a list of ten things/routines to do when in an emotional crisis
- physically get up and do something else
- take a walk, read a book, go to the museum
- breathing exercises, meditation, yoga
- write it out, with a pen and paper
- automatic thoughts worksheet
- free-write
- take a nap
- take a shower
- repeat affirmations, better self-talk
- write one or two affirmations over and over again, like lines
- listen to pink/brown noise x
may 8 2012 ∞
mar 11 2013 +
from galadarling's list
- make a list of reasons why you love yourself
- write down compliments other people give you
- reach out to others
- change the way you think about food
- stretch in the mornings
- really listen to people when they are speaking
- have media black-out days
- ask for help
- know that you are good enough--all the time
- find a mantra/affirmation & hold it close
- do your very, very best to stop judging people
mar 27 2013 ∞
mar 27 2013 +
- mental health
- coping skills
- depression, anxiety, stress, anger
- self-love, self-care, self-esteem
- love letter to you, to myself
- you are not alone
- poetry
- prose
- literary prose, flash fiction, or whatever it is that i write
- hand embroidered together
- watercoloured covers
- cardstock covers
- lists
may 14 2012 ∞
apr 3 2013 +
- sleep when i'm tired at night; don't stay up till it's early for no reason
- also, just sleep--more and earlier
- start reading for pleasure again
- lose myself in a hobby, in order to keep myself busy and not let my mind wander to anxiety-increasing things
- do not relentlessly tell myself "i can't"
- stop apologizing needlessly
- see my therapist regularly
- and psychiatrist
- write in my journals
- namely, continue to keep my mental health journal and with more regularity
- believe that my psychological disorders are real, but also believe that they do not define me or make me any less of a human being
jan 15 2012 ∞
may 14 2012 +
- read for pleasure again
- continue keeping my mental health journal, hopefully with more regularity
- like who I choose to spend my time with
- spend a lot less time online
- reblog less and post more (writing)
- write more
- improve my handwriting
- crochet more
- sleep more and better
- exercise regularly
- drink more water and be hydrated
jan 26 2012 ∞
dec 19 2012 +
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- (reread) the awakening
- (reread) the great gatsby
- a midsummer night's dream
- (reread) the tempest
- brave new world
- (finish) extremely loud and incredibly close
- the fault in our stars
- everything is illuminated
- paper towns
- (the dante club)
- the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
- the sirens of titan
- what would jesus deconstruct?
- the secret life of bees
- the book of laughter and forgetting
- the queer god
- the art of travel
- status anxiety
- the letter q
- christian identity in a multi-faith world...
may 17 2013 ∞
jun 7 2013 +
- a simple/abstract martlet, above my right hipbone—over where my fading birthmark is—in blue
- also golden snidget-esque
- icarus along my left shoulder blade, in ancient greek and dark grey
- Ἴκαρος
- and vieni á volare underneath
- be still along my right shoulder blade, in dark grey
- my blood approves along my right lower arm, written from my inner wrist
- little divinity around my left inner wrist
- love after love on my left hipbone
may 6 2012 ∞
mar 17 2013 +
religion/christianity/sexuality/chastity/celibacy--for current papers and future reference and eventual thesising ... or something
- spiritual marriage: sexual abstinence in medieval wedlock
- dynamics of identity in the world of early christianity
- your half of the apple: god and the single girl
- spiritual direction and the gay person
- straight to jesus: sexual and christian conversions in the ex-gay movement
- burden of the flash: fasting and sexuality in early christianity
- real sex: the naked truth about chastity
- eunuchs and castrati: a cultural history
- the new celibacy: why more men and women are abstaining from sex--and enjoying it
- porneia: on desire and the body in antiquity
apr 11 2013 ∞
apr 11 2013 +
- "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson
- "soda crackers" by raymond carver
- "things" by lisel mueller
- "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by e.e. cummings
- "!blac" by e.e. cummings
- "stopping by woods on a snowy evening" by robert frost
- "the sciences sing a lullabye" by albert goldbarth
- "the forgotten dialect of the heart" by jack gilbert
- "beethoven" by shane koyczan
- "sometimes i am alive because with" by e.e. cummings
- "love after love" by derek walcott
- "so you want to be a writer?" by charles bukowski
- "textbook statistics" by arkaye kierulf
- "failing and flying" by jack gilbert
dec 25 2009 ∞
sep 9 2012 +
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- I open myself to my intuition and deepest knowing.
- I accept that I am an unlimited being.
- I rethink all negative thoughts about myself and others and change them to positive energy.
- I live in the truth of my grace, beauty, and intelligence.
- I love myself exactly as I am right now.
- I am an open channel for divine love.
- I surrender to this moment.
- I am kind to myself.
- I trust more; I fear less.
- I am centered and grounded.
- I am healing: body, mind and spirit.
- I am worth loving.
- I have the freedom to do as I choose with my time.
- I unconditionally love and approve of myself all the time.
- I am deserving of what I want.
sep 16 2012 ∞
sep 16 2012 +
- rose
- cinnamon
- vanilla
- henna
- lavender
- jasmine
- book pages
- coffee
- coffee shop
- sandalwood
- sea breeze
- citrus peel
- sauteeing garlic
- a cake baking in the oven
- pears
- green tea
- my mother's soup simmering away in the afternoon
- my mother's cooking permeating through the house
- tiger balm
may 28 2013 ∞
may 29 2013 +
- wrists/wrist-bones
- clavicles
- hipbones
- birthmarks
- certain freckles
- neck
- shoulder-blades
- underside of hands
- waist
- certain scars
- knees
- left hand
- lower lip
- jawline
- suprasternal notch
jul 7 2012 ∞
jul 8 2012 +
- fall 2013
- classics
- elementary latin i
- advanced greek
- love and sex in the ancient world
- languages
- first year modern chinese i
- advanced french?
- literature
- cinema and cultural memory: "new cinema" in hong kong, taiwan, and china
- music
nov 7 2011 ∞
jun 15 2013 +
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