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[unfuckyourhabitat]

Emergency cleaning: Unfuck your whole house in the shortest time possible

So, your landlord/parents/home inspector/favorite movie star is dropping by, and your place is a disaster. You don’t have much time to clean it up. You’re in emergency mode. Let’s get started.

Don’t panic. Panic leads to fear, fear leads to procrastination, procrastination leads to the dark side. You can do this, but you have to stay calm.

Unlike maintenance cleaning, we’re not looking to completely unfuck one space at a time. Instead, we want to decrease the overall mess in stages, spread evenly across the whole area that we’re concerned about. If you think your home is at Level 10 filth, we want to bring the whole thing down to a Level 9, and then down from there. One really clean spot in an otherwise messy home is not going to be helpful here.

Get prepared. You’ll want to shut the computer down (or turn the modem off if you need your computer to play music). Trust me. Get your music going. Gather up trash bags, your vacuum and mop, some rags or paper towel, sponges, and other cleaning supplies. Use what you have on hand. Don’t get distracted running to the store and spending an hour browsing cleaning supplies. A multi-purpose cleaning concentrate or a jug of vinegar will be just fine.

Breaks are very important. Depending on your time constraints, work in 20/10s (20 minutes working, 10-minute break) or 45/15s. But take breaks because otherwise you’re marathoning, and marathon cleaning is no one’s friend. Keep hydrated, don’t forget to eat, and check in with yourself frequently to make sure you’re physically doing OK.

Make your bed. This will be your home base if you get overwhelmed or need somewhere clear to take a break.

Start with the garbage. Going from room to room, throw out anything that is obvious trash. Once you fill a bag, take it out. Repeat as many times as necessary.

Move on to dishes. Gather the dishes from all over your house and bring them to the kitchen. If you can, start them soaking in a sink of hot, soapy water or start loading the dishwasher. After the dishes are all in one place, spend one 20/10 getting started getting them under control.

Now it’s time for your flat surfaces. Countertops, tables, dresser tops, etc. Clear them off and wipe them down. Don’t get distracted in too much sorting and organizing. We’re in crisis mode here. There will be time to get in-depth once this is all done. The same applies to cabinets and closets. Unless you have reason to believe people will be opening closed doors, leave these alone for now.

Attack the floordrobe and shoe pile. Get your clothes either put away or in the hamper. Start a load of laundry if you need to, but keep in mind that laundry and dishes have three steps: wash, dry, and put it away, goddammit!

Get random stuff up off the floors. If something is trash-worthy, throw it away now rather than just move it around a bunch of times. Otherwise, put stuff where it belongs.

Take another 20/10 or 45/15 to catch up on more dishes, if needed.

Head into the bathroom. Pour some cleaner in the toilet bowl, fill the sink with hot water and cleaner, and either spray the tub and shower with cleaner, or fill the tub up with some hot water and add cleaner and let it soak. Put everything away that’s out and shouldn’t be, clean the mirror, counters, and toilet seat. Sweep or dry mop the floor. Wipe down the sink and tub/shower, and give the toilet bowl a scrub. Mop the floor.

Sweep and mop the kitchen floor.

Vacuum everything you can, and sweep everything you can’t.

Walk outside of your house (don’t lock yourself out, please). Walk back in and see what catches your eye first. Go and deal with that.

If you’re being inspected or your landlord is coming in for repairs, spend time on whatever area they’ll be focusing on.

Give the whole place one more once-over and pay attention to anything you’ve missed so far.

It’s an old trick, but if your place is a little funky-smelling, put a pan of water on the stove on low heat and add some citrus or cinnamon or vanilla. Don’t leave it unattended or forget about it.

Take a shower, put on something clean, and eat something.

You can do this. It’s overwhelming, yes, but it is not impossible. You just need to do it. You have a list. You have directions. You have a whole bunch of Internet strangers who have been there before and who are cheering you on. You can do this, but you need to get started.

Why are you still here? GO. START. NOW.

