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Happy new year...I went to my parents' house for breakfast like i do every yr on new yrs day, and we ended up having a family meeting and finally accepting that it's time to put our doggo, the first pet I've ever had, to sleep, as her quality of life is no longer good...it was a conversation that needed to happen, but I still feel dead inside...we all do...

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Man, I forgot about this trick, I need to try it again DESPERATELY

If you like to keep a tidy space but don't always feel like tidying up, I've found what works best for me is to turn it into a speedrunning game.

Pick a space that you want to tidy up and/or clean (ex. Couches/coffee table/end tables, office space, dining area, kitchen counters, bedroom, etc). I like to pick the space that I've been putting off on cleaning or just really needs some attention

Set a timer for 5 minutes (you can set it for 10 or 15 minutes if you want, I just do 5 minutes because it feels less daunting if a task to the lazy part of my brain) That's all you need, trust me.

Try to beat the clock! Pretend you have company coming over to spend time in the space you picked and make it presentable!

Once the timer goes off, if you're satisfied with what you did, then you can leave it at that knowing that part of your living space is cleaner than it was before. If you want to continue, then go ahead and continue!

You'd be surprised what you can get done in 5 minutes, believe me. And a lot of times, the hardest part is just getting started. Sometimes you have to go into a task telling yourself your just gonna spend 5/10/15 minutes working on it and then if you don't feel like continuing that's fine, you've still made progress. But most times (for me at least) once you do those few minutes of work, you'll be in the right mindset to continue working on it until you're satisfied.

I hope this helps my fellow procrastinators, and I in no way take credit for this idea. I think I found it on Pinterest in college when I didn't want to do homework 乁⁠[⁠ ⁠◕⁠ ⁠ᴥ⁠ ⁠◕⁠ ⁠]⁠ㄏ

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That moment when you think you're doing ok financially and then you look at your bank account and realize you're a lot closer to NOT being financially ok than you're comfortable with which means you have to start sticking to a strict budget again.......fuck

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Watch Elon Crust being the worst human alive:

Translation:

Everything (including art, writing etc.) you post on Twitter ("X") after 29. September belongs to Elon Musk and you lose rights over it.

(That means they can feed it to AI, change, publish and sell it without your consent.)

If you have friends who post their ART, WRITING, PICTURES (etc.) or other creative, self-made projects on twitter, please tell them.

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So I was scrolling through Twitter (I don't care if it's called X now, it's f*cking Twitter) and came across a post about why John Walsh started America's Most Wanted (link). After reading it and a few of the replies I remembered when a guy tried to kidnap me in a parking lot a few months ago.

TW for creepy guy in an old beat up car in a dibellas parking lot asking for directions and being paranoid on the drive home if that's a thing that might concern u. I'll put the story behind a keep reading thing just in case (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

For context, I'm a 25yo female, 5'2" and around 180 lbs. So I'm on the petite side proportion-wise, and the way my extra weight sits it's not always super obvious that it's there.

So one weekend a few months ago I put in an online order for a sub at dibellas and went to pick it up. I didn't bother changing out of my lounge clothes (loose tank top with no bra, flannel shorts, and slip on shoes, no makeup) since i was just gonna be in and out within a minute and didn't really care all that much about how I looked. After I got my sub I had my car door open and was about to get in when a car pulled up next to me (not super close, there was a comfortable amount of distance) and asked if I knew where [insert local plaza/strip mall here] was. I genuinely didn't know where it was (still don't) so I turned to him and apologized saying I didn't know.

Without saying another word the sleezy looking guy in a sh*tty old beat up car immediately pulls away, leaves the parking lot, and pulls right up to the nearest traffic light. I felt like that was strange since if he was actually asking for directions I would have thought he'd pull into an empty parking spot and Google it. The whole thing felt off to me so, remembering what his car looked like, I kept an eye out for him or any other suspicious looking car the whole way home in case I was being followed so I could pull into a police station or the like and not lead them to my apartment. Luckily I didn't see anyone following me at all so my sandwich and I were able to get home safely.

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Moral of the story is to always trust your gut. If someone asks you for directions and something doesn't feel right, tell them no and immediately walk away to the nearest safety. If it happens in a store, find the nearest most intimidating looking person or just group of people and pretend you know them like your life depends on it, because it just might. You can also pretend you have someone waiting for you, and even pull out your phone like your getting a phone call and very clearly say, as if your replying to someone asking where you are, that you are on your way right now and will be there soon you are just being held up. If you need to extend the fake call, pretend where you're going is a large meet up with a bunch of people ("is everything ready for the party/reunion? I have the decorations and cake in the car and was just about to head your way now")

(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*⁠。

Side note, here's another quick tip for you. I don't care what you think about police or any other emergency service providers, but if your driving anywhere and feel like someone is following you, pull into the nearest police or fire station and, if they follow you into the parking lot, DON'T get out! Just lay on your horn until a cop/firefighter/whatever comes out. If they are a shitty cop/etc and won't help after you explain the situation and the creep is still in the parking lot, call 911 (or whatever your local emergency number is) and get them to help you. Your top priority is staying safe and NOT leading the creep to your home.

