#(keep in mind im using celsius here)

[saspitite]

its gonna be in the -30s next week. what the balls. i swear i blinked and we went from having nice slightly chilly t-shirt weather to Dont Go Outside Ever Again It Is The Nuclear Winter

[froggibus]

Colder Weather - Mammon, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub and Belphegor

Genre: fluff headcanons

Summary: how the boys act when it’s cold + snowing outside

CW: cold weather, snow, asmo forcing you to go outside (ew), lots of cuddling, pretty mid writing on my part

okok so no Lucifer or Satan for this one cause I just had no ideas :((( like I had a few but not nearly enough for complete hcs so sorry guys

also holy fuck it’s been a while since I wrote obey me hcs lmao so im a little rusty…sorry guys

also I promise I’ll shut up but it’s gonna be almost -50 celsius here this weekend (yay, Canada!) so I will be stuck inside if you guys have any obey me (or other fandoms) ideas!!

Mammon:

Mammon and to snow DO NOT mix

biggest baby in the entire Devildom when it gets cold

he has this super tacky fur coat that he insists is real rabbit fur (it’s faux—the big softy couldn’t bear real fur)

refuses to leave the house, even if he has to work

worse than that: he refuses to let you leave the house, even if you have things to do

“hey, human. where d’ya think you’re going? it’s cold out there. you’ll get sick, or worse, dead!”

invites you to his room cause he has this ‘super awesome heater’ (read: himself)

you end up lounging on the couch with him and watching movies with excruciatingly long car chases

you start shivering despite the sweater you’re wearing, and Mammon not so begrudgingly beckons you over to come sit under the blanket with him

honestly he forgets how to breathe because you’re so close and you smell nice and you’re relying on him for warmth

at some point it gets colder and you start shivering again

goes to grab another blanket but you stop him, looking up at him with those pleading eyes

“don’t go, mams. i’ll freeze without you.”

pretends to be humble about it but inside he is screaming

not sure how it happens but you end up in his lap??

he has both arms around you, cocooning you between him and the blanket

you both fall asleep on the couch, snow storm long forgotten

Leviathan:

locks himself in his room to spend the whole day watching anime

also sorry but this man’s room is a whole terrarium

he’s got his heater, his fan, his air purifier, his humidifier

his place is always the perfect temperature and the perfect place to take refuge in a blizzard

he pretends like he’s annoyed when you come into his room, dressed in warm clothes and fuzzy socks, a blanket draped over your shoulders

but really he doesn’t mind—he actually has to hide his rosy cheeks with you because he’s so flustered at the idea that you chose him

orders an insane amount of comfort food to eat during your anime marathon

like heaps and heaps of food that the two of you couldn’t possibly finish

offers you to share his blanket with him, wrapping it around the two of you to keep warm while you munch on food

somehow it turns into you leaning your head on his shoulder, eyelids getting heavy in the warmth of his room

Levi can’t even be annoyed that you’re missing episodes of the anime—you look so cute like this

Asmo:

HATES the cold, LOVES the snow 

it’s a weird dynamic…

dresses you up in the cutest snowsuit ever, and forces you to sit outside in the cold for over an hour taking pictures 

“asmo we’re gonna catch a cold”

“demons don’t get sick from the cold, don’t be silly”

you’re not a demon????

when he’s finally done with the pictures don’t expect any attention from him after

he still has to edit, caption and post them to Devilgram 

you sit under his comforter in the corner of his bed, shivering miserably and shooting glares at him from the corner of your eyes 

Finally he puts down his DDD and looks at you, his eyes sparkling when he sees just how cute and cold you look 

uses the cold as an excuse to get as close to you as possible, cuddling you tightly 

he’s so tempted to take a selfie of the two of you in bed together but he doesn’t want to ruin the moment 

probably insists on your laying between his legs with your head on his chest for ‘maximum warmth’ 

really he just want to feel you

you end up falling asleep in his room, and who is he to wake you? 

Beel:

honestly indifferent to the cold

he’s just built differently 

he’s not the biggest fan of it, but he’s not as much of a baby as some of his older brothers 

still, he doesn’t quite like the idea of you going out in the cold (at least, not without proper protection)

offers to get anything you need, but if you insist on going out, he’ll come with you 

and of course he bundles you up first 

has you dressed in one of his sweaters with one of his old winter jackets over top

you look tiny in his big clothes 

when you get home after he’ll make you stand in front of the heater to warm up while he disappears into the kitchen 

of course he’s going into the kitchen 

but you’re pleasantly surprised when he comes back with two steaming bowls of chicken noodle soup

you guys eat and watch a movie in the living room, Beel asking you every five minutes if you’re cold 

you take another one of his sweaters just to get him to stop bothering you about it  

insists on feeding you every hour and piling snacks on the coffee table 

“don’t give me that look. you need food to stay warm, y/n.”

