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Month: January 2016
I did some physical therapy for my wrist this year & I haven’t had pain in 3 months now! I thought I’d share some tips I learned.
im serious about that “stop saving things for special occasions” bit tho like. even if u aren’t in your 20s. thats for everyone. its one of the most useful things ive learned lately
stop! just stop. eat the special snack. drink the expensive hippie tea. use the incense or the bath bomb or whatever you paid way too much for because you were feeling really bad and retail therapy makes u feel alive
when we save things for special occasions/rainy days it contributes to us feeling like A.) our day to day existence is lackluster and B.) you have to be feeling a certain level of Bad, or have to reach a certain level of Socially Accepted Achievement, to enjoy things
just give yourself stuff. there are definitely sometimes reasons to withhold things from yourself – as motivation, if it’s something you consciously want to use sparingly, etc – but at least for me half the time it just turns into self-flagellation and also cool things and cool experiences and nice treats just collect dust while i wait for some fabled day when i convince myself i finally Deserve it
just fuckin give yourself stuff dude. life’s so mindblowingly short
my grandmother died having only used her china like twice in her life. during the year or so before her death, she was starting to package up and give things of hers to her kids, and gave mom the china while sighing “oh i wish i had used the china more!” and mom tried so hard to convince her to just keep it, then, and eat corny dogs off it if she wanted. she insisted she couldn’t possibly, you need a special reason to use the fine china.
when nana died, we used her fine china as our everyday dishes for years. i was 18 when she died, and never really stopped having that in the back of my head.
now, when i hear myself say “i wish i had a reason to wear/do/eat/use X!” i hear nana regretting never really using her china. and let me tell you a thing:
spaghettios taste great when eaten from fine china.
more good philosophies for 2016
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
New year’s resolutions…
New year’s resolutions…
Also, Amazon knows me all too well:

Also, Amazon knows me all too well:

First purchase of 2016… look I am making good on my promise.
First purchase of 2016… look I am making good on my promise.
Home and sleepy… I know Akira is sitting in the mailbox right now, but I don’t wanna walk across the apartment complex in the snow to retrieve him. But then I feel even worse, thinking about that little puppy in the mail room, probably freezing to death…
…only it’s just a toy… and not actually alive… (right?)
ughhh too tired. Will retrieve puppy tomorrow.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!