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“Note For Self”: 30 Of The Most Wholesome Posts To Prove Things Get Better (New Pics)
Life is full of ups and downs. And while the former paint the world in brighter colors, the latter can be quite difficult to go through. But it’s important to remember that whatever it is, this too shall pass, and try to motivate yourself in ways that you know tend to work best. After all, we’re the ones who know whether it’s food or a day at the amusement park that has the power to turn our frown upside down.
One way to motivate yourself is making positive notes to self, and if you’re lacking ideas of what they can entail, you can always browse the ‘Note For Self’ Instagram account for inspiration. On the list below, you will find some positive posts, as shared on the account, which we encourage you to browse, and, of course, upvote your favorites, while you’re at it.
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Doctor Strange 9 months ago
S*x is just a bonus. Its being wanted, knowing that she (or he if that's your preference) Could have picked someone else but Chose you.
BeKind&Rewind 9 months ago
I have been divorced for almost 4 years, and I miss just being touched, hugged, snuggled with and someone to check that pesky mole on my back. But I love my dog way more than my ex, so it's all good.
Arthur Waite 9 months ago
I wish someone had planted this idea in my head in 1975. Would have had a different life.
Michael Largey 9 months ago
When a person says "yes" to s*x with you, the most pleasurable part is the "Yes". And the part you'll remember the longest.
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Boasting more than four million followers, the ‘Note For Self’ Instagram account was started by a psychology student who wanted to share the information they learned with other people. In an interview with Bored Panda for our previous edition on the account, the founder shared that it allows them to provide entertainment with a message that should receive more spotlight on social media.
“People always have trouble in their life, and they always will. So when they open their phone and scroll through the page, it can provide some relief or a quick perspective change, or show that they’re not alone, as there are other people agreeing with the quote,” they said.
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Michelle C 9 months ago
Those bonds can be rebuilt when the person who has done wrong makes amends. I’ve been both the bond breaker and forgiver.
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Doctor Strange 9 months ago
My problem is the opposite. Its like pulling teeth to get my friends to spend time with me. I'm always inviting them out, trying to do things, but they never want to make the effort.
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royal crablets 9 months ago
I just want to curse the people who get me out of the house, invite me to go somewhere and distract me from everything going on in my head.
In an earlier interview, the founder of the Instagram account shared that providing support to internet users is the thing they love most about it. “I enjoy getting messages from people that say that I’ve helped them overcome something or that it’s something positive for their mental health. Over the years I’ve received countless direct messages like these,” they said.
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nomnomborkbork 9 months ago
People who have not learned how to live alone are missing an essential skill.
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It’s no secret that positive messages—whether shared online or face-to-face—can have a positive impact on many people. Even making positive comments to ourselves can make a difference, largely thanks to the power of positive thinking.
According to the Mayo Clinic, positive thinking, which often starts with self-talk, can help a person lower their levels of stress and even improve their health. Some benefits reportedly include lower rates of depression, greater resistance to illnesses, better cardiovascular health, reduced risk of death from infections, and better coping skills, among other things.
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Sue Denham 9 months ago
When your mother is asking all those little questions before you go out she's not doubting your capability: she's saying "I love you".
Marnie 9 months ago
Yeah, but there was no mention of a mother here. I think someone (the OP) has a really skewed idea of what it looks like when one adult loves and care about another adult.
Load More Replies... Marnie 9 months ago
I would HATE, HATE, HATE most of this, especially "text me when you're home". Why the f*****g why?! What are you going to do if I don't? Most likely be mad at me for forgetting to text. Are you going to put in a missing person's report? When? One hour, two hours, six hours, 72 hours after I don't text? "Do you have enough money?" What am I, eight years old?
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Family's_disappointment 9 months ago
Best kind of morning, until you realise how much you spent on the stuff you'll never need (not the ones you need)
WindySwede 9 months ago
Or if you accidentally click on a link with "please confirm your address with this link! 🙀
Load More Replies...Mayo Clinic notes that positive thinking doesn’t mean that you don’t experience or pay attention to the negative things in life. It's focused more on how you deal with them and whether you see the glass as half empty or half full in certain situations in life.
“Positive thinking just means that you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst,” the source reads.
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In addition to numerous health benefits and lower stress levels, having a positive attitude can lead to more passion and determination. A study involving close to 1,600 participants aged 13 to 77 found that there were large differences in regard to passion and determination when the researchers compared the five percent of respondents with the most positive attitude versus the five percent with the least positive one.
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 9 months ago
For me it's usually my employer. I've left a lot of jobs because of rude managers.
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Michael Largey 9 months ago
If I'm not fully engaged in conversation with you, that doesn't necessarily mean I need for you to shut up. It may mean that I need for me to shut up.
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Mariotevez 9 months ago
You are a diamond queen bathed in the fountains of platinum! May your descendants plague the universe like the stars, may your life be long and full of joy. May your battles be as easy as your slumber, may your foes tremble before you. May your days be full of joy and the love of friends and family. May your tongue only speak love and wisdom, may your heart beat to the tune of the great creator, may your thoughts be pure as spring water. -men everywhere
Another study found that positive attitudes can especially benefit children. Researchers from Stanford University have reportedly discovered a brain pathway that directly links positive attitude with achievement, which means that encouraging children to think positively can significantly influence their achievements, too. According to the study, being positive increased the children’s memories and enhanced their problem-solving skills.
“We saw that if you have a strong interest and self-perceived ability in math, it results in enhanced memory and more efficient engagement of the brain’s problem-solving capacities,” said Vinod Menon, Stanford professor and senior author, as cited by CNBC.
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Whether it’s a pep talk from a friend, an inspiring message on Facebook, or an uplifting quote on someone’s T-shirt, they all have the power to make your day just a little bit better. But you yourself can positively influence not only your day, but your life, too, so make sure to engage in positive thinking and always see the glass as half full rather than empty.
