Reblogging from me is like a trap. I will reply/reblog. I will attempt to be funny. I will follow you until we become mutuals by rbing all your posts like I’m a squatter in your living room commenting on all of your wall art. There is no escape.
Today's Affirmation:
"I am allowed to build external systems instead of trying to force internal ones."
Trying to force yourself to do some
Today's Affirmation:
"I am allowed to build external systems instead of trying to force internal ones."
Trying to force yourself to do something outside of your nature can be incredibly difficult, especially with a neurospicy brain.
And even more especially when you're trying to force yourself to do something from a place of, "I should," "I have to," or if it's coming from a place of anxiety or fear.
Much more effective than this is to build external systems instead of the repeated, "Why can't I make myself do this? I failed again," mindset.
The truth is probably not that you failed; it's more likely that you've just found another way that doesn't work.
That's called experimentation.
Think of it as if you're a scientist.
You are allowed to experiment to find what works for you and what doesn't.
And learning what doesn't work is vital information - NOT failure.
If alarms don't work for you because, like me, you simply dismiss them and forgot they went off, maybe a timer system would work better for you personally.
Something like, "Ok, I have to do dishes - set a 20 min timer and get what I can done in that time, then move on."
It works with taking breaks, too. "I need a break before my next task. I'll set a 15 min timer and go from there."
These are just examples, but you can adjust your external systems to be anything that works for you, even if it seems silly to others.
And actually, SILLY IS GREAT!
If it's fun or in any way entertaining, that makes you more likely to follow through with it, right?
It gamifies it, and that works magic for us NDs!
Not only that, but it brings out our inner children.
It reminds us that we are allowed to play within our lives.
Play brings joy and reminds us what life is really about.
And if it helps you to accumulate more check marks on your to-do list, even better!
So get silly, experiment, and always remember to just Be.YOU.tiful!💜
idk if this is an usamerican thing or not but it always blows my mind as a small european country resident that yall have many names and types of apples???? what do you mean its not just red yellow or green??? why is it so complicated??? who is granny smith????
The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas, sheltered by benevolent shopping malls, they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world.
Really hate that most people don’t understand the difference between “self-expression” and “artistic-expression.”
I say this as someone who sells pottery, and many people who see my art assume I am using art as an outlet to “express myself.”
I am not.
I use art to challenge myself. A lot of what I do is the equivalent of doing a hard sudoko or a half marathon, answering the question of “can I do this?”
I use art to question things and explore ideas. Finding physical synthesis between concepts and working out a design to its end state.
I use art to make money. I make some things just because I suspect they’ll sell well, and I keep making them when they do.
This idea that an artist is “putting themselves out there” every time they create is not only stupid, but harmful, and it kills critique and analysis.
Yes every creative work is influenced by its creator, but the most preliminary step of analysis is to define the purpose of a work of art (functional, narrative, entertainment, persuasive, decorative, ceremonial, etc.) and a vanishingly small percentage of that is self-expression. Even then, it’s generally tied to the self’s relationship with something else—perception, society, etc.
It’s very tiresome to have people assume they know you because they like (or dislike) your art, to make assumptions about who you are and how you approach the world. It’s nothing new— people called the Impressionists insane and the Fauvists degenerate. And now people are expected to hand out their identities and traumas to prove they have the right to explore certain subjects.
But to actually understand art, you have to contextualize it beyond assuming it’s just what the artist felt like making at the moment and it’s somehow coming from their deepest soul, or you’ll badly misinterpret most art you come across.
Layering my Short Skirt, Long Jacket (CAKE) over my White Tee (CORPSE) and Blue Jeans (Lana Del Ray) Knee Socks (Arctic Monkeys) and Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis) and then putting on my Raspberry Beret (Prince) before I head out to the Bard Olympics where I am disqualified for performance-enhancing power buffs. On my way home I am cast as a sassy but cute side character in an early 2010's Disney Channel original series. I look fresh as hell
In 2026, the chicest thing a gay actor can do is never explicitly come out as gay but also make it abundantly clear that he is. Coming out is too modern. Staying closeted is too old fashioned. But this method merges contemporary freedom with Old Hollywood glamour and allure, and it weeds out the dumbest people who truly don’t get it. I call it the Pascal Method.
You clearly don't go here or to queer history and signaling, or both, enough to have this conversation and I'm not going to explain it to you. You could have asked questions, you could have done even a modicum of research. You didn't and you made yourself look ignorant. Goodbye.
#I'm fucking crying#this is an instant classic#this is the next meme#i can't believe I'm here to see a baby copypasta nary two hours old#I can't#lol#i laughed way too hard#iconic
(That commenter's blog header is calling anyone who doesn't agree with their conspiracy theory stringboard about Taylor Swift being secretly gay "heteronormative" and claiming that they don't know queer history and culture. So. That's what we're working with here)
Boo hoo i'll be able to add more physical storage to my phone and be able to change out batteries if they degrade as well as all these other optional features I won't have to touch
I love how they add totally absurd things no one is asking for to make the idea look crazy. And still, I must emphasize, failing to make this look like a bad idea.
"Is this what you want? Is this ugly stupid bullcrap what you want??" the biggest loudest idiot in the room asks, holding up a picture of the hottest looking shit I've ever seen