[glowcowboy]

as someone who constantly gets stuck in ruminative cycles, figuring out a way to stop the cycle before it gets out of hand has been incredibly formative for me. if you find yourself ruminating or unable to stop the cycling, here’s a place to start.

am i learning, processing, or ruminating? it’s important to be able to distinguish between the three. learning is when you receive new information that updates your frame of understanding. processing is when you study a situation to help yourself understand it. ruminating is when you cycle over the same thought repeatedly, often causing distress. learning and processing are productive, while rumination is destructive.

which theme is this? understanding the root of the spiral has helped me to untangle why the rumination feels so intense and scary. (example: i’ve been ruminating on one specific interaction with someone where i think they might’ve misinterpreted what i meant. this is my theme of fear around being misunderstood.)

how do i respond? (example: okay, this is that theme of being misunderstood. but it is not my job to make myself perfectly understood. the people i have around me can ask clarifying questions if they’re confused, and they are willing to meet me in the middle because they want to understand.)

don’t feed the raccoons tuna. (this is an example from my therapist that i love! essentially, don’t feed the beast or it will keep coming back. distract yourself, journal, listen to music, etc.)

[fitnessadvicethatfitsinyourlife]

hi, asking because you explain things in ways that make sense: what the hell does “engage your core” mean? everyone says it but no one says what it means, best I can figure is maybe like “tense your abdomen”? tysm!!

I am honestly so stoked you asked this question. That honestly may be the number one LEAST explained cue in the entire fitness world and I am just as guilty of using that without proper explanation. So thank you for this overdue opportunity to info dump about it. 

To answer your second question: yes and no. Tensing your abdomen is part of it, but it's not the only part. Just squeezing our midsection is going to engage the upper core, but it largely ignores the deep core muscles which are crucial for every movement pattern in our body. 

To engage the entire core you actually want to think a bit lower than your abs. Your core starts with your pelvic floor, and so "engaging the core" when you're not used to using those deep core muscles, often goes easier when you start with the supporting muscles like quads & glutes.

Squeezing your butt and thighs can help engage the pelvic floor and it can be helpful to start with those muscles to help feel the deep core activate. So instead of starting from your "six pack ab" muscles, thinking about starting from your thighs and butt.

Additionally, while you do want to squeeze your abs, there's a bit of a finesse to it. It's not just about like sucking your stomach in.

What you actually want to feel is a sort of lifting sensation from the bottom up. Core activation should start from your pelvic floor and move pressure up the body. 

When you start by just squeezing your abs pressure goes the wrong way, this not only can affect how stable your core is, but it also can put you at higher risk for pelvic floor dysfunction. 

I'll share some tips I've learned over the years about how to feel that deep core engagement: 

The first I learned from Taylor J (I don't think she invented it, but she's who I learned it from) 

Ok so this one is kinda crude but bear with me: 

First, I just want you to think about a really thick milkshake. Yeah a literal milkshake. And I want you to imagine you're drinking this milkshake through a straw. Think about the engagement you're experiencing in your jaw muscles. 

Ok now I want you to imagine you're drinking that thick milkshake not with your mouth, but with your anus.

Yeah I know, bear with me. Think about how that engagement pattern would feel if you were sucking up that milkshake (It's a literal milkshake still, don't lose focus) through your butt. 

Ok after the giggles wears off, really think about how that activation pattern would feel. Like you are drawing up from the bottom, through your abs, literally lifting your belly button and pulling it in towards your spine and most importantly, lifting it up. You can do this in front of a mirror and you should actually be able to see your belly button moving.

It's not always a huge movement, but you should be able to see it actually moving up, not just in. Again the goal is not just to suck your stomach in. It's to get it in and up. It's the lifting that's the most important feature here. 

Another way you can feel for this engagement pattern is to put two fingers on each hip point, as you engage the deep core with that up and in movement you will feel the distance between your hip points shorten slightly. This is the work of your transverse abdominis (another deep core muscle) "knitting" your core together to protect your spine. It's often described as "knitting" because it works sort of like a corset. It wraps around the base of your trunk and when it's engaged it literally pulls the skin between our hip bones closer together. 

So putting it all together what will it feel like: 

You'll feel a slight lifting sensation in your groin, your abs will squeeze, but in conjunction with that rising of the bellybutton. The sensation of engagement will start from the bottom and move upwards through your abs.

