Derry

“you dangle on the leash of your own longing;
your need grows teeth”
― Margaret Atwood

“Who says you need to wait until you 'feel like' doing something in order to start doing it? The problem, from this perspective, isn't that you don't feel motivated; it's that you imagine you need to feel motivated. If you can regard your thoughts and emotions about whatever you're procrastinating on as passing weather, you'll realise that your reluctance about working isn't something that needs to be eradicated or transformed into positivity. You can coexist with it. You can note the procrastinatory feelings and act anyway.”
― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

“For most autistics existing in a world not built for them, anxiety is the baseline and constant background hum that their daily life has to play over.”
― Fern Brady, Strong Female Character