Tay/Viridian

--♏☀ --♒ ☪ -- ♌ ☝🏽-- --22--(They/Them)-- Side blog (I post here more than main) "The journey is everything"~Russ Wanna support me? Cashapp is $Taylor2326

[viridian-tay-leaf]

Update

Hey, long time no see. Took a social media break (deleted tiktok and Tumblr for a bit). All is good and well at the moment. I just had knee arthroscopy replacement surgery so I'm stuck in bed. My YouTube and Instagram are the only socials I am active on as of late but I plan to come back to Tumblr aswell.

💜 Overall I hope things have been good for y'all and I wish you nothing but the best 💜

[explicitlyrics]

many on here need to be learning this lesson

[sxcndhandsmxke]

I hope something good happens to you today🖤

[injuries-in-dust]

Good news of June 2025.

Check out the long form video on YouTube for even more good news.

[injuries-in-dust]

[cpahlow]

[dumblr]

Let your life be more than just waiting for good things.

You are the good things.

[vintage-tigre]

[noah-wyles]

humanity at its best

[1111jenx]

— ALIGNMENT.

you're at the right place right time💐

[venuslilgirl]

I am worthy of all the good things that are happening to me

[give-to-oblivion]

If you need a distraction from doomscrolling, here are some YouTube channels I like to watch to relax and unwind.

Behind the cut: Nature docs, cooking shows, arts and crafts, cute animals.

Feel free to reblog with your own favorites. I tend to skew heavily towards the cooking and nature shows; I canvassed friends for more arts and crafts recs but haven't watched all of those myself.

Cooking

Julia Child on PBS: Contains the full archives of The French Chef, Dinner at Julia's, Baking With Julia

Julia Child & Jaques Pepin

Jaques Pepin Cooking at Home

Jun's Kitchen (also has cute animals)

Townsends 18th Century Cooking (you will have to look up the playlists for each season, but there are many)

Tasting History with Max Miller

Sandwiches of History

PBS Food

Beryl Shereshewsky

Dianxi Xiaoge (cooking from small-town Yunnan, China)

Amaury Guichon (the chocolate guy)

Souped Up Recipes (Chinese cuisine)

Pasta Grannies

Animals

Livestreams of kitten litters:

Kitten Academy

Michael Sheldrake

Animal Wonders Montana (rescue sanctuary)

Arts & Crafts

Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting

Transcend Furniture Gallery (furniture restoration)

Florian Gadsby (pottery)

Crows Eye Productions (historical fashion)

Nicole Rudolph (fashion/interior design history)

Anita by Design (sewing)

Rachel Maksy (costuming)

Snappy Dragon (historical costuming)

Science & Nature

Explore.org list of nature livestreams

BBC Earth (Relax with BBC Earth)

PBS Eons

Moth Light Media (natural history)

Paleopedia

Dr. Smiti Nathan (archaeology)

Misc

Cecilia Blomdahl (life on Svalbard)

[only-knives]

Affirmations bc i'm disabled & struggle with internalized ableism:

I am doing good. My goals are mine, and I don't need to compare myself to other people.

I am inherently worthy as a human being, regardless of my productivity (or lack thereof).

I am allowed to rest, and it is okay that I need to rest almost 24/7 because of my disabilities. Rest is not a break to be earned; it's a need, and everyone's needs are different.

I am allowed to enjoy things simply because they make me happy. My joy is a human need, not something to be commodified.

I have so many strengths: thoughtfulness, compassion, gentleness, creativity, etc. These are the core of who I am.

I am loved and cared for. There are so many people like me across the world, and any time I feel lonely, there is another disabled person somewhere feeling the same. In the same vein, there are disabled activists who are fighting for us; being a voice for people who can't make their voice heard, or don't even know it's an option.

I am not alone <3 And neither is the person reading this. We are worthy, valued, and important. No ifs, ands, or buts.

[kedreeva]

I thought y'all might like to see Niagara Falls lit up for Pride.

Hope you had a good one!

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

congratulations on getting through the day even if it was really, really hard. you’re doing great.

[sonshine-arts]

it's dangerous out there please take one snoopy with you!

[greenishness]

As part of her social media detox this girl on YouTube made herself do one hour of understimulating tasks every day and she just counted rice for 60 minutes straight because its no different from doomscrolling in terms of wasted time

[greenishness]

When I say this changed my life. Every time I'm on my phone I ask myself Is this different from counting rice for one hour ? and if the answer is no I go find something else to do. It works well because it's not about conforming to productivity standards or about moralizing digital hobbies it's just an honest reflection on whether tomorrow I will be glad I spent my time this way and then acting accordingly. The rice paradigm