Life can be shit sometimes. I’m here to help make it a little more tolerable

Penny for your thoughts.. Why? Add a little ~balance~ If you've been contemplating pursuing something new or different, but are too afraid to go there because you've spent so much "precious time" focusing on something else, THIS IS YOUR SIGN to go and do it! Comparison really is the thief of joy All those big changes we want happening in our lives, start with the smaller steps we aren't making It was during that period of my mind exploding, followed by emptiness, feelings of worthlessness and just resenting/questioning everything to do with my life, did I finally say fuckit and start doing things the way I thought would make me happy. I put everyone elses needs to the side and focused on me, and did things my way. I've been feeling so weak and unwell lately, then got tested positive for Covid, yesterday. But the hardest part is definitely this triggering my anxiety. I found myself in such extreme anxiousness and last night I couldn't sleep or help but cry. Feeling sick and anxious means I've been struggling to work or write at all. It was a miracle I managed to publish yesterdays blog post. "It’s sad but it’s true. We can end up feeling like, “agh, if I was a guy, I wouldn’t be having this problem”, and that is the worst mentality you could possibly have. Being a girl shouldn’t make you feel like your talents, freedom and capabilities are any less than a guy. It brews the idea of the female gender being the lesser of two. No, no it’s not. Just stop." Read it, repeat it, chant it till it sticks. You don't EARN eating. That's not how it works. You don't look at yourself, criticize the parts you dislike or looks a little flabby and get to think that "I'm going to drink tea all day and try to avoid eating", is the answer, because it's not. Sometimes to protect your own wellbeing, you need to put yourself first. Noone cares about your own health and safety more than their own. They're all looking out for themselves. Set boundaries, otherwise noone's going to take you seriously. Dear Inner Critics Been thinking about everything I need to achieve/ get done for the near future, then it just dawned on me, i need to RELAX. We're constantly beating ourselves up for the mistakes we make or fuck ups in our lives, thinking "shit I could've done better, or did XYZ differently" Wish it wasn't true lol but you won't get everything you hope to achieve unless you're willing to do the messy part. The bit that isn't fun or exciting. Instead, dull, boring, difficult and stressful. The part that makes you want to say fuck it I'm done, and give up. That's where you need to push through because THAT'S where the success is hiding. LIVE! My latest piece, "Stop saying sorry" is up on StressedinProgress.com Forreal 🙃 I love the idea of a phoenix rising from the ashes. We question a struggle that provides us with nothing except the opportunity for growth. New POST live at stressedinprogress.com Bring on lockdown😬 well we'll see what 5pm says Normalise feeling "bad" emotions. I know my journey to success won't be a quick and easy one. A lot of us 20+yr-olds have it really hard right now, especially with pursuing your career during this crazy time in our life. I wouldn't be who I am without all the awful things that happened to me. Not to say I enjoy all these awful circumstances😅 We spend so much time being miserable over the fact that we're feeling crap, fighting it off, questioning why we feel that way and hating ourselves for feeling it at all, that we end up feeling way worse. AND IT'S LIVE! Why "it's productive to be unproductive" on my blog stressedinprogress.com I definitely don't like everybody and I'm sure as hell you don't either. So why does it bother us so much when someone dislikes us? Maybe I should write my thoughts on this soon?👀 So I made cashew milk. I hate cashew milk. Along with any other nutty milk bases. Might make almond milk the next time I decide to be productive🙂 You gotta start somewhere in life sadly that's usually at the bottom, haha😅 Some uplifting spirit from Beatrice Lacy to Mrs De Winter! Who's seen the latest adaptation 'Rebecca', on Netflix? Forreal go insane