Toby

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Introductory Post

Hello! My name is Toby. This blog is basically my journal, and the posts will either be deeply contemplative or ridiculously silly. Here are my links:

FurAffinity (my base; SFW furry art, among other things);

Wattpad (writings, musings, some poetry);

Fandom (wiki editor of sorts);

Stoat: OctoberKuma#9779;

Fluxer: OctoberKuma#4255.

Thanks for checking my profile; feel free to chat with me! :3>

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A simple guide to get what you want: 1- Know what you want from a specific situation. 2- Assess the situation. When and where can you get what you want? Are there any obstacles? Can you influence the situation? 3- Recognize your capabilities. How much can you get? What are the limits? 4- Check its importance. Is it worth it? How will you feel after getting it? 5- Adjust your expectations. If you believe in it, and if you have a good reason to believe, and if you have a good reason to get it, you can do it. 6- Plan a way to get it. 7- Take action. Go for it!

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Remember to practice intellectual humility. You know less than you think you do. Truth comes to they who know that they don't know everything. Nuance is the anthem of truth.

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It's better to be uninformed than misinformed. That's why I don't use social media too often.

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There is nothing that you truly own. If you had lost something, think of it as having returned it to the universe. If you love something, you have to prepare yourself to return it someday.

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The point of discipline, of consistency, is to make sure you do things by structure instead of by whim.

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Desires are aversions to a lack, be it in quantity, quality, or the object itself.

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"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --J. Krishnamurti

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"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." --William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act II, Scene II)

Truly, there is nothing either good or bad. Those are just human judgments--labels used for human purposes, like encouragement, discouragement, concealment, etc. Labels tend to limit the access to a certain kind of truth: they are measurements for systemic judgment. "Good" or "bad" for what? According to whom? Why? Labels imply a purpose, a function to serve something else, like how the keys of a piano serve a sonata. Labels/judgments/conclusions/beliefs are simplifications of premises. At the core of everything is neutrality, regardless of what people like to believe. Between stimulus and reaction exists some space where judgment is created, and where it can be stopped and examined. (Obviously, there's a lot more nuance to this, but if we're aiming for objectivity, I'd say this is good to keep in mind.)

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"When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion." --B. F. Skinner, 1974

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"No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light." --Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt (Chapter 46)

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"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference." This isn't just for addiction.

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What someone does to you says more about them than about you. How you react says more about you than about them.

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People tend to be hostile toward what they don't understand. (Even if you don't get it, it is worth thinking about how actually harmful it could be. If there is harm, compare it to how helpful it could be.) Very few things should be taken at face-value. Usually, familiarizing yourself with something takes away the potentially false first impression you had of it. For every idea, every judgment, seek its opposite. Try to weaken your initial impressions, for it could be misinformed. More often than not, there is more than one way to understand something. (Yes, this is multiple posts in one; I thought the ideas were connected.)

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No unjustified harm done to you could make you a wrong person.

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If you're ever feeling cynical, remember that someone out there is planning something kind. :3

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People usually just go by habit. Freedom lies in reflection.