I try to be happy. Always.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

You were meant to read this!

[bookstudience]

Hi!

This is the sign you’ve been looking for, you did not stumble on my post on accident. Please remember that you are a lovely human being who deserves all the good things in life. You deserve roses on your doorsteps, forehead kisses and/or hugs from loved ones, and most importantly, the feeling of knowing that YOU, lovely reader, are going to be just fine. Mistakes happen, wrong choices are made, but that doesn’t change the fact that you need to treat yourself with a little bit of self care. :)

Take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, and let yourself feel whatever you may be feeling. 

You will be okay, everything will eventually work out one way or another. Pain is inevitable, but it does not last forever, suffering is only optional.

Don’t leave without seeing the clouds clear after that rainy day, alright?

Stay.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[phantastrophe]

Yosemite National Park, California | Photographer: Nathan Dumlao

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[tryingnewhabits]

As many of you are looking for a first or a new job, I just wanted to remind you one of many truths regarding work in capitalism-mandatory happy society : it's okay to not do a job that you love as long as

- it's not soul crushing, like legally scamming poor old people

- it's not actively environment and society destroying, like private jet pilot

- it pays you what you think is fair for the work you do

- it leaves you enough free time to do what you actually love

It's perfectly fine to have a bläh desk job that is useless. It's perfectly fine to be waitressing tables every nights and doing whatever you like aside. Let's stop this instragramy bullshit that you have to work hard on your job and/or that your job must be your passion. A good job is simply one that gets you pay and that allows you to still look at yourself in the mirror.

From someone who used to work for a big petrol company promoting destruction of the earth, then as my dream job which turned out to be an absolutely nightmare, then as a boring desk job which allows me to get my life together, and hopefully as a science editor starting in September.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[thoradvice]

there is so much more to life than your mental illness. this pain, this emptiness, this sadness is such a small part of what life holds for you. one day you will be filled with so much unbridled joy that you won’t even remember what it feels like to be this sad. there is so much in store for you, i promise. there is more to life than what you’re experiencing right now.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[selves-acceptance]

take it a day at a time.

or if a day is too much, an hour.

if an hour is too much, a minute.

if a minute is too much, a breath.

inhale. exhale.

you are still alive. you are still here.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[lovenotereminders]

Friendly reminder: when people say ‘as long as you tried your best’ it doesn’t mean ‘the best you could possibly have done ever’ it means ‘the best you were capable of at the time.’ Sometimes ‘trying your best’ is just getting out of bed in the morning. Just because you weren’t working yourself to the bone doesn’t mean you weren’t trying your best. 

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[thoradvice]

there is so much more to life than your mental illness. this pain, this emptiness, this sadness is such a small part of what life holds for you. one day you will be filled with so much unbridled joy that you won’t even remember what it feels like to be this sad. there is so much in store for you, i promise. there is more to life than what you’re experiencing right now.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[flowerais]

soft reminder: one day you won’t carry heaviness on your shoulders. you’ll get through the day without constant worrying and stomach aches. you will heal and make your mind a safe, peaceful place to be, not something you want to escape. it’s all possible. you can make it through this.

[I try to be happy. Always.]

[totallyfubar]

get okay with being some level of burden on others, seriously

[totallyfubar]

you know what’s a real burden? a person that is so scared of leaning on other people that they try to be completely self sufficient and you end up either having to help them indirectly to save their ego or they have to break down in order to receive help, both of which are so much more heavy to the person that loves them than just being leaned on casually