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[heartfairy]

I would love to unclench my jaw one day

[pixelburied]

My mental health has been very bad lately.

But is it “replay old Choices books” bad???

[rsingwriting]

I saw a post talking about how Terry Pratchett only wrote 400 words a day, how that goal helped him write literally dozens of books before he died. So I reduced my own daily word goal. I went down from 1,000 to 200. With that 800-word wall taken down, I’ve been writing more. “I won’t get on tumblr/watch TV/draw/read until I hit my word goal” used to be something I said as self-restraint. And when I inevitably couldn’t cough up four pages in one sitting, I felt like garbage, and the pleasurable hobbies I had planned on felt like I was cheating myself when I just gave up. Now it’s something I say because I just have to finish this scene, just have to round out this conversation, can’t stop now, because I’m enjoying myself, I’m having an amazing time writing. Something that hasn’t been true of my original works since middle school. 

And sometimes I think, “Well, two hundred is technically less than four hundred.” And I have to stop myself, because - I am writing half as much as Terry Pratchett. Terry fucking Pratchett, who not only published regularly up until his death, but published books that were consistently good. 

And this has also been an immense help as a writer with ADHD, because I don’t feel bad when I take a break from writing - two hundred words works up quick, after all. If I take a break at 150, I have a whole day to write 50 more words, and I’ve rarely written less than 200 words and not felt the need to keep writing because I need to tie up a loose end anyways. 

Yes, sometimes, I do not produce a single thing worth keeping in those two hundred words. But it’s much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all.

[theamyrlinsofa]

This is the second time this post passes on my dash and it’s the best advice I ever got. I can’t write consistently in one go, it’s always about 50 words and then I get distracted and just have to do something else for a while. Do the math quickly: trying to write 2000 words a day takes a looooong time that way. So there were many days where I just didn’t even start writing, cause I wouldn’t reach my goal anyways and feel like a failure. Then I stumbled upon this post and I thought: hey, let’s give this a try. And it works! I set my goal between 200-400 words a day and that’s perfectly doable. Some days I get into the flow and I write a whole lot more. On other days, I struggle to get those 200 out but hey, at least I wrote 200 words and reached my goal. Whatever the outcome, t makes me feel good and accomplished. 

Writing takes practice, so even if it’s only 100 words a day, it’s better than nothing. If it worked for Terry Pratchett and me, than it can work for you too!

[discworld-heritage-posts]

Discworld Heritage Post

[absolutegibberishandnumbers]

jokes to make after failure that aren’t self-deprecating:

I’m the best to ever do it

Nobody saw that (best if said loudly)

No one’s ever done it like me

I could be President/they should make me President

Behold, a mere fraction of my power!

The public wants to be me soooooo bad

I’m an expert in (thing you just failed at)

How could this have happened to god’s favorite princess?

Nothing ibuprofen and a glass of water cant fix

I’m being sabotaged

[autumn-outside-the-postoffice]

in honor of the best Dropout clip of all time

[iravaid]

Visit Original Link

On conservation and survival

[naamahdarling]

I wish I could favorite things a hundred times but instead I will do it once and then reblog it while crying.

[utilitycaster]

I'm going to *remembers suicide jokes are detrimental to my mental health* quit my job and start making shoes for American Girl Dolls

[angel-fruitcake]

i can handle one (1) Event™ per day. whether it be a phone call, an appointment, trip to the grocery store, play date with a friend, etc. only one, that's it. any more than that and i am Stressed

[cute-catts]

[patterned-flannel]

I will literally never stop thinking about this.

[pixelburied]

oh wtf. hi. haven't seen u in a while. how have u been?

My presence on tumblr has been inversely proportional to my mental health since the pandemic. So yeah, I’ve been having a menty B lately that’s why I’m back but other than that, I’m okay! 👍

[vampiresister]

NO NUANCE gun to your head you have to answer. marcos or duterte

marcos

duterte

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

[cityrun]

i hate fatigueee its so stupid. ohh when im home i'll do this or that Nope. replacing all of your bones with pure titanium now. Goodbye

[teathattast]

[sesamenom-misc]

where did you learn the word aglet (shoelace cap)

wikipedia rabbit hole

fun fact book/visual encyclopedia/etc

telomere analogy

something else??

this poll

Voting ended onOct 13, 2024

[sesamenom-misc]

because I may have made some oversights, if you voted something else:

phineas and ferb

other book/tv show/movie

tumblr

other internet source

someone irl

still something else

Voting ended onOct 14, 2024

[transvinniedakota]

[livingvampires]

love it when my friends say "you would do numbers on Tumblr" buddy I am on Tumblr. and the number is 3

[livingvampires]

wow 😳 exceeding expectations!

[biomic]

saru brother

[ohthewhomanity]

OK but aside from the funny, this is the gorilla doing its best to correct a gorilla faux pas! Gorillas don’t make eye contact except as a challenge. They avoid looking at each other directly as much as possible. So this fella just accidentally slid forward and looked the human right in the eye and went “oooooops” and turned FULLY around to go “I have no quarrel with you!”

[anarchowizardist]

[45percenterthen]

lying on the floor. well everything will be okay in the end i think

[45percenterthen]

standing up again. everythings shit garbage for real