Now we're talking about the core, but properly engaging the core requires coordination throughout the whole body. You want to keep your shoulders down and back, your chest lifted, but not pushed out if that makes sense. You want your rib cage to stay stacked over your pelvis because core activation also involves your diaphragm, the primary breathing muscle. 

When we flare our ribs out (this can be very subtle) and lose that alignment between ribs and pelvis, our diaphragm can no longer extend in its full range of motion. If the diaphragm can't fully extend, this causes dysfunction in the pelvic floor because these two muscles are supposed to work together. If the diaphragm can't effectively do its job, then neither can the pelvic floor. If the pelvic floor can't lift properly on that engagement, it's going to effect how stable the core can be as a whole. 

Please let me know if any or all of this doesn't make sense and I will try to clarify it more!

Also, I made a video a while back explaining the deep core stuff too, which might be helpful just as a visual aid to go along with this verbal explanation. But fair warning that video is kinda long, as I'm sure you're already aware, I am incapable of explaining things succinctly 😅😂

[badassindistress]

I used the Mariah Pattie method for bodice drafting and you were right, it’s amazing! I did a paper mockup (3 adjustments) and a fabric one (no bones, two adjustments) and I already feel like I’ve learned so much about how stays work! I’m excited to hear your opinions on boning (these stays are back lacing, if that matters). And I did check out the sewing machine from my library!

That's amazing! I'm so glad it worked for you as well, the circular method really helped me so much to fit bodices properly.

My opinions on boning are, in short, these:

Different kinds of boning

Plastic sew in boning, flat steel boning, spiral steel and german plastic "whalebone" all have their place. It's a trade off whether you want stiffness, washability, flexibility, lightness. I frequently use combinations of flat steel for center front and center back and then spiral steel or plastic whalebone for the rest.

Boning placement

Boning is to hold the fabric in place, the shape of the fabric is to hold the you in place. The trick is to place the boning in a way that relieves the tension of the garment, bones shouldn't be digging in.

Boning placement has to be adjusted for your body. For example, I take out any boning that is on the side backs because my ribs stick out. I'm a fan of halfboned stays, but that's just what works on my body for the desired silhouette.

The most important bones are the one next to the lacing holes, or else lacing it will wrinkle everything

Vertical bones at the center front if you want to flatten or push up your chest, fanned out boning if you want to cone and smooth

Any bones around the arm hole should stop an inch under the armhole to avoid stabbing yourself in the armpit

If you're having issues of gaping or undesired shelf bust, consider some horizontal bones at the neckline

(adding a link to my binding stays here which illustrate a lot of my ideas about boning stays and the importance of boning placement)

I'm very happy to illustrate or explain any of these further, but for now the word boning has ceased to have meaning and i'm just feeling like this:

so that's where I'll keep it for now :c

[heaveninawildflower]

Some more designs taken from 'Motifs pour Broderie' by Thérèse de Dillmont.

Dollfus-Mieg & Cie.

Published 1922 by Mulhouse, France.

archive.org

[fullcravings]

Lemon Gooey Butter Cake

[bestiolin]

veronica gasparrini

[allthestuffiwanttomake]

Wimpern als Skyline???

[victusinveritas]

[black-crested-jaybird]

I always think of the description I saw years ago: Self-imposed deadlines don't help me, because I know the person who set them, and they're full of shit.

[37q]

[changes]

Deleted accounts can now be recovered up to 30 days later

We’re making a big change to how account deletion works on Tumblr, and we’re really excited about it, because this is something that some of you have been requesting for… well… a literal decade.

Before today, when you deleted your Tumblr account, it was immediate and permanent. Occasionally, this resulted in Very Sad Times. Even though we’ve tried to make it super difficult to accidentally delete your account, this is something that still happens a lot. Like, a lot. There’s also plenty of folks who delete their account on purpose, but then regret it shortly afterward. Worst of all, if your account was hacked, and then deleted by the hacker, there was no way to get it back. 

All of these problems are *poof* no more. As of today, when you delete your account, we will keep your data for 30 days. Your account will remain recoverable during that time, and you can contact us within that 30 day window if you’d like us to restore your account.

