! Not perfect, but it wouldn’t have been perfect even if I had the fancy supplies–I was just starting out! And then I figured out that a paper cutter and some kind of tool to smooth the endpapers would be useful. So I got that–as cheaply as possible. I have made books and I have enjoyed it without a huge investment in time and money. And more tutorials need to take that approach. I refuse to believe that we have to give tons of money to the crafting industry. I refuse to believe that we have to be consumers in order to become creators.

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Hours

My whole life

I've correlated my self worth

With how many hours I've worked

I want to appreciate just being

We are alive on a blue planet

That sits in time and space

With asteroids passing by

And miracles on the fly

So why on earth am I focused

On how many hours I've worked?

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TUMBLR PLEASE I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THIS

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