#talon scribbles

[a-very-tired-raven]

soldier tf2 eating borger

*swirls around on office chair* ive been expecting you.

so i present to you soldier absolutely SMASHING a burger. he's "eating it like a MAN". ft. scout too, i guess.

[vellichordragon]

People like to say motivational or encouraging things to people who are overwhelmed and yes, sometimes people do need just a little inspiration and then everything's okay for them. But I don't love the way this motivation and hustle energy is immediately prescribed to already-overwhelmed people without any consideration for diminishing returns, or even basic humanity. After a certain point, pushing through agony and stress and being told to "keep going" is detrimental. Sometimes you need a break. Sometimes you need to do something else entirely. And sometimes you need to call a dead end a dead end.

Pushing people to functionally destroy themselves for a goal is not the blanket solution that millionaire motivational speakers and corporate chuds would have you believe, and I wish society as a whole would start to see the value in rest. We shouldn't be pushing overworked people to work harder. We should be making a world where unreasonable effort at the expense of your health and sanity is not expected of you so you can access barely more than the absolute minimum in life.