Michell C Clark
@michellcclark.bsky.social
author of “Eyes On The Road.” doing my best. michellcclark.substack.com
Please do not let the most exhausted, isolated, or frightened version of you make an irreversible decision for every version of you that could still exist. Today is still happening, but you get to think about tomorrow, too.
September 18, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Please do not let the most exhausted, isolated, or frightened version of you make an irreversible decision for every version of you that could still exist. Today is still happening, but you get to think about tomorrow, too.
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“If hope feels too heavy, borrow something smaller: curiosity. What might tomorrow reveal?
Who might surprise you? Which version of yourself have you not met yet?”
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Who might surprise you? Which version of yourself have you not met yet?”
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September 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
“If hope feels too heavy, borrow something smaller: curiosity. What might tomorrow reveal?
Who might surprise you? Which version of yourself have you not met yet?”
@michellcclark.bsky.social
Who might surprise you? Which version of yourself have you not met yet?”
@michellcclark.bsky.social
Your relationship with yourself cannot be built entirely around improvement. At some point, you have to become someone you are allowed to enjoy being. You get to be proud of who you are. Present tense.
August 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Your relationship with yourself cannot be built entirely around improvement. At some point, you have to become someone you are allowed to enjoy being. You get to be proud of who you are. Present tense.
some seasons do not ask you to bloom.
they ask you to grow roots deep enough
to survive what cannot yet be named.
they ask you to grow roots deep enough
to survive what cannot yet be named.
August 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
some seasons do not ask you to bloom.
they ask you to grow roots deep enough
to survive what cannot yet be named.
they ask you to grow roots deep enough
to survive what cannot yet be named.
There is a special kind of power in being told you don't belong somewhere, and showing up anyway—
Not to prove them wrong, but because you were never performing for them in the first place.
The people who needed to hear you, HEARD YOU. and the ones who didn't understand still felt it.
Not to prove them wrong, but because you were never performing for them in the first place.
The people who needed to hear you, HEARD YOU. and the ones who didn't understand still felt it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
There is a special kind of power in being told you don't belong somewhere, and showing up anyway—
Not to prove them wrong, but because you were never performing for them in the first place.
The people who needed to hear you, HEARD YOU. and the ones who didn't understand still felt it.
Not to prove them wrong, but because you were never performing for them in the first place.
The people who needed to hear you, HEARD YOU. and the ones who didn't understand still felt it.
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HELL YEAH! Pro tip from a Puerto Rican, if you use the lighter blue we use to denote a more sovereign symbol, we’d love it!
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
HELL YEAH! Pro tip from a Puerto Rican, if you use the lighter blue we use to denote a more sovereign symbol, we’d love it!
love isn't a feeling you fall into—it's a choice you climb toward every time you see someone clearly, flaws and all, and still choose to stay.
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
love isn't a feeling you fall into—it's a choice you climb toward every time you see someone clearly, flaws and all, and still choose to stay.
reparenting yourself isn't about blaming your parents—it's about becoming the adult you needed when you were too small to speak up for yourself. it's learning to speak to yourself with the same kindness you'd show a scared child who's trying their best.
September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
reparenting yourself isn't about blaming your parents—it's about becoming the adult you needed when you were too small to speak up for yourself. it's learning to speak to yourself with the same kindness you'd show a scared child who's trying their best.
grief is proof of love.
anger is proof of care.
fatigue is proof of effort.
you are not broken—you are alive.
anger is proof of care.
fatigue is proof of effort.
you are not broken—you are alive.
September 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
grief is proof of love.
anger is proof of care.
fatigue is proof of effort.
you are not broken—you are alive.
anger is proof of care.
fatigue is proof of effort.
you are not broken—you are alive.
Your future self is going to thank you for not giving up.
August 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Your future self is going to thank you for not giving up.
