✨ Day 290/365 ✨ of positive reflections and self-care

Let's talk about today 📝

Today has been an alright day. We celebrated my dad's birthday (it was actually yesterday, but we had cake today), then I spent like 4-5 hours working, and the morning was nice because I spent lots of time with my partner, playing videogames and having breakfast together. It was pretty wholesome. I also found 15 minutes to exercise and stretch, and I missed that very much. I'm trying to focus on "just because I can't do 1 hour workouts, doesn't mean 10 minutes won't feel good". There's so many feelings about how I perceive life in general, that I want to intentionally change to something more positive. This is also why I started a tiny cup of positivitea. Go change how I think. I just need to commit to it and be kind to myself.

What are you grateful for today? 🌻

I'm very grateful for myself and my partner, but also my family and my dad. I really care for them.

What are you looking forward to tomorrow? 🌄

I'm looking forward getting most of my prep work done for the week. I also want to exercise/do yoga and keep my magnesium levels in check. I also want to take care of myself.

there's not a single shred of positivity in this community. look how slow this blog is compared to tattler. I've been submitting things since positivitea opened and I feel like I'm the only one now. what the heck, y'all. be sweet.

with that I wanna say: hey positivitea. you're a light in this community and I love you, whoever you are.

I wasn't sure if I was going to post this, because the beginning was a little pessimistic, but I ultimately decided the good outweighed the bad for the message of requesting more positivity. So... Be the change, right?

Hey, Nonnie. Thank you. I love you too. But to be honest? You're wrong, and I say that with nothing but love in my heart. There is so much positivity in this community, if you know where to look. Let me point some out to you:

Say what you will about the admin teams that consistently open sites together... But the point is, they found friends that they could staff with. Staffing isn't easy! We all have a horror story or two. They found comfort, like minds, friendship and they stuck by it. Loyalty, friendship, especially across great distances like the rpc offers is a huge positive. It's worth cherishing.

A staffer made a decision you don't agree with? You can leave. You can voice discontent. You can make a whole new site. You can join a whole new site. You don't ever have to write with them, literally ever. We have so much freedom in this hobby, and that's a powerful thing.

Think about the worst thread you have ever written, and I mean the worst thread. That was practice. I know, I know, but really. That's valuable. You learned what not to do, that's a big thing. You took that and think of every better thread you've written since. Every better character, every better sentence even. That's important. And besides, it's just one thread, with some stranger in a sea of strangers in a for fun hobby. It's roleplay for a reason, let it be fun.

I'm asking you to add your own positivity to this, through comments or reblogs or whatever. I'm begging you to spread a little kindness, a little joy. Shout out a friend, even if it's private. Do something this week to remind yourself why we're still in the RPC at all, why it still sparks joy. Do something for yourself, even.

I love you, RPC. We got this.

(also sent this earlier today but again. it never went thru) *sends u every song on my playlist for u in an attempt to make u feel better*

no wait they went through i just don't get notifs for submissions so i never checked 😭 im so sorry but thank you bubby i love you sm <33

𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

good  day  my  beloved  people  !  !  i  wanna  use  this  positivitea  morning  to  spread  some  love  and  appreciate  the  wonderful  @bluejedii .  i  think  that  i  don ‘ t  need  to  mention  how  MUCH  I  ADORE  REY  and  how  much  i  would  have  liked  to  write  her  myself  (  but  since  im  a  total  mess  and  can ‘ t  handle  more  than  one  blog  i  can  but  stare  at  others  and  cry  from  afar  ) .  either  way .  i  am  following  this  one  for  quite  some  time  now  and  i  can  honestly  say  that ,  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart ,  her  portrayal  is  among  the  best  i  have  ever  seen .  she  puts  so  much  detail  into  everything ,  has  got  such  great  headcanons  that  turn  madame  jedi  into  way  more  than  the  movies  made  out  of  her  and  generally  shows  off  that  this  girl  means  a  lot  to  her .  i  know  that  the  star  wars  community  can  be  a  quite  rough  place  to  be  at ,  to  write  at ,  to  make  friends ,  BUT  LISTEN .  this  mun  is  a  little  sunshine ,  a  positive  and  precious  gem  and  never fails  to  make  me  smile  with  the  stuff  she  posts ,  reblogs  and  creates .  also  i  should  mention  that  her  ideas  to  throw  rey  into  the  world  of  marvel  are  simply  ingenious  and  that  i  can ‘ t  wait  for  our  ladies  to  have  more  interactions ,  because  amelia  will  always  protect  her .  

