Mugen

She/her | Indian | STEM | Studyblr | Talents include talking to plants and animals, obsessing over maths, falling asleep in chairs, etc.

[ballpoints-and-pencils]

Don't guilt trip yourself :)

Do you find yourself having spent way too much time doing nothing, and now feel guilty about it and not studying/working instead? It's okay. Let's appreciate the fact that you realised it, and are willing to take an action on it :)

Set a timer for 20 guilt-free minutes.

Clean your desk. Make your environment attractive.

Clear your mind. Take note of all the things that are clouding up your clever brain :)

Get some kind of beverage/light snack to boost your mood, or something caffeinated to get you going.

Focus on the first thing you have to do, and just pay attention to it for 5 mins. Don't do, just think of how great it's going to be, now that you're going to get done with it.

Now let go of that guilt. Because you're back on your feet <3 You can do this!! :)

Tip: begin with smaller, low-effort tasks to boost your morale. Also, make bigger, scary tasks into smaller, trackable tasks, and do them one at a time.

Happy studying/working!

[sanguinifex]

You gotta read and watch some old books and films that aren’t 100% modern politically correct. I’m not saying you should agree with everything in them but you need to learn where genres came from to understand what those genres are doing today and where media deconstructing old tropes is coming from.

Also, more often than you might think, they’re not actually promoting bigotry so much as “didn’t consider all the implications of something” or just used words that were polite then but considered offensive now.

Kill the censor in your head.

[ashintheairlikesnow]

When we choose to avoid history because it's Problematic or Says Bad Things, we are choosing to divorce ourselves from understanding how we came from that time to this one, which makes it even more likely for the cycle to repeat, with no one but a few people with shelves of old books aware that it's happened before.

[izzycodes]

I've seen a lot more people coming on Tumblr who are starting their coding journey, which is great! If you're just starting out with coding, here are a few tips that can help you get started and improve your skills:

1. Start with a language that is simple and easy to learn - These languages are designed to be beginner-friendly and will help you get a feel for the basics of coding. E.g. Python

2. Work through tutorials and online courses to learn the fundamentals of programming - There are many free resources available online that can help you get started, such as Codeacademy and Khan Academy.

3. Practice, practice, practice! - The more you code, the better you will get. Try to solve problems and write small programs on your own to improve your skills.

4. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it - There are many online communities, forums, and subreddits where you can get help and support from other programmers.

5. Keep learning and expanding your knowledge - As you gain more experience, try to learn new languages and technologies to broaden your skillset and improve your ability to solve complex problems.

I hope this helps and happy coding! 💻👍🏾❤️

*Advice from developers on Twitter and YouTube and my instructors

[theambitiouswoman]

Moving against the current is always going to feel tricky. It’s normal for someone who’s doing something different than everyone else to question themselves. To have doubts. Especially because they do not have anyone they can go to for advice, or for the reassurance that they’re doing the right thing.

Here’s the thing you need to remember, the people who succeed in life do so because they stand out. Because they were different. Because they brought something new to fruition. They found a new angle or strategy that they didn’t see anyone else doing and they ran with it. Making them the first of their kind. That’s why they stood out.

Stop looking for reassurance. That’s what your gut and instinct is for. You believing in what you are doing is all of the reassurance you need. Take the risk. Decide that people “not understanding you” means that you are actually on the right path.

Stop looking for peoples approval because we are not looking for their approval. We are looking to succeed. We are looking to grow. We are looking to be different. We are looking to win. They may not get it now, but they will surely believe in you once you create it. “Approval” just means fitting into preexisting boxes and watering yourself down.

You wouldn’t have had the idea planted in your mind if you weren’t ready. If you were not capable of making it happen. Do not let your intrusive thoughts or limiting beliefs take over. Approve of yourself. Believe in yourself. Thats where the magic in you comes to life✨

[noctea]

My favorite self care tip is to pretend you’re a demon inhabiting a humans body and you gotta look after it, treat it right, cause these things are weak af man and you gotta protect your host

[sosuperawesome]

Camille Fourcade on Instagram

[activitesparanormales]

This is Hale Bopp Comet.

I took these pictures from my garden during spring 1997.

Those were the days…

[ramayantika]

Desiblr is a nice locality in Tumblr. There are houses all nearby with small gardens lovingly taken care of. You will see some of the new young kids riding their bicycles and sometimes getting lost while trying to access certain features while some lovely kiddos will send nice messages hiding their identities at your doorsteps.

The teens here are busy with studies. However you find many of them occasionally popping by your house to say hello and that's how they end up spending two hours outside. The seniors help out the juniors and sometimes even give good advice. They even remind each other to go back to study.

