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my tummy hurts in places you don’t even know exist

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it is your responsibility as an adult to not allow your own personal trauma and psychological baggage to exacerbate the reactionary impulses which you inevitably developed growing up in the shadow of capitalism & the protestant moral code

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i wish some of you lived down the street so i could go to your house and bother you in person every single day

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my brother gave me this idea last night and my brain exploded, I'm so surprised this is not more of a Thing???

(Greg has a number because he stole the rock from Old Lady Daniel's garden and is a stealer)

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god i want to tweeze that q-tip lookin twink’s eyebrows so bad

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bribing myself with little treats so i do my weekend errands

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how i’m doing:

currently having a meltdown over the fact that my delivery guy replaced the hot sauce i wanted with one i don’t like and then within 90 seconds checked out and closed the order as i was opening the notification and when i asked him to exchange it for a different replacement he said no

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how are the other items on your todo list going?

i was going to be like A SMASHING SUCCESS I DID IT ALL a little bit tongue in cheek and leave it at that bc it’s been a hard year actually but it turns out i really have intentionally done a lot of these things?? so i got excited and now i want to share!!! thanks pal for asking i appreciate it 💕

the only thing i haven’t done as i intended is the first one, i have been managing ~*~an illness~*~ and it’s not comfortable for me to go out or host folks while under the weather so i will say my IRL friendships have been mostly me texting my friends that i love them and keeping up with my pocket friends but not planning a lot of visits/travel. i DID manage to make it to europe to visit my bff due to some last minute convenient timing and a lucky week of feeling well enough to get on a plane. and when i am feeling mostly alright i do make a point to hang with my brother & my dnd pals in person!! so really i am completing this one in spirit even though it wasn’t how i pictured it when i wrote it (hanging out with friends once a week)

but yeah like - the rest of it i’ve made very distinct choices to do (or not!!!)

i’ve cut back on the time i gave to one extremely old friendship where every conversation became a therapy session and was making ME feel like i needed to go back to therapy just to get the tools to help this person and that was causing me a lot of stress. but instead i was simply like “i don’t have time for this” and so i stopped making time for it and it allowed me to free up so much energy & brainpower to give to my other pals. we still talk but it feels so nice to not have to walk on eggshells with every interaction, or get the feeling of dread in my stomach every time i saw a text from them.

big lady & the boy have become so much more snuggly with me now and i honestly love it lol like i hate the cat hair floating around the house and being in my nose but i love when i’m sitting on the couch and honey picks MY lap to sit in and cooper lets me scoop him up and parade him around the house like he’s my little babydoll

i have been working real hard on setting boundaries with family members and not keeping my mouth shut when my folks say something out of pocket but also in general i’ve been trying to be kind in interactions rather than just placating people. this has kinda been hand & hand with energy vampirism ignoring like this one lady from work kept asking me to hang out outside of work because “you’re the only person who’s nice to me” and i was like “and i will continue to be, but i do not want to hang out outside of work” because she only ever talked about herself lol. and THAT has been super freeing, not doing things that i don’t want to i mean

i recommend everyone gets a humidifier for next to their bed, 10/10 improved my breathing at night especially during the dry season!!!! just make sure you clean it weekly

i dance around my house pretty much once a week if i’m honest, usually while waiting for nuggies to finish in the air fryer

im still obsessed w my girl as i was on day 1 and i can’t wait to marry her someday. i’m gonna be the guy that’s always like ‘MY WIFE—’ lol building a home with her has been so natural and fun over this year and it helps that we have similar taste in things but really i have been declutterring so much of MY stuff to make room for OUR things and it’s been so. rewarding sounds dumb but it’s like there’s no doubt that we are always on the same team and it’s so great. i still very much have the things that in love squirreled away like my edward cullen and katniss everdeen barbies and my digimon figurines but i’m trying to be very intentional about what i keep vs give away vs throw away and it’s such a project but i’m excited about doing it

keeping my inner peace has become weirdly easy since i have a VERY clear picture of what’s important to me in my life since this flare up started. my priorities are: my health, amelia, my family & friends, keeping my house nice/reducing stress in my life, and THEN work. it’s still a priority but like no i’m not missing my gf’s birthday dinner because you suck at planning meetings across timezones. and no i’m not doing 42hours of travel to india because you think it’ll be good for me to have experience on their computer station rather than the one in my home office. figure it out lol

on top of all of it, my new year’s resolutions i wrote down in my actual journal were to open a high yield savings account and start saving (for a house??? an airstream?! who knows not me yet tbh) and also to read one book a month, and i’ve done both of those things so far!! i’m actually up to 11 this year and about halfway thru my next one and it’s only september

so despite this year being a little crappy health-wise i’ve actually done so much work to be happy. thanks for the reminder i didn’t know i needed!! :-)

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success

to do 2024

- spend time with friends galore

- energy vampires: ignore

- pet cats i adore

- don’t be nice no more

- use humidifier

- tear up the dance floor

- love her with ardor

- keep inner peace (see number 4)

- taco bell baja blast gelato

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She's a hero with a dark past. She's obsessed with fishing. She's been to literal hell and back multiple times. She had the power to kill gods. She's a woman in stem. She's bisexual. She invented CPR. She loves booze flamethrowers. She can do ten front flips without touching the ground. She's responsible for multiple significant historical events. She did couples therapy in musical form. She loves baths. She has many skills. I didn't say a name but she popped into your head didn't she.

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Instructions for how to download a Youtube video using VLC on Reddit

Instructions for how to navigate the underworld on an Orphic gold tablet

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ALLAMARAINE

move along home!!

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This too shall pass but like holy fuck

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i just heard the phrase “if you wouldn’t trust their advice, don’t trust their criticism” for the first time and i don’t think i’ve ever needed to hear anything more

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Please elaborate in the tags! My personal favorite 'bad' smell is chlorine because it reminds me of summers spent at the pool.

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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

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You live in a house decorated according to your url. What does it look like