Jupiter’s Lunchtime Positivitea 🔆

This is a very quick and easy positivity spell that I came up with over that last couple of days. I usually do it while I’m getting ready to eat lunch in my dorm room between classes. It’s super easy to do without arousing suspicion from my roommates, and I figured my fellow baby college witches would enjoy it :3

You will need: 

A mug in whatever size you like

A bag of tea you like

Sun water

Lemon juice

Cinnamon

A spoon

Fill your mug about ¾ full with sun water. If you don’t have much and you don’t know when you’ll be able to make some again (due to roommates or other things), just pour a little in the mug and fill it the rest of the way with regular water. 

Place your tea bag in the mug. I usually use a bag of Yogi brand Vanilla Spice Perfect Energy tea for a boost of energy in the middle of my day. 

Put your mug in the microwave for around 2 minutes (you can adjust this to the amount of tea you’re making and how hot you’d like it). Leave the tea to steep for a couple more minutes, then take it out. 

Add a few drops of lemon juice and a bit of cinnamon to taste while stirring clockwise and saying (either out loud or in your head), “By the energy of the sun and its element fire, I bring positivity into my day.” Repeat this until you are satisfied, then remove the tea bag and enjoy! 

I usually visualize a bright glow of energy coming from me every time I take a drink. If my roommates aren’t around, I also use the very last bit of tea to draw a sun on my desk using my fingers while focusing on my intent to bring some positivity to my workspace. I hope this was helpful! :)

~ Jupiter <3

my ridiculousness. 🤷🏻‍♀️ i have a really, really kinked right shoulder, so i’ve been using more cbd the past few days. the puffco has raw garden’s ‘sangria’ in it - mostly thc, but a fair showing of cbd..about a 10:1, thc:cbd ratio, i believe...the frida mug has kikoko’s positivitea freshly steeped, 10mg thc to 5mg cbd...a few plus gummies in the cranberry shortbread sativa variety...some espresso as part of my regular routine...a beer cause mike opened one in the middle of a ridiculous, drunken stupor at 2am, so i’m just taking one for the team with that...an essential oil blend for the bath water in peppermint, basil, orange, lavender, and patchouli...and some crystals, a herkimer, some rose quartz, nuumite, and rhodochrosite, for a quick meditation after reading some of the cantadora’s stories about wild women. truly hibernating in my best styles. 🐻🤩😴it’s been a strange couple weeks of lessons and energies. men’s egos. my ego. egos. lol. what futile, silly creatures we humans can be!?! how scared a man’s ego can be of a truly strong and wild woman. how coarse mine can be to figuring out if our egos can cope with one another given the realities we are subjected to. (but i don’t feel like a subject or object any longer. and therein lies the rub...) and how downright dismissive my ego can be when you see only the murky haze the system wants you to see of me and you fail to surrender to your own spirit to properly see me. but, i know this is a process, i’m working on softening my rough edges. being patient and empathetic. i make a thousand mistakes a day. i’m probably making some right now...lol. but, i’m trying things. new things every damn day. and that’s all i can ask of any one’s ego...my own or mike’s or anyone else significant to one of us...try. new. things. let go of anything that makes you feel shame and guilt and try. new. things. no matter how silly or mundane. it’s new. shut off previous judgements and experience something entirely new. with a positive mindset. and then by all means, take a nice bath and relax, healing is hard work.🥰 (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br80GYDhsPWSsbAK23UE_2WzR-DIdaf1HoCbPw0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ec5e3kdxbid4

Just in time for May

April was an interesting time where I would constantly feel like I wasn't enough. Wasn't able to get into the super productive flow I had in late January through February, I let a lot of things I had planned to do simply fall off my radar, and I was constantly frustrated by what felt like an inability to even concentrate on my work. Paired with the fact that April is the busiest time of the semester (outside the craziness that is finals), I am simply thoroughly and utterly exhausted.

