shadowhunter, army, critter, appreciator of cats

kayley ☆ ☆ she/her ☆ mind the spoilers on your way in ☆ unapologetically in love with cordelia carstairs ☆ dedicated lister bird enthusiast ☆ film & literature buff

[alexandriad]

woman yelling at cat meme but make it ancient greek red figure pottery

[coyotette]

Sometimes in life you just gotta pick yourself up, dust yourself off, say I’m gonna kill myself, and move on

[andhumanslovedstories]

There's something about lazily studying Mandarin Chinese that's made language learning seem far more approachable. It would be cool to be fluent one day, but I've always been clear with myself that I don't have an actual goal with this besides maintaining a streak in my language app for a certain amount of days. I can quit whenever I want, which is remarkably good at making me not quit. Sometimes I study Chinese for hours because I'm having a good time, but mostly I'm lazily plucking at this language for sometimes literally a minute. After a year of doing this, even though Chinese is so difficult and different from English, it turns out I can still get from knowing absolutely nothing to knowing slightly more than nothing in a pretty short period. An incredible jump in knowledge with not that much work. In fact, the gap between English and Chinese is so vast that microscopic progress feels incredible. When I have to write out literally any pinyin by memory, and I get 75% of the letters and none of the tones correct, I feel like a genius. Today I almost spelled 音乐会/yīnyuèhuì correctly on my first try, and I wanted to call everyone over to see how I effortlessly nailed two-thirds of it.

It's much more encouraging than any of the "easier" languages I've studied. My primary emotion when studying Spanish was embarrassment that I was still so bad at Spanish. Meanwhile, now I'm like, "If I can suck at Chinese, I can suck at anything," which is very inspirational because doing something really, really badly means that you are in fact doing it. I saw an ad for Hebrew language learning course and had the realization that I could probably get really, really, really, really bad at Hebrew in what, a couple months? The thought made me very excited. I could get horrendous at any language in a couple months. I could get horrendous at anything. With a little time and not that much effort, I could nail two-thirds of shooting a basketball. The sky's the limit, but if you don't care about getting all the way up there, one inch off the ground can still be pretty impressive.

[samlickereightyone]

MICHAEL MYERS WAS 21?????????????

[samlickereightyone]

he should’ve been at the clubbbbbb……..

[helloitsbees]

[navyblueart]

why can't you come stitch me up? 🫀

i love olivia rodrigo's new song "the cure" so much i drew this the hanged man inspired piece immediately.

[mewy101]

I could never find the right way to tell you, have you noticed I've been gone?

[kindaorangey]

i'm ur dream girl but ur not my type!

[huanggugugu]

On the trip back to Erid...

A human thing!🤔

[peelingmandarins]

“After thirty years of intensive research, we can now answer many of the questions posed earlier. The recycle rate of a human being is around sixteen hours. After sixteen hours of being awake, the brain begins to fail. Humans need more than seven hours of sleep each night to maintain cognitive performance. After ten days of just seven hours of sleep, the brain is as dysfunctional as it would be after going without sleep for twenty-four hours. Three full nights of recovery sleep (i.e., more nights than a weekend) are insufficient to restore performance back to normal levels after a week of short sleeping. Finally, the human mind cannot accurately sense how sleep-deprived it is when sleep-deprived.”

— Matthew Walker PhD, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (via themedicalstate)

[patricide1885]

Jesus christ

[hockeyheart]

Sleep is a super power

[lady-griffin]

That last bit makes a whole lot of sense and it honestly astounds me, that I never once considered it.

But yeah that seems very obvious.

Finally, the human mind cannot accurately sense how sleep-deprived it is when sleep-deprived.

[pineappical]

home

[sioltach]

this website lets you listen to the sounds of all different forests around the world 

[riven-wanders]

Reblogging again cause I tried this site last night and if you need background noise to focus this is perfect for that, I was locked the fuck in on a task. And it’s also just gorgeous to listen to

[milfsisyphus]

is anyone else on this hill or is it just me and sisyphus and kate bush?

[le-sansnom]

[flyora]

someone once said that Irina might told young Ilya those words before and I could not help but make this little scene

The quote from 1x06 «The Cottage»

[moonstonecassie]

Since Netflix is removing She-Ra in January or something here’s a link to a Google drive with all five seasons <3

[liquidgoldgoblin]

Since it's less than two weeks before SPoP is removed from Netflix, I just wanted to reblog this again for visibility and to make sure more people can watch it.

[berrylvr]

not feeling your best?

very gentle yoga

you feel like shit (a self care guide)

disability accessible recipes

tips for baking with brain fog

stretches made more physically accessible

adjust your posture

the nine delights

different ways to rest

in-depth self care assessment

what to do when you've had a bad day

gentle ways to get back on track

how to feel your feelings

emotions & actions

[mizeliza]

[bbcsherlock]

i dont understand people who never reread a book or rewatch a movie or series. the best art will always improve upon being revisited. girl. let it reveal more of itself to you.

[morriganereshkigal]

"Heraclitus said, 'No man ever steps in the same river twice.' The same is true for books. The words on the page have not changed, but the eyes reading them have.

You are not the same person you were when you first read it. To reread is not repetition; it is measuring your own soul's growth against a constant backdrop.

Awaken! Enlighten! Transform!"