once upon a sad day i was crying in the backseat of a qute with my earphones on - it was raining late in the night and we were whizzing past 100 feet road. suddenly the driver stops at the chai days opposite bobs & hurriedly gets off the car. i was still disoriented to make sense

To everyone talking about being natural and spontaneous: spontaneity is best when it arises from embodiment + unusual amount passion. Not from laziness and avoidance of ritual. Breaking the rules is fun. But complete absence of ritual is bad. Just like with eating, it’s best to

I think one of my most "oh, this isn't autism" eccentricities is that I love talking through other people's feelings, but will only talk about my own in the legalese that countries use when they're threatening to explode each other

I feel very weird when I meet another Anu in the wild. What do you mean you are an Anu but have a totally different face and body and personality and interests than mine? I feel a kinship born out of identity, and an enmity born out of betrayal at the same time!

Today was a terrible/good day, depending on how I look at it (process vs outcomes) Thought I had a fever -> Was just a mild cold My mom lost her phone-> Police helped to get it back Got yelled at by a guy who isn't my husband or dad-> he apologized What am I supposed to feel?

30.07.25-19.08.25 Our girl got tired in the early hours of Tuesday morning & decided it was time to rest ‘If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever’ 💔

when it comes to executive dysfunction, I've found it's equally important to be able to tolerate not just negative feelings, but POSITIVE feelings too my brain is v good at rapidly connecting & finding patterns across domains — when this happens I get *too* excited, which makes

affluent indians are always battling employing an orientalist gaze on their own lives or an embarassing sycophantic wide-eyed gaze on their western other and im afraid i do fall into one of these two categories

Life when you’re earning six figures with a 9-5 remote job others would kill for

Not just this. The "bed closet" came with a pullout draw underneath than you can see in the pic. This was where babies and toddlers were kept during the night. Parents would pull the draw open slightly for air circulation, and that was it. Very warm and cozy space for tiny tots

eigenrobot i think the only thing that i discovered that quickly catalyzed a viewquake was stoicism. specifically this bit Continue to act thus, my dear Lucilius—set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which till lately has been forced from you, or filched away, or

Can I..... Can I be too woke for a minute??

“We hold these truths to be self evident…” followed by a list of some of the most radical claims ever made, some of which seem dubious even to this day was an incredible move

When I was 7 years old my teacher told me her hobby was running. I had never heard of this, and it was inconceivable to me. Just running? The pure abstract activity? Entirely divorced from play, which is its natural end? Clearly this was the product of a dangerously confused mind

hank green said in a recent video: don't follow your dreams. follow your tools. and by tools he meant natural talents & opportunities. like falling downhill, where your inclinations and skills carry you. i'm not sure how i feel about this advice. lately i've found this weird

Average Ernest Hemingway story: To prove his masculinity, Hemingway sailed into a hurricane only to return haunted by a tragic love affair and God's indifference to his despair. Average F. Scott Fitzgerald story: After his wife called him gay, Fitzgerald slipped on a banana peel.

what are your best ideas for how to slow perception of time? if you want it to feel like you are 7 years old again and a 1h lecture feels like a day, how do i slow down time to that?

His ADHD makes him forget she exists and makes texting her such a chore. Her ADHD makes her obsessed and hyperfocused on him Beginning to suspect that this is just indifference and lack of care manifesting, not just ADHD patterns