[unwelcome-ozian]

[rogueninja]

if cats aren't meant to be kissed on their heads then what's that little space between their ears for

[wwwwyamd]

[morganaspendragonss]

amid the celebrations about the queen probably dying soon, we need to remember how this will negatively affect the country. there will be millions spent on a funeral and charles’s coronation while we are in the middle of a severe economic crisis and working class families are having to choose between heating and food. it will take attention away from all the important politics and parliament may be suspended. all news and television will be about her death and her reign — it’s been said that comedy programmes will be cancelled for potentially up to a fortnight out of ‘respect’.

yes, celebrate this news. but her death does not erase the fact that the monarchy exists, and it will be a spit in the face for working people when the money we all so desperately need is spent on her and the rest of her family

[anxietyproblem]

[toadsrbutch]

I don’t know what little cat needs to hear this but. it is Not Dinner Time. you are not going to starve and it will be okay.

[tinakolesnik-deactivated2022073]

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[letitrainathousandflames]

Y'know, some people do have a strong crying response to stress, and they might cry (even against their own will) when faced with an upsetting situation and that doesnt mean they are "gaslighting" or "manipulating" you.

There are people who use crying as a manipulation tactic? Absolutely. But that doesn't mean that every person that cries during a heated argument is trying to get under your skin. They have their own emotions and issues, and frankly, not everything other people do is a personal attack on you.

[clestroying]

I want to be a midwife so i can see what all the rich white suburban parents name their children. Like congratulations Mrs Smith heres your baby organic granola apple quinoa

[bookwormingparty]

[ottermatopoeia]

"the author is clearly NOT gifted by Hermes with the power of prophecy. two stars."

[mysharona1987]

[6balls]

if you think showing ur kids harry potter will radicalize them u are wrong and u should just instead watch a bug’s life and chicken run. there are gays in there, even. no not “canonically,” shut up, i’m old and in my day we simply UNDERSTOOD when a chicken was a lesbian or a stick bug was a gay man with the telepathic connection between our massive gay brains like the baby geniuses. i took a benadryl

[dankmemeuniversity]

[hellenhighwater]

I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.

But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck. 

I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.

You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.

You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should.  But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.

I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.

And I love it. 

[hellenhighwater]

This is still circulating and it’s been a few years, so let me update. I’m officially a lawyer now, and still not a single regret about this choice. Settling into a stable job is such a gift and a privilege in ways I didn’t expect. I’m not going to repeat the advice given above, but I want to make it clear that having passed through my student years and into my career proper, I stand by this in every respect. 

I chose to take a job that was not the most high-paying option available to me, because it wouldn’t require me to bill my time, I would have a better work-life balance, I found the work more engaging, and I really loved the office. It has paid off so much.

I get to walk to work, and most days I leave my laptop behind when I walk home at five. I have a little house with a little garden and a bunch of seedlings sprouting too early for spring. I have two stupid cats and two stupider doves and they make me happy. I put a little money into food and shelter for the neighborhood strays and name all my visiting opossums Harold. My art gets done when I feel inspiration striking, sometimes in the middle of the night, and I let my hobby fund itself without the pressure of deadlines. There is so much joy in making only what I want to. My sleep schedule has stabilized. For the first time in my life, I know the shape my days will take weeks and months away, because my routine is consistent, and I never knew what a peace that was. My job is predictable but never boring, interesting but not consuming, and it’s just a job. 

There are people who will tell you–people who have told me–that turning my back on an artistic career or a career you have “potential” in is selling out, or settling. 

Let me tell you, friends, I have never felt so settled. 

[ramblehop]

My New Years Resolution this year was to get back into reading. I managed to read 9 books in January, and these are my favourites.

Reading has been my favourite thing to do since I was probably 6-7 years old. I’ve always been a voracious reader, especially of fantasy series. However, the last three years between finishing off my social work degree and starting my career, and the stress of the pandemic, I’ve really struggled to find the time or the energy to read for pleasure like I once did.

I’m so happy to be starting my journey to fall back in love with reading, and I’ve kicked it off with two amazing series. Not pictured is the first Mistborn book ‘The Final Empire’ purely because I read this in December and was the book that made me make this resolution in the first place!

[ramblehop]

First day back at work after nearly 3 months off sick.

Rewarded myself afterwards with a trip to Waterstones for 4 new books I’ve been dying to read.

[aria-bones]

Vin: I love you. I would do anything for you.

Elend: I want you to have a healthy diet and sleep schedule

[bogwitchbooks]

Elend Venture literally had no goddamn idea how to flirt or interact with people so he just sat near his crush’s general vicinity and just read his book until she talked to him