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I have been breathing planet earth air for 40 years today!
In an attempt to have something to show for all those years, I will be engaging in the following self-indulgent thread cataloguing the things I am learning/have learned. If that kind of thing offends you avert your eyes
In an attempt to have something to show for all those years, I will be engaging in the following self-indulgent thread cataloguing the things I am learning/have learned. If that kind of thing offends you avert your eyes
I will cite the sources in parentheses when appropriate. Names will be named. Opinions will be had. These are in no particular order
1. The whole August and Everything After album is still a banger. 14-year-old me had taste.
2. Doggies make everything better and are especially helpful during a global pandemic.
3. The people I look up to are disappointingly, also just people.
2. Doggies make everything better and are especially helpful during a global pandemic.
3. The people I look up to are disappointingly, also just people.
4. “You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life”(Mary Oliver in Upstream)
5. “Being a human is hard.” (My therapist and well, life)
5. “Being a human is hard.” (My therapist and well, life)
6. Brussels sprouts reach their full potential in the air fryer
7. The key to life is low expectations ( @rhettmc who also happens to be the biggest dreamer I know)
8. Learning to be alone with yourself is an integral part of being on a spiritual path
7. The key to life is low expectations ( @rhettmc who also happens to be the biggest dreamer I know)
8. Learning to be alone with yourself is an integral part of being on a spiritual path
9. “Does a wild bear shit in the woods?” is a rhetorical question
and also, the answer is “YES” (Christy Neal)
10. Talking to yourself lovingly is a ground-breaking act of self compassion. Try calling yourself “Darling” (Self-compassion by Kristin Neff)
and also, the answer is “YES” (Christy Neal)
10. Talking to yourself lovingly is a ground-breaking act of self compassion. Try calling yourself “Darling” (Self-compassion by Kristin Neff)
11. It usually feels better in the morning (my mama)
12. OCD is a motherfucker
12. OCD is a motherfucker
13. We are not our personality (The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Richard Risso and @Russ_Hudson54)
14. A good reason to go to therapy is to not project your unhealed trauma onto your kids
15. Don’t judge (Jesus and also, 16 years of being a parent)
14. A good reason to go to therapy is to not project your unhealed trauma onto your kids
15. Don’t judge (Jesus and also, 16 years of being a parent)
16. Put the tweezers down!!! You’ll want those eyebrows later (me to 23 year old me)
17. Trying to “help” because we can’t sit with the discomfort of another’s pain often isn’t actually helpful (ugghhh therapist)
18. Relationships are cool when they’re mutually beneficial
17. Trying to “help” because we can’t sit with the discomfort of another’s pain often isn’t actually helpful (ugghhh therapist)
18. Relationships are cool when they’re mutually beneficial
19. If you spot it, you got it (still mad at my therapist about this one and I only half-believe it)
20. “I’m way too young to be gettin’ old” (Mac Miller, RIP)
21. Nobody has all the answers-no preacher or guru, not even my therapist
20. “I’m way too young to be gettin’ old” (Mac Miller, RIP)
21. Nobody has all the answers-no preacher or guru, not even my therapist
22. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose”(Dolly Parton)
23. I’m a bad bitch???( @AntonioDSpears-still willing myself to believe you)
24. Don’t tell a depressed person what to do to fix themselves
25. Add the address to their contact info THE MOMENT they send it to you
23. I’m a bad bitch???( @AntonioDSpears-still willing myself to believe you)
24. Don’t tell a depressed person what to do to fix themselves
25. Add the address to their contact info THE MOMENT they send it to you
26. “Preserve the relationship” (my therapist’s therapist, on parenting)
27. Nuance is a thing that exists (not Twitter)
28. You feel better because of the meds. Don’t go off the meds!!
27. Nuance is a thing that exists (not Twitter)
28. You feel better because of the meds. Don’t go off the meds!!
29. If you eat a whole pack of prosciutto by yourself you will get a massive headache from the large amount of sodium you have consumed
30. You think you want bangs
b/c they’re so cute on her face but we’ve been down this road before and we both know how it ends (me to myself)
30. You think you want bangs
b/c they’re so cute on her face but we’ve been down this road before and we both know how it ends (me to myself)
31. “Humility is the shortest path to God” (my sister quoting someone that I can’t remember)
32. The ability to change your mind is a gift
33. Gut feelings are important to listen to (all the beloved enneagram 6s in my life)
34. Music + nature are helpful in most situations
32. The ability to change your mind is a gift
33. Gut feelings are important to listen to (all the beloved enneagram 6s in my life)
34. Music + nature are helpful in most situations
35. “The devil can’t have my soul” (Brandi Carlile)
36. Screwing shit up is how you learn. See #31
37. “Let’s all pour bucket loads of grace on our heads” (Shepherd’s 5th grade teacher)
38. “This being human is a guest house.” (Rumi)
39. You can be kind and have boundaries
36. Screwing shit up is how you learn. See #31
37. “Let’s all pour bucket loads of grace on our heads” (Shepherd’s 5th grade teacher)
38. “This being human is a guest house.” (Rumi)
39. You can be kind and have boundaries
40. “Oh what a world, I don’t wanna leave, there’s all kinds of magic, it’s hard to believe”( @KaceyMusgraves)
I have left out so many gems, but the law of cheesy Twitter bday threads mandates stopping at the age you have turned.
Happy 40th birthday, Jessie, darling.
I have left out so many gems, but the law of cheesy Twitter bday threads mandates stopping at the age you have turned.
Happy 40th birthday, Jessie, darling.
