Caretaker, I Pour So Much Effort Into Everything I Feel Like Im Being Pulled Thin, And I Feel Bad Seeing

Caretaker, I pour so much effort into everything I feel like I’m being pulled thin, and I feel bad seeing it worry the people around me. Could I please have a few words? I offer the salt taste of tear tracks, the calmness after sobbing, and the shaking of my bones

THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND THE FIELDS OF FLOWERS AND GRASS ONLY EMPTY MOUNTAINS FULL OF WILDLIFE AND THIS IS NOT FOR YOU 

this exchange between me and my sister about animal crossing reads like two comrades bleeding out on the battlefield

Hey Caretaker, can I get your advice on something? A girl asked me out a while ago, but we haven’t been able to meet up and actually go out do to her schedule (though it’s obviously out of the question now). We haven’t really talked about it, and she hasn’t reached out to me since. Is it worth it to stay hung up on this, or should I accept it may already be over and move on? I offer distant memories of fruity summer drinks, the false taste of sugar on your tongue, and an abandoned clock

YOUVE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A CUTE ASS VIDEOCHAT DATE HERE

Finally got to use the word homoerotic in an essay, now I’m a real English Gay™️

it's never too late to start your day

insomnia got you sleeping in until 2 pm?

that's okay. get yourself some coffee and go thrift shopping, no one will know

anxiety got you staring at walls until 8 pm?

it's going to get better. start a load of laundry and take a hot shower, so you go to sleep clean

depression keep you locked in your room until 11 pm?

it'll be alright. drive to walmart and buy some nice candles for your night, you'll wake up with something new

you don't have to start your day in the morning. i start at 5 pm sometimes and let me tell you, doing something almost always feels better than doing nothing. it doesn't have to be big or important. it doesn't have to be too much to handle. it's enough to wash your face, or comb out your hair. if you feel tired, it's enough to make a list of things you want to do tomorrow. don't let the clock hold you back. it's a piece of glass and plastic. you get to decide what a day is.

Ideas for Lent

100 Things to Do for Lent  (printable list) You probably know that the three pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Did you know that you’re supposed to do all three? Did you know that you can do more than one thing in each category? - Meg Hunter-Kilmer

My favorite thing to do for Lent - Daily intercession for others Write the name of one family member, friend, coworker, neighbor, acquaintance, or someone I’m not too fond of on one of the 40 days of Lent. When that day arrives, I offer my prayers and petitions, frustrations, joys, and sufferings for the person’s intentions. - Katie Warner

66 Things to Give Up or Take Up for Lent (Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced) Through my various Lenten fails over the years, I’ve learned a different way of approaching Lent….We make it a time, not of suffering (necessarily) but rather of increased focus on God and others and decreased focus on self and personal comfort. - Catholic All Year

8 Reasons to Turn Out the Lights During Lent   The impact it had on our lives was more powerful than I could have imagined. - Jennifer Fulwiler

The 5-Minute Sacrifice for Lent   Instead of giving up one impossibly difficult thing for 40 days, I give up myriads of small things every day, for 5 minutes at a time.

The 7 Penitential Psalms to be prayed during Lent

Pray the Litany of Humility

Pray “Universal Prayer” in Slow Motion Meditate on particular line for each of 40 days. I have often thought that the second greatest prayer ever written is the Universal Prayer attributed to Pope Clement XI. - Msgr. Charles Pope 

Common Reasons for Failure in Lent:

Expectations and reality: You will struggle – expect it and you won’t be as frustrated when you do.

Lack of firm commitments: When you struggle, don’t give up – get up and work on it again.

Lack of clear commitments: Our Lenten commitments should be clear. That means that if we succeed or fail we know it and thus there is no ambiguity.

Lack of accountability and Community: Those with accountability partners to pray and encourage them will be far more successful than those who work on these disciplines alone. We should also take our failures to confession for forgiveness and strength to continue to fight.