Belphie:

hates blizzards because they interrupt his sleep 

he can usually sleep through anything—from sunny days to volcanic eruptions

but the cold??? no way

his bed gets cold and even his thickest, softest blankets don’t help 

but…maybe a certain warm human could help his sleep 

ends up crawling into bed with you in the middle of the night, hardly making a sound 

you only wake when you feel the bitter cold on your body slowly fading away, a new warmth pressed against you 

“go back to sleep—don’t move! im comfy....”

you’re not even phased by Belphie sneaking into bed with you at this point 

and the warmth is honestly really nice 

you cuddle back into him, shoving your back as tight against his chest as it will go 

he throws an arm over your waist, holding your hip flush against his 

definitely stays with you the whole night—and the next few after that 

with the excuse he’s just ‘keeping warm’, of course 

checks on you every time he wakes up in the night, groggily reaching out to make sure you’re still warm and okay

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Obey Me! Masterlist

[lostacelonnie]

Now uh. I must apologize it's been about a hell of a month a lot happened at once & I was havin a not so great time. Oh shit really? How was Croatia whats it like there? I hope school is goin well for you. It sounds like you had a lot of fun with it & that's what matters I'm glad you enjoyed yourself with the festival. Oh! Its doin a lot better I need to make an appointment for detail finishing I almost forgot. It's like. A forest at night lit up with a rainbow aurora. Best way I got to describe it. Me yelling at the weather when it rained 2 days ago & is warmer again today. Hot & cloudy sucks that feels like betrayal. I need to call the doctor again & see if they have openings yet that reminds me. Need to get on meds myself. May you one day get seele & sparkle. I too am saving as much as possible for firefly & I hope I can grab ruan mei too. Which happy firefly release day! Im sad it's the last penacony patch from what ive heard. Right!? Hearing she is mei was so cool penacony story is 10/10. Wait did you get through domincus round 2? Ahh I didn't get robin but I got topaz on a lucky pull. So re run time for robin. Boothill is fun but maybe later. I hope they add more ice units that department feels lacking. Did you get pela & bailu done? I still haven't. I'm gonna get clara for my 300. Thanks I did manage to get arlecchino & clorinde too really quick. Gold & gears is great & now new su mode via screwllum too. Also! New march 7th form soon. So that's cool. Clockie event kept up the good stuff & legend of the galactic baseballer too. Somnium files is a mystery detective game that was. Kinda fun. Weird as hell mystery with a lot goin on. Sorry again my life turned to madness hopefully I'll keep up a bit better now

