Catching my breath

Maru | Argentina | She/her | This is the place where I come to groan and complain about things I can't tweet or say personally

[letters-adressedtothefire]

Only thing I'm doing these days is crash out non stop

[tall]

[aceofpans]

”with shapes.inc you can talk to your ocs!!” Dumbass. I’m already talking to them. In my head. “B-bbut what about your favourite charac-“ skill issue. In my head as well. get fucked.

[harbinger-of-silly]

All gays will go to hellsite

[king-of-oreo]

What if in hellsite but not gay

[punky-beaver-offical]

[king-of-oreo]

NO!

[avhira]

[anxietyproblem]

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

I love thinking I'm a hater and then meeting a real hater and going wow that does not look fun actually. Going back to my lukewarm hater ways. Performative haterdom. I couldn't name five hater bands.

[loveridden1999]

doing things at the right age is literally a made up concept. you can start/pursue anything at any age. btw.

[loveridden1999]

remember remember

[symphany]

i was bullied into posting this

[11yellowdaffodils]

Back on my buddie bullshit 🎉

[rylandsgrace]

ANGELA BASSETT

Reprises Her Role as Queen Ramonda at Vogue World 2025: Hollywood

[pukicho]

Whenever I say some cool crazy shit the most normal guy on the planet goes “is he high?”

No I am not. The black mold may contribute to certain behaviors.

[pixel-pomme]

Ok J.K. Rowling

[pukicho]

The black mold contributes to brain fog and respiratory problems, being a transphobe comes from within. Do not blame the black mold for her behavior.

[memeuplift]

[letters-adressedtothefire]

Writers dont kill a love one of Eddie's challenge

[thememedaddy]

[skullchicken]

If you have achieved something, please remember to observe a mandatory period of basking in the warm glow of your achievement like a lizard on a stone, lest you teach your brain that effort is futile, actually, because it didn't get to enjoy its happy chemicals, so, naturally, nothing good ever comes of trying. (And no, avoiding punishment is not a reward!)

I recommend, like, 5% of basking time in relation to whatever time you invested into achieving the thing minimum. And if you can't make your own bask, friend-brought is fine (= tell your friends!).

[westiec]

5% is a long time for some things and the idea of actually celebrating my efforts for that long is kinda blowing my mind. hm.

[evolutionsbedingt]

@bbcphile From a basking professional:

accomplish the task (or a milestone within)

say that out loud

text a friend (or three) about it

exhale deeply and consciously let go of the tension

move elsewhere (sat at your desk? go and sit on the couch. finished in the kitchen? go to any other room. not yet up for moving? change the background music/noise you had on.)

bathroom break?

grab a snack?

Look at your accomplished task from a distance and feel smug about it

no seriously, if you don't feel like you're embodying the smug cat meme try getting a little more physical or temporal distance, or a friend-shaped reality check, and then look at it again

do One (1) small task your brain kept pestering you about while you were Accomplishing The Thing

also feel smug about that because you totally beat your brain about letting you do The Thing first and now you've completed two (2!!) tasks

depending on how long Accomplishing The Thing took you may now move on to your next Thing OR continue basking to reach the 5% of time invested:

find a comfortable place to be and do a spoon-refilling activity: take a nap, scroll tumblr, read fanfic, write fanfic, gush about blorbos, stare out of the open window with the cool evening breeze brushing over your skin as gentle as a loving caress and drink the Tasty Beverage of your choice (specific example is specific, but iykyk), etc pp

remember you accomplished The Thing and are now Basking.

you are but a large predator enjoying the fruits of its labour and recharging after the successful hunt, no need to go charging off after the next prey just yet

all that Fun Stuff you thought you'd rather be doing while you were busy with The Thing? Do it now.

(well, maybe not all at once, we're still basking in our accomplishment after all and moving erratically would defeat the purpose)

perceive The Accomplished Thing in passing and think 'ha, I did it, I got you, I won!' I'll leave it up to you whether you'll use your villain or your hero voice

repeat until the next Thing is due

integrate normal, life preserving measures such as making food or sleeping as needed

[kiragecko]

[Image shows the tags,

#mental health #ooh interesting # ... how does it work? #I feel like I need a bulleted list on How To Bask In Your Accomplishments

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[memeuplift]

[cranberrymoons]

doomers have got to be the most boring people on planet earth i swear to god you people are so BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!! just have FUN!!!!!!!!! pushes the force power of my mind out in one big scream until you are all obliterated.

[cranberrymoons]

on a slightly more serious note i think that the rise of doomers as something that even exists within fandom is the same impulse that makes people think it’s bad to do spec. it’s such an insane and stupid mindset to me, because they always have this holier than thou tone of “being realistic” and “managing expectations” and “having a balanced viewpoint” and “resisting the pull of the echo chamber” as if we are discussing geopolitics and not whether eddie diaz from 911 likes to suck cock. just have fun. the whole point is to have fun.