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My resolution last year was to do one thing before bed that would make my morning feel easier, and that’s become a daily habit that I’m carrying into this new year.

Some nights even filling up the kettle and setting an empty mug out for my morning tea felt hard. But I was always thankful for it in the morning.

Other nights, one thing would lead to another, and I’d wake up in a clean house with everything ready to go.

And, on a rare few nights, the one thing that I could do to make my morning easier was going straight to bed and allowing myself to rest.

What stayed the same each day is that I would take a moment to think of what I could do for my future self and do it, even after a hard day. And I would wake up knowing that I had done my best and any effort—no matter how small—was a kindness to myself.

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I’ve been doing a lot of “a treat for future me” moments lately.

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That’s a great way to look at it, and I love this artist! (Anna-Laura: instagram / website)

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The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call "Little Guy."

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

We're big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It's got a different kind of sauce that's nice if "killing time" and "lowering anxiety" need to happen hand in hand.

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Incredible events unfolding on reddit

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I would die for Tessa. I would find her 200 toothbrushes.

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So it looks like Tessa has been using these veggietales toothbrushes for ages, but has misplaced the stash.

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I CCAN'T BREATHE

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i just downloaded a pdf and i have my whole life ahead of me to ignore it

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Art by u/reachling

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Brought to you by the same person who ordered the original 'congrats on the autism' cake (im marrying them, the biggest flex of my life), I now bring you the post-top surgery cake they ordered me

this is the official top surgery manifestation post. Like to charge, reblog to cast (or do neither and you will still get whichever gender affirming surgeries your heart desires, I am manifesting it for you free of charge 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵✨️)

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reading a textbook for class and i’m going insane. why is this just poetry. what. this is a STEM class what’s going on.

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HELLO????? HELLO?????

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and what if I told you guys that virtually everyone you ever meet will turn out to be really interesting if you give them a chance

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some real miserable fucks in the notes I fear

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I'm not even saying you have to talk to every single person you meet. and you're certainly not going to LIKE all of them. but every person does have a rich interior life and complex feelings and unique worldview. sorry.

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Honestly I miss the energy Tumblr had when the first Pacfic Rim movie came out. Everybody was talking about who they were drift compatible with and that was like a huge compliment. Ppl were drawing Kaijus, and Jaegers, naming ‘em. It was a better time

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The image won’t load but god I hope it’s Robopope, The Robot Pope.

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This man nearly died to create this for us. The least we can do is watch it from start to finish and then share it immediately.

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20 Ways Characters Show Vulnerability Without Admitting It

Showing vulnerability is risky: it's weakness, it's fear, it's revealing one's flaws.

Showing vulnerability is a core part of driving the plot or character development, whether they're building relationships or force them to make choices they wouldn't normally do.

Exposing your character's doubts and insecurities shows the reader that your character is real and has depth.

Here are 20 ways you can create tension by showing vulnerability in your characters through actions:

Letting someone see them exhausted instead of pretending they’re fine.

Admitting they don’t know what they’re doing and not joking about it.

Whispering secrets to objects instead of people.

Holding back tears, not because they’re strong, but because they’re scared.

Accepting help and apologizing for it at the same time.

Taking a deep breath before speaking, as if bracing for impact.

Sitting closer than necessary, then freezing when noticed.

Saying “you don’t have to” when they desperately want them to stay.

Letting their voice crack.

Sharing something small first, testing the ground. Alternatively, sharing small joys to test if it's safe to share bigger ones.

Watching the other person’s reaction instead of finishing the sentence.

Fidgeting with sleeves, rings, or scars they usually hide.

Letting silence stretch instead of filling it with humour.

Admitting they were hurt without assigning blame.

Avoiding eye contact while speaking about something personal.

Trusting someone with a truth they don’t fully understand yet.

Hesitating before touching, afraid of rejection. Their hands hang in the air for a moment as if waiting for permission.

Saying “I don’t want to be alone” instead of “I’m fine.”

Letting someone touch them in a way they usually resist.

Smiling through pain, hoping no one notices the cracks.

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I wanted to draw asmo again so this my take on his new demon form

turns out if you dont finish drawings for like a year you actually kinda forget how to render who knew

getting through this was brutal...

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One of the funny things about LotR is that almost every people in it professes to disbelieve in the supernatural, but because they live in a fantasy world their baseline for "natural" is so jacked up. The Rohirrim are like, yeah, there's a wizard in this tower and ancient tradition that we have no reason to doubt says this mountain is full of ghosts, but walking trees? Short people? I don't think so. Galadriel is like, "Listen I heard you describe what I do as magic and look I just gotta clear some things up, okay." Gondorians are like, yeah, of course the Enemy has spectres of men who lived long ago and never died and can now fly above us and incapacitate us with just their voices. This is just a fact of life, okay? But shut up about this magic weed that makes comatose people better. That's an old wives' tale. Royalty? Press X to doubt.

The people group in Tolkien's work who seem most receptive to magic and least restricted by their own notions of what it can do actually seem to be the hobbits. And they use it to avoid meeting people they don't want to talk to