Society demands us to be perfect. But mistakes are a good thing. As a perfectionist, I struggle with mistakes. I overthink, I worry excessively, and I go out of my way to avoid making a mistake at all costs. Yet ironically — all of this nervous energy is what causes me to end up making… Continue reading We Should Celebrate Our Mistakes
Tag: self love
A photoshoot of self-love
Many people enter relationships trying to escape themselves. The ironic part is that relationships teach you about a part of yourself you never knew. And if you can't love yourself, you'll never love someone else. Beauty for me, personally, is everything that goes against what we are taught to see beauty as. You see everyone… Continue reading A photoshoot of self-love
Openness & honesty ~ with yourself, with your partner
We hide ourselves from the world, for a good reason. There's a reason why we cover part of ourselves from the rest of the world, why we wear a shield of armor, why we remain partially hidden -- it's because the world is not understanding, the world is quick to judge, and the world is… Continue reading Openness & honesty ~ with yourself, with your partner
Self-care Sunday ~ cultivate self-love
Self-care is the act of taking care of yourself in order to assure optimal well-being. You do not have to love yourself in order to take care of yourself. Oftentimes we only care for ourselves in order to relieve the burden of someone else having to take care of us. Or we may take care… Continue reading Self-care Sunday ~ cultivate self-love
An Apology… to myself.
Dear self, I'm sorry for doubting you. You really proved me wrong, these past several months. You accomplished a lot of things you had been procrastinating about. You were so scared and thought you couldn't handle the tiniest things. It was so silly. Because you did it, and I thought you couldn't. I'm happy with… Continue reading An Apology… to myself.
Self-care Sunday ~ NOT OK IS OK
It’s okay to say that it’s not okay. It helps to take a step back and look at the big picture, see how our problems are tiny and irrelevant when you think about the planet, compared to the size of the sun, compared to the size of the solar system — the galaxy — the… Continue reading Self-care Sunday ~ NOT OK IS OK
I.D.
I dreamt that I was rushing, we were all rushing onto a plane Rushing, rushing, rushing, so I would not miss that gate No time for security check, straight on the plane we go Should've double checked my bags, cause I left my ID at home. So then we flew to another state, only after… Continue reading I.D.
Self-care Sunday ~ Teach yourself
You spend your first chunk of life in school, being forced to learn things that bore you and often seem purposeless. School is less about learning and more about conditioning you to detest learning. Multiple choice tests encourage shallow thinking. It counteracts second-guessing, reassessment, and reevaluation -- all the things that open your mind to… Continue reading Self-care Sunday ~ Teach yourself
Self-care Sunday ~ the soothing effect of pushing yourself
The best way to get ahead in life is gently and with ease. Rushing ahead is only going to make you burnout. We are fragile beings yet capable of so much. To push someone else is draining, wasteful. We tend to push others because we are too scared or lazy to do something ourselves. --Telling… Continue reading Self-care Sunday ~ the soothing effect of pushing yourself
Self-care Sunday ~ an introduction
As much as you may hear about "self-care," most people do not truly understand what it means, or the importance of it. Self-care means to take care of oneself, to acknowledge your needs, to check in with your mind and your body. On autopilot mode, we tend to live too deeply in our heads and… Continue reading Self-care Sunday ~ an introduction
Crystal Aura Gaze 