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"An active diary is proof of living — an instructor's manual made up on the fly."
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Having something to go back to, as a living record of your feelings and your time, can be really lovely— when you’re in a season where it feels like many days are bad days, you have a record, written in your hand, of good days. Keeping a diary is a good way to practice being in love with yourself, and being disciplined in an artistic practice, and writing beautifully about your life. If you want to read a diary that I think keeps an excellent log and has interesting things to say about the act of writing a diary, May Sarton’s “House By The Sea” is really beautiful; so is Sylvia Plath’s diary.
Feb 2, 2024
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i know it's basic but keeping a daily journal has been one of the most grounding things in my life. you don't need to shell out $$$ on a travelers' notebook and a snazzy pen, but just repeating the daily act of physically writing your thoughts down is a wonderful thing. i keep a daily recollection/diary sort of thing along with a sort of freeform commonplace book where i jot down thoughts or lyric ideas or cool words i read and had to look up definitions of. it's nerd shit but the sort of positive affirming nerd shit that everyone needs at least a little bit of. also the amount of stuff you forget over the course of a week/month/year is astounding -- doing this is fun in part because you can read through your past entries (good and bad) again with fresh eyes.
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nothing short of a spiritual advisor. here he is illuminating a truth I believe we all feel to be true when down and out but often forget/neglect out of allegiance to self-pity or the traps of misery. this could almost read as a hallmark card quote, but it exists elsewhere...so by default, it is its own thing.
I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering— but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are.
Feb 13, 2024
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less attachment to identity markers and more-sensory driven living/being. staying conscious and in touch with our core essence and saying yes to life when the forces that be make it very easy to say no and cut ourselves off from others and the rest of the world. embodying this truth can ignite a sense of freedom and liberation that is a sexy balm...if you are into that kinda thing
Feb 10, 2024
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what a woman...
poster child for humility and peace
Feb 6, 2024