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Jaya 9 months ago
*If they want to and are capable of it. There's plenty of times where people really want to, but mental health issues get in the way.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 9 months ago
I bloody wish i did everything i wanted to. I wouldn't be sitting here scrolling if i could
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liam newton-harding 9 months ago
I know a guy…can get you a completely different past…and the documents to back it up…follow the link, if serious…
Load More Replies... Jaya 9 months ago
Some of these are definitely things you can pay to learn. There's "etiquette teachers" who teach manners, there's loads of self help books that can teach you how to improve your common sense, trust, patience and integrity. If there are factors that prevent you from trust, patience, integrity, morals or love, you can pay for therapy and lessen those factors.
Parmeisan 9 months ago
And also, therapy will help with many of them. Which, at least where I live, still costs money.
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#24
LittleTeapot 9 months ago (edited)
It’s neat, the bed is clean and has full linens. The only things that give me pause are the floor (if it’s bare concrete might not be much to be done) and the lack of any light other than a shade-less bulb.
Helena 9 months ago
It isn't that it's poor. It is that is only has two escape ways, and they would both be easily blocked.
MsPlants 9 months ago
isk why that was down voted, as a woman that is a very valid point. we have to think of things like that and if this is the first time I go over to someones house I do think of things like that.
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Virgil Blue 9 months ago
It wasn't about love but property rights, family holdings and political power. Marrying for love is a very modern notion. Loving or even just standing a person was considered a nice, but unneccesary bonus back then.
Marnie 9 months ago
This is SO STUPID. God, I wish they taught basic anthropology in high school. Marriage is not an invention of government. Every single society, past and present, known to man has marriage. It is one of the few universals of human nature. One can complain about how government gets involved, but that's a separate question. If you two jump over a stick and now say you're married, then in my eyes, you are married. But don't think that marriage itself is something to throw away simply because government now has a finger in it. (FYI, I'm not married. I was married from age 36 - 40, which was four years too long. I'm not some one of those people who thinks getting married is some kind of "duty". I just like science and history and anthropology.)
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
I’m on the verge of being divorced. It took a few weeks to get married, a bit of paperwork and it was done. Currently on week 36 of the divorce process. Tying the knot is easy, untying the knot isn’t.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 9 months ago
I wish you luck and as low of stress as possible x
Load More Replies... LittleTeapot 9 months ago
I’m so undate-able. I’m old and I want it all: a partner for love, friendship, joy, AND someone will help bring safety/security/stability to my life.
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BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
And are you willing to communicate to your partner are what it means to be loved "correctly", or do you just have unreasonable expectations of people?
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Michelle C 9 months ago
This is often characteristic of African-American Vernacular English or of someone whose first language is not English. Maybe the person who created this text-based image was African-American and their primary dialect is AAVE. Maybe the person is not a native English speaker. However, to characterize everyone in the entire American education system as woefully, uneducated or undereducated is inaccurate. I agree that this is grammatically incorrect according to the convention of Standard American English, but cannot identify the background of the writer or speaker accurately by the grammatical mistakes alone.
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Doctor Strange 9 months ago
Just because you Can, doesn't mean you should. I've spent my whole life knowing I was a dissapointment, the family underachiever, the least favorite friend. Can I live like that? Yes. Is it good or healthy? No. Do I wish it were different? Yes.
liam newton-harding 9 months ago
This entire post has become entirely nihilistic…BP’s AI title generator hasn’t been taught what “wholesome” means.
justme 9 months ago
I see this as a positive. Like the person is saying that loving yourself is enough.
superfluous 9 months ago
And realistic. Still doesn't really fit the theme of the post?
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#31
Firstname Lastname 9 months ago
I'd rather have a birthday experience than a thing, even if that is just a friend making sandwiches with me.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 9 months ago
Both are cool and im grateful for both but a birthday alone is sadder than no presents obvs
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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 9 months ago
But just because they give you effort doesn't mean you are owed replicating it. Its ok to dislike people who want to befriend you. You don't owe anyone any form of relationship.
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Lousha 9 months ago
It's just a matter of different traditions with different backgrounds. In a large chunk of Europe most people never think about it, a washing machine goes in the bathroom, it's a fact of life, the same way as you'd never think twice about where the bed goes. In the bedroom, obviously. Then you go to the UK and you see that they almost exclusively keep their washing machines in the kitchen. Then you watch some American tv and you realise that it's not even a given for some people to HAVE a washing machine in their home, they go to these mythical laudry places with a dozen machines. Just because something is unusual, it's not necessary worse. We're used to this way, you're used to that way.
Angela C 9 months ago
Where I am if you have a basement that's where your laundry machines go, although I tried to convince my parents to turn one of the bedrooms at their house into a laundry room so that they (well really my mom, dad already can't get down the stairs) don't have to go up and down stairs to do laundry as she gets older. Either that or they need to start having my brother do all of it and not just his work clothes (he still lives with them and I don't anticipate that changing)
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Geoffrey Scott 9 months ago
The best people say: "I don't know, but I'll find out", then DO.
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superfluous 9 months ago
Am confused. WHICH generation? Why would it make ME feel like being alone is the best option?
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grilled cheese 9 months ago
um this could be taken the wrong way and i absolutely took it the wrong way. i had a gf in the beginning of 2025 and she manipulated me to get her ex’s attention. so yeah she offended me, but i don’t think im the one that needed the working on here.
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Michael Largey 9 months ago
"I have all the simplicities, including that of brusqueness." - Nero Wolfe
Load More Replies... Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 9 months ago
You dont owe others a reply if you don't wanna talk to anyone (im ignoring some messages rn) but this feels rude
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