“Writing begins with forgiveness. Let go of the shame about how long it’s been since you last wrote, the clenching fear that you’re not a good enough writer, the doubts over whether or not you can get it done”
— Daniel José Older (via whatsinsideawritersmind)
Tag: reminders
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I reblog this every time I see it, because it’s one of life’s hardest lessons.
one of the least helpful things ive been told as a neurodivergent person is “don’t half ass things”
if you can quarter ass something, do it! if all you can do is clean a corner of your room, or only read one of the two assigned chapters, or write the heading for your resume, or put all the papers for taxes in a pile, do it! if today isn’t a whole ass day, take pride in the portion of ass that you were capable of
don’t let neurotypicals work ethic define how you did today
totally, if you can pick your laundry up off the floor and put it in a basket today, it will be so much easier to put it in the machine and wash it tomorrow. If you can stack the dishes now, it will be easier to wash them later.
Half assing as a first stepping stone is so good, it is much better than not being able to do anything because “if you can’t do it properly, why do it at all”.
Do what you can today, to make life easier tomorrow.
Sometimes when you start something you may realise that it isn’t so bad and it’s easy to just get done! And if it isn’t that’s cool, it’ll be easier to finish later!
YES. I was raised with the “don’t half ass things; if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well” mentality and it is singlehandedly the worst thing ever when combined with my ADHD and executive dysfunction. Because what it translates to in my brain is “don’t do this until you can do all of it.” So… never.
Do what you can. Don’t even set specific goals! Just do “some.” And tomorrow or the next day or the day after that, do some more. And be proud of yourself for doing something, anything, because your previous timeline was never.
reminder that 30 isn’t old, it’s very normal to not accomplish everything in your 20s, and that it is never too late to learn that thing you’ve always wanted to learn. you’re always growing. that’s a good thing.
Who the hell accomplishes everything in their 20s? Who made that a thing?
I was 48 when I started my apprenticeship to become a tattoo artist. I was 50 when I married the love of my life.
You’ve got time.
I needed this right now. I’ve got time!!!
I really want to think like this, but I just cant. I feel like im wasting time…
i’m 26 and i’m freakingout about 30
Just my fav flower motivation :))
Do not “wait to get worse”.
I don’t care if you’ve “been worse”
Your body is tired of this.
You deserve help in this moment.
I needed this today, thanks.
Additionally: It doesn’t matter if other people “have it worse”.
You deserve help.
Needed this, it’s so hard to remember.
Keep your head up, okay? Times may be tough now, but good things are on their way to you :))
you have to get yourself out of bad places. you need to resist the temptation to let everything slip and become apathetic & cynical toward yourself and your life. you need to accept that it takes time to change and it’s ok to fall over as long as u get back up. every morning is a new start and things don’t have to be this way forever. you can heal and you can change.
you can do this. stop sabotaging yourself and your dreams. there will be risks, there will be stress, but go on and actually pursue what you want to do. you will not regret having tried, all things considered. self-doubt can destroy so much of your life. don’t let it, please.
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