An Overthinker’s Almanac of 26 Anxiety Memes to Banish the Intrusive Thoughts

You know someone’s never actually had anxiety when they’re eager to tell you that the way that they curb their worries is by simply ‘not overthinking’. Not to water down other people’s experiences, but crippling anxiety can’t be solved with just a flick of the wrist and a wish upon a star. Meticulously anxious folks …
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35 Memes That Keep Their Cool

Nothing like keeping calm under pressure. It’s hard to do, and I admire those who do it well. It’s so easy to be reactive to something in the moment and to let it throw you off balance. They say everyone has a fight or flight response, and when you come across a stressful situation, either …
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36 Memes That Don’t Get It Twisted

When someone starts a sentence with, «Don’t get it twisted…» You know they’re about to absolutely pop off on something or somebody. It’s one of those sentence-starters that can send a chill down your spine if you’re on the wrong end of it. Some other ones: «And just one more thing» or «Hey girlie I …
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26 Memes That Go Down Like Water

Who else used to hate drinking water when they were kids? I used to think of it as such a chore, such a slog, and an annoyance, like going to the dentist. My mother would have to force me to finish my cup by the end of the meal, and I would chug it like …
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30+ Memes With an Existential Slant

Do you ever look down at your hands or worse, the mirror, and say to yourself, «Who the heck am I? How did I get here?» This happens acutely to me about every other week, and in smaller doses a lot more. What can I say, I’m an existential kinda girl. It’s hard for me …
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31 Memes That Stir & Inspire

Inspiration can come in the least likely of places. Michelangelo found beauty in math. That kid from American Beauty found it in a plastic bag billowing in the wind. I find it every day on the subway to work. Muses are elusive things. You can’t force inspiration. It comes like dust in the wind, happening to land …
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30+ Mental Health Memes for Anyone Trying to Feel Better

For a highly complex organ, the brain sure can be dumb. A couple of minorly bad things happen to you when you’re a kid, for example, and then you find yourself as an adult having to learn special breathing techniques because you can’t deal with the fact that somebody spoke to you in the wrong …
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38 Memes Bursting With Flavor

Remember those soy sauce commercials in the early aughts that introduced us (at least me) to the elusive 5th taste, umami? I feel like Don Draper would have been loved that ad. It really evoked that sumptuous, savory, delicious yet indescribable flavor that’s in things like barbecue and mushrooms. Just thinking about it now is …
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30+ Memes for a Cold January Day

It’s the dead of January, and we’re all feeling it. The post-holiday malaise has worn off and here we are, in the thick of our regular, shmegular lives. There’s something wonderful about that, though. This is the stuff of life, the real meat. It may not be the times we remember the most, but it’s …
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33 Memes to Stave off the Big Sad

Sometimes all that’s keeping you afloat is a good meme. The strings of your sanity are being tugged and one foul move could snap one. To the internet you come running, with searching eyes, looking for something to save you. And that’s nothing to be ashamed of. There, there.  January dawns, the air is chilled, …
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