The older ones in colleges, trying to understand life and live their dreams. They are busy themselves but will still look out for you. They even talk about stuff you never knew before.

Every house here is unique. Some of them have posters hanging outside their window and gate showing their love for a show or book series they adore. There are some houses filled with books, cute cats and plants and there are a group of roomates who spend the day together cracking jokes and making others laugh.

It's lunch time. Everyone is out to socialize. Some are sharing food while some are asking about that movie/book updates? Some are busy playing with cute bunnies and pets which desi parents won't allow to bring home.

And at nightime, everyone is out in the open again. It's lovely under the night sky here. There are people writing poetry about the moon. A group of friends there, under a tree are discussing about far away stars and planets. A girl is peeping outside the window and as soon as she spots her friend, she runs down. She needs to tell her about her day. A boy is wondering about the meaning of life.

It's a beautiful place. Warm hearts and warm people

(Idk what this is. Slsmdvhsksnsbsbbnsmaj)

[anons-sock-puppet]

A teenage girl is standing on the edge of town. She’d heard of this place from her old friend, who came from the same place as she did. Curiosity possessed her and she wanted to see what this town was like. Observing from afar, she looked on at what was happening.

 She noticed a person talking about homosexuality and transgender identities in Indian mythology. Nodding, she thought that it did make sense. Although, the fact that the person was spewing dates and years without any sources made her wary. What was stopping them from saying whatever they wanted that fit their narrative? The girl decided to step in closer and wander about town. Careful not to be spotted by any of the locals, she moved in the shadows and kept observing. 

Over there, next to a bike, was a group of people raving about their pride of being Indian. One of them chipped in about colonialism. The girl listened with great interest. The person was saying how Mughals colonized India as badly, if not worse, as the English did. Tilting her head, the spying girl doubted their words. The more she wandered in town, the more she was thinking about how ridiculous some people were. Her expressions kept shifting as she witnessed bizarre discussions. “Cr… cringe…” were most of her thoughts during her voyage in the town. As she was getting ready to leave, she was thinking wistfully about herself. About her relative position in a made-up scale of “how Indian” she was. 

She couldn’t quite fit in nor relate to any of these Desiblrians, even though their vibes, their energy was very similar to what she encounters on the daily. This clash between her natal country and the Internet made her feel further alienated. In her mind, this town and her childhood simply didn’t match. 

Ah.. so this is what they meant by “not quite fitting in anywhere”.

Exhaling, she left. She later concurs with her old friend that this place is best to be avoided. 

[languages-posts]

Kansai Dialect

あかん (bad, useless, impossible, no) akan

ほんま (really) honma

なんぼ (how much) nanbo

大さに (thank you) ōkini

ちやう (no, wrong, different) chau

こら、こりや (contraction of kore wa これは)

そら、そりや (contraction of sore wa それは)

旨い (delicious) umai

言うた (said) yūta

言うて (to say; -te form) yūte

うちら (we, our) uchira

うち (I) uchi

どない (how is it?) donai

あらへん (doesn’t exist, not here) arahen

ぼちぼち (so-so, not bad, not good) bochi-bochi

毎度 (Maido, ōkini. 毎度、大きに。) maido

どないしたん (what’s wrong? what happened?)

どないしょ (what should I/we do?) donai sho

どないする (what are you/we going to do?)

どないやった (how was it?) donai yatta

どしたん (contraction of dōshita no) doshitan

• You’re kidding

Standard Japanese - 嘘だ (uso da)

Kansai - 嘘や (uso ya)

• Don’t you think so?

Standard Japanese - そつだろう (sō darō)

Kansai - そやろ (so yaro)

• what?

Standard Japanese - 何だ？(nan da?)

Kansai - 何や？(nan ya?)

• I like it

Standard Japanese - 好きだ (suki da)

Kansai - 好きや (suki ya)

• if that’s true

Standard Japanese - そうだったら (sō dattara)

Kansai - そやったら (so yattara)

[weeping-wandrian]

why the fuck does english have a word for

but not for “the day after tomorrow”

???

[zeplerfer]

Because you’re not looking hard enough! ;)

Overmorrow = the day after tomorrow

Ereyesterday = the day before yesterday

Example: I defenestrated my brother ereyesterday. I shall defenestrate my sister overmorrow! Because I hate my family and also windows.

[wantcookie]

english has some of the best examples of stupidly specific words, tbh

Rhotacism (n): excessive use of the letter “R”

Lingible (adj): meant to be licked

Whipjack (n): a beggar, specifically one who is pretending to have been shipwrecked

Yerd (v): to beat with an object with a stick

Roddikin (n): the fourth stomach of a cow or a deer

Balbriggan (n): a type of fine cotton, most often used in underwear

and my personal favorite

Cornobble (v): to slap or beat another person with a fish

[somewhatgreatexpectations]

This makes the English nerd in me extremely happy.

