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My reaction to this essay: GOSH FRICKEN YES! x1000!! This literally speaks about whats been on my mind that I wish people would fricken understand but I’m gonna save my tangent for the comment section under this cuz this has a word limit so here’s some quotes instead:
“Life isn’t logical.” !!!
“People who waste their lives search for reasons to love rather than ways to love”
I have no more room-
— Feb 26, 2025 02:03PM
“Life isn’t logical.” !!!
“People who waste their lives search for reasons to love rather than ways to love”
I have no more room-
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Rae
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No assessment of an essay today, just happy Ash Wednesday :)
And no I’m not giving up reading for Lent u can’t rip the books outta my hand sorry LOL
— Mar 05, 2025 11:21AM
And no I’m not giving up reading for Lent u can’t rip the books outta my hand sorry LOL
Rae
is on page 187 of 450
I feel v called out. “12 signs the only problem with ur life is that u think about it more than u live it” and then 2 of the signs are “u maladaptive daydream” and “you try to find comfort in over analyzing old things to make more sense of them” … this feels personal 💀😂
— Mar 03, 2025 03:50PM
Rae
is on page 183 of 450
This essay was called “how to detox ur mind” which I thought was good timing to read while trying to calm down from smt that just happened but it actually just pissed me off more💀 i cant say “this is all wrong” , but not everything can be applicable to everyone and unfortunately this just made me go, (in the least concerning way possible pls dw): how am I surviving rn fr💀 (IM FINE LOL) but omfg
— Mar 02, 2025 12:54PM
Rae
is on page 180 of 450
Unfortunately this book did not make me zen today. I’m gonna crash out (and faint for a very diff reason but I also feel v faint rn) but it’s ok cuz I’m bringing my romance book with me to my errands LOL
— Feb 28, 2025 12:04PM
Rae
is on page 173 of 450
“Truly coming to peace with anything is to be able to say: thank you for that experience.”
Last 2 essays were very interesting. Truthfully got a bit lazy and didn’t pick up this book for a lil bit and I think it triggered my current bad luck , cuz my peace is being disturbed by crazy ppl (thieves and hackers all in the span of 2 weeks😭 I’m so tired. Idek how to adult , I’m just a 22 year old child).
— Feb 25, 2025 11:00PM
Last 2 essays were very interesting. Truthfully got a bit lazy and didn’t pick up this book for a lil bit and I think it triggered my current bad luck , cuz my peace is being disturbed by crazy ppl (thieves and hackers all in the span of 2 weeks😭 I’m so tired. Idek how to adult , I’m just a 22 year old child).
Rae
is on page 165 of 450
Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVED it
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
— Feb 03, 2025 12:50PM
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
Rae
is on page 165 of 450
Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVED it
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
— Feb 03, 2025 12:48PM
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
Rae
is on page 165 of 450
Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVED it
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
— Feb 03, 2025 12:48PM
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
Rae
is on page 165 of 450
Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVEDit
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
— Feb 03, 2025 12:47PM
“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort
1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.
2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”
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^OH THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRANCH OUT ON FROM THIS TOPIC IS THE TOXICITY OF PURITY CULTURE— cuz that’s part of the microscope / BOX I feel like I’m in. But that’s another topic. Damn maybe I rlly should start a blog LMAO
I feel like I’ve spent so much time fighting for my life to explain this shit but anyways the real quote on logic was “love is not logical. Grace and joy and beauty rarely are either.” Also if u need a pop culture example: Olivia Rodrigo literally has a song called logical and that explains the tea. I feel like I could write a paper on this topic cuz I could branch out in so many areas but they’d all be personal cuz here’s where my passion stems from. I’ve had a lot of ppl (who all mean well) try to lecture or critique a lot of the choices I’ve made in my life. Choices to clarify that hurt no one (except maybe myself sometimes LOL) but nonetheless dont hurt them. And even if it does hurt me, from pain comes growth right? The other side of the coin of anger comes wisdom. And yet still sometimes I feel like I’m under this microscope of not being allowed to make mistakes and figure myself out as if ur early 20s aren’t literally for making mistakes and figuring urself out. I barely feel like an adult and I’m supposed to not make mistakes?? Basically my intensity is triggered by the fact that many have tried to apply logic as their reasoning for “why I shouldn’t do this” or “why I shouldn’t see this person” and then make me feel stupid for still feeling sad about smt they think I “logically” should be over. And I get it, from a logical perspective it makes no sense right? But HUMANS AND FEELINGS ARENT LOGICAL!! Emotions and the type of relations we build with others are complex and so far from straight forward and until u live it maybe u won’t understand and that’s mOre than okay cuz we all have different timelines but I swear it be the ppl who’ve never experienced anything that have the most to say and judge u for 😭 which again is fine to experience things later on but to ridicule others with logic is a flawed stated of mind in my personal opinion and I need to forward this essay to everyone immediately 🙂
Ok tangent over. Maybe the 2nd song i write will be on this LMAO cuz feels to thick a subject for a poem