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The honey industry’s “Save The Bees, Buy Honey” rhetoric has to be one of the most successful advertising campaigns of all time, up there with “Got Milk.” They have managed to convince millions of people that by farming a species of bee which is not even close to being endangered they are somehow helping to save those who are, despite the fact that wild bee populations are being threatened by the presence of commercial honey bees. Many diseases that have only ever existed in domestic bees are also spreading to wild bee populations and placing them in very real danger, all of which is very likely a direct result of the commercial production of honey.
Yet somehow, the honey industry not only has eco-conscious individuals giving them money, they have also convinced them to actually advertise their product on their behalf. Capitalising on a conservation crisis to make a profit while simultaneously contributing towards that crisis is profoundly cynical, but the fact that they’ve also managed to turn those people who should be their biggest opponents into their customers and defenders is pretty damn impressive.
self care isn’t always face masks and bubble baths.
self care can be drinking a glass of water.
self care can be going to bed earlier than normal.
self care can be washing your hair.
self care can be eating a meal.
self care is anything that is constructive to you or anything positive that makes you happy.
me: *is bored for 0.5 seconds*
me: i wanna learn how to work wood. i need to build a boat
“Here’s how you stop being average: When you wake up in the morning and need to brush your teeth, and you have that thought, “Oh, I should actually floss too,” then floss. When you go to make yourself breakfast and you have that thought, “Oh, I said I was going to eat healthier,” make the healthy choice instead of the unhealthy one. When you go to head to train for work and you have the choice between taking the stairs or the escalator, and you hear that voice in your head that says, “Oh, I said I was going to be more physically active,” take the stairs. When you get into work and you sit down in front of your first task, and you have that thought, “Oh, I said I was going to work on being more productive,” turn off all distractions and get to work—instead of browsing Facebook, for example. When you leave work and you’re exhausted and you have that thought, “Oh, I said I was going to work on my book this week,” don’t go to the bar. Go home and work on your book. When you get ready for bed and you feel like winding down, and you have that thought, “I said I was going to read more instead of watching so much Netflix,” pick up a book instead of opening a web browser. Being average is a choice—that’s what a lot of people don’t understand. You know what you need to do. And a tiny, faint voice in your head reminds you of what you need to do, or what you had said you were going to do, a lot more often than you might realize. Start listening to that voice.”
— Nicolas Cole (via smallmitgirl)
sometimes you just gotta give yourself permission to accept that you deserve good things in life. you deserve to feel good about how you look. you deserve the attention your partner gives you. you deserve the praise for that thing you’ve worked really hard on. you deserve the people checking in on you and caring for you. you deserve all of it.
One of the most challenging things I’ve had to learn is that healing must be intentional. There is no one golden day that comes and saves you from all your misery. Healing is a practice. You have to decide that it’s what you want to do and actively do it. You have to make a habit out of it. Once I learned that, I only looked back to see how far I came.
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