[carefulpyromancer]

[modmad]

[garblegarden]

EATEOT stage 5 but make it phos… thought it would be fitting

This art is actually quite old, but I’m still pleased with how it turned out so it gets to live on this site too.

[bookmania]

Seven years after, I see you again 😚

[scripturient-manipulator]

Guys this completely changed my writing, heed it. I often do an entire draft just looking at sentence variation and oftentimes the results are absolutely transformative in the difference.

[officialleehadan]

This is very very good advice, and absolutely worth following. Read this. Read it again. Follow it. Your writing will get much, much better.

[veilebaslayancumleler]

whenever i see this post i am like goddamn this is so true

[abessinier]

Stuff kids on tumblr better relearn

1. You are responsible for your own media experience. 

2. There is such a thing as a healthy level of avoidance towards topics that make you feel unwell or even (in a real-life clinical definition of the term) trigger you - but you are the one to actively take care of what you view.

3. Avoiding does not mean policing others.

4. You have no right to tell artists to censor themselves - you may criticize what others do, you may dislike it, that’s fine - but actively asking for censorship when you could easily unfollow or block a person just makes you look incompetent in your use of the internet.

5. Do not give people on tumblr or /any/ website the responsibility for your emotional well-being. Because these people do not even know you so no, you have no right to ask them to take care of you.

[vesperlionheart]

6. Content creators are not your parents and owe you nothing, not even a breakdown on why their content isn’t problematic. You don’t get to demand a dissertation denouncing any and everything unhealthy in a piece you don’t like. Move on.

[summerpipedream]

7. Tagging is a nicety but not an obligation. You can message people, politely, and ask them to tag things, and many people will, but understand that it’s their blog and they aren’t obliged to say yes. Unfollow and block when you need to. Circling back to number 1, you are responsible for curating your own experience.

8. Don’t be a jerk. Remember at the end of the day, there are actual living, breathing people behind each screen name. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to someone’s face in real life. 

[pixie-mage]

I cannot stress enough how important it is to remember this.

[college-hacks]

Ok guys I know some of us are commuters to college and some travel fairly long distances so here's some tips!!

First things first is that you need a good backpack that has lots of room and is sturdy to last you a few years

You are an hour or two away from home so carry some medications like ibuprofen, pepto pills, allergy pills, etc I personally use a round pill organizer with compartments that screw together so it doesn't take up much room

Also a small first aid kit with some bandaids of different sizes, triple antibiotic ointment, the pill thing, pads/tampons if u have periods, a brace for any joint u have issues with (if applicable), etc

I try to bring my own snacks so I'm not stuck paying vending machine or fast food prices for a bag of chips

Carry everything you could need for class. I have my laptop, charger, a 5 subject notebook so I don't accidentally bring the wrong notebook on the wrong day, a pencil case with black pens, colored pens, highlighters (love the erasable ones), 1 or 2 sharpies, etc

I also carry ear buds, a phone charger + brick, mini stapler, tape, and anything else I might need for the classes I am taking

Give yourself about 15-30 extra minutes to get there, especially during construction season because u never know what construction could pop up

Buy the parking pass, I know it's expensive but good luck finding parking outside campus parking lots

Or don't, one of my friends said if she gets caught once a week and pays for the ticket it's still less than the parking pass but that's ur own risk

Make sure your textbooks are in your backpack before you leave. You do NOT want to be an hour away from home and find out your reading your textbook in class and it's sitting on your desk

Bring a mask even if your campus doesn't require one. When the person next to you is coughing all class you will probably want one and you can't just slip out for 10 minutes to walk to your dorm

That's all I have for now but I'm sure I'll think of more because I'm writing this on my lunch break :) have fun at college this summer/fall

[ballpoints-and-pencils]

An update (that no one asked for lol)

Hello :)

I’m in the midst of my exams, the ones that will “seal my fate” and “decide my career”, but I’m trying not to let it take over all of my mind. But one thing that this will help with, is making me learn to take care of myself. And so far, I’ve learnt that self care isn’t just candles and hot chocolate and movies. It can be asking for help, playing with your cat, going for a walk, and most importantly: learning to be disciplined. So hopefully, about a month later, I’ll be free from these chains, and I can share my experiences, and maybe the lessons I’ve learnt :) If you know me for a while, thanks for staying :)

and I am really grateful for the response on the “GUILT TRIP” post. I’m glad it was helpful for the more than handful (hehe) of you guys <3 ~Mugen <3

[unordinaryyt]

@unordinaryyt

[ballpoints-and-pencils]

Take it easy man,

But take it!!!

[study-harder]

“Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.  (via macrolit)