Small artists you need to understand that when you see an artist who you think has 'made it' tells you not to worry about the numbers and to not fret about getting more likes than reblogs they are not telling you it because they think you are stupid for caring or because they dont need to network to survive they are very likely telling you that because they have witnessed first hand the way the numbers game tears people to shreds in terms of mental health and motivation

Do not judge yourself for needing rest or for needing even more rest than you usually do. Give yourself what you need to the degree that is possible, and please don’t be harsh on yourself. No one ever needed less rest because someone went “hey! Rest less! How dare you!”. We don’t work like that. And I hope you are met with understanding, love and support. 🌸

I don’t know how to say this in a way that doesn’t sound like I’m advocating for casual cruelty or whatever but something that grates so much about this current social moment is how many people are incapable of saying they dislike something or someone without cooking up some higher morally correct reason for their dislike. Sometimes you just disliked a book. Sometimes you don’t “get” an actor or a musician. There’s nothing morally wrong with your girl’s fuckass boyfriend he’s literally just annoying and you’re annoyed that you have to pretend you like him when you know he’ll be history in six months. It’s fine. You don’t need to justify your dislike.

that ask response that was going around a few weeks ago

K. M. Walton, Empty

anyway i don’t really know where I’m going with this post, i just wanted to talk about it. Wherever you are, i hope you’re having a good day, and if you’re not, i hope they come soon. I know it’s hard, but please hold on and take care of yourself the best way you can.

woke up for the first time in a while feeling less sick. Which is such a weird feeling when you have chronic illness and usually wake up exhausted, you know? For a change, today I woke up tired, but not exhausted. In pain, but able to move. And it’s hard for other people to understand that you’re always is some kind of fatigue and pain, that it doesn’t go away on “good days”. It’s especially hard for others to relate when you’re young and most of your peers don’t deal with the same health issues

and “good days” can turn out to be bad really fast when you suddenly start feeling ill and sometimes it’s hard to even find the reason why it changed so fast

woke up for the first time in a while feeling less sick. Which is such a weird feeling when you have chronic illness and usually wake up exhausted, you know? For a change, today I woke up tired, but not exhausted. In pain, but able to move. And it’s hard for other people to understand that you’re always is some kind of fatigue and pain, that it doesn’t go away on “good days”. It’s especially hard for others to relate when you’re young and most of your peers don’t deal with the same health issues

Like it cannot be overstated how collective change is built by a collection of small, sustained individual actions. You giving what you can to one person, you helping one person when you can, you communicating with one person, sharing with one person, everything, it all adds up. That is how we build community. Its not big and dramatic and all at once. It is mundane but continuous.

woke up for the first time in a while feeling less sick. Which is such a weird feeling when you have chronic illness and usually wake up exhausted, you know? For a change, today I woke up tired, but not exhausted. In pain, but able to move. And it’s hard for other people to understand that you’re always is some kind of fatigue and pain, that it doesn’t go away on “good days”. It’s especially hard for others to relate when you’re young and most of your peers don’t deal with the same health issues

“I think this is what we all want to hear: That we are not alone in hitting the bottom, and that it is possible to come out of that place courageous, beautiful, and strong.”

— Anna White, Mended

a line

in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off

the phrase ‘this is my first time being alive’ has done wonders for me recently. Yeah, I don’t know how to navigate this situation! It’s brand new to me and I’m learning on the fly, aren’t humans such wonderfully adaptive creatures?

stop believing that you ran out of time to shape yourself into who you want to be! stop believing that its ruined! stop believing you don’t have potential! you are not a fixed being! you have endless opportunities to grow.

Whenever I see old pictures of me, I feel love for her. Looking at a beautiful sunset knowing most people will see it and think about its magnificence, I feel love for being alive. Loving others and being loved changed me, surely, for the better. And maybe that’s good enough as a life’s purpose. It allows me to have hope

It’s okay to stop doing something if it isn’t making you happy or if it’s taking too much of a toll on your mental health. #yourmentalhealthmatters #wordsofadvice #otters