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Jeep In AZ

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'66 CJ6 and Other things I love brought to you from AZ.
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RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE. 

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn’t get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn’t have much to ‘bring’ to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

“What are you struggling with?” he asked.

I gestured around me and said “I dunno man. Life.”

Not satisfied with my answer, he said “No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?”

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn’t want to say it.

I wanted to have something more substantial.

Something more profound.

But I didn’t.

So I told him, “Honestly? The dishes. It’s stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN’T do them because I’ll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can’t stand and scrub the dishes.”

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I’m whining to my therapist about dishes?

But my therapist nodded in understanding and then said:

“RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.”

I began to tell him that you’re not supposed to, but he stopped me.

“Why the hell aren’t you supposed to? If you don’t want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist, so stop giving yourself rules.”

It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I’m in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES.

RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!

(by Kate Scott 2018)

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jeepinaz

this ^

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mcnostril

I have discovered the truth about chainmail bikinis, and it is imperative those wearing such armor do not think about it too hard or they may inadvertently cross the line between Sexy Hero and Homicidal Pervert.

I actually appreciate how aggressively non sexy this whole comic is

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If u want to write a story about a character that's just you but hotter with a dark twisted backstory and magical powers and a pet falcon or something, I think u should just go ahead and do that. Who's gonna stop you? The government?? Fuck the police.

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charlon-lumi

What if someone barges in, points at said character and scream, “Mary Sue!”

Tell them to come back with a warrant

This post came across my dash again and now I am having an absolute blast with self insert hotter me that gets the girls and guys everywhere.

This is the Way

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jld-az

need a permission slip? have a permission slip

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IF I could go back in time and tell 10, 20, 30 year old me something it would be.

You Matter You are Important You are worthwhile You are good enough

Your Desires are valid

Aspirations matter Goals are important and worth making Dreams are worth having

The Plan doesnt have to be perfect The plan doesnt need to be in place before you start You dont even have to have a plan

Plans are good and Valid A plan once made is not set in stone Deviation from that plan is not only fine, it is Normal, Expected and not an offense to be punished

Spend time on You Spend time with You, Do you like you?

Be Honest…. BE HONEST!!!! First and foremost with that person in the mirror.

There more NEEDS than basic human survival. There are things you NEED that you will not die without.

You dont have to "Earn It" In most cases you cannot "Earn It"

You may understand that you are not entitled to anything You are not owed anything you dont deserve anything…. This does not mean YOU are Undeserving To be Undeserving is to be unworthy To be Unworthy is to expect nothing, to want nothing, to hope for nothing to live in a world of pure reaction to not pursue that what you want to not even want because you will never get it anyway to not even try because why bother? When you resign yourself to misery, expect no sympathy, accept no help, then there is truly no way out.

when you do not pursue that which you want, you react to what others want. When you only react you will only hear and find those who need help. You end up with rescues because only those who need to be rescued call out for help.

Spend some time on what you want, Figure out what YOU want Do not blindly believe that what you are told you should want is what you actually do want Do not blindly believe that getting what you are told you should want will actually make you happy

When you find what you want, You may find others who also share that want When you find what you do want, you will also see when others do not share that want

Spend some time with yourself, spend some time alone. When you realize that you don't like to be alone, ask yourself why. Why are not not good enough alone? Why do you have to earn it? Why, if you cant do it on your own, Do you not deserve it?

Ask for help, Ask for things, Ask for anything. Allow others to help you Allow others to be there for you In the same way you want to be there for others Realize others want to be there for you too

You know the satisfaction you feel when you help those you care about you deny others any opportunity to feel that same joy and satisfaction you crave.

Be Open Be Vulnerable

Realize that you do not ask because you cannot control the outcome when it is left to someone else Realize that you do not decide because it spares you any possibility of rejection Realize that you have no strong opinions in any direction because you do not want to be challenged Realize that you do not want to fail but never trying does not mean you never fail, you never tried.

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reblogged

i love that motorcycles exist. like i'm genuinely so glad that someone was like "what if bikes were as fast as cars and could turn you into roadkill if you hit a pothole"

what if there was a vehicle so dangerous you had to wear armor to drive it

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