it’s ok to do things slowly. work for days on a single drawing, then don’t show it to anyone. learn three new words of a new language each day. read a book slowly and thoughtfully, enjoying every sentence like it were a movie. absorb new knowledge with intent and ease it into your memory. notice all the quiet sounds in songs. walk slowly and notice the sounds of birds and colors of leaves. it’s not bad to slow down and enjoy the moment. there’s no need to rush.
Its okay to romanticize school as a way to make it more enjoyable and give you motivation so here’s a list of things to romanticize about school that will hopefully also give me a work ethic
The feeling of getting your hw done before everyone else
When you write an essay and you know that is bomb
Solving a problem that was confusing you at first without looking up directions
Taking notes in class in your own style that just makes sense to you
Not prioritizing your school work over your own mental health
Eating your favorite foods during lunch break
Outfits, all summer we wore rad outfits with no one to see them, but now its school time we can show off our style
Being a teachers favorite and not because you are a suck up
Study dates….study dates
annotating books and papers, its just so pretty
Tea during class.. coffee during class
seeing your crush/friends be cute in class
The sense of purpose and having goals to work towards
Not getting upset or stressed over grades because what really matters in the end is you mental and physical health and getting perfect grades will not fix you
Not that I think any of you are gonna buy Gwyneth Paltrow’s shitty water bottle with a rock glued to the bottom, but this is just a reminder that there’s virtually no ethical crystal mining and that even if rocks can hold metaphysical and magical powers, the ones you buy for $1.50 from the New Age shop down the street would probably still be so poisoned from exploited and dying workers that they’d do more harm than good.
Go find some harmless granite or flint, you don’t need to spend money on what’s essentially a bi-product of nickel and copper mining. There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to find beauty and value in your own native rocks.
