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@kaykayxy

Youth Exchange. USA -> Finland Trying my hardest to find a place in this world. My langblr languages-of-the-soul
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Captain America is a war criminal, Winter soldier is an assassin and Hawkeye murdered people in endgame.

Men™️ on Twitter: How can Captain Marvel, a woman, twist a man’s hand who verbally abused her. She should be put in jail.

this feels appropriate

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Damn, breakups are so painful.

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How do you fall back in love with life?

  1. clean your room.  clean space, uncluttered space, space that doesn’t have miasma clinging to it can work wonders.  clean the dishes.  sweep.  take out the trash.  peel the clothes off the floor and wash them, and then actually fold/hang them.  take a long shower.  scrub behind your knees.  brush your teeth.  (this can be utterly exhausting, but try to get it done in a day, if you can.  the end result is worth it.)
  2. pull out your notebook.  it doesn’t need to be a new notebook, but preferably one that you don’t usually write in, or that you haven’t touched in a while.  fuck moleskins.  the yellow legal pad will work fine.  sit in your room, or in the park, or in the library, and write a list.  count clouds.  describe all the colors that you see, and note patterns that arise.  sketch the cracks in the walls.  note the shape light makes when it enters a space.  talk about what the air tastes like, smells like.  what sounds are there?  even the white nose, break that down: air planes, fans, cicadas, anything.  remind yourself that you are sitting in the middle of a space brimming with detail.  remind yourself that you are not in nothingness and emptiness.  your world is fathomless.  it has potential.
  3. drink cold water and try to eat something that isn’t processed.  it does not need to be fancy.  buy yourself an apple with the change between your couch cushions.  eat it outside.  if you’re someone who walks, walk somewhere afterwards, just to stretch your legs.  take your fucking meds.  remember that its a good thing that you are inside your body.  your body is a fantastic and endlessly intricate machine, and even though society has smacked a bunch of poisonous ideas on it, that doesn’t change its inherent worth and splendor.  take care of it.
  4. read a novel.  underline your favorite lines, and write phrases that twist your heart inside your chest on the back of your hand with an ink pen.  read a novel like it’s poetry.  read poetry, something decadent but unpretentious.  watch a movie you haven’t seen before.  if there are free art galleries near you, walk through one.  take your time.  let yourself bask.  if there are patterns in what makes your soul ache, write those patterns down – marbles arches or soot crumbling bricks or dandelions or descriptions of dresses or whatever it is, write them down.
  5. your chosen family is important.  remember, they picked you as much as you picked them.  the love has no obligation.  it is given freely and it is given from a place of compassion.  you are not a burden.  if you need to breathe, take a minute by yourself and just exist, but remember to go back to your people.  when they need you, listen and be gracious.  always be gracious.  the universe sometimes remembers things like that.
  6. listen to new music.  link jump on youtube or related artist jump on spotify or ask the chap beside you in the cafe what their favorite band is, and listen to that.  listen to something that you don’t usually listen to.  we tend to tie up a lot of memory with music.  we are falling in love again.  the soundtrack needs to be specific to that.  
  7. allow yourself to indulge in romantics.  press flowers in old books.  play movies with subtitles and mouth the words.  dance in your room.  wear something that makes you feel good, even if you wouldn’t wear it in public.  write your chosen family letters, even if you hand deliver them.  write poetry, even awful poetry.  revel in its awfulness.  eat dark chocolate and when your chosen family want to go out, try to go out with them sometimes, even if its just to the market.  
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I hate when someone calls me "smart" to diminish the hard work and time I put into something.

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I have to wake up at 6am every day for college/work, and since both my brothers don't do either they think it's okay to be loud every night. 😭 #sendhelp

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coffeemages

Your daughters do not exist to give you grandchildren

Or domestic labour by the age of 7

And they’re not a mini-mom for their siblings either

Your daughters are not dolls

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bai-gumiho

They are not your emotional support dogs either

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May the 10 of Pentacles bless your account with more money than you can spend. 💵✨

10 of Pentz came thruuu

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violaslayvis

Omg this actually works!!! Thank you 10 of Pentacles!!!

I could seriously use this money right now….

Please give me my refund of 400$ soon…

I feel obligated to reblog this every time it shows up in my dash

No bragging, just 100% floored and grateful. Work hard, maintain a positive attitude, and believe that anything can happen.

So I reblogged this exactly a week ago because I thought it was funny and uh lo and behold, a family friend wrote me a big ol’ check just to help me out of a tough financial spot AND my bank refunded me $32 for fees they’d originally taken out. SO UH YEAH. Reblogging this again in hopes that it brings equally good fortune to my followers.

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penprp

Sure why not? Jobs bring in money and prosperity…

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leradny

I NEED TO FIX MY CAR DOOR

It fucking WORKED.

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“The performances [in ‘Us’] are uniformly fantastic, but I was most impressed by Wright and Nyong’o, both delivering distinct and completely unique work. Nyong’o gives a masterclass in acting in dual roles and is almost unrecognizable as her doppelgänger persona. Not only does she take on an entirely different voice, but her posture, movements and facial expressions are a different individual entirely. At times, I had to remind myself that this was the same woman; that’s just how good she is.” 