I don’t wanna hear you talk about how you would handle pain that you’ve never experienced
June 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I don’t wanna hear you talk about how you would handle pain that you’ve never experienced
I don't want wellness practices that teach me to be at peace with an inequitable world. I need practices that help me to stay sane while doing my part to fight against it. if it makes you compliant to injustice, it's not healing—it's sedation.
June 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I don't want wellness practices that teach me to be at peace with an inequitable world. I need practices that help me to stay sane while doing my part to fight against it. if it makes you compliant to injustice, it's not healing—it's sedation.
Without proper nuance, "self-care" rhetoric shifts blame for systemic problems onto individual people. You can't meditate your way out of medical debt. Positive thinking won't raise the minimum wage. Sometimes the most caring thing you can do is get angry at the right systems.
June 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Without proper nuance, "self-care" rhetoric shifts blame for systemic problems onto individual people. You can't meditate your way out of medical debt. Positive thinking won't raise the minimum wage. Sometimes the most caring thing you can do is get angry at the right systems.
I'm tired of conversations about mental health that ignore the impact of surviving a world where healthcare can bankrupt you, wages can't cover rent, and climate change threatens your future. Individual solutions can't fix collective problems.
June 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I'm tired of conversations about mental health that ignore the impact of surviving a world where healthcare can bankrupt you, wages can't cover rent, and climate change threatens your future. Individual solutions can't fix collective problems.
I wrote about the limitations (and benefits) of therapy within the constraints of capitalism
My therapist can't save me from capitalism, and yours can't save you, either
The problem with individual healing as a solution for systemic issues
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June 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I wrote about the limitations (and benefits) of therapy within the constraints of capitalism
shout out to people who hold themselves accountable, even when nobody else is watching. even when blissful ignorance feels like the easy way out.
June 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
shout out to people who hold themselves accountable, even when nobody else is watching. even when blissful ignorance feels like the easy way out.
The part of you that feels "behind" is comparing your private struggles to other people's public victories. You're not late to your own life—you're exactly where you need to be to appreciate what's coming.
June 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The part of you that feels "behind" is comparing your private struggles to other people's public victories. You're not late to your own life—you're exactly where you need to be to appreciate what's coming.
you're allowed to feel multiple emotions about the same situation. grateful and disappointed. hopeful and exhausted. excited and terrified. complexity isn't confusion—it's human.
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
you're allowed to feel multiple emotions about the same situation. grateful and disappointed. hopeful and exhausted. excited and terrified. complexity isn't confusion—it's human.
this tweet literally outlasted twitter. what a time.
I never realized that this interaction was with @michellcclark.bsky.social
Some of yall were laughing at this tweet too hard and the stats back that up.
May 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
this tweet literally outlasted twitter. what a time.
the most dangerous form of attachment isn't to other people—it's to the outdated versions of yourself that no longer serve you. give yourself permission to evolve beyond your own expectations.
May 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
the most dangerous form of attachment isn't to other people—it's to the outdated versions of yourself that no longer serve you. give yourself permission to evolve beyond your own expectations.
Things they don't tell you about healing: it's cyclical, not linear. You'll revisit the same wounds with new awareness. You'll think you're done only to discover deeper layers. This isn't failure—it's integration.
May 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Things they don't tell you about healing: it's cyclical, not linear. You'll revisit the same wounds with new awareness. You'll think you're done only to discover deeper layers. This isn't failure—it's integration.
We weren't designed to process global tragedy at breakfast, respond to work emergencies at dinner, and fall asleep to doom-scrolling at night.
Our nervous systems never consented to this arrangement.
Our nervous systems never consented to this arrangement.
May 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We weren't designed to process global tragedy at breakfast, respond to work emergencies at dinner, and fall asleep to doom-scrolling at night.
Our nervous systems never consented to this arrangement.
Our nervous systems never consented to this arrangement.
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“The cost of indecision isn’t just stagnation–it’s the slow erosion of trust in yourself.”
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May 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“The cost of indecision isn’t just stagnation–it’s the slow erosion of trust in yourself.”
@michellcclark.bsky.social
@michellcclark.bsky.social