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i want the world to stop for like 1 year so i can rest
"Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you just keep moving... you will come to a better place." – Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender
you've gotta be kind to yourself no matter what
this is twice as true in the winter
the world isn't ending and you don't need to kill yourself it's literally december. it's december. and you need to be nice to yourself.
I wish one day we create a more peaceful world, with less violence ❤️🩹💭☔
Absolutely devastating news from Australia that at least 11 people were killed in an antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. One of those who was murdered, Alex Kleytman z”l, was a Holocaust survivor. His wife, also a Holocaust survivor, saw as he was shot. I cannot imagine the grief and pain she and many others are feeling.
My heart is with all the victims and their loved ones, as well as the broader Jewish community in Australia. May the memories of the victims be a blessing.
We deserve to be able to congregate and observe Jewish holidays without fear of violence, in Australia and globally.
❤️🩹
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I wish this feeling upon everyone who wants to wear a dress, its really the best
this makes me so happy as a fat hairy guy who likes skirts and dresses i never get to see guys like me in dresses it’s always skinny twinks this makes me so happy 🥺🥺
sometimes I'll get a story idea, but then I'll ask myself, "wait, am I really the right person to write about this?" like, for example, if the idea has war or colonization as part of the plot or world-building. I haven't experienced those things first-hand, and no amount of research will make my writing read as 100% authentic to someone who HAS experienced those things. I often feel like there are things I shouldn't be "allowed" to write about. Maybe that's just whatever purity culture has instilled in me talking, or maybe I really am just being rational and knowing my limits. I don't know.
I'd say you're allowed to write about things you haven't experienced first hand! Just as writers of thrillers and crime related fiction are allowed write a murder mystery without being murderers or murder attempt victims themselves. Writing would be so limited if we only can write about what we've experienced ourselves. I'd just use it as a reason to explore, research and learning about things I'm not familiar enough with and want to write about!^^ And maybe take extra care and time in the research if it's a sensitive topic
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"Boycott Black Friday!
I'll be boycotting this Black Friday on November 28, to not contribute to overconsumption and to instead care for the planet
I'm planning on mending some clothes and other items instead^^ ✂️🧶🪡🧵 Swapping out shopping for creativity and resourcefullness instead
Do you have any more ideas on alternative sustainable activities to do on Black Friday instead of shopping? Please share in the comments if you want, so we can all exchange ideas!^^ 💡🌱"
Something that literally changed my life was working with a friend on a coding thing. He was helping me create an auto rig script and was trying to explain something to me but his words were just turning into static in my brain. I was tired and confused and there was so many new concepts happening.
I could feel myself working toward a crying meltdown and was getting preemptively ashamed of what was about to happen when he said, “Hey, are you someone who benefits from breaks?”
It broke me.
Did I benefit from breaks? I didn’t know. I’d never taken them.
When a problem frustrated or upset me I just gritted my teeth and plowed through the emotional distress because eventually if you batter and flail at something long enough you figure it out. So what if you get bruised on the way.
I viscerally remembered in that moment being forced to sit at the table late into the night with my dad screaming at me, trying to understand math. I remembered taking that with me into adulthood and having breakdowns every week trying to understand coding. I could have taken a break? Would it help? I didn’t know! I’d never taken one!
“Yes,” I told him. We paused our call. I ate lunch. I focused on other stuff for half an hour. I came back in a significantly better state of mind, and the thing he’d been trying to explain had been gently cooking in the back of my head and seemed easier to understand.
Now when I find myself gritting my teeth at problems I can hear his gentle voice asking if I benefit from breaks. Yes, dear god, yes why did I never get taught breaks? Why was the only way I knew to keep suffering until something worked?
I was relating to this same friend recently my roadtrip to the redwoods with my wife. “We stopped every hour or so to get out and stretch our legs and switch drivers. It was really nice. When I was a kid we’d just drive twelve hours straight and not stop for anything, just gas. We’d eat in the car and power through.”
He gave a wry smile, immediately connecting the mindset of my parents on a road trip to what they’d instilled in me about brute forcing through discomfort. “Do you benefit from breaks?” he echoed, drawing my attention to it, making me smile with the same sad acknowledgement.
Take breaks. You’re allowed. You don’t have to slam into problems over and over and over, let yourself rest. It will get easier. Take. Breaks.
Are you normal
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Same!!!!!!!!!! I'm not normal 😂 I'm weird and I'm proud of it 😤 Embrace the strangeness 🛸♥️
Hiiiiiii!! I hope you're doing well <333
Sorry if this is something that you already discussed before, but I'm slowly starting to be more active in my fic writing (I posted my first fic on ao3 some time ago), and there's a little problem that keeps tormenting me: how can I accurately tag my fics and, at the same time, avoid making spoilers? 😫
There is a fic that I'm getting really hyped about, and I plan that, at a certain point, there will be a miscarriage: I had thought, since it will be a multi-chapter fic, that maybe I could just add tags as the story goes on, but it will still be a spoiler to see that tag once I will post the chapter related to the miscarriage! I will obviously use the tag, I know it may be a triggering or uncomfortable scene for some people, but at the same time I imagined that part as a plot twist: if the readers get to that moment with an anticipation of what will happen, there will be no surprise anymore, right?
(Idk what to dooo 😭😭😭)
Hope you have an amazing day/night 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
hi! I'm doing great and hope you are too <3
as for your fic, if I were you, I’d probably use the “creator chose not to use archive warnings” tag, but not necessarily the “miscarriage” tag, since I wanted to keep that part a plot twist and a surprise for my audience.
yes, I always encourage fellow writers to tag their warnings properly and I always try to tag my warnings properly in my works, but sometimes there are still things us writers wish to keep secrets as plot twists — in my opinion, that's when the "creator chose not to use archive warnings" can be brought into play.
yes, the topic of miscarriage can be triggering and uncomfortable to some, but the point of “creator chose not to use archive warnings” is already to warn audiences that there may be some topics in the works that are triggering, therefore audiences should proceed at their own risk. the “creator chose not to use archive warnings” is already a warning in and of itself, and one of its main purposes is so that authors can warn their readers without giving away any spoilers or plot twists.
of course, in the end, it’s entirely up to you and what you think is best for your fic and your readers. and I don’t think there’s any wrong answer when it comes to this.
A small reminder from your feline friend 🐈⬛🤍
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"Kristallnatten/the night of broken glas, is a horrible part of history and must never be forgotten. We must all stand against antisemitism. (And make sure to not blame the jews for Israels genocide, I'm only mentioning this cause online I see people confuse themselves and are blaming the jews as a whole when they are not responsible for Israel's actions. Israel is responsible for the genocide on Palestinians. The jews are not responsible for it, and therefore I urge people to not blame the jews and also to stand against antisemitism. Nevr again means never again for everyone ♥️🙏"
