To Train - Not In Vain! (Winston, Your Art Is Sublime!!)

You did not deserve to be sexually harassed.

This is true no matter what. No matter

what you wear

how much money you make

where you work

or anything else

They asked if I wanted to file a complaint. I said no I’m trying to stay employed, not enter The Hunger Games.

You get punished twice — once for what happened, and again for how you react.

“I always knew the world moves on.

I just didn’t know it would go without me.”

"There must be satisfaction gained in accurately naming the thing that torments you."

-Miriam Toews

Just finished Women Talking (both the book by Miriam Toews and the movie by Sarah Polley) and I honestly don’t know how to describe it without using all caps. It’s probably the most clear-eyed thing I’ve ever seen about what it actually feels like to live in the aftermath of harassment. If you’ve ever felt like you were losing your mind trying to name something everyone else was fine ignoring I really highly recommend this rare artwork to you all.

Life gets easier when you stop fighting it. The rain will fall whether you complain or not. Traffic will exist whether you stress or not. People will act how they want whether you worry or not. Focus on what you can change. Let go of what you can't.

Songs hit differently after...

...that famous Einstein quote about repeating stuff = insanity

slowly spiraling