the self
who am i & do i even exist
the self
Resist commodifying or typing yourself to get attention.
You’re not a girlboss , a clean girl , or such a Pisces , you’re you, and there’s no one else quite like you. Those kinds of labels can be fun, I guess, but ultimately are limiting. It’s best to take an expansive view of the self. You don’t have to type yourself, or fit in with a specific
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Replying to @kangthefuckdown idk if it’s pulitzer level but it’s helpful when thinking about your style + home decor + taste + whole entire life
tiktok.comthe quickest path to feeling uncool is ‘taste signalling’
you need to rely on the 1. functional and the 2. personal
if you are rooted in the functional and the personal you’ll always feel secure, and that is taste
“discipline is when your identity is so clear that you stop negotiating with your feelings”
the self is no longer a subject but a project . The self is something to be optimised, to be maximised, to be made efficient, cultivated for its capacity for productive output. The worry is that all life activities become viewed as lines on a résumé. Knowingly or otherwise, we risk being constantly governed by the question How is what I’m doing
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