#don't dwell

[fortuneaday]

[A white fortune cookie paper with black text reading: Do not dwell on differences with a loved one. Try to compromise.]

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Mindfulness Tips

Be easy on yourself. It’s okay to have negative thoughts, but once you notice them, let go. Don’t dwell. Make them a thing of the past.

[resplendentglow]

Photo: Val Vesa

Keep your mind healthy and focused. Don’t let yourself dwell in the past where you begin to regret and wish you could change things. The past may be unchangeable, but the future is still yours to shape.

[marysunshine23]

You're getting mad NOW?!

Seriously? Do you know how often, in the past, Felix has accidentally said the N word and spent the next ten seconds to a minute apologizing? How often does he jokingly sing something with that word? HE HAS BEEN DOING STUPID SHIT LIKE THIS FOR YEARS. So why are you getting mad now?

Using that word is wrong in general. But I'm not sure how much of this whole thing is people drawing the line verses going on a witch hunt towards Pewdiepie. Anyone who has been following him for at least a year knows that he generally doesn't give a shit about political correctness or social normalities. And the thing is, after the first incident, he spent over a month trying to apologize and nobody, NOBODY, forgave him.

At this point, I think he's given up on trying to fix any of it. Everyone is going to hold it over his head FOREVER, regardless of what he does. Is what he did in the past okay? No. Is calling someone the N word out of frustration (or at all) okay? No! But is holding an eternal grudge against someone based on things they've tried to remedy okay? No.

This is no longer holding someone accountable for their actions, this is looking for a reason to destroy them. Give Felix a FITTING punishment, and then move on. We have more important things to be spending time and energy on. Like not getting mad about stuff we let slide for the past three plus years.

[manicpixiedreamboots]

I'm writing and there's going to be a side-plot love story which was born out of my spite and hatred to "Cursed Child." Anyway, the problem in having is that I've been writing this story on and off again for nearly a decade, half my life, and now it's just a collection of scenes, characters, and lore without any actual plot other than this love story. How might I come up with a proper plot as well as make sure this side-plot doesn't consume the entire thing?

Excellent! A story born out of a reaction to another work! I love it when there’s clear inspiration like that, even if it is transparent displeasure. It should be a good story, full of emotion! 

10 years is quite a long time, I am impressed with your dedication. It certainly does take a lot of time to write a book that’s nothing to worry about, but keep in mind it takes even longer if you never finish it. “It takes an awful long time to not write a book.” Douglas Adams.  

Okay so for the subplot/plot dilemma you seem to have, why not make the romance the plot?  There’s nothing wrong with a romance novel that has an epic backbone and setting. However if you are convinced that the romance must only be a side-plot, you should start by asking yourself the ‘Why’ questions. Why here? Why now? Why me? Why not? Look over all the content you’ve written over the years- why are they there? Why are those scenes happening? Why are those characters existing? Why are they stomping around in your mind? What do they need to do or express through you?  Ask your characters what they want and write out mind maps or lists of any/all possibilities that could be fathomed to happen, and see which one sticks. 

Hope this helps! Feel free to let me know how you get on, you got this! :) 

Span

[artsyjaylene]

it's okay to miss people who may not miss you it's okay to remember the memories and want to make more it's okay to look back but don't look back too long or life will whip by in a flash and you'll miss out it's okay to miss people and things and memories, but it's not okay to be sitting on the ground missing all the beautiful things going on around you it's okay to do things to a limit but don't dwell on something that you have no control over

-just some blog

[honkamonka]

This shit slaps so hard it almost makes it hard to concentrate on writing even though it's the perfect music for what I'm writing.

[rantsintechnicolor]

I'm trying not to dwell in this pain

I know I need to feel it. So I should feel it and then move on. I should actively identify it, look at it, and let it go. “Oh hey. Ouch. That hurt. Next.” Over and over. I think I'm having a harder time doing this because I wanted something to happen. And when someone loves you back, it seems like something should happen. But it didn’t and it won’t and it’s a shame those beautiful moments I can imagine will never happen.