HI HI HI!!! apologies for taking so goddamn long to respond, my already nonexistent sense of time is even WORSE during the vacations. damn i hope its better on ur side now!! i luckily have been Pretty Okay, with the school year ending and all. CROATIA WAS VERY FUN!! it was actually an academic trip for my mother so we did Marginally less exploring as usual but still! my moms colleague took us to a bunch of cool places. no sea trips tho since we were in zagreb which is quite a bit away from the coastline. but ohhh the mountains and the FOOD!! the food was SO good. theres this little [but very popular] place in zagreb called heritage with the best fucking food ive eaten in my LIFE. genuinely. school finally freed me from its grasp the last 2 weeks [altho i Did have to write some random short tests to get my red stripe] [oh wait you dont know what a red stripe is. basically the grading system in poland is from 1-6, with 1 being the worst. if your average grade at the end of the year is 4.75 or more, you get a little stripe of the polish flag on ur diploma, but we just call it the red stripe. im on a 100% streak since i even entered the education system!] so other than all that i just kind of fucked around with the entire 2 other people who even came to school. that is not an exaggeration like there were genuine 2 other people there. but i digress! the festival WAS a lot of fun. unfortunately the people from younger grades pretty often dont want to participate [i mean, i dont blame them, they just got here] so were pretty much Always short on manpower to the point we might not be able to organize one next year but thats just speculation that i hope doesnt come true ahsjfgh. OH AND THAT SOUNDS SO COOOOOOL......... and YEAH god its been a while since we started this topic and the weather STILL doesnt want to make up its mind. literally had one day ~27-30 celsius and the next around 15. annoying. and hey good luck with getting on your meds!! i got my stash covered for the next 2 months so im Chilling. god how good it is to be medicated. i feel like a deflated balloon when im not. and to think i lived most of my life like that...... AND YAYY THANK YOU!!! ALSO HOW DID YOUR PULLS GO?? i managed to get firefly and ruan meis lightcone hehehehe [50/50 won both times!]..... i was torn between rm's and firefly's but i decided i use rm in more teams AND shes like. My favorite character. so she got lightcone privileges this time. god im gonna miss penacony...... i mean were probably gonna come back here on some trailblaze continuance or whatever just like what happened with belobog and now the xianzhou but still. i Will miss it. such a well written arc. also actually im curious, whats ur fav sub-area of penacony? im a dreams edge girlie but i wonder if thats a common sentiment. the VIBE there is immaculate. AND GOD YEAHHH THAT REVEAL WAS SOOOOO GOOD. especially since it had so so many honkai references so it was basically tailored for me to like it hehehe. i DID eventually get through yeah! with slight pain but i Did. very fun bossfight although it was slightly annoying that we couldnt use our own team both times since it wouldve been much easier. CONGRATS ON THE TOPAZ!! and good luck getting robin in the future!!! i Have finally built pela and bailu (well, bailu is Still missing one good artifact but yknow she does her job even with what she has). now onto firefly and harmony tb.... god my relic AND planar ornament luck is terrible for both of them. pain and suffering but at least automated grinding is, as always, saving my sanity. ALSO WELT SINCE I FINALLY HIT 300 AND GOT HIM. IM FREE. JESUS. and WOO CONGRATS ON THE GENSHIN GIRLIES!!! i actually managed to get my laptop to cooperate with me so im also back to genshin. not playing too often since i also got into friday night funkin and its very fun But i will try to save for arle's rerun. about time i got a good elemental dps. THE NEW SU MODE IS SO FUNNNN I LOVE IT A LOT. and yeah new march looks very very cool!!! probs not gonna get her immediately but she will be mine Eventually.

wow i hit character-per-block limit. Coming Back. i Still havent played the clockie event since i heard it fixes acherons slash and i wanna keep it around a while longer..... but legend of the galactic baseballer Was fun i agree. and ooh that sounds cool!! also dont worry about it AT ALL like genuinely nbd. i personally might reply to your Next message slightly later than i already do (sorry...) bc im going on a summer camp for two weeks this sunday... pretty excited And the grass-touching is something i deeply need...

[dotnscal]

 ignore this please. its the madness. shield thine eyes. its just fun for me to write these things down.

this is about to be so scary. all of my mental illness has been poured out

romangerri absent from much of this bc i dont have the mental capacity to think about them without boom. my head explodes.

the complexity of this is that kenstewy exists in a multiverse for me. like. there are 60 kenstewy universes existing in my head and i make no effort to differentiate them

anyways. selections from...

fearless (tv)

PEOPLE WILL HATE. PEOPLE WILL HATE FOR THIS........ but i had 1/3 of a celsius the other day and positively lost my mind listening to you belong with me imagining. the cheesiest kenstewy predicament. you know the one. it was insane. but wonderful

speak now (tv)

back to december..... yea its gonna be another kenstewy bullshit im sorry... im sorry.... just the hows life / tell me hows your family.... it feels like them.... then ithink about summer all the beautiful times / i watched you laughing from the passenger side / and realized i loved you in the faaaaall.... yea. yea

ours ... honorable kenstewy mention.... i lose it after the first verse but the first verse is like. lowkey them. sorry.

foolish one.......... i know its cheesy but... kenstewy pining.... 

you are not... the exception... you will never LEARN YOUR LESSON!!!!!!

you know how to keep me waiting / i know how to act like i’m fine / don’t know what to call this situation / but i know i can’t call you mine

cause when my head is on your shoulder / it starts thinking you’ll come around

cause you got her on your arm / and me in the wings / i’ll get your longing glances / BUT SHE’LL GET YOUR RING (!)

i can see you. honestly in my heart this is solidly a romangerri song.but i also think its sexy slay office romance business sex vibe. so it can really be utilized anywhere and everywhere <3 versatile queen

castles crumbling. if i think about this song too mcuh re: succession i will genuinely make myself sick and vomit. 

