I never used to understand what “making connections” looked like but it turns out it’s standing at a party and saying “I’ve been thinking about getting into the film industry” and someone saying “Oh, Sarah works in the film industry” and Sarah yelling from accross the room “Did someone say my name?!?!?!”
I figured out the secret life hack that the ableds don’t want you to know about.
My fellow chronic pain and limited mobility bitches, if you’re looking for ways stay active and get some exercise while working around your issues instead of against them, look up “[Thing you want to do] for seniors.”
the most valid ‘consumer action’ you can do is to just buy less shit rather than tearing your hair out finding the most ethical products and companies but still maintaining the same consumption level. anyone with an interest in maintaining an economy based on profits is not going to encourage you to buy less of anything, no matter how sustainable and plant based and so on. rather than thinking overconsumption can be good as long as you find the right stuff to buy, challenge the consumer mindset.
hard pill to swallow: the idea that your ‘soulmate’ or ‘the one’ will know exactly how to make you happy without you ever having to communicate is fake. the fantasy that you will have all your needs met in a relationship without ever having to be vulnerable is fundamentally not true. sometimes you have to express your needs and desires, you have to ask for things, you have to communicate how you want to be loved, it’s uncomfortable and clumsy but relationships are about learning to love each other not being a mind reader