u like guac?

cause i'm making some

[hamletthedane]

Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

[hamletthedane]

Want to learn something new in 2023??

Cooking with flavor bootcamp (used what I learned in this a LOT this year)

Beekeeping 101

Learn Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design (free to audit course - just choose the free option when you register)

Video on learning to read music that actually helped me??

How to use and sew with a sewing machine

How to ride a bike (listen. some of us never learned, and that's okay.)

How to cornrow-braid hair (I have it on good authority that this video is a godsend for doing your baby niece's black hair)

Making mead at home (I actually did this last summer and it was SO good)

How to garden

Basics of snowboarding (proceed with caution)

How to draw for people who (think they) suck at art (I know this website looks like a 2003 monstrosity, but the tutorials are excellent)

Pixel art for beginners so you can make the next great indie game

Go (back) to school

Introduction to Astronomy (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Principals of Economics (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)

Introduction to philosophy (free college course)

Computer science basics (full-semester Harvard course free online)

Learn a language

Japanese for Dummies (link fix from 2022)

Ukrainian

Portuguese (Brazil)

American Sign Language (as somebody who works with Deaf people professionally, I also strongly advise you to read up on Deaf/HoH culture and history!)

Chinese (Simplified)

Quenya (LOTR fantasy elf language)

[theinturnetexplorer]

Poor Grandma

[drunkcyclonus]

this is seriously the one time I wish a video has sound.

[chibi-masshuu-deactivated202508]

Brilliant.

[pizzaotter]

What the hell is this? :O

[candiikismet]

Me at 1000 years old

[handsupcashx0ut]

What do we say to the God of Death?

Not today.

[starlightandtears]

I haven’t seen this post in YEARS so I forgot what it’s like. I nearly screamed.

[bladeobrona]

Betty White when Death comes calling

[pepperstrawberry]

Tried to find the original source (the vid description gives it… but are out of date or something)… Still, here it is, in full, with sound:

[pomrania]

a) That is the creepiest Death I’ve ever seen in a moving format.

b) What the actual fuck did I just watch.

c) I’m always here for little old ladies curbstomping malevolent supernatural entities.

d) @pepperstrawberry is a HERO for finding and providing the full video.

[suzirya]

2023 AFFIRMATIONS

MY LIFE IS NEITHER APOLOGY NOR ATONEMENT

SAFETY IS A FEELING I CAN RETURN TO, CARRY WITH ME, COME BACK AROUND ON MORE EASILY

JOY IS NOT MEANT TO BE A CRUMB

TRUST IS TO BE EXERCISED WITH SELF JUST AS MUCH AS OTHERS

SHARING JOY AND CONNECTION CREATES MORE FOR ALL

LEAN INTO THE DIFFICULTY, TURN TOWARDS HOW YOU FEEL IN YOUR EMOTIONS AND BODY NOT AWAY, TAKE YOUR OWN HAND CAUSE YOU’RE WORTH THE EFFORT OF GETTING TO KNOW AND LOVE

BE A LITTLE GROSS MORE OFTEN

[suzirya]

ALSO

FUCK IT WE BALL

[sandersstudies]

If you and your partner practice frequent, non-sexual consent, your relationship will be healthier and easier.

“Are you comfortable with me ranting about my day for a few minutes?”

“Oh, this is your poetry? Would it be okay if I read it?”

“Do you mind if I use your phone for a few minutes?”

“Wow, your meal looks awesome. Could I try some?”

It will save a lot of grief, especially in a developing relationship. Eventually, with consistent “yes’s” and “no’s” you can figure out more permanent boundaries and guidelines.

“I need to ask before ranting about my day or taking their food, but my partner is okay with me using their phone whenever. However, my partner does not like me reading their poetry unless they offer first.”

[sandersstudies]

And this goes for friendships too! Even just stuff like “do you mind if I leave this door open?” 

[doomhamster]

…I never fully realized it before but this is a big part of why my relationship with my husband is so conflict-free. Both because him doing this all the time made it easy to trust him, back when we were a new item, and because it helped ME break out of the toxic idea that you should never ask about a partner’s preferences because if you Really Loved Them you should be able to intuit what they want, all the time, about anything. 

[tygermama]

my one son is autistic so I ask ‘hug or no hug?’ I always knock and wait to be acknowledged before opening my sons’ bedroom doors (not just because I respect their privacy but because they’re teenagers and I don’t want to walk in on any personal activities) I don’t go into their rooms without asking I don’t touch their phones without asking (I’ll pick one up to take to them if I find it in another room but I won’t go through it) yesterday, my younger son walked into my room, stopped, said sorry and walked out to the hall and knocked on my door ‘because if I have to knock on his door, he has to knock on mine’ because their trust is important and I want them to know I respect their privacy

[sophygurl]

Consent is not just for sex. Consent is not just for sex. Consent is not just for sex.

[leotheloafus]

!!!!!!!!!!!!! Growing up, there wasn’t a lot of boundaries respected by my parents and it warms my heart to see a re-blogger practicing this with their kiddos 💖 So important for every relationship in life.

[thestrawberrynight]

living in the old house, growing lemons, making a herbarium, having plants everywhere at home, spending time outside working in the flower garden, relaxing in the shade of the tree, eating fresh fruits with your friends and enjoying the sunshine

[catlosttheface]

I just want dark wooden floors and an impressive book collection.

[doggosource]

[adulthoodisokay]

absolute unit

[tkkatherineblog]

[boudhabar]

Dahlov Ipcar

[okay]

I hope one day you wake up not bearing that heavy feeling anymore.

[bakwaaas]

someone said ‘the version of me you created in your mind is not my responsibility’ and wow

[tamekam]

How liberating it is to pursue wholeness instead of perfection

[sleepingpigeon]

the biggest lesson im learning is that nothing is as extreme or as permanent as our emotions convince us they are. nothing is certain and things are always fluctuating and there are always exceptions and there are always mistakes. there is always pain and there is always love. everything is a delicate touch away from changing

[self-healing]

everything is a delicate touch away from changing

[leedleleedleleedleleedlelee]

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

[valtsv]

being god's personal jester is tough sometimes but i am nothing if not committed to my job

[chrissongzzz]

[latenights]

Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.