power went to my head and i couldnt stop / ones i loved tried to help so i ran them offffff / and here i sit alone behind walls of regret / falling down like promises that i never kept

my foes and friends watch my reign end i dont know how it couldve ended this way..........

now theyre screaming at the palace front gates used to chant my name now they’re screaming that they hate... me......... never wanted you to hate me....

red (tv)

state of grace ACOUSTIC. VERSION. i have no fucking evidence for this and no clear reasons but the ambience. the feel of it. is very...... kenstewy.

girls with daddy issues know that better man is not about a romantic relationship its actually about daddy issues when you see it with the daddy issues third eye. so.

on that note. the moment i knew can also be applied to daddy issues imo. i do this activity on a regular basis. and one day i thought about shiv bday or some fancy thing that logan did not attend (only one instance of this tho bc she is pinky <3) and it made me want to vomit and also die. 

red kenstewy ill die on this hill

1989

I KNOW PLACES. insanely kenstewy song idk man cant elaborate

sometimes i listen to clean and its like slay kendall bc obviously. when i was drowning thats when i could finally breathe. but also everything other than that line is far too fucking positive to be a kendall song in my heart

you are in love. stfu kenstewy it physically hurts me to listen to it. 

ONE NIGHT. HE WAKES. STRANGE LOOK. ON HIS FACE. PAUSES. THEN SAYS. YOURE MY. BEST FRIEND. AND YOU KNEW. WHAT IT WAS. HE IS. IN LOVE. 

reputation

look what you made me do this is. this is silly talk. but its so kendall. the drama of it. MY FATHER IS A MALIGNANT PRESENCE ERA. the old kendall cant come to the phone right now. 

i dont like your kingdom keys / they once belonged to me / you asked me for a place to sleep / locked me out. then threw a feast WHAT?!!? (thinking about it... this is also giving tomshiv a little hehe... shivorce....he did lock her out and throw a feast kinda)....

READY FOR IT IS ALSO KENDALL REP ERA. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE READY FOR IT KENDALL ROY EDIT WHERE IT OPENS W READY FOR IT AND WHEN SHE SINGS ‘KNEW HE WAS A KILLER’ IT FLASHES WITH K L R. PLEASE. PLEASE. IVE LOST IT AND I NEED IT. BADLY.

dont blame me kenstewy no i wont speak on it just the aura and vibes. my drug is my baby but also cocaine :o

dancing with our hands tied is simultaneously tomshiv (early tho. pre shivorce era) and kenstewy (i’m a mess but i’m the mess that you wanted).... i. I LOVED YOU IN SECRET

you said there was nothing in the world that could stop it / i had a bad feeling.

dress. you know. you know who this one is about. (let siobhan roy be horny). actually looking at thelyrics right now im also feeling some. shall we say. kenstewy mental illness seeping in (i dont want you like a best friend.... WHAT THA FREAK???)

getaway car honestly any fucking relationship in this show bc theyre always fucking around on each other!!!! theyre always up to shady shit!!! DONT PRETEND ITS SUCH A MYSTERY THINK ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE YOU FIRST MET ME (waystar royco)

so it goes... yea i cant comment it just fits everyone and everything but to me it will always be early tomshiv

lover

the man...... like cringe obviously ew cringe cringe. one time i said this to my sister and she said ‘thats because you havent experienced sexism.’ well now i have and im sorry but if i like to listen to the man and feel strongly about shiv roy i can do what i want and fuck you!!

false god cough cough kenstewy. no elaboration at this time.

unfortunately they are all the archer to me. all of them every last one. it oscillates depending on the line sometimes.

i cut off my nose just to spite my face / and i hate my reflection / for years and years.......

cause all of my enemies started out friends... coughcough romangerri coughcough shivorce....

