A few years ago, there was this trend about performing self-care ironically, and then it actually working. Like ironically getting out of bed, ironically going for a walk, ironically washing the dishes, lol. I did this a bunch of times, and I can assure you it works; sometimes there’s no internal motivation to derive from, and you end up doing things ironically. In the end, it doesn’t matter why as long as you do them. It’s a radical form of discipline, I know, slightly Machiavellian? But if it works, it works. At any rate, you can always give up; there is no need to justify oneself; giving up is allowed too.



