Im Acting Like A Bad Bitch With Resting Bitch Face Whilst Walking To Uni But Really Im Listening To Chewing

You can always start again. Clean out your social media. Create a new account for your new taste in music. Study or work in a new city. Start socialising with new people. Choose a new signature scent and style and purge the outdated parts of yourself. If you don’t like where you’re at, but you don’t know what to do about it - try starting again.

You know you’re doing an English Major when an essay question is to analyse a 50-word long poem with a 2300 word limit. 

One of the more profound things I’ve heard recently came from a Mr. Rogers documentary. In a clip from his show, Mr. Rogers had just visited with a musician, and tells his audience that some people play music, and some people don’t, and that’s okay.

And then he said, “The important thing is to find something you feel good about doing.”

That phrasing struck me. “Something you feel good about doing”. Most people would have phrased it as “something you enjoy doing”. Or “something you’re good at doing”. But Mr. Rogers’ subtly different phrasing leads to a profoundly different connotation. “Something you feel good about doing” may not be enjoyable–people who work in hospitals or in disaster zones might not enjoy much of their day, but they probably feel good about helping people. “Something you feel good about doing“ may not be something you’re particularly good at–you may be a terrible artist by any objective standard, but if you feel good about making your art, then it’s a worthwhile endeavor. Looking for “something you feel good about doing” can help you find a truly satisfying life path.

That phrase is also helpful with daily decision-making. Too often, I can make choices based on “what feels good.” I put aside tasks that are too stressful or avoid activities that seem too difficult, in favor of mindlessly browsing the internet. And I enjoy myself. I feel good while I’m doing that. But at the end of the day, I don’t feel good about how I spent my time. However, reminding myself to do “something I feel good about doing” can motivate me to accomplish those more difficult tasks. It can push me to do something outside of my comfort zone, to try something new that I might not be much good at. And maybe this is a blindingly obvious philosophy to everyone else. But I’m grateful for the reminder. 

this quiz tells you what your homeric epithet would be and well, isn’t this the question that keeps us all up at night? feel free to reblog and put your epithet in the tags, mine is bright-eyed

words of encouragement in Spanish

Animar (to cheer up): Dar ánimo o energía moral a alguien.

(La) Palabra de aliento - word of encouragement

Puedes lograr tus metas con disciplina - You can achieve your goals with discipline

Descansa, pero no te rindas - Take a break, but don’t give up

No me rendiré - I will not surrender /  I will not give up

No dejaré que esto me hunda - I won’t let this bring me down

Quiero que te des cuenta de lo increíble que eres - I want you to realize how incredible you are

La diferencia entre lo que eres y lo que quieres ser está en lo que haces - The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do

Unas personas sueñan con el éxito, mientras otros se despiertan y trabajan - Some people dream of success while others wake up and work

Cae siete veces y levántate ocho - Fall seven times and stand up eight — Japanese proverb (Proverbio japonés)

Siempre es muy pronto para rendirse - It’s always too early to quit. — Norman Vincent Peale

El secreto para ir adelante es empezar - The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain

Las oportunidades no suceden. Tú las creas - Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.  — Chris Grosser

Si puedes soñarlo, puedes hacerlo - If you can dream it, you can do it — Walt Disney

Un hombre exitoso es aquel que puede hacer una base firme con los ladrillos que otros le arrojan - A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that other throw at him — David Brinkley

Para ser exitoso, tus ganas del éxito deben ser mayores que tu miedo al fracaso - In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure  — Bill Cosby

Para tener éxito, antes debemos creer que podemos - In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can — Nikos Kazantzakis

im trying to clean out my school binders and i dont know why but every time i go to throw away schoolwork i always hesitate. ‘what if i want to use this for studying later’ says i, the dumbass, who has not studied, for a single thing, in my entire goddamn life

Here Are the Jewish People

Western popular concepts of Jews that people here take as the extent of our tribe:

The reality:

Boys from the Jewish population of Yemen, which has been around for 2500 hundred years but has been slowly massacred over the past few generations.

The Lemba of South Africa and Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe in particular has a large and VERY long history with their Jewish Community)

The Abayudaya of Uganda, some of the great Jewish musicians

The Beta Israeli of Ethiopia

Igbo Jews of Nigeria

Cochin Jews of India 

Baghdadi Jews

Kaifeng Jews of China, who go back to the 7th or 8th century. Unfortunately, during the 20th century much of their culture was almost wiped out and the Kaifeng are currently working to rediscover their Jewish heritage and culture.

Jewish Children in Puerto Rico (Jews have been in Puerto Rico since the 15th century, many fleeing from the Inquisition)

The Beit Shalom Choir in Japan

Kosher comes in all colors, from all over the world, and in a variety cultural groups. We’re a small portion of the human population, but we have EVERYONE. We are all members of this tribe.

Because stereotypes are bullshit.

Hello! I’m the Little Language Fox...

But you can call me Lisa. I’m in my final year at my University. I currently study literature + Spanish (my majors), as well as French + lingustics (my minors).

Also, I am currently self-studying Korean (I am a beginner!). 

I thought about making this blog for a long time. I’ve had a Tumblr since 2010 (oh my god I’m old) but I recently deleted my previous account to start fresh! 

I really want to track my progress and stay motivated to keep up my languages!

See you around!

Weekly Verb

달리다 - To run

Conjugation:

달렸어요 - Past

달려요 - Present

달리고 있어요 - Present progressive

달릴 거예요 - Future

Romance language culture

is reading a book in a language you don’t technically speak but have no difficulty understanding.