WHO COULD EVER LEAVE ME DARLING... BUT WHO COULD STAY....

folklore

august. AUGUST. its kenstewy 20 year situationship to the fucking max.... early days... harvard days....... stfu i know they were summering in the hamptons and LIVING THIS SONG

whispers / of “are you sure?” / “never have i ever before” ..... stfu

wanting was enough / for me it was enough / to live for the hope of it all / cancel plans just in case you’d call

SO MUCH FOR SUMMER LOVE AND SAYING US CAUSE YOU WERENT MIIIIIINE TO LOOOSE

illicit affairs.... im not saying it im not saying it im not saying it NO! NO! GOD NO! (kenstewy affair era) NOOOO NOBODY SAID THAT

hoax........... another daddy issues song to me......... but also shivorce..... it contains multitudes....

peace. to me peace is like. tomshiv before they had very obvious and insurmountable issues and when they maybe liked each other. i feel that shiv has a very (repressed) desire to love and be loved and just kind of cant do it but like.... in her heart she wanted them to work but also.... they did not <3 oh baby they did not <3

exile.... yea its gonna be the shivorce yea yea yea who was shocked. who was surprised.

seven you already know where its going. 

i’ve been meaning to tell you / i think your house is haunted / your dad is always mad and that must be why / and i think you should come live with me / and we can be pirates / then you won’t have to cry / or hide in the closet

knife to my fucking gut aside.... oh baby is he (kendall) hiding in the closet :P (im so silly)

my tears ricochet giving daddy issues sorry. 

i didnt have it in myself to go with grace / ‘cause when i’d fight you used to tell me i was brave

you had to kill me but it killed you just the same / cursing my name / wishing i stayed / you turned into your worst fears

not even gonna take a crack at this is me trying. figure it out for yourselves i cant open that can of worms. 

the 1 i wont say it (kenstewy)

mad woman... shivvy. honey. were gonna get you out of here. ITS OBVIOUS THAT WANTING ME DEAD HAS REALLY BROUGHT YOU TWO TOGETHER. 

evermore

many people have said to me (no people have said this) olivia. if illicit affairs is giving kenstewy affair for you. what about ivy. i cant really speak on it but it just doesnt give the same effect. it doesnt fit them to me. idk. 

coney island SHIVORCE. ANTHEM. 

did i close my fist around something delicate? / did i shatter you? yup. yup. 

champagne problems i do not feel particularly strongly about actually in relation to succession ( i feel very strongly about it in my every day life ) but. she wouldve made such a lovely bride what a shame shes fucked in the head. 

now the daddy issues sufferers will once again recognize that tolerate it is also a song about daddy issues. 

“i notice everything you do or dont do / youre so much older and wiser and i / wait by the door like im just a kid / use my best colors for your portrait” yea yea

“i made you my temple my mural my sky / now im begging for footnotes in the story of your life / drawing hearts in the by line / always taking up too much space or time”

midnights

one time i was listening to anti hero and was like haha its kind of kendall bc its so dramatic and shit but then i was like. there are very few circumstances where he would admit to being the problem.

ok sorry. sorry i know i said coney island shivorce anthem but MIDNIGHT RAIN. SHIVORCE ANTHEM. 

i broke his heart cause he was nice (STFU) / HE WAS SUNSHINE I WAS MIDNIGHT RAIN / HE WANTED IT COMFORTABLE I WANTED THAT PAIN / HE WANTED A BRIDE I WAS MAKING MY OWN NAME (!!!!!) / CHASING THAT FAME

havent thought in depth about this one but. maroon. tomshiv. boom

labyrinth is SO early tomshiv that it hurts. shiv liking tom and being like. fuck what the fuck what the fuck. no. 

great war everybody because everybody fucks each other up in multiple ways. they are all always having great wars. 

mastermind is also astronomically tomshiv. they are both mastermind and mastermind is them but particularly shiv.

no one wanted to play with me as a little kid / so ive been scheming like a criminal ever since / to make them love me and make it seem effortless / this is the first time i felt the need to confess

hits different so fucking embarrassingly kenstewy its EMBARRASSING. how kenstewy it is to my heart. 

i pictured you with other girls / in looooove / then threw up on the street. (tell me that is not young kenstewy)

MOVING ON WAS ALWAYS EASY FOR ME TO DO. IT HITS DIFFERENT. IT HITS DIFFERENT CAUSE ITS YOU.

wouldve. couldve. shouldve. need i say.... shivorce. and it goes BOTH WAYS. particularly first verse and the bridge

if you tasted poison you couldve / spit me out at the first chance

living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts / give me back my girlhood it was mine first

ok so sorry about this. i think im done now ( for now evil laugh). i think this was good for me. i do not have many fellow succession enjoyers in real life and do not wish to floor those who i am acquainted with. so i needed to write this down and throw it out here to drift away in the waters of oblivion.

cant believe taylor swift wrote so many songs about succession....