Stay safe out there, everyone, there's some creepy people lurking in places you wouldn't imagine. 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜

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Random Sunday morning thoughts/motivation/inspiration (why I tend to have these thoughts with no context either first thing in the morning or late at night, I don't know, but I'll always share them in case someone needs a little pep talk or the like 😊):

Sometimes you need a whole weekend where you don't talk to anyone, don't go anywhere, and just do what you want to do. And that's ok! (And if what you want to do is talk to people or go places, that's ok too!) Wherever you are in life right now, you've worked hard to get there, and you deserve to enjoy it. As long as nothing is on fire and absolutely can't wait, you're allowed to relax and not feel guilty about the stuff that needs done.

I have to remind myself of that every once in a while, and one of the things that helps me stop the guilt train is to just pick one small task to do for the day. Once you finish that task, if you feel like doing more, great! If not, that's ok too, you still made progress. For example, yesterday I tidied up my living room and cut up strawberries in the morning and made actual food for dinner later that evening. Today, I'm gonna finish taking care of dishes and then maybe get some laundry going (or at least finish putting away laundry from last weekend...)

Whatever battles you're fighting in life, you've got this, and there's nothing wrong with taking a break to recharge for the next one 😘

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I should be asleep rn cuz I have work tomorrow, but I still wonder about this sometimes (⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣)ゞ

Cursive handwriting

So I’m writing my notes for my online class in cursive because it just feels like that kind of day, and it got me thinking about something my mom told me: she heard that there are some younger kids working at the post office that don’t know how to read cursive. So does that mean that places that work with handwritten stuff have to ask potential employees if they can read cursive?🤔

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Listen up!

You see a post like this? Where OP might hurt/kill themselves? You hit that button that I circled

Hit that.

Click Suicide or Self-harm Concern

Yes.

Fill in the rest of it, and hit submit. The “content you reported” will fill itself in

Tumblr will follow up and help them.

Warning: this is only for mobile. If anyone knows how to do this for desktop, please add it!

This could SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO REBLOG THIS.

I DON’T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESN’T GO WITH YOUR BLOG’S THEME.

And yes, REBLOG. Liking does no shit at all. This isn’t ig.

You reblog, people see it. You don’t, people don’t see it. This shit’s that simple.

This could save someone’s life. It’s not a joke.

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If you like to keep a tidy space but don't always feel like tidying up, I've found what works best for me is to turn it into a speedrunning game.

Pick a space that you want to tidy up and/or clean (ex. Couches/coffee table/end tables, office space, dining area, kitchen counters, bedroom, etc). I like to pick the space that I've been putting off on cleaning or just really needs some attention

Set a timer for 5 minutes (you can set it for 10 or 15 minutes if you want, I just do 5 minutes because it feels less daunting if a task to the lazy part of my brain) That's all you need, trust me.

Try to beat the clock! Pretend you have company coming over to spend time in the space you picked and make it presentable!

Once the timer goes off, if you're satisfied with what you did, then you can leave it at that knowing that part of your living space is cleaner than it was before. If you want to continue, then go ahead and continue!

You'd be surprised what you can get done in 5 minutes, believe me. And a lot of times, the hardest part is just getting started. Sometimes you have to go into a task telling yourself your just gonna spend 5/10/15 minutes working on it and then if you don't feel like continuing that's fine, you've still made progress. But most times (for me at least) once you do those few minutes of work, you'll be in the right mindset to continue working on it until you're satisfied.

I hope this helps my fellow procrastinators, and I in no way take credit for this idea. I think I found it on Pinterest in college when I didn't want to do homework 乁⁠[⁠ ⁠◕⁠ ⁠ᴥ⁠ ⁠◕⁠ ⁠]⁠ㄏ

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Passed a lady with 3 little kids in Walmart and heard the funniest thing

Kid 1: I remember this walmart (・o・)

Kid 2: we were here yesterday (─.─||）

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doc: ur lab tests show ur glucose is high, u should try to watch ur sugar and carb intake

me: u got it, boss

me: *proceeds to have rice, italian bread with butter, a chocolate chip muffin, and a red lobster biscuit with dinner*

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I was halfway to work when I realized I forgot to brush my teeth cuz I'm a dumbass.....gonna get some travel toothbrushes to keep in my car, cuz while this is a rare occurrence, it's still happened more than once.....thank God I have a bunch of peppermint gum

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Me: *has job interview panel-style, assumes it'll be just me and multiple interviewers asking questions*

Me: *logs onto zoom meeting*

Me: *discovers it's one interviewer and 3 interviewees (including me)*

Me: *stumbles through introduction bcuz public speaking sucks, compares myself to other candidates throughout the entire thing*

Me: *told we'll be emailed a small project to show our skills by 7pm, due by 5pm tomorrow, 2hrs later, still no email*

My anxiety:

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"Death is only the end if you think the story is about you."

Welcome to Night Vale, 146 - The Birthday of Lee Marvin, 27:25

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You know your hair is greasy af when you brush it and it looks like you just got out of the shower......why am I like this??

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Desperately need to go to bed rn, but I was talking to a guy I met on bumble a bit ago that I've had my hopes up for ever since I matched with him, and we discovered that we both see each other as bf/gf material, and I'm so freakin excited!

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welp, just "broke up" with a guy i met on bumble. i say "broke up" bcuz we've only been talking a wk and we haven't even met in person yet, but we had a date planned for this wkend and i was almost dreading it. after talking to my bestie, i decided to trust my gut and call it off, and i honestly didn't think i'd feel this relieved. the dating world is weird, man.