I spent the past week trying to get into a routine, waking up earlier in the morning and sleeping earlier at night (with the added benefit of fixing my sleep schedule). It held for about a week, but broke over the weekend when I was up until 5 AM then 2 AM the next evening (this was a good time to destress and take a mental health break though).

It wasn't all bad though. I hit one of my 2019 goals in April, to volunteer 100 hours.🎉🎊🎉 I had planned to do it over the course of the full year but am simply astounded by how I managed to do it in a semester. Here's to growing further than we could have imagined! 🌻🌻🌻

I also spent this time thinking about how to make my bujo more effective. The calendar format I tried in April was interesting but I didn't give myself time to really figure out if that works best for me (which, paired with my other frustrstions, led to nearly a month of disuse). I find gratitude very important, and finding the positive moments in each day to be beneficial (especially when it becomes a challenge on a rough day), so I plan to continue to record the positiviTEA in my life 🍵☕. I find that I often have too many goals each month, so I'm only setting one goal.

I've read that it takes about a month to form a habit. I've made it my goal to form habits, and I've decided to pick six that I've really been meaning to do and were part of what I envision is my ideal day as a student. Here's to forming habits in May! 💪💪

too many to memorize so all of them except for the mean and romantic ones

aw but dont you wanna wish me going to hell in a platonic way 🥺 we can go together /j

emoji ask game

💜🥺✨🥶👹👀🤪😼💯

💜 - i have a platonic crush on you

🥺 - you're cool

✨ - i hope you know i exist

🥶 - you're a good person

👹 - i love seeing you on my dash

👀 - i like your personality

🤪 - i'd hold you if you're sad

😼 - i'd bitch slap someone for you

💯 - we should be besties

oh goodness thank you so much, these are so sweet!! all of them right back atcha 🥺🥺 and dude ofc we can be besties just hmu whenever, i dont bite i prommy <3

emoji ask game

hi hi hi!!!! happy valentine's day lovebug!!!! i love and appreciate you loads and talking to you always always always lifts my spirits!!! you're kinda like a lil sibling i can talk to about anything, no matter how weird (unless you're just barely older than me but i doubt it) and like. idk the urge to Protect is strong when it comes to you and i just care about you a lot, and i figured, what better day to say all this than valentine's day? you're like a lil baby sib that i just wanna hug and spend time with 24/7 and make sure you're happy (while we're here, remember you can come to me for anything)............i hope you have a really great day, love, and i also hope you're able to get that girl you told me about!!! so so so much love from me to you, i hope you can feel it.......big kith!!! -3- okay byeeeeeee

PLS YOU'RE SO SWEET 🥺🥺

bro literally like- all of this goes right back to you!! except for the lil sib stuff but only because you're like a big sib to me instead of a lil sib and i just,,,,, bro i can talk to you about literally anything and it's so nice (also thank you for the encouragement for getting that girl i really appreciate it <3)

you're such a joy to talk to and im so thankful for you and my friendship with you and i give you so so so so so much love back to you!! big ol kithes and i hope u have a lovely day babes <33

hey kobes how are you, i haven't been here for a while and i just wanted to say that i missed you 🥺 you're really amazing and i love you very much ✨

omg hi malin, i missed you too!! you're so awesome and swag, i hope you're doing alright and it's so awesome to talk to you again 🥺💕 love ya so much <33

for the emoji thingy:

😼

💯

😼 - i'd bitch slap someone for you

💯 - we should be besties

i'd bitch slap someone for you too 😼 also bold of you to assume we're not already besties /lh

emoji ask game

Just wanted to send some positivity to the wonderful one and only kobra *slingshots you good vibes*

!!!!!! thank you nix!! sending some good vibes right back to you sweets <33

hihihihihihi i feel super bouncy n positive rn and i felt like sending an ask instead so hihihi ily and ur super fun to talk to and u make me feel very happy 🥰🥰🥰

!!!!! hihihihihi im super happy that you're positive rn that's really really good :) and ilyt and you're also super fun to talk too and you also make me feel very happy and also you're really super funny 🥰🥰 mwah ilysm

💌 send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

oh goodness thank you so much babes!! i dont know if i could ever narrow it down to twelve but just know that you're definitely one of the nicest people i've ever met and you're so strong, i'm so proud of you for everything you've done 💕