Music, Writing and Me

kiragecko:

evolutionsbedingt:

westiec:

skullchicken:

If you have achieved something, please remember to observe a mandatory period of basking in the warm glow of your achievement like a lizard on a stone, lest you teach your brain that effort is futile, actually, because it didn’t get to enjoy its happy chemicals, so, naturally, nothing good ever comes of trying. (And no, avoiding punishment is not a reward!)

I recommend, like, 5% of basking time in relation to whatever time you invested into achieving the thing minimum. And if you can’t make your own bask, friend-brought is fine (= tell your friends!).

5% is a long time for some things and the idea of actually celebrating my efforts for that long is kinda blowing my mind. hm.

@bbcphile From a basking professional:

• accomplish the task (or a milestone within)
• say that out loud
• text a friend (or three) about it
• exhale deeply and consciously let go of the tension
• move elsewhere (sat at your desk? go and sit on the couch. finished in the kitchen? go to any other room. not yet up for moving? change the background music/noise you had on.)
• bathroom break?
• grab a snack?
• Look at your accomplished task from a distance and feel smug about it
• no seriously, if you don’t feel like you’re embodying the smug cat meme try getting a little more physical or temporal distance, or a friend-shaped reality check, and then look at it again
• do One (1) small task your brain kept pestering you about while you were Accomplishing The Thing
• also feel smug about that because you totally beat your brain about letting you do The Thing first and now you’ve completed two (2!!) tasks
• depending on how long Accomplishing The Thing took you may now move on to your next Thing OR continue basking to reach the 5% of time invested:
• find a comfortable place to be and do a spoon-refilling activity: take a nap, scroll tumblr, read fanfic, write fanfic, gush about blorbos, stare out of the open window with the cool evening breeze brushing over your skin as gentle as a loving caress and drink the Tasty Beverage of your choice (specific example is specific, but iykyk), etc pp
• remember you accomplished The Thing and are now Basking.
• you are but a large predator enjoying the fruits of its labour and recharging after the successful hunt, no need to go charging off after the next prey just yet
• all that Fun Stuff you thought you’d rather be doing while you were busy with The Thing? Do it now.
• (well, maybe not all at once, we’re still basking in our accomplishment after all and moving erratically would defeat the purpose)
• perceive The Accomplished Thing in passing and think ‘ha, I did it, I got you, I won!’ I’ll leave it up to you whether you’ll use your villain or your hero voice
• repeat until the next Thing is due
• integrate normal, life preserving measures such as making food or sleeping as needed

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#mental health #ooh interesting # … how does it work? #I feel like I need a bulleted list on How To Bask In Your Accomplishments

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jesseeiisenberg:

“Try our new AI tool”, “Use ChatGPT”, “Our AI assistant can help”

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skarabrae-stone:

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clazbly:

Classic literature fans when the insane white boy gets really sick for a long period of time

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anxietyproblem:

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sludgebones:

[two tumblr soldiers bleeding out on the internet frontlines]

“heh… remember strawbebby…. And ranibow spramkle… always made me laugh”

“Don’t talk like that man. We’re gonna get out of here i prommy.” [mortar fire sails overhead and land nearby] “christ its like a childrens hospital out there”

[through shallow breaths] “I always loved…… the color of the sky…………”

End scene

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8nin:

the cool thing about this app is you’re never the craziest one here

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sophsknight:

bloodstainedgauntlet:

my knight you have to live you have to get up you have to put your hand over your wound and hold it there. you have to keep walking and walking and walking because you cannot lay down yet, it’s not time. wipe the blood off your breastplate and look up into the sun. lean on your sword if you need to. lift one foot after another. get up. get up. this would be a pitiful grave.

this would be a pitiful grave.

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motherfucker-somewhat-limited:

tiktoks with vine energy pt. 8

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moss-wizard:

raddagher:

chilewithcarnage:

no amount of budgeting will make up for the fact that we simply do not make enough money

no amount of therapy will make up for the fact that we simply do not make enough money

no amount of working will make up for the fact that we simply do not make enough money

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voidbat:

mishasassbutt:

mishasassbutt:

my mom just came to me and ranted about how everyone is making this facebook status that says, “raising teenagers is like nailing jello to a tree”. she was so baffled by this because she said, “you were pretty easy to raise as teenagers. all you did was sleep and eat.” 

so to prove some point she’s going to nail a small cup of jello to a tree. 

she’s so pleased with her self

incredible

parents are weird 

yeah but this is about as accurate as it gets.

you say “nail jello to a tree” and most people think jello all by itself.

but if you put any actual thought into what you’re doing and then give it just a little support

well gosh. look what happens.

please tell your mom good job.

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piastrussy:

piastrussy:

they should make nervous systems that are less nervous

it’s all i’m asking for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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slugbus:

autumn/winter affirmations:

• 7 p.m. is not late
• your day is not over at 7 p.m.
• you are allowed to leave your house after it gets dark
• 7 p.m. is so early

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dionysiaproductions:

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mutopians:

saltywinteradult:

wholesome-animal-images:

just look at these fluffy motherfuckers. i want ten of them

@elizmanderson

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