young me especially would have hated hearing this but networking is literally the most important thing you can do to improve your situation like forget economic barriers to education etc just keep making friends with different people and eventually someone will offer you a hand up just because they dig your vibe and that is exactly all that's happening when undeserving people surpass you anyway

something about foreshadowing being more prominent the second time around reading a story but in a way that the meaning is changed forever and you can never view a story the same as you once did before. do you know what i mean.

march 8th, friday | (2–)5/100 days of productivity

As it turns out, the hardest part of this productivity challenge is finding photos to post. That, and going to sleep on time. I've been kind of failing at that. But! This week has been noticeably better than usual.

Cannot stop thinking about Anne magill paintings. Maybe my new favorite painter. She just captures this ..,,,,,, dreamy feeling...,,, a certain tenderness..... a fleeting moment of contentedness..... like nothing else I’ve seen

five recipes for an exciting life (in my opinion)

spending enough time creating things with your hands (baking, drawing, scrapbooking, doodling, crocheting, journaling and so on)

keeping track of things like pretty skies, milestones, happy memories, appointments you're looking forward to

listening to music that genuinely makes you feel happy and energetic

making a habit of reaching out to people in a way that's comfortable to you (i send my dad songs he might like, my friend sends me monthly life updates)

being kind to all your five senses → like investing in a scented candle or essential oil dispenser or body mist, having a soft blanket or socks (or a soft animal to pet), listening to birdsong or the rain, looking at the sky more often, and having your favorite foods enough times

Where’s your head at? Greg Dunn

We really do need to bring back the word "trolling" and warning ppl not to feed the trolls

"Moss agate" is a rockhound term for finely-crystalline quartz (such as chalcedony) with greenish or brownish or blackish mineral inclusions. Locality: gravel bar along the Yellowstone River, Montana, USA

From The Cane Groves of Narmada River, a book of Sanskrit erotic poetry translated and introduced by Andrew Schelling.

Seven photographs of the total solar eclipse visible in Russia on 7 August 1887. Observations made at the astronomical observatory outside the city of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia in Russia

oh fuck *falls back into old habits* *screen fades to black* *level loading* TIP: your belief that you are incapable of changing for the better will become a self fulfilling prophecy if left unchallenged

some of my fav rothkos from the dc exhibit + a quote

screenshots of despair

Searching for a Palestinian After by George Abraham

“The past is a future we return to” —Fargo Tbakhi

literally half the reason i tag stuff on here is so i can go back and browse my own blog. i am my blog’s #1 fan

from "11 POEMS—TITLES BY AZIZ SHIHAB—FROM HIS NOTEBOOKS" as featured in Naomi Shihab Nye's Transfer: Poems