Ray: A lot of the time we feel that our lives the worst, but I think that if you looked in anybody else’s closet, you wouldn’t trade your shit for their shit. So let’s go.
Screenshots from ‘Mid90s’ (2018)
Tag: quarantine journal
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Morning Rant
I know questioning of who is entitled to feel depressed right now (surely not me, with my clear lungs and sufficient Gopay balance) is unproductive. But I’ve concluded is that denying our emotions only underlines them.
I’m telling you, to plan a curriculum can be mentally, emotionally and physically draining. Teaching and doing the management at the same time from home in the past two months was barbaric.
It is definitely not a job for everyone, or a career that you start ‘because you didn’t know what else to do’, as many uninformed people tend to say. Like myself 12 years ago.
If you want to be rich, stop right there. Private school teachers do get paid an ok salary. No high, not low, just ok. I think it’s pretty similar to lecturers who teach at long established private university. But if you look at public school teachers, it’s a whole different cringe-game.
If you want a work-life balance shit, nu uh. It’s very possible for a teacher to get a nasty combination of burnout, loneliness and broke-ness.
I wish you – over-involved boomers – are more civil and appreciative.
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Longing
Jamie: Do you think you’re happy?
Dorothea Fields: Seriously? Look, wondering if you’re happy it’s a great shortcut to just being depressed.Abbie Porter: Whatever you think your life is going to be like, just know, it’s not going be anything like that.
Jamie: Stop.
Dorothea Fields: What?
Jamie: Thinking that you know everything that’s going on.
Dorothea Fields: No, I don’t. I just think that, you know, having your heart broken is a tremendous way to learn about the world.
Screenshots from ‘20th Century of Women’ (2016).
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6 Things I Consumed This Week
- Normal People – Sally Rooney, I finished it in a day.
- Troubled Blood – Robert Galbraith, pre-ordered to be delivered to my Kindle in September, can’t wait!
- In food category:
Rob’s weekly elixir supply. My weekly chocolate supply. Special delivery from my parents for Ied holiday: oxtail soup with condiments.
- OTCs:
Didn’t mean to take any photos but look at the blue sky!
- Ask a Curator: Fransesco Bonami on Marina Abramović the Venice Biennale’s Postponement, and More. I often felt left out/intimidated by art world and makes me think I should read more of them.
- Greatest Events of WWII in Colour. After I finished 1917, In The Corner of The World, and The Darkest Hour the other day I found myself very interested in WWII. This series also made some historical accounts from The Crown make more sense.
I forgot to mention that Rob and I are finally borrowing my dad’s projector which our spines will be forever grateful for!
