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Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.

Carrie Fisher

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Han & Leia Appreciation Week: Day 3, Part 1

There are so many wonderful things to say about Carrie Fisher, from her sense of humor to her kindness to her advocacy for mental health. But I think of this quote almost constantly. More than even Leia, the idea of “stay afraid but do it anyway” is a part of my daily life.

I’m one of those people who becomes paralyzed with fear. I have severe anxiety and I fight it every day.

I use procrastination as an unhealthy coping behavior. It started when I went to [insert snooty Ivy League here]: I didn’t think I belonged there, I didn’t think I was smart enough or good enough. So I stopped. I was so afraid of failing – or, of not being perfect – that I just didn’t do anything. I didn’t go to class. I didn’t do readings. I’d wait until the last second to turn in assignments. And I’d be terrified the entire time.

I’m in law school now, and I’m feeling those same feelings all over again. I’m literally paralyzed by my own fear. But I tell myself: stay afraid but do it anyway.

Paralyzed in fear is no way to live. Carrie knew this and she told all of us the best way she knew how to stop the cycle; her words help me every day.

Thanks Space Mom ❤️

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galadrielles:

Do you have a message for people who suffer with bipolar disorder?

Oh, yes. You can outlast anything. It’s complicated, it’s a job, but it’s doable. One of the greatest things that happened for me was that psychotic episode. Having survived it, I now know the difference between a problem and an inconvenience. Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It’s a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life. – Carrie Fisher [x]

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reapersun:

I always kinda wanted to draw a cool Leia pic and after being bummed all day today this popped into my head… I know she hated this dumb costume but this was always my fave movie of the trilogy so I wanted to draw her being badass and awesome in it (not that she WASN’T ALREADY)~ I hope she would have thought it was kinda okay ;w;

PS I almost left off the watermarks because I hate that this looks like I’m advertising my shit at her expense but if I leave it off there’s a slim chance it’d be exploited in some way and that irks me worse. Sorry, I hate it too 😦

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not-all-the-prayers:

Some words of wisdom from Carrie Fisher

  • “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ” 
  • “If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.” 
  • “Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.” 
  • “I feel I’m very sane about how crazy I am.” 
  • “And when you’re young you want to fit in. Hell, I still want to fit in with certain humans, but as you get older you get a little more discriminating.” 
  • “In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train.” 
  • “You know the bad thing about being a survivor… You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.” 
  • “There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap.” 
  • “No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.” 

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.

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FFS 2016… the bloodthirstiest year on the innocent that ever bloodthirstied on the innocent *cries* (@claudias-ashes told me about this and just… ugh.)

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