I Hate Being Mentally Ill In My House. I Miss Being Mentally Ill On Campus

Natalie Portman did THAT at the 2018 Golden Globes

some journaling ideas

quote of the day / song of the day / thought of the day

what you’re looking forward to this month / year

goals for this month

spreads or lists for favourite films / shows / music albums / books

favourite film / show / music album of the week or month

ongoing projects and work to keep track of

to watch / to read / to listen to list

wishlist

places to visit

letter to your future self / letter to your past self 

movie tickets / concert tickets / polaroids / receipts / stickers / stamps

self affirmations

playlists

five years from now 

tattoo ideas

things to study / learn more about

favourite quotes / lyrics / poems

achievements / accomplishments / places you’ve been and things you’ve done and when 

calming / grounding senses ( favourite sounds, smells, textures, and more )

support websites / phone numbers for reference

articles and essays I keep coming back to:

“joy” by zadie smith (about, well, joy)

“roaming the greenwood” by colm tóibín (ostensibly a book review of the history of gay literature but actually just very incisive thoughts on…the history of gay literature)

“the murder of leo tolstoy” by elif batuman (about exactly what it says in the title)

“the love that dare not squeak its name” by david rakoff (about, i swear to god, stuart little)

“a room of one’s own” by virginia woolf (I mean, you know)

the entire lingua franca archive but in particular “bio hazard” by fred kaplan (about writing a biography of gore vidal) and “the stand” by daniel mendelsohn (about the role of a philosopher (martha nussbaum love of my life) in a colorado gay rights case in the 90s)

“the professor of parody” by martha nussbaum (about judith butler)

When you start dating somebody and they make a post sayin “Physical attractiveness is not important to me. Its whats inside that counts “

okay here’s my controversial opinion of the day

it’s okay if the things you like aren’t, like, artistic masterpieces.

not everything has to be deep and full of symbolism and a groundbreaking. it’s okay to just like things because they’re fun or goofy or have characters you really like. it’s honest to god okay to say the things you like are bad, especially since all standards of artistic merit are basically made up anyway. 

enjoy the garbage for what it is. 

“Well, I think there is a difference between loving the idea of someone and actually loving who they are.”

— Elizabeth Burke

ladies…stan yourself

final day of studying for midterms ft cute pizza place (with really nice hot chocolate); borrowed my friend’s midliners until mine arrive! finally ordered them and i’m so excited.