17. African- Togolese and Ghanian Descent. Tired but appreciating the little things in life.
263 posts
love, intelligence, freedom
Our psychological state allows us to see only what we want/need/feel to see at a particular time. What are the first three words that you see?
friendly reminder that if i have ever befriended you and have not spoken to you in a while it’s nothing you’ve done wrong it’s just because i’m a piece of shit at keeping in contact with people and i still love you okay good
#THETRUTH
I don’t care if you’re tired of hearing about racism, black people are tired of getting killed for no reason, recognize your fucking privilege
statement from the Brown family
Marching tonight for Mike Brown in NYC. Spread his name like wildfire.
white kids are lucky they get the right to be rebellious; it’s just a phase for you, smoking weed and getting in trouble for petty shit. when you’re black, it’s a death sentence, allegedly stealing cigars and walking in the street is enough to take your life and leave you in the street for hours like a carcass
I love that moment. When you’re on a long car ride, or listening to music, or reading. And you completely zone out. You forget your troubles, and everyone around you. You’re focused on that one thing, and that one thing only. You’re content, and everything seems peaceful.
(via khanhvo)
I don’t want us to be those parents who never act romantic in front of their children. I want our kids to learn how to really love somebody because we lead by example. So kiss me in the kitchen while I’m pouring cereal, cuddle with me on the couch during family movie night, and hold my hand while we grocery shop.
Let’s show them what true love looks like, so when they find it for themselves they’ll never let it go.
1. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise. 2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable. 3. erase processed food from your diet. start with no lollies, chips, biscuits, then erase pasta, rice, cereal, then bread. use the rule that if a child couldn’t identify what was in it, you don’t eat it. 4. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else. 5. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything. 6. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice. 7. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small. 8. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full. 9. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle. 10. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck. 11. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog. 12. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through. 14. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything. 15. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends. 16. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.
(via toostoked)
Love her!!
Bookworm’s Dream Giveaway!
PRIZE: - one black Kobo Mini eReader - tons of books preloaded on it!
Books Included:
Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins
Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan
Divergent series - Veronica Roth
Game of Thrones series (The Songs of Ice and Fire) George R.R. Martin
Narnia series - C.S. Lewis
Maze Runner series - James Dashner
Mortal Instruments series - Cassandra Clare
Odd Thomas series - Dean Koontz
Torchwood book series
Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
Paper Towns - John Green
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Heat series - Richard Castle
Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card
If you have any specific books you want then let me know and I’ll try my best to get them for you!
RULES 1. Reblog this post to enter. Spamming reblogs won’t be counted. 2. Likes count. 3. Be following the Geek Studio. 4. Anyone can enter! No country limits! 5. That’s it!
A name will be picked at random by a generator to determine the winner.
End Date: February 28th, 2014 at 10:00PM EST
Smiling ebony girl with natural hair wears a flowered dress
Skinny Shaming
Ok, so i’m not trying to get you to pity me, but I felt the need to address this. I’m a size 0-2 (depends on the store), and I weigh less than 100 pounds. I eat what I want, exercise regularly, participate in PE, and my doctors say I am at a healthy weight for my height (i’m barely 5 feet). I constantly get called anorexic behind my back, when in reality I am very healthy. I eat veggies, fruit, protein, all that good stuff. But I also eat cakes, cookies, snickers, candies, ice cream, etc. And no, I do not throw it all up. It’s just the way I am, I was born with this body type. But something I’ve been noticing on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and in real life, is that when people are trying to defend and comfort someone more curvy, often times we just insult people who are slim. Sometimes that evolves into stereotyping people who are slim to be anorexic, ugly, and just disgusting. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against people with curves. I think everyone is beautiful, but this just pisses me off so much. I mean, I’m starting to feel bad about being slim! What I want everyone reading this to remember is that
not all slim people have an eating disorder
never insult another group of people to defend another
except all body types
there is such a thing as skinny shaming, and it needs to stop
-Kate (christmasinajar)
Source : http://instagram.com/yagazieemezi
I don’t care what anyone says, brilliance is sexy. Intelligence is sexy. Maturity is sexy. Having a mentally stimulating conversation is sexy. Have a great body is good, being fit is good, health is important. Charm is nice. But intelligence, my God, intelligence is absolutely sexy.
Sometimes…when I’m feeling melancholy and a bit depressed about my current state of loneliness..I wonder what would it be like to be THAT girl.. The girl that the hot guy on Instagram try’s to hit up…the girl that is so confident in herself that when she’s not…people still think she is..the girl...
taylor.