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Alex's avatar

How do you know what my bedroom looks like? xxxx love and feel this. let's all pray together for willpower to finally arrive for us

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jonathan vega's avatar

"Sorry if I led you to believe I was well-adjusted and put together. Truth is, I'm an infant."

Gold! Thanks for sharing.

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Black Glass's avatar

The pile doesn't judge.

It just is. Maybe it’s not Everest—maybe it’s compost. Yeah, hear me out.

A slow, smelly, awkward process of turning yesterday’s mess into something useful. Maybe shame is just potential misunderstood. That sock you forgot? Fertilizer for tomorrow’s discipline. That hoodie with pizza sauce? A relic of survival. And compost doesn’t need a Sherpa—it needs patience.

William James said willpower is the “conscious effort of attention.” Cool. But what if attention, before it becomes effort, is just grace? What if instead of forcing ourselves to climb the pile, we sat down beside it? Said: “Hey. You’re not proof that I’m a failure. You’re proof that I’ve been living—messily, inconsistently, but still here.”

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Danny Li's avatar

Sure, some more self-compassion might be in order. I could get behind that.

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Black Glass's avatar

From my pile to yours !

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jaz's avatar

the closing lines of this was chefs kiss but especially this one: "There will always be laundry."

clapping for u for doing ur laundry AND for writing this beautiful piece!!!

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Gabriela C's avatar

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Cooking with ADHD's avatar

I read this, stood up, and finally folded and put away the pile of clean laundry that had been sitting on the 'temporary chair' for a week. So, thank you. You deserve lots of claps.

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Danny Li's avatar

Claps to u as well. The temporary chair is a familiar tactic

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Dr Christine DiBlasio's avatar

I love this! Simple things can be not so simple to conquer! One step at a time, building your “laundry muscle” one load at a time!

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Lalitha's avatar

Danny’s garden is such a cute name

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Danny Li's avatar

Ty haha

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Hedera Helix's avatar

I'm not an infant...and I'm not well-adjusted and put together either. I love it and I clap you for do the laundry 🌹.

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Sue's avatar

Excellent writing! I can easily relate

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Sandra's avatar

Is willpower the thing that pushes you to accomplish stuff without hating yourself and making you feel guilty for being incapable?

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Danny Li's avatar

the soft and persuasive kind yes

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Sandra's avatar

Alien concept tbh

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Danny Li's avatar

to me as well. but I guess it's something to develop over time

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Josie's avatar

automate as much as you can for depressive-induced pile ups (physically and financially).

and — when you need to practice some grace toward yourself, splurge on wash & fold.

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Diary of the Unpoet's avatar

I love the way you put this! I too struggle with mustering the will for the mundane and regular.

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Samuel Durey's avatar

And you had to leave home to do it? (Stands up and starts to slow clap)

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Danny Li's avatar

Yea I live in a walk up so it’s 6 flights down & across two blocks. Pretty brutal 😅

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ceece 💌's avatar

You never realize how draining it is to do the most mundane activities until you live alone. I understood that the hard way. The act of simply taking care of yourself can be exhausting. Loved this! 💌

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TJ's avatar

I guess like hot over think but idk

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