ambition, motivation & determination

On a quest to fulfil my goals (which include visiting every museum in London) Engineer. Dancer / Climber. Avid Reader.

[8nin]

"There's millions of Tumblr users" to you. To me There's only about 12 and we all reblog the same five posts from each other

[muresetivoire]

Sorry babe, the thigh garter holding my daggers stay on during sex

[questwithambition]

Which woman missed her stop on the tube (because she was reading), so had to run across tube platforms and make her way back and run to get her train??? Me.

[questwithambition]

I’ve been in a bit of a slump recently, as work has been so draining and boring. So I think I’m going to do the 100 days of productivity challenge - where productive is something I do outside of work, can be creative or research, but something I have to put effort into that gets my brain working. I feel like my brain is itching for a challenge.

[questwithambition]

I’ve created a list of things that could be done as part of this challenge and I start tomorrow:

Organising

- plan out my crafts for the end of the year (birthdays and weddings etc)

- Order supplies

- Money admin (research investment funds, check in on my pension)

- Organise my flat warming party!!

- Reply to old messages

Learning

- learn how to play chess

- Language practice (Spanish: watch video / practice online / grammar exercises)

- Research (topics: proto indo European, relearning some of my uni maths, reread some of my science books and follow up with research)

- Writing - essays, poems, the D&D campaign, whatever

- Reading - but deep reading. As in our a timer on for 30 minutes and you just read and think about what you’ve read *

Practicing

- practice drawing. Take a YouTube video and follow it. Go to a museum and sketch out items

- Practice sheet reading. Ideal here is to get a keyboard and relearn piano playing but in the meantime do solfège and singing (????)

- Practicing any of my crafts (embroidery, crochet, etc) but once again, setting down to do them intentionally for a period of time

- practicing my cooking skills. I’ve come a long way but there’s always more to learn!

[hedgehogsdilemmas-deactivated20]

girls!!! we gotta fail more often!!! we’re so scared of failure and disappointing people and looking stupid that we don’t even TRY things! men?? men brush off failure like it’s nothing! if a man doesn’t get a job he wanted, it’s because they didn’t review his application fairly! it’s because the competition was tough this year! it’s because he just needs to try harder next time! men just DO things!!! and you know what DOING things builds?? confidence!!! even if you fail!! the more you fail, the more confident you are that you can fail and survive! women don’t even wanna try unless they are 100% certain that they’re qualified and competent and won’t disappoint anybody! but that is NONSENSE. men are out there getting positions they’re not even qualified for, while over-qualified but less-confident women are staying where it’s safe bc they’re afraid to rock the boat!!! DO. IT. apply for the thing! ask for the raise! enter the competition! get used to failing ALL the time! fail quickly and move on!!! if a cocky but mediocre man would do it, then for the love of god, GO DO THE DAMN THING. you are SO much more qualified than you think you are.

[peachyjude]

I LOVE YOU

[questwithambition]

I’ve been going through my likes from “oldest first” in an effort to reblog and declutter in a way and can I just say. Shout out to all the mutuals, who have been through heartbreak and grief and injury and scary moments and so much more and yet!!! Yet!!! Kept moving forward!! Kept looking ahead and taking the steps to continue embracing the beauty of life!!! You are all so beautiful and it’s an honour to share this slice of the internet with you

[lupismaris]

Do it scared but please don't do it hungry. Please don't do it dehydrated. It's gonna make it so much scarier. Please.

[nudesornaw]

if you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute little marching band

this actually made me cry with joy also one of them is eating noodles

[readsquirrel]

It just keeps going and getting better. *^^*

[involuntaryorange]

Me two minutes ago: “cry with joy? an animation of cats playing instruments made someone cry with joy?”

Me now: (sobs into a tissue) “OH MY GOD THAT ONE IS PLAYING TWO RECORDERS AT THE SAME TIME” (blows nose)

[son-of-a-tenth-place]

CAT PARADE IS BACK

[ethanrayne]

there are SO MANY cute little details in this

[that-g3-obsessive]

So I was looking for the full version of this video cause i always get sad when this one cuts off the ending and–

not only has the original creator made an HD version,

they also made a reanimated “deluxe” version! with even more cute easter eggs! 

[derryderrydown]

Whenever my mum gets a new computer, the first thing she has me do is put a shortcut to this video on her desktop.

[anagramofbrat]

I used to send this to people on Facebook on their birthdays. I stopped during the pandemic. I don’t know why.

[callmebliss]

It’s my birthday. Your timing is impeccable

[femalepope]

the fact that being a woman and not wearing makeup is considered subversive in many places... Girl I am literally just alive. This is my face

[eatmangoesnekkid]

“Let yourself have some leisurely mornings. More meditation. A simple pot of tea. Breathwork. Journaling. Singing. Some yoga or stretching. Spontaneous lovemaking. Sitting on the front porch and staring out into space. You’ll discover that when you make time to start your day off in leisure -unhurried, unbothered, and not rushing -no e-mails or social media, the rest of your day naturally unfolds more deliciously.”

— India Ame’ye, Author

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

Looking through old photos and I found one of my junior homecoming dance. It was the night after my dad's funeral. My friend who'd stayed with me the entire week, in my bed, through all the tears, made me get out of bed that night. She pulled my shirt up over my head and told me to get in the shower. She washed my hair for me. She curled it. She rubbed foundation onto my face, lined my eyes, and put me in my dress.

She contacted my other friends who were feeling awkward and unsure of what to do and told them the party was still on, to meet at my house for photos before the dance.

They all showed up, and I went to the dance, and we all screamed and cried, and I took my first step to healing.

I haven't spoken to that girl in five years. Nothing happened. I moved away. She fell in love. We grew apart and into our own lives.

It's strikes me how beautiful the ephermeral nature of teenage friendships can be.

We may not need each other now, but there was a time when I needed her more than anyone. And sometimes she needed me.

And the universe put us together just then. Just when it was most important. Not a year too late or too soon. The same town, the same school, the same classroom where we could meet. Right when it mattered.

We come and go from people's lives every day, and along the way we may get a chance to love someone fully, just for a little while.

I'll remember every single one.

[redstonedust]

we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.

[questwithambition]

I’ve been in a bit of a slump recently, as work has been so draining and boring. So I think I’m going to do the 100 days of productivity challenge - where productive is something I do outside of work, can be creative or research, but something I have to put effort into that gets my brain working. I feel like my brain is itching for a challenge.

[whaile]

late summer / early fall thoughts

[pathologising]

Mutuals come to my house we are all going to share a pomegranate

[heartemoij]

oh to be in a silk nightgown in front of a vanity removing my makeup while my partner lies in bed watching me lovingly

[luvdrunk]

can we talk about the way we encourage women to enter stem fields but then do nothing to change what makes stem environments hostile to women