Practice Self Care Today, Stars.

Practice self care today, Stars.

Take a shower or bath, even if it is for only 5 minutes.

Get out of bed today, even if it is only to go to the bathroom.

Brush your teeth, if only for a few seconds.

Eat something, even if it’s small.

I’m rooting for you :)

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Fun fact: before Jenny Ghost and Jenny Toast became actual characters, we discussed genderbent versions of the Johnnies in our old friend groups in middle school! (2015-2016-ish). We were even the ones who came up with the name Jenny for them amongst our friends. They were only ever ideas we came up with to make ToastedGhost a reality because we acknowledged that the siblings were Christian and very unlikely to implement the Johnnies together as canon outside of some jokes here and there.

That’s right! If comments weren’t turned off I would find the old comments Blue had left on videos from our old YouTube account (deleted because our old email is no longer connected to google…) asking them to make Jenny Ghost and Jenny Toast a reality. Because I swear that happened. I know it wasn’t just us who left those comments, but it’s funny to think about how we were adamantly discussing spamming Venturiantale with comments about Jenny Ghost and Jenny Toast with our friends in 7th grade.

And then our friend Nathalie coming up to us one day and exclaimed excitedly that the Jennies were now canon and how excited we all were about that.

Just some fun little fun facts about the few body memories we have.

We single-handedly created the Jennies /j

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Do more of what makes you happy. Prioritize yourself, put yourself and your health and wellbeing first. You're not selfish, this is how you survive. How you feel better. You can do whatever you want. You don't constantly have to slave away to make others happy because that's the "noble" thing to do. You're not "very kind" or "super caring" at this point, you are neglecting yourself, you are ruining your health. Start putting yourself first today.

Positive reminder that you can get better. That you can better yourself and do better by others.

Remember that Zuko, the most loved character in Avatar the Last Airbender, was once an antagonist. That he did some questionable things. That he had betrayed his uncle and the gaang. But he bettered himself.

Zuko regressed during his redemption arc, and you will too, but remember that he learned and grew from his mistakes and became the fandom’s most beloved character.

Be like Zuko. Don’t give up on bettering yourself because you regressed and because people hate/are angry with you. It takes time. If his redemption arc only lasted a few episodes, then it wouldn’t have had the lasting impact that it has today.

Your redemption arc is underway. Don’t stop fighting to become a better version of yourself, Stars.

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Trauma and distress should not be used as a measurement to decide who is most worthy of community or support or a shoulder to cry on. We're all worthy. Regardless of whether what you went through was one big hurricane or a dozen smaller thunderstorms. Trauma is trauma. Nobody should be competing here.

For a positivity vibe today, reblog with one good thing that’s happened recently, no matter how small! Yummy meal? Got some sleep? Saw some fall leaves? Pet loves you in particular? Found a good story?

I’d love to hear!