Your mental health must take priority over small contributions to the greater good.
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Your mental health must take priority over small contributions to the greater good. Not just because “put your mask on before helping others,” but also because it is the correct ethical choice.
For instance: if you’re over-keeping stuff and it’s causing you problems, you have permission to throw things out rather than find them a new home or ensure they’re recycled. You matter, and you taking care of you is better for the world in the long run than the tiny bit of extra trash 1/…
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If you’re struggling to pay rent, going to Walmart or whatever to save the money you need to be ok is Actually Good. You’re not “supporting” the company, you’re surviving. Survival is praxis. 2/…
If your phone is the main way you maintain the connection and community you need, you’re not a bad person for buying a phone that isn’t as sustainable or ethical as you’d prefer. You’re not sinning by making sure that what you have serves you without suffering for it 3/…
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Your mental health must take priority over small contributions to the greater good. Not just because “put your mask on before helping others,” but also because it is the correct ethical choice.
For instance: if you’re over-keeping stuff and it’s causing you problems, you have permission to throw things out rather than find them a new home or ensure they’re recycled. You matter, and you taking care of you is better for the world in the long run than the tiny bit of extra trash 1/…
If you’re struggling to pay rent, going to Walmart or whatever to save the money you need to be ok is Actually Good. You’re not “supporting” the company, you’re surviving. Survival is praxis. 2/…
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If your phone is the main way you maintain the connection and community you need, you’re not a bad person for buying a phone that isn’t as sustainable or ethical as you’d prefer. You’re not sinning by making sure that what you have serves you without suffering for it 3/…
It’s great that you care about others. It’s great that you want to do your best in the ways that you can. But please don’t listen to the puritanical voices telling you that you must suffer and strive for perfection else you’re a failure.
That voice is the voice of the worst type of conservativism, filtered through centuries of cultural reframing to sound reasonable and acceptable. But it is neither. It is bullshit. 4/4
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