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I just watched my friend run a half-marathon. After the half-marathon ended, she said she was happy she pushed herself to run, and although it was hard, she is happy she did it. My question is, what was a hard thing/goal you had to accomplish and push yourself to achieve? Do you have any advice on getting through the challenges to achieve that thing/goal?
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I mean there are big things like finishing a novel or whatever, but:
Your question really makes me think of last Saturday, when I was in my little apartment in Charlotte, feeling pretty lonely and missing my family. And one of the things I sometimes struggle with is that when I get in an obsessive thought spiral, it’s really hard to do basic stuff like throw away Diet Dr. Pepper cans and do laundry and brush my teeth and take my medication and check the mail and pay bills and tie my shoes and so on. There have been times, for instance, when I’ve been unable to leave the house because I couldn’t tie my shoes. (I realize this is weird, obvs., I’m just telling you.)
And so on Saturday instead of being mad at myself for living in filth or whatever, I was like, “Okay. This is okay. This stuff is hard. Living is hard. You brain is wired funny. No one is mad at you. What you’re gonna do is like throw away the Diet Dr. Pepper cans and then kind of go from there and see how much progress you make,” and I picked up the entire apartment and put all the dirty clothes into a hamper and made myself a bowl of Raisin Bran and got myself cleaned up and dressed and everything. Then I walked to CVS and got my medication refill and picked up a couple frozen pizzas.
I ended up meeting Jaz (Angela) and Halston (Lacey) and Jake (movie director) and had some dinner and then had a really enjoyable evening with the whole cast and it became a pretty good day, and none of this is advice I realize; it is just the story of how a not-great day turned into a pretty damn good one.
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Describe Liverpool's season in three words.
Anonymous
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Shitty. Still: Hope.
(This is how I would describe a lot of things in three words.)
this is still my favorite tweet of all time
Reenactment of us bringing George Washington back to life:
George Washington: WHAT ARE THESE FLOATING SUNS THAT DOT THE LANDSCAPE IN THE NIGHTTIME?
Us: Those are, like, electric lights. Electricity is a regulated public good; do you think we should deregulate the utilities or are we doing it right?
George Washington: THEY BRING LIGHT WHERE THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN DARKNESS.
Us: Yeah but did you intend—
George Washington: WHAT IS THAT BLINKING COMET FLYING THROUGH THE AIR?
Us: Yeah that’s an airplane. Should airplane accidents be investigated by the federal government or should that be a private—
George Washington: A MAN CAN FLY THROUGH THE AIR?
Us: Yeah, also a woman. We don’t really refer to people as “man” anymore, because it’s hugely sexist. Also, women and African American people can vote now, as can white people who don’t own property. That’s cool, right?
George Washington: SO YOU’RE SAYING THERE ARE HUMANS INSIDE OF THAT COMET?
Us: Well, it’s not a comet. It’s, like, a metal sphere moving 400 miles per hour across the country. Right now people have to walk through metal detectors run by the Homeland Security Department; is that a good idea or
George Washington: WAIT, WOMEN CAN VOTE?
Us: Yeah.
George Washington: THAT IS MADNESS.
Us: Well—you know, George, I don’t want to hurt your feelings, and thanks for crossing the Delaware and for Presidenting us early on and everything, but maybe you’re not the #1 guy to be asking about contemporary public policy in the United States.
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we are all Hannah (x)
This makes my life have meaning.
i wanted to see how long it takes for my bus to get to my house in 10th grade and then forgot about it until college
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“Inner Space“ by Rick Crane and Camille Chew
On today’s date in 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia took to the skies, making it the first time a manned spacecraft was launched into space twice!
Enjoy the wonderment of the final frontier in one of these space tees!
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Incredible photo project reveals the wide diversity of Americans in uniform
Do you know what America’s veterans look like?
There are approximately 21.8 million veterans in the United States, according to the census. But it can be difficult sometimes to see the diversity of faces that make up such an imposing statistic. Here are a few things we do know: Out of 21.8 million veterans, approximately 1.3 million of them are living uninsured, according to the Urban Institute, while according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 60,000 veterans are currently homeless sleeping on our streets.
A new photo series called The Soldier Art Project aims to change this, capturing the humans who inhabit the uniforms in powerful and often poignant portraits.
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When you’re happy you enjoy the music. But when you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.
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