lazybaby.

"push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:08:57 -0400

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push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.

2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.

3. erase processed food from your diet. start with no lollies, chips, biscuits, then erase pasta, rice, cereal, then bread. use the rule that if a child couldn’t identify what was in it, you don’t eat it.

4. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.

5. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

6. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

7. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

8. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

9. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

10. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

11. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

12. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

14. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.

15. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.

16. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.

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- Sixteen Small Steps to Happiness (via punkrockmermaid)

I love this.

(via shiraselko)

I do too.

(via rartastic)

It’s funny that these kinds of things make me say, “YOU DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!” and cause a low level anxiety instead of being inspired to change my life. Demand resistance! So much fun!

(via flanneryflann)

While I like the IDEA of this, all I can think is, “I guess people without jobs or kids can do these things.”

Also, I wake up at 6 already and have to bust my ass just to get to work on time, so…

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lacuisine: chopped chicken taco salad + cheese quesadilla...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:04:27 -0400

lacuisine:

chopped chicken taco salad + cheese quesadilla strips

Webster, NY

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:41:00 -0400

Webster, NY

nevver: More things to do with books (other than read them)

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:03:31 -0400

nevver:

More things to do with books (other than read them)

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:03:12 -0400

theparisreview: Artist Ekaterina Panikanova paints on old...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:38:29 -0400

theparisreview:

Artist Ekaterina Panikanova paints on old books. As you can see, the results are extraordinary.

globochem: cat selfies

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:46:41 -0400

globochem:

cat selfies

eoporto: “And after the party it’s the hotel lobby”

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:39:06 -0400

eoporto:

“And after the party it’s the hotel lobby”

"People will show you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to..."

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:23:03 -0400

“People will show you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to be.”

- Don Draper (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:20:12 -0400

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Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:10:34 -0400

isay: nursewithtattoos: adventuresofphunny: andachtig: Should...

Wed, 29 May 2013 20:53:30 -0400

isay:

nursewithtattoos:

adventuresofphunny:

andachtig:

Should I die before I wake… Turn me into a tree! (Does putting it on Tumblr make my request legally binding?)

I’ve been telling people for years to plant my ashes with a tree.
Now it’s easy!!

Totally want this when I’m dead.

I’m a bit of a traditionalist and had been thinking I’d go the Folgers coffee can route, but I could be persuaded…

americastestkitchen: Why Do Pretty Brownies Have a Shiny,...

Tue, 28 May 2013 22:17:29 -0400

americastestkitchen:

Why Do Pretty Brownies Have a Shiny, Crackly Top? Once we figured it out, it was a snap to produce a crackle.

…and now i want a brownie…

youngwildgirlsyoumakeamessofme: runnersbliss: fitforinfinity: ...

Tue, 28 May 2013 22:17:04 -0400

youngwildgirlsyoumakeamessofme:

runnersbliss:

fitforinfinity:

foodopia:

fresh fruit chocolate bar: recipe here

fffff I wanna make these with dark chocolate

oh wow.

I made these once and they were sooo yummie so I’m reblogging the recipe again so everyone can enjoy this :p

americastestkitchen: Books about Food: Summer Reading Recommendations: Love food? Love to read?...

Tue, 28 May 2013 22:11:05 -0400

americastestkitchen:

Books about Food: Summer Reading Recommendations: Love food? Love to read? Love to read about food? Here is a handpicked reading list of books, some new and some that have stood the test of time, about culinary pleasures that the staff of Bon Appetit recommends you pack in your beach bag this summer. We suggest you also pack some snacks along with them.

humansofnewyork: “There’s six people in every relationship:...

Tue, 28 May 2013 22:08:57 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“There’s six people in every relationship: you, the person you think you are, and the person your partner thinks you are. Then there’s your partner, the person they think they are, and the person you think they are.”

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Tue, 28 May 2013 22:06:56 -0400

nevver: Self-portrait

Tue, 28 May 2013 21:52:27 -0400

nevver:

Self-portrait

minorfall: nprfreshair: Novelist Jennifer Gilmore, whose new...

Sun, 26 May 2013 22:35:52 -0400

minorfall:

nprfreshair:

Novelist Jennifer Gilmore, whose new book — The Mothers — is based on her own experiences of trying to adopt a baby, talks to Terry Gross about the necessity of ‘selling’ oneself in order to appeal to a birth mother:

Of course, we thought, ‘These babies need homes. And we’re helping these babies have happy homes.’ That didn’t turn out to be the case. There are not as many babies as there are parents who want them. So you realize it is quite competitive. You join a pool of people, and it’s sort of a business out there now, a booming one. And there are more people who want babies than can be satisfied.

So what happens is, whatever route you take, whether you write this profile, you put it online, whether you do it privately, you’re sort of saying, ‘This is who we are as a couple’ or ‘We have this big ranch house’ or ‘We love museums’ or ‘We love soccer, we love children, we have nieces and nephews, and here are pictures of us with children.’ My husband and I made a pact when we started this that we were never going to misrepresent ourselves or lie about who we were. We live in New York; we live in a fourth-floor walk-up, so the rest of the country is confused by that.”

Adopting is scary as hell. More so for the birth mother, naturally, but being on the other side too. Sitting down and putting on paper why you are the right choice, why you are worthy, why someone should choose you. Vulnerable. Awkward. Generally icky.

nicolrene: I just have to share because this is the coolest of...

Sun, 26 May 2013 22:17:21 -0400

nicolrene:

I just have to share because this is the coolest of all the websites. You type in a book that you liked and it brings up a list of at least 10 books that you would probably enjoy as well.

So if you’re looking for a good read, check it out.
www.whatshouldireadnext.com

love this site. reblogging for others to see.