it’s hot. also i’m growing cacti from seed which is new to me and i’m excited, a few of them are sprouting now. how are you?


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    hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!

    the list as it stands:

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    Back to dreaming of going fast and listening to no-copyright specifically secret rings ost. That game has so many artists like it’s nothing new but I think the popularity of crush 40 kind of takes away from all the artists who’ve done sonic songs if I’m being real.

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    the guy jeans i still wear really arent doing me any favors but I dont know what to do about that without spending money on jeans I dont need in cuts I havent verified look good on me yet :/ wish i had skirts. I’m probably going to retire the current pair I’m wearing because I think they are just not flattering whatsoever.

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    Working with dudes in construction really just breaks whatever crushes I have on them, I said it before but guys getting angry and shouty when the heat gets turned up is ugh. I get being frustrated but like chill or at minimum don’t lash out, hoping this puts a stop to my gay dreams towards them I really don’t wanna be a therapist or something.

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    Im going to meet with an endocrinologist in a bit less than 2 weeks to take some physical examinations before I can be prescribed hormone replacement. I should be happy and excited about this but I still feel so empty and pessimistic. It feels like I’ve wasted so much of my life having to justify my identity to cisgenders just so i can have a chance at getting a low quality hormone replacement at an inadequate dosage that will probably be criminalised soon anyway. I tried to get diy hormone replacement a couple of months ago but my mother intercepted the package and threw it away. I borrowed 100$ from someone to pay for it and now i need to pay them back.

    Because of my mental health, I’ve lost all but one of my friends and to them im more of a detriment than anything else. Im scared to go outside and interact with other people because i live in a country of savages who would probably lynch me for being trans.

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    always weird to find protest/event pictures on myself online, especially reddit, still not used to it. not posted by my party i mean, like from random people.

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      Absolutely! I heard something the other day that made me a little more comfortable with this impossible question, maybe it’ll help you too: answer this question as though it’s asking “which of the two normie genders do you feel more aligned with today?”

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      Don’t ask too much from yourself, but ask for more. The key is to make sustainable incremental changes over time, trying out new things and seeing what sticks.

      Discussion of weight loss, potentially triggering for those who are sensitive to the subject.

      Regarding weight loss, changing eating habits is pretty much the most effective means of achieving that. Dieting is generally counterproductive and it can cause one to develop a problematic relationship with food as a whole. Like I mentioned earlier, its the sustainable incremental changes over time that get the results that stick. You mentioned cardio, and cardio is very good for you, but… Building muscle mass is the more effective means of lowering one’s bodyfat percentage aaaaaaand the most effective means of gaining muscle mass is through weight training. That can be intimidating but a simple at-home dumbbell routine can be a wonderful introduction to fitness as a hobby.

      I really wish the fitness comm was more active here.

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      “consistent mediocrity” is the key. don’t push yourself hard every day, just make sure to go out and do it to some level you can reasonably meet every day (or every other day). I’m able to go jogging 3.5 - 4 miles every day if I really try, but I just make sure to do at least 2 miles every time I go out, and I’ll go for more on days where I feel up to it. If I did that 3.5 - 4 miles every day I’d quit in a week, but I’ve been able to stick to the routine for 2 months so far because I’m not too hard on myself.

    • Imo, working exercise into your daily life is the easiest way to keep at it. Things like active commuting to work. Sometimes, I find something I enjoy as a hobby and can be physically active regularly for a little bit, but then it falls off. Of course even with commuting, I sometimes fall back into passive commuting habits.

      Also, exercise frequently leads to just eating more if you aren’t watching food intake as well. Certainly are ways to do that without counting calories and exercising can help accomplish it imo, but its also easy to gain weight by excusing overeating.

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    CW: cigs

    Shout-out Doctor Girlfriend for making me comfortable with having a pack a day smoking voice

    Also talking to this goth girl right now that thinks it’s super hot that I smoke and requests videos of me smoking all day. God bless goth girls

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    🆘 Trans Sisters Attacked – Need Urgent Help

    Hey friends 💜 We were attacked in our camp just for being trans. Our shelters burned, and some of my sisters were hurt. We covered hospital bills, but now we really need help finding a safe place to stay in Juba.

    We’ve raised $102 so far, but still need about $700. Any share or donation means the world to us. Thank you for being here. The mutual aid Link is in my profile.thank you for taking time to read this 💙🙏🏿…

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    I’ve used the word “catastrophic” too much these days, but like, I took my hormones to my parents, only to find out that the safe deposit I had booked cancelled on me. Now I have a ticking time bomb in my backpack.

    Amazon delayed my delivered so it came after I left for my parents. By the time I will be back, the return period will have been expired.

    Ali express decided to send my swimsuit to my address and not my parents. I don’t have a body of water where I live :)

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      I mean not to give you false hope, but I know someone this happened to lol. Bro literally just had a B12 deficiency and his entire life and personality turned around after getting on it. Not saying this will happen to you, but will say that this does in fact happen