Secret of me #3

I love getting dirt under my fingernails. 

Secret of me # 2

I am willing to spend upwards of $70 dollars on a good piece of make-up 

but I'm absolutely repulsed by extravagance of bags/shoes/jewelry/whatever

 by Gucci, or Prada, or Louis Vuitton or any other "high end" designer. 

Go figure. I'm only partly practical.

Secret of me # 1

I once 

went through all the mugs in my cupboard 

with a big  plastic cup filled with water and checked to see how much water each mug would hold before selecting the 2 mugs that held the most 

as my favorite coffee mugs.

;-)

Grades!

Yay! I passed Intro Clay with an A and Experimental Psychology with a B(-)!
Woo-hoo!

Life Tip #5 Computer Documents

Don't trust your computer. Always save potentially important documents in at least two places. It would be even better if you printed them. You might be killing trees, but at least there's evidence of your hard work.

Always double save.

Life Tip #4 Weight, Beauty, and Value

I see a lot of girls wondering if they're pretty enough, fearing they're not, wondering if they're thin enough, fearing their not, and the word "healthy" being thrown around all in the mix.

Let me clarify.

This realization comes after year and years of my own pain, my own confusion.

First.

You are already beautiful.

Not just beautiful enough.

You are beautiful. 

You are. Just as you.

When  you exist well, live well, pursue your best self than your very state of being is beautiful. Don't let them lie to you, don't let them trick you into thinking anything else. You're not just beautiful, you're captivating, you're precious, you're lovely. Neither your health nor your weight have anything to do with whether or not you're beautiful.

Second.

Do you eat healthy food? Do you usually get enough sleep? Do you take care of your body and try to avoid and heal injury and illness? Are you physically active? Do you exercise for enjoyment? Do you make efforts to be as emotionally healthy as you can be and to be your best self? If so, CONGRATULATIONS, you are thin enough. In fact, you're perfect. Don't let them lie to you. Health and weight are not the same. There are many many unhealthy people who are very thin. They believe the lie and it will end their lives prematurely. If you are healthy, you are healthy. This "healthy weight" shit has got to end. If  you are consistently healthy your weight will be healthy for you. This is a simple equation. It doesn't even require math.

Third.

For the record, and let me be very clear, neither your weight, nor how closely you fit into the very limited idea of commercial "beauty," nor how healthy you are or are not, nor how well you take care of your body or mind, nor how damaged your body and mind are or have been. Not how much money you have or ever will have. Not your weight. Not your political leanings. None of these things determine your value.

You exist.

You are valuable. 

You deserve dignity.

You have value.

Life is your gift, don't let anyone (not even your own mind) try to trick you into thinking it's a gift you have to give back.

You are not a commodity to be appraised and acquired. Human value is NOT a limited commodity. It never will be.

IT NEVER WILL BE.

You are valuable. You, by existing, have value.

You.

So, yeah, take that with you, and keep your head up. There's a lot of confused and angry people in the world who will try to lie to you, who have believed lies themselves.

But we know better.

Probably not the Nicest Thing

To say I have hard feelings for the TA in my psych class would be a fair understatement.

That is all.

I have changed my mind about the TA. She's letting me submit late papers because my computer ghosted them. I feel like a right bitch thinking so poorly about her when she's being so gracious to me now.

Note to self; don't judge.