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the author's barely disguised hobbies and interests

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How to become smart

get into the habit of researching everything you question during the day. or if you don't have the energy to do that note down the question. it's not about remembering everything. it's about collecting as much information as you can get.

curiosity is the first step to knowledge. but it doesn't end there. you don't even have to understand what you are reading. you will understand eventually as you get to answer the follow up questions.

don't cloth your brain with loose information you don't really care about. don't spend all your time on social media. leave your brain room to think. about what you learned, about your surroundings or about nothing important at all. let it relax.

if you got the energy: read. read fiction. read non-fiction. read whatever you feel like. but if you can, read books. long texts you can really fall into. something that makes you feel. something that give you a deep understanding of a topic.

and last but not least: write. collect your thoughts. it helps you process them better. I recommend keeping a small journal that you can carry in your bag easily. or use the notes app on your phone. note down what you think about. note down things you see. get that tasks or worries out of your brain. write down what you are afraid of forgetting so you don't have to hold on to it too hard.

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i cannot hate myself into a version of me i will love.

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i cannot hate myself into a version of me i will love.

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there is no old self to get back to there’s a new u to create n nurture

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not going to self destruct because that’s what the people who hate the idea of me would want me to do. The people who love the reality of me? My friends and loved ones? They want me to be safe.

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I made this, please feel free to use

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Waking up feeling like shit and giving myself grace like

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˙ʇɐqʇᴉnɹɟ ɐ ǝɯoɔǝq oʇ pǝpᴉɔǝp ǝʌ,I

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This distinctively warty lichen is Melanohalea exasperata (with several friends) on a lushly populated oak twig.

It can be tricky to find as it mostly grows high up in the tree canopy - so far I've only enountered it on branches that have recently fallen to the ground.

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If you're lamenting the fact that you used to be able to shoot through a 500-page novel in like a day when you were in middle school and now you can't, it's worth bearing in mind that a big part of that is because when you were in middle school, your reading comprehension sucked. Yes, mental health and the stresses of adult life can definitely be factors, but it's also the case that reading is typically more effortful as an adult because you've learned to Ponder The Implications. The material isn't just skimming over the surface of your brain anymore, and some of the spoons you used to spend on maximising your daily page count are now spent on actually thinking about what you're reading!

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sorry for romanticising the mundane. i have little else

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However long it's going to take, the only sensible thing to do is start now.

Michael Barber, Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

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i love when you can feel the disdain dripping off of a wikipedia article

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terry pratchett (as always) gets it.

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