Tuesdays are tough. What inspires you?
Is there a quote you keep at your desk, or a positive affirmation that sticks in your brain to keep you going when times are tough?
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Is there a quote you keep at your desk, or a positive affirmation that sticks in your brain to keep you going when times are tough?
Share away! 😸
#Scriptsky
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Or
“Ever forwards, never backwards.”
I still have it up, because it's all I need to keep trying.
This too shall pass.
Dali Lama
It is honestly the best thing you can do with them
Joking aside
You get out of life what you put into it.
“The people who make it in this business are the ones who never quit. It’s that simple.”
— Larry Kasdan
"Fortis cadere, cedere non potest." - "The brave may fall, but they cannot yield."
And my own family motto, "Ne Obliviscaris" Which can be translated as either "Never Forget" or "Be Mindful."
- Oscar Wilde
I can't fix that, it's a load bearing problem.
From a very dear friend ❤️
Helps me not give up my ideas and projects, no matter how many times I stumble.
If you need a nap, take one. It can save your life.
And (from my days in retail) “Aim for adequate. It doesn’t need to be perfect.”
The good I put out into the world is my personal fight against the pain and cruelty. Everytime someone gets care, feels seen, is helped the balance tips toward hope and good. It is an act of malicious anticompliance! They cant make me add to suffering!
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Don't let the bastards get you down.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
And then there's this, which is kind of at the heart of why I left musicology many years ago (I don't claim consistency).
In his last public appearance he suggested the story of Icarus taught us the wrong lesson, hence …
(quoted from memory)
You are not your past mistakes.
Whimsical and simple enough for a child to understand.
From Stephanie McMillan's 365 Daily Affirmations For Revolutionary Proletarians calendar, which has been on my desk for almost 10 years now.
https://burningbooks.com/products/365-daily-affirmations-for-revolutionary-proletarian-militants-a-perpetual-calendar
Don't have the energy for a full shower? Wet wipes.
Don't have the energy for 2mins of teeth brushing? A quick brush is better than no brush.
Anything worth doing deserves a half-assed attempt (as opposed to none)
Didn't get a page done but wrote on sentence? Still better than nothing!
It's easy to get wrapped up in All Or Nothing thinking-- give yourself some grace, and remember that slow progress is still progress! 🐌
And kinda an inside joke with My bestie: “not problems.”
For all those things people are freaking out on, tell you it’s a problem, but really… grow up.
And
"The only path forward is through."
And also the idea that I need to do things before I can't. You never know when things suddenly change on you.
“On particularly rough days, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%, and that’s pretty good.”
I have no idea who originally wrote it.
it will be okay or you will be dead and won't care anyway
I close my eyes, take a deep breath & calmly chant "Ooooh holy f*ck."
Highly recommend.🙂