Eventually, we hope to make this process a bit easier, and allow you to restore your account with a single click of a button. For right now, though, you’ll need to contact us via tumblr.com/support and choose the category “Account Access” > “I have deleted my account or blog by accident”. 

FAQs

How do I delete my account? Does that process look different now?

You can follow the steps here to delete your account on the web or through the mobile app, which works pretty much the same way as before. You’ll notice we’ve updated the confirmation screen to reflect the new process, though.

Does a deleted account still appear on Tumblr during this 30 day window?

Nope. As soon as you submit the request to delete your account, all of your blogs will no longer be accessible (they’ll 404), no one will be able to message you, your posts will no longer appear in search results, and you won’t be able to log in anymore. This happens right away, not 30 days later. Deleted accounts still behave exactly as they always have.

What about my email address and username? Will those become available again immediately after account deletion, like they did before?

Notably, no, they will not. In order to make it possible for the account to be restored during the 30 day window, the username and email address must remain associated with the account during that time. So they won’t be available to register again until 30 days after you’ve deleted your account.

If you’re deleting your account, and you already know that you’d like to use the same username or email address on a new account immediately afterward, we recommend that you change your username and email address before deleting the account. That way, they will become available right away, instead of being on hold for 30 days. 

What if I’ve accidentally deleted one of my sideblogs, but not my entire account?

If you delete a sideblog, it will be deleted right away, and cannot be restored. We can only restore an entire account (which will restore all of its blogs along with it). 

Is this feature retroactive? Can you restore the account I deleted two years ago?

As much as we would like this to be possible, the answer is no. We still haven’t perfected the art of time travel, so all accounts deleted before today are still deleted for good. This new change will only apply to accounts which are deleted after this announcement is posted.

Where can I learn more about the account deletion process?

You can check out our support documentation and Privacy Policy. Both have been updated to reflect these changes.

[staff]

In case you’re looking for a blog that’s gone missing on Tumblr and didn’t see this recent update.

A missing blog without “-deactivated” isn’t necessarily a sign of a suspension, it might just mean that someone deleted their own account and may still bring it back within 30 days.

[hlwim]

ugh how the fuck do you cover letter

[elf-trash]

Greetings, Exalted One. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight and friend to Captain Solo.

I know that you are powerful, mighty Jabba, and that your anger with Solo must be equally powerful. I seek an audience with Your Greatness to bargain for Solo’s life.

With your wisdom, I’m sure that we can work out an arrangement which will be mutually beneficial and enable us to avoid any unpleasant confrontation.

As a token of my goodwill, I present to you a gift: these two droids. Both are hardworking and will serve you well.

[siderealsandman]

Polite greeting (Greetings, Exalted One)

Self-Introduction (I am Luke Skywalker) 

Establish Credentials (Jedi Knight) 

Explain how you learned of this opportunity (Friend to Captain Solo) 

Establish Purpose (I seek an audience with Your Greatness to bargain for Solo’s life.)

Show what you can bring to the organization ( I present to you a gift: these two droids. Both are hardworking and will serve you well.)

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

This actually maps really well.

[mensan98th]

Reblogging for compartmentalized memory.

[pmamtraveller]

19th-century drainpipes

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[fluidstatick]

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

[watsdaughter]

tags by @gallusrostromegalus

[lovebritney]

Britney Spears by Herb Ritts for Vogue Magazine (2001) - Outtakes

[allthestuffiwanttomake]

Inspo hieraus nehmen und Headpiece im Stil von Alexander Calder machen

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

GitHub - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI: Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11

Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11 - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

[creechie]

How do I... use this? I don't know what to do ;-;

[the-future-is-chrome]

here’s a youtube tutorial by the guy who made it

[end-my-plox]

Finally finished making my Star Trek messenger bag!!!! I'm so happy with how cute it turned out!

And perhaps most important of all...

This bad boy can hold so many zines 😈

[rozieramati]

via

[allthestuffiwanttomake]

Referenz für Brosche

[leolaroot]

how the world opens up to you as a kid learning to hand sew when you realize you can do literally anything with the button holes and dont have to do an X or = stitches you can do anything. nad then like an image of a futuristic neon city

[leolaroot]

when i realized i could do this sort of shit to a button my life changed