Vivacious Dragoness

[charl0ttan]

did you hear the temple of regret and missed opportunities was sealed shut forever yesterday

[the-frog-blog-deactivated202510]

I should’ve gone when I had the chance….

[wackom]

Bothering the beast

[noctude]

maybe i shouldn’t respond to wrong number texts any more

[raedas]

3 core beliefs of be kind be weird eat berries

[trentreznorspussy]

[andi-o-geyser]

a full SAGA of chaos choices at the diner in the centre of your mind

[tamarackshack]

Took a year to complete this quilt! Pattern is by NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg called Cupola View. Fabrics used were also designed by Karen, the collection is called Earth Views.

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Earth views from the international space station

[womansarmor]

At first, I was convinced it's a stained glass panel, but it's so much more cooler.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

Hey; even if all you did today is survive, I’m proud of you! Hang on!

[nbarnabas]

Amikor nem bírsz leállni, muszáj még egyet csinálnod (tetőn is van)

[jordanbolton]

To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

[everythingfox]

“Screw climbing the waterfall, I’ll take the stairs.”

(via)

[selfcare-journey]

Slow down, it's ok. Very few things in life are absolute

Deadlines can be flexible, career paths are flexible, relationships become close and far and close again, it's all going to be ok

[phoenixyfriend]

I feel like a good shorthand for a lot of economics arguments is "if you want people to work minimum wage jobs in your city, you need to allow minimum wage apartments for them to live in."

"These jobs are just for teenagers on the weekends." Okay, so you'll use minimum wage services only on the weekends and after school. No McDonald's or Starbucks on your lunch break.

"They can get a roommate." For a one bedroom? A roommate for a one bedroom? Or a studio? Do you have a roommate to get a middle-wage apartment for your middle-wage job? No? Why should they?

"They can live farther from city center and just commute." Are there ways for them to commute that don't equate to that rent? Living in an outer borough might work in NYC, where public transport is a flat rate, but a city in Texas requires a car. Does the money saved in rent equal the money spent on the car loan, the insurance, the gas? Remember, if you want people to take the bus or a bike, the bus needs to be reliable and the bike lanes survivable.

If you want minimum wage workers to be around for you to rely on, then those minimum wage workers need a place to stay.

You either raise the minimum wage, or you drop the rent. There's only so long you can keep rents high and wages low before your workforce leaves for cheaper pastures.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" doesn't hold water if the reason nobody applies is because the commute is impossible at the wage you provide.

[karlrincon]

Happy New Year 2024 from Korea.

Year of the 🐲🐉!

[cricketcat9]

🤗

[guerrillatech]

[utah-mountain-drifter-deactivat]

[poorghost]

no one follows the trees warning

[rapidashrider]

You know the parable about how the foolish man built his house upon sand and the wise man built his house upon rock and it’s always about having a sturdy foundation well there is also the fact of location which is that the sand probably used to be rock except it’s been eroded to sediment because it’s a FUCKING FLOODPLAIN

[bestest-goblin]

I feel like a dumbass, but @rapidashmascot just revolutionised my understanding of that parable.

[themythicalcodfish]

My family quotes that parable loudly every time another planned housing community on a former floodplain gets inundated with water.

[rockpapertheodore]

Sometimes self-care is, actually, NOT getting onto the computer and little treats and watching youtube videos. Sometimes those things are self-care, but sometimes they're also avoidant behaviors.

Sometimes self care is waking up and just. Fucking getting in the car. And driving to the bank. And the store. And buying the cat litter. And changing the cat boxes you've been avoiding because your brains been stuck in a hole. And picking up the trash you've been piling up. And getting a load into the wash. And mowing the lawn before the village council sends you a formal complaint and potential-fines warning.

Like its hard and annoying to do because it sucks. It sucks so much. But if I don't start working on this pile of bullshit I've let build up because it stinks and i was stuck in deer-in-headlights mode, I risk letting it turn into fuckery. I do not have the patience for fuckery that I once - foolishly! - thought I had.

[butch-obliterated]

This mentality helped me so much. Framing my "chores" and mundane tasks as self care and something I can do for myself, really helped me. On a good day I feel like I can genuinely enjoy basic to-dos because I get something nice for myself afterwards, even if that nice thing is just a better living environment. And sometimes it's still too hard, and that's okay too.

[bulkhummus]

I LOVE BED

[bulkhummus]

I LOVE PILLOW

[bulkhummus]

I LOVE BLANKEY