t break

discipline doesn’t have to be rigid. it just has to be rooted in love. this is why i prefer the word devotion.

i am devoted to finding ways to soothe myself and learn more about myself outside of weed

If you actually listen to what your body (not your mind) wants, you’ll discover that it doesn’t want three weeks of hot fudge sundaes despite the panting and salivating that is evoked at their very mention. In addition to your body’s need for foods other than cream and fudge, there is also the fact that the moment you tell yourself you can have it,

Geneen Roth • Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

remove the taboo from your craving and it becomes less enticing?

And numbing vulnerability is especially debilitating because it doesn’t just deaden the pain of our difficult experiences; numbing vulnerability also dulls our experiences of love, joy, belonging, creativity, and empathy. We can’t selectively numb emotion. Numb the dark and you numb the light.

Brené Brown • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

you can’t numb some

When You're Bored, You're Being Shaped. Boredom isn’t the absence of stimulation. It’s a test. Of what you reach for. Of what you default to. Do you grab your phone? Or a pen? Do you scroll? Or sit with your thoughts? Do you numb? Or build? Because what you do... See more

pathsofstoicism substack.com

i want stillness from boredom

“ People think resilience and success come from getting to ‘knowing’ as soon as possible. They’re wrong. Resilience and success come from the length of time you can tolerate being in the Learning Space. What I think is very empowering to know, is that the Learning Space [the space between ‘not knowing’ and ‘knowing’] has one feeling associated with... See more

Carina • Be where you are

resilience can feel frustrating. frustration can be learning. frustration can be an uncomfortable growth.

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