ive been saying to myself “it won’t be so bad” in a really kind grandfatherly way… and it’s been helping me do my dishes and brush my teeth at night :’)
I REALLY did not want to workout today, but feel AMAZING after making myself do it anyway. If you learn to do that, you take control rather then waiting on motivation. So in case you needed to hear it today, just go and do the thing. You got this
yesterday was such an insanely long and busy day and i realized nike was onto something… i kept saying to myself “just do it” literally all day and it was exhausting but worked and i got a lot done
Doing the thing when you don’t want to do the thing is the greatest power one can develop. * you don’t have to do the entire thing every time, but make the effort **I don’t know if I’ve ever done this lol
this summer, we’re starting yoga, we’re learning a new language (being bilingual is now the standard, you need to know at least three to be truly chic), we’re going to concerts just because the tickets were cheap, we’re going to museums (especially the weird ones), hitting up the local library to ask for new recommendations, whether it’s a surprise or based on past tastes, we’re painting, collecting and collaging, sewing and embroidering our clothes, re-learning the harmonica, playing chess with strangers online and at the café, we’re taking up tennis and pretending it’s not just because of challengers. the only way to find what brings you joy is to try.
I had to go to Greenwood Cemetery for a class last semester, and many famous people like Leonard Bernstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat are buried there, but I stumbled upon this woman’s grave that read “FORTUNATE DESPERATE TRUSTFUL” and I was so upset by the idea of someone putting desperate on my grave that I had to look her up. her name was Eleonora Duse, apparently she was often known as just Duse (so chic), she was an amazing Italian actress, muse, and, importantly, was involved in numerous lesbian love affairs.
I think it’s in many ways much more respectful to learn about the people you pass by, rather than just letting them go on unacknowledged and unknown.
