Juliane | 28 | Portugal • blog's name was me misunderstanding hozier lyrics and then prefering my version • personal main blog. i run dreaminghigher (inception sideblog), mgsdays (19 days), folklorelive (Taylor Swift), janniksinner1608 (tennis) and lighterwaves.
one of the biggest tragedies of early 2010s tumblr is that the devil (bbc sherlock) took root as the face of johnlock when the guy ritchie films were RIGHT there
artistsuniversum: “Kathin Marchenko is a textile artist and designer known for her expressive embroidery on delicate tulle fabric.
Using a "painting with thread" technique, she creates portraits, anatomical forms, and ethereal figures that seem to float within wooden hoops, blending craft with fine art.”
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The idea of this is you can brag online for clout for doing simple little nice things. So, post pics as you complete it and link back to this post!
And please save the pic and fill yours out by crossing off squares as you go, but
Or some might feel dox-y (maybe the clouds are real specific today and will reveal where you live) so you can describe it (or lie, but do it legit for you).
Have fun!
find a flower (preferably go looking for one you don't know about now, but any flower works)
listen to birds (outside your window if you want, or go looking)
text an irl friend (anything you want)
make a zine (simple is good!) instruction link
read a book (if you don't own one, try the library. or read something else. like a manual or a bill, i dunno)
put hands in dirt (pot plant is fine, or go outside)
make food (fried egg counts, toast counts, or make something fancy)
go to bed on time (you define "on time")
photo of an animal (your pet, a bird outside, a bug, whatever)
take a silly photo (very up for interpretation)
listen to local radio (if you don't know them, google! there's a lot that stream online now)
do some stretches (follow your vibes, don't hurt yourself)
touch grass (literally)
identify clouds (i mean whatever's outside rn, so if it's clear today do this tomorrow!) there are better websites than this but it works
go for a walk (or however you ambulate, for as long or short as you like)
wash your hands for the full 30 seconds (here's a guide for how to if you haven't refreshed lately)
name three good things (very up to interpretation)
open a window (unless that's like dangerous for you rn)
draw a picture (pen/pencil on paper! i love drawing on my computer too but do it irl for this one)
brush your teeth for the full 2 min without looking at a screen
touch a tree (hug a tree if you're feeling it)
try a new drink (can be a supermarket run, or just make water at a specific temp or drink milk out of a bowl to mix it up)
sing a song (could learn a new song, sing along with a song, or just sing happy birthday to no one rn)
laugh til it's real (can be assisted by a show that makes you laugh if this is hard)
drink outside (thinking a usual drink, morning coffee or tea, glass of wine after dinner, but have it outside!)
very soon the entirety of the tumblr dashboard will be consumed by insane people being insufferable over AMC's interview with the vampire. fortunately i am one of those insane people
text: [ “Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5000 years.” ]
And they're absolutely specifically pushing it, make no mistake. It's not just a matter of "it's there, it's convenient, so people are going to take the path of the least resistance", but it is a legitimate and concerted effort on the part of these companies to get people to outsource all these things to their models.
They're preying on insecurities to do it. Yes, you can write an essay - but can you write a good essay, they ask you. Do you not want to improve your output? Do you not want people to think of you as competent and very clever? Why go through the mortifying process of failing and failing and failing until you succeed if you can just skip the "learning" part of doing, and simply generate a ready-made product?
I'm preaching to the choir here obviously but it's a concerning thing to witness nonetheless. My kid is 6 next week and I've been teaching her that failing at things is morally neutral and in fact necessary even before the advent of AI, but it's becoming ever more important that we teach the kids that criticism and failure and discomfort aren't necessarily bad things, but just a part of the growth process.
when a tv show doesn't shy away from portraying fucked up themes, and there's love in the violence and the characters are doomed and codependent and there's a power imbalance and the cycle keeps repeating and they're miserable with and without each other and also they’re gay
idk man when i was a kid i remember a lot of adults saying "if you can read and follow directions, you can cook" so i was like yes i can do these two things. doesn't seem that hard. and it wasn't! so it just always surprises me when i see people of any age who are capable of reading and following directions bemoaning how impossibly hard cooking is. like i know i'm always on this hobbyhorse but it just seems like a lot of people have never developed basic life skills and instead of going "oh wow that's embarrassing, i should learn and catch up" they instead get defensive and turn it into a learned-helplessness thing where they CAN'T POSSIBLY be expected to learn something that's SOOOO HARD. and suddenly somehow we're the oppressors for thinking it's weird that a grown adult can't grill themselves a cheese.
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