I shortened mine to “Eli” and now he wont stop talking about some new road leading to the church…

Is that the guy who used to do illustrations for Cracked.com? The style looks very familiar.

Definitely a dream, the second to last one with the rain is amazing, my favorite. This doesn't explain being cursed with anxiety or overthinking but it helps.

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

saw this on tumblr years back. had it printed and tacked on a cork board in my room. it really helped me pull focus on what goes on in my head versus what really is happening. sometimes our anxious, over thinking side dominates and these illustrations do a great job of reigning that side of myself in

I’ve had this same issue

No one is saying anything about what you should do. This image isn’t telling you to do anything. It’s just making a point about the state of many institutions. If anything, maybe this should motivate you to… help?

Thanks for posting this! I used to love reading this comic years ago but I had forgotten what it was

Right. So, while waiting on the NHS, I should be motivated to...pull it down? Not sure this will help.

I can’t say that sexuality has ever been portrayed by virgin demons but I suppose I need to get out more

Upvoted... To the top I'm telling you!

Not true at all

That's subjective, those online friends can be enough for some lol it's not like they can't ever meet up

That's subjective, those online friends can be enough for some lol it's not like they can't ever meet up

"Principles" might be the wrong way to put it. More like "understanding habits" if you will.

Atomic Habits is just that, habits. So it'll help you build and break habits.

I made it a habit to eat better and train more. Leading to said results.

If you want what I did specifically, no processed foods (got to the point where I couldn't eat burger king/McDonalds thanks to stomach throwing a fit). A little bit will more or less always be there. But reducing it heavily. Bread (especially in the US) is a good one to avoid, sauces in general as well.

Then it's all about watching the calories you consume. Make sure to be in less than what your body needs and you'll loose weight.

If you want to work out/build muscle as well. Focus on the clean eating, working out and keeping a slight calorie deficit. No need to go too hard. Gotta have energy for the day after.

Are these “principles” you mentioned in Atomic Habits? Maybe i should give that book a read.

Lol. Right. Uh.. the medical system. Education. The legal system. Finance. And that’s in America. In developing countries these institutions are 10x more fragile.

You’re taking this too literally. Institutions are hard to topple because they’re required for functioning society and that’s how society has and wants to be organized, but that doesn’t mean they’re tough.

They’re made up mostly of overworked people who are actually running them, they’re often very slow and mired in bureaucracy which means if they’re hit with sudden influxes they will essentially fail, and executives who are corrupt, out of touch, useless and who contribute to their weakening.

Third one had me confused

Lol.. uh.. the obvious metaphor.

My favorite is "I wish to have everything I could ever need"

Nice gender politics in a motivational post

I think it’s a nice way of portraying the ideas behind the words, if you just had the text it’d be far less impactful imo

He must have been comfortable

And why is that either frightening or comforting? Institutions is such a broad term. A lot of positive and negative things could be associated with institutions.