Take A Breath - Tumblr Posts
I don’t know about y’all but this is exactly what I needed to hear today. 💕💗💓
y’all, i feel like i need to remind y’all that there’s a huge difference between ignoring what’s going on, and taking a mental break because you’re exhausted with trying to keep up with the situation in the country right now. this shit is no joke and is weighing incredibly heavy on people such as myself and if you need to take a break from this and just log out, please do. please take care of yourself and don’t feel bad that you’re not keeping up with things at every second of the day.
If you are scrolling through Tumblr trying to distract yourself from something you don’t want to think about, or you’re looking for a sign. It is going to be okay. Just breathe. You are alive and you matter.
Reminder that you are valid, you are loved, and there is always somebody waiting for you. There is always somebody who would miss you.
You deserve to be loved. Even if you think there's nobody to love you, there is.
Relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw. Take a deep breath and get something to eat/drink. You deserve it. You deserve to eat, drink, and relax. You don't need to earn those rights - you have them as a human being already.
If you've been working for a while, take a break. Even just five minutes of staring at the wall to reset your brain is good. Take care of yourself.
Good luck, friends <3
The entire time I colored this, all I could think about is tiktok. How much I "needed" to just "watch a few videos, maybe something important will come up" or "I need to check on so and so". I don't need tiktok. That is a statement I both believe and argue against with seemingly my whole being. I can spend hours, scrolling, mindless absorbing... Something? There are times I couldn't tell you what the video I just watched was about. I couldn't tell you if it was man or woman. Child or adult. Hell, if they were even human. Tiktok is a constant stream of dopamine that I LOVE. I hate it. I hate how much I love it. I love how much I hate it. It always goes the same way. First, feel good videos. Cute kitties, good tunes, pretty makeup. Then slowly but surely triggering videos, people stating opinions like facts, politics. It slowly pulls out the worse side of me, suddenly I'm saying things that maybe I don't necessarily mean, or if I do the limited chat box restricts what I want to say, altering the meaning all together. Suddenly all the videos make me angry, or sad. I keep scrolling, trying to find the feel good videos again but there's not any. Just video after video of muck.
Idk why this particular picture jumped out to me. Maybe because it looks like it telling me to stop. Take a minute to myself and not some social media app. Maybe the (now) colorful seems inviting and pull me away from tiktok, away from drama that doesn't really matter, it doesn't affect my life.
This is a reminder to stop, and take a minute for yourself. Reconnect with who you are, and who you are working on being. Don't let the outside voices tell you who you are or should be. Follow what brings you peace. In my case. Coloring.
