lol this is such a perfect review

This is why I hated every debate in uni philosophy classes about whether or not humans are inherently self-interested. Like, yes and no and it actually just doesn’t matter because most of what’s in our individual best interest is also in the best interest of our collective.

There’s a real trend of taking “self-care” to extremes & isolating under the guise of “putting myself first” and so much of it is just a lie (insert anti-capitalist rant here). Truly one of the best things to do *for yourself* when you’re under-resourced is to go take care of someone else.

Been feeling godawful all week - so stressed and like nothing I do makes a difference or has any real value. Drag myself out of the house this morning to help a friend - cleaned their kitchen & helped them with some admin tasks - and suddenly I feel filled with love and hope and capacity.

Love you so much, friend ❤️ and I hear you. I feel like it can be so so frustrating trying to figure out why our brains have problems with one thing (or even half a thing!) and not another.

Anyway, just wanted to put that out there because I know just how intensely a lot of us internalize the “no, but *I’m* actually just lazy and broken and wrong” message.

You’re really not, I promise ❤️

I don’t really even *see* the laundry in that state until I suddenly realize I have no clean clothes, and *then* the internal screaming starts.

Like yes, sometimes I’m internally screaming at myself to do laundry, but (especially pre-meds) much more of my experience with executive dysfunction has looked like living in a thick fog where the tasks I can’t seem to accomplish exist only as a vague, nagging sense of guilt and shame.

Omg!?

Ugh yeah, I unfollowed ages ago

Booooooo