My Current Inspiration: Studio Ghibli Characters Working Hard At What They Love

it was 6:50am when I took these pictures and the place was empty!! I always try to go to a coffee shop near my school if I have early class just to go through my notes because the air is cold and the streets are empty and the coffee is delicious

i’ve been fairly busy recently, since i’ve made my return to my school sports teams, and spent a little time at work. It’s been very busy and stressful, but when I get back into the swing of things I’ll start to get used to it. I reread if we were villains by ml rio, and did an entry or two in my diary. So far, in the past week, I’ve also been:

➼ writing an article for my school’s yearly newsletter 📚

➼ applying to a project about female voices in our curriculum 🪷

➼ finishing reading in memoriam by alice winn (fantastic book and I recommend) ☕️

🎧: love me, normally— will wood

all i'd like to know at this point is if i've done anything to make you leave or was i simply just not enough

HOW TO BEGIN HEALING

ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN AND DAMAGE. Others will try frequently to avoid these feelings and the thought that they’re hurt or hurting. However, it is a massive roadblock to starting your journey. 

You have to truly confront yourself. Journal, vent to someone, draw or however you feel is best to truly express how you feel, you do. 

EXTRACT TRIGGERS. Don’t let your physical environment encourage triggers that resurface your hurt self or continue to hurt you. E.g. friends, social media, family, bad habits etc. 

DAILY REFLECTION. You have to start to confront your feelings and experiences, but I know, it’s scary and we don’t want to revisit bad times. Please try to do some self-reflection daily about personal feelings and experiences, as it gets easier when it’s so frequent. 

ESTABLISH ORDER & ROUTINES. Start putting in good habits in your life and slowly improve your mental and physical well-being. Healing is going to be all over the place and messy. So when we have a routine to fall back on when needed, it just makes us feel better. 

ACTUAL SELF-CARE. Everything showers and face masks are nice and all, but they are not the only aspects of self-care. Self-care is doing the things that are good for you, disregarding how you currently feel. E.g. cooking and eating a healthy breakfast instead of eating takeout. 

BE PATIENT AND PERSISTENT. Healing is going to be hard regardless of what hurt you. There will be days when you feel like giving up. However, I encourage you to fight those feelings of hopelessness and continue. 

REMOVE SHAME FROM YOUR MIND. Another roadblock, it limits you from all the help and lessons you get in life. It isolates you, from everybody else who does care about you and wants to help. Asking for anything is not embarrassing. 

RECONNECT WITH YOURSELF. Start doing hobbies that you love, learning about things you’ve been curious about, and reading books on your favourite topics. Reconnection is so important because it brings emotional and mental prosperity. 

Day 68 • 100 Days of Productivity

some pictures from yesterday and today. we started using microscopes in bio lab yesterday, and WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN i’ve only ever had to share but i got one all to myself hell yeah. anyway, today i had precalc and took notes on the inverse of trigonometric function. finally i had my foundations of education class and we talked about assessments and we’ll start talking about grading next week. i have my practicum tomorrow instead of friday because friday is a county-wide teacher work day so i won’t have any classes i can observe.

🎶 get down - SIX: the musical 🎶

What you think archival research will be: immediate amazing discoveries about exactly what you’re working on

What archival research actually is: well now I want to know about all of the socks that the Archbishop of Florence sent to the Pope in 1512.

i needed to read this today so im sharing it to all of you!!

You know what makes me incredibly happy?

When my friends show their knowledge of what they've been studying for years in a casual conversation and I just sit there like: Look at you!! So smart with all of your funky words!!!

Your knowledge is mindblowing to somebody who's not in your field