— Yolanda Machado, writer for ‘TheWrap’

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By “not-so-popular languages” I mean languages that not many people in the langblr community are learning. Armenian Memrise Mango Languages Loecsen BABADADA Azerbaijani Memrise Mango Languages BABADADA Bengali Memrise Mango Languages Goethe Verlang BABADADA Burmese Memrise Loecsen Cebuano Memrise Digital Dialects BABADADA Filipino/Tagalog Memrise Mango Languages Innovative Language Digital Dialects Internet Polyglot BABADADA Easy Languages

Indonesian Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Loecsen Innovative Language Languages Online Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot BABADADA Easy Languages Javanese Memrise Mango Languages Digital Dialects BABADADA Kannada Memrise Goethe Verlang Kazakh Memrise Mango Languages BABADADA Khmer Memrise BABADADA Kurdish Memrise Digital Dialects BABADADA Kyrgyz Memrise BABADADA Malay Memrise Mango Languages Digital Dialects BABADADA Easy Languages Malayalam Memrise Mango Languages Marathi Memrise Goethe Verlang BABADADA Mongolian Memrise Digital Dialects BABADADA Nepali Memrise BABADADA Pashto Memrise Mango Languages Digital Dialects BABADADA Persian Memrise Mango Languages Mondly Loecsen Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot BABADADA Punjabi Memrise Mango Languages Goethe Verlang BABADADA Tamil Memrise Mango Languages Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot BABADADA Easy Languages Telugu Memrise Mango Languages Goethe Verlang Thai Memrise Mango Languages Mondly Innovative Language Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot BABADADA Easy Languages Tibetan Memrise Digital Dialects Turkish Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Loecsen Innovative Language Languages Online Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang Internet Polyglot BABADADA Easy Languages BaBaDum Urdu Memrise Mango Languages Innovative Language Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang BABADADA Vietnamese Memrise Duolingo Mango Languages Mondly Loecsen Innovative Language Digital Dialects Goethe Verlang BABADADA Easy Languages

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GUIDE TO:

  1. FIX YOUR SLEEPING SCHEDULE (1-2 months)
  2. Try to wake up earlier every day. Like 5 - 10 min earlier than the day before. Until you wake up any time before 8am or so…
  3. If you struggle with waking up & snooze button is you bff:
  4. Put your alarm clock as far away from the bed as possible.
  5. Drink a glass of water right after you wake up.
  6. Pour another glass of water on yourself right after you wake up.
  7. Prepare some coffee the night before, leave it by your bedside, drink it after you wake up.
  8. Have your blinds/curtains open, so that it’s bright after you wake up.
  9. Try to go to bed 5-10 min earlier than the night before.
  10. Track how many hours of sleep you’re getting. Aim to get at least 7h per day or 49h per week. 
  11. Increase your sleeping hours incrementally. Aim to get at least 1h of sleep more than the previous week. For example, if this week you slept for 41hrs, aim to get an extra hour of sleep next week, so it’s 42h.Once you get enough hours of sleep and wake up early-ish.
  12. Try to keep your sleeping schedule consistent. It is really important to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.  Even if it’s weekend. Or even if that means, you getting less than 7hrs of sleep that day. I’d say waking up at the same time everyday is the most important step, which will help you the most with fixing your sleeping schedule.
  13. START EATING HEALTHY (1-2 months)
  14. This step really depends from person to person, but firstly I suggest you take some blood tests to see if you have any deficiencies, etc. Especially, if you struggle with cravings.  
  15. Try intermittent fasting, if you struggle with binge eating or overeating. As it will help you to learn to listen to your body better: when it’s hungry, when it’s full, etc. It’s really simple, there are many methods of Intermittent fasting, but I’d suggest 16/8 for the beginners. (Google it for more info)
  16. DRINK ALL THE WATER. Again, if you’re not drinking enough water, try to level up your water game incrementally. Download some water tracking app on your phone to help you. Drinking water will make you more energetic, increase your metabolism, and decrease you appetite (among many more benefits).
  17. Track what you eating. I would really suggest tracking your meals for around a month. Because, most of the time people have no idea that what they’re eating is unhealthy. Again, download an app to your phone for that.
  18. Make your own meals once in a while. Not only this will save you money, but it’ll help you to see what’s really going into your body.
  19. Eat less meat and more veggies/fruits. Go to your local market and buy some veggies/fruits, you have never tried before. I’m sure you’ll find your new favs. Eat/buy less meat. Not only it’s good for the environment, but it is good for you, too. Get a veggie burger instead of the beef one, etc.
  20. Cut dairy. Find your new favourite milk substitute. Advice: Oat milk is really good with the tea and oatmeal/porridge; hazelnut milk is amazing on it’s own; cashew milk goes well with cereals.
  21. Learn more about nutrition in general. It will help you to make better food choices and it will make eating healthy much easier in general, because once you understand all the chemistry behind the food and what it does to your body, you kinda don’t want to make yourself feel worse. Here are some free resources: - Human nutrition course from Alison.com - Crash course Metabolism&Nutrition: Part 1 and Part 2 - The Health Nerd’s YouTube Playlist about nutrition - What I’ve Learnt YouTube Playlist - Human nutrition course from Alison.com - Crash course Metabolism&Nutrition: Part 1 and Part 2 - The Health Nerd’s YouTube Playlist about nutrition - What I’ve Learnt YouTube Playlist
  22. GET PHYSICALLY FIT (2-6 months)
  23. Define your goals. Do you want to lose weight, do you want to get stronger, gain weight, be able to climb stairs without losing breath, run 5k?
  24. Remember - you’re half-way through. Being physically fit has a lot to do with what you put into your body. So, if you fulfilled the previous step of eating healthy - you are half way through!
  25. Make a plan. A Reasonable plan. Be honest with yourself.
  26. Start small. Like, 5 min exercise in the morning. Or doing 10 sit ups per day. Don’t do anything overwhelming, like running 5k everyday if you haven’t run for the past 5 years.
  27. Make sure that you kinda like what you’re doing. If you absolutely hate running - don’t do it. Hate doing sit ups in the morning? Try some yoga instead.
  28. Explore until you find what you like. You don’t have to go to gym to get fit, especially if you hate it. Find a type of exercise, which you actually like. Maybe it’s dancing or hiking, taking your dog for a walk. Sign up for several trial lessons of various sport clubs. Ditch ‘em if you have them until you find something that you love. Stick with that.
  29. Do the small changes in your everyday life. Stairs>Escalator, Walk>Drive, Do some squats while brushing your teeth, switch from regular desk to standing desk, etc…  Find ways to incorporate being active into your everyday life
  30. Track your effort instead of your progress. You cannot really control your progress that much (especially if your goal was to lose weight). However, you can always control your effort. So track it instead. This will leave you more motivated. As you will be able to see that you can do more and more everyday. Whereas, if you tracked your progress, you may not always get the result you hoped for, which might demotivate you and make you upset, wanting to quit.
  31. BEAT DEPRESSION
  32. Do the previous 3 steps and you’re half way through.
  33. See a therapist/doctor. Depression is an illness, requiring medical treatment. So, get it. Remember: there is absolutely no fucking shame in having a mental illness.
  34. Get some extra support. Talk to your friends or family. Or maybe someone on the internet.
  35. Write it out. If you don’t want to talk - write down your thoughts. It can be just as helpful. It’ll help you to understand yourself better, see problems in your thinking, etc.
  36. Distract yourself from yourself. Get someone/something to take care of, so that you can, for a moment, stop thinking about yourself and focus on something else. E.g, get a plant, or a dog, or a fish.
  37. Self-care day. Dedicate at least one day per week for self-care. Take yourself out, either to a museum or some fancy cafe, do some stuff you like, whatever your hobbies are, do some physical self care: bath, face mask, manicure, etc., listen to some nice music, watch a film…..
  38. STOP PROCRASTINATION
  39. Celebrate your victories instead of mourning over your loses.So the only thing you’ve done today was write one sentence for your 20 page essay? Amazing! Buy yourself a candy for that!! I mean, you could’ve done nothing, but you didn’t - you wrote that one sentence and that’s worth celebrating.
  40. Do it for only 2 minutes. If there’s an important thing you’ve been putting off for a while, tell yourself that you will only spend 2 minutes on doing it. If after 2 minutes you don’t want to do it anymore, great, stop it. However, after 2min. you actually might want to do more. No pressure either way.
  41. Track your productivity. Track how much time you’ve been productive that day. Try to increase that time by a little bit every day.
  42. Always forgive yourself. So, it’s been a week and you’ve done nothing? Don’t sweat it. Let it go. Blaming yourself will bring you absolutely nothing. Nothing good will come out of your negativity on yourself. So stop it. Forgive yourself and start again. And again, if you need to. Never stop trying. Always pick yourself after you fall. Beating procrastination and increasing your discipline is a skill. And all skills can be build on. There is nothing in you stopping you from changing. Remember that.
  43. LEARN HOW TO DO TAXES (1h - 1 day)
  44. Go to google.com.
  45. Type in: “How to do taxes *the name of the country you’re living in*”
  46. Read the results.
  47. GET MENTALLY STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE PHONE CALLS
  48. Remember that just as with beating procrastination, making phone calls is a skill. And, again, skills can be learnt.
  49. Get a new SIM card.
  50. Top it up.
  51. Dial some random numbers and pretend to be a salesman, selling whatever you like.. E.g., trying to sell broadband, cable tv, trying to get people to donate for some charity… Or whatever really… Me and some friends used to pretend we’re selling kittens or wood logs. Alternatively, you can pretend that you dialed a wrong person and talk about whatever, e.g. “Hey, Jess!! You wont believe what I saw today!! *start telling a made-up story*…”
  52. If you get uncomfortable - just drop the call. No consequences whatsoever.
  53. Repeat until you build up your game and your phone-call anxiety starts to diminish.
  54. SLAY THOSE BITCHES Congratulations, now you’re ready to take over the world! Got get ‘em!!

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