Other People: Man don’t you just hate when you have EMOTIONS and accidentally make a post about it and tell your followers?
Me: HELLO EVERYONE TODAY I HAVE A BROUGHT A CHART TO SHOW YOU TODAY’S FEELINGS SPECTRUM. WE’L START UP HERE WITH MY FAVORITE “HOLY SHIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT’S A SYMPTOM OF ADHD?”
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“Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.”
— Swami Vivekananda
(via witchquotes)
I am well aware that polytheism looks ridiculous from the outside; I would like to take this opportunity to assure everyone that it is way more ridiculous from the inside
In all seriousness I took a death and dying course in college for fun and that’s when I fell in love with, and began to seriously study, spontaneous or “street shrines”. These are the organic, unplanned placements of items when someone is killed, generally, and the community almost descends on a spot. I am fascinated by that interfaith, inter-spirit moment of connection fostered. What drives someone to leave the first item? Who guides them there? What do we, as humans, seek from the leaving of a memorial on a place that now hallowed? And we know it is, to some extent, even if we’re not spirit-workers. We have this human need to bear witness, no matter who we are, and over and over again it manifests as this need to build some space, some monument that says “they were here, and now they aren’t here, and we, collectively, of all faiths and walks of life, strangers to each other, will remember them”
We take comfort in, and protect to some measure, that space we create with tea-light candles and stuffed bears and flowers and it just feels like the Right Thing to Do. We rebuild these spaces when they are torn down by authority and we keep building them up and that’s beautiful
Street shrines are TRULY universal, too. They are largely non-verbal but it’s like we just KNOW what to do, like something moves inside all of us and it doesn’t fucking matter if we can’t understand anyone else standing at the site, it’s just a Knowing. It’s phenomenal
One of my professors specializes in this, she wrote a book called Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture about her fieldwork in Texas.
This is a big, giant list of Youtube tutorials that will teach you all the basic life skills you need to know in order to be a functional adult. There are a lot of important skills that aren’t included in this list, but this should be enough of a basic guide to get you started and prevent you from making a total mess of yourself. Happy adulting!
Household Skills:
How to unclog a toilet without a plunger
How to clean soap scum from your tub and shower
How to escape from a house fire
How to make a budget and stick to it
How to clean a self-cleaning oven
How to clean red wine stains from carpet
How to clean blood stains from fabric
How to clean grease stains from fabric
How to test your smoke detectors
Cooking Skills:
How to tell if produce is ripe
How to know if food is expired
How to properly sanitize a kitchen
How to put out a kitchen grease fire safely
How to use kitchen knives properly
How to make grilled cheese sandwiches
Health Skills:
How to help someone who is choking
How to save yourself if you are choking alone
How to recognize when someone is having a stroke
How to maintain a healthy sleep schedule
Mental Health Skills:
How to calm down during a panic attack
How to help someone who is suicidal
How to recognize problem drinking
How to deal with disappointment
Relationship and Social Skills:
How to recognize an abusive relationship
How to rekindle a damaged friendship
Job Hunting Skills:
How to dress for a job interview (for women/femmes)
How to dress for a job interview (for men/masculines)
Other Skills:
can u believe some people can see a cat & not immediately be filled with absolute unconditional love for that animal. they dont even get the urge to kiss them right on their little baby cat head. thats incomprehensible to me
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