[normal-thoughts-official]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IDEA. But may I also propose: Magnus cursed from a young age (probably bc of Asmodeus) that anyone who touches him is hurt by a blast of magic he can't control. (This may result in his mother's death). He locks himself away of his own will. Alec teaches then that it's fear that makes him lash out. Featuring: touch starved Magnus.

this idea is GENIUS actually and i love it. tbh me and my friend have a similar idea that we talk to each other about (lol) but it isn't a B&B thing, its more of an adventure AU. anyway, lets go!

so in this universe i guess magnus banished asmodeus like in the original sh verse but asmodeus cursed him with the "everyone you touch will be in indescribable pain" thing. maybe just as revenge, maybe to try and use it as bargaining chip because okay magnus, is it freedom that u want? u want to be able to have ur own friends and ur own life? fine. get me back, and ill leave u alone, and ull be free to have friends again. if not, ull be still isolated just like before. so is it gonna be win-win, or lose-lose?

but magnus doesn't budge because he knows that if he lets asmodeus free things will only get worse not only for him, but for the whole world. he is too dangerous to be out there. so, magnus resigns to his fate

and i guess in this version he wouldnt have a lot of close friends because he had been with asmodeus his whole life before he was cursed, so he was just. alone in his self-imposed isolation with no one to talk to. maybe he enchants the furniture so they gain sentience but they can't really feel pain, so at least he has someone to talk to. god im so fucking sad already

so is the furniture his friends in canon? im not entirely sure how i feel about that but also the idea of ragnor as that clock from the original movie is great. thats my most important thought on the subject ngl

btw its 4 degrees Celsius in here so im typing with gloves on so ull have to excuse my typos i am a mere brazilian and i want death

anyway okay so i guess his friends are like pieces of furniture that he spelled into sentience and they aren't his servants or anything cuz that's gross but they just like, hang out. wow im actually managing to type pretty well all things considered

so at least magnus has people to talk to but he's still touch starved because you know... a clock can't hug you and that'd just be weird. maybe them becoming sentient was an accident? lmao like magnus just wanted to automate some functions like having the clock talk to tell him the time or something and it turned out that they became sentient. possibly his magic is a little fucky because of the curse so that's why that happened? or maybe he just is way more powerful than he realizes and we all know he invented the spells he used to try and automate the things anyway. but if he gets people to talk to, well, he's not complaining

im focusing too much on this. anyway. id also like to note that im making rapha the cook/stove thing because i mean, come on. it's right there

and ok i guess alec comes into this because he uhhhhhh no u know i might go with that izzy thing. so izzy ran away from home because of maryse's bullshit and alec was sent to bring her back. so he was going after her but in the middle of the path there was the whole wolf attack thing that scared off his horse and LUCKILY magnus' house/tower/whatever was right next!!! so of course they take alec and his horse in but also WHOOPS there's a huge snowstorm that lasts for days (par the course for where magnus lives, actually. he DID want somewhere people would avoid. but also i think maybe his magic being fucky has something to do with it) so i guess alec is stuck at magnus' for the foreseeable future

which is HELL for magnus because he is terrified out of his mind that they will accidentally touch and alec will be hurt. and like.... his Constant Crave For Touch is already bad on a regular day, but having someone who could actually hug him in theory just makes it worse, you know? he hasn't interacted with other human beings in so long, just having one there is enough to make his need for touch almost unbearable and just... completely constant. it's hell

so magnus is scared, which means that he keeps to himself. so he tells alec not to go into his room, he tries not to eat at the same time, and other stuff like that, bUT his friends keep sabotaging his plans because they want him to have another friend, jesus christ!! (rapha being like "come on now magnus, you don't want my soup to get cold, do you? i'll be deeply offended. i guess you have no choice but to eat with alec". so magnus goes but the first thing he does is magic his regular table into a gigantic rectangular table with 41908410 seats and seat on on the side opposite to alec. alec just sighs

so like he's constantly coming across as rude because he is trying to avoid alec, alec just doesn't know why

but alec is also a stubborn bitch who goes stir crazy and refuses to just sit around isolated doing nothing while they wait for the stupid storm to finally be over so he can go get his sister. and magnus saved his life, so it's the least he can do to repay him in some way. besides, this is what, the first time that he's been completely away from his mom? for such a long time too? and he's finding that he feels... weirdly free and just relieved and he doesn't want to waste that opportunity with standing idly around alone all day. he had enough of that at home, thank you very much

besides yeah magnus is being rude but alec is used to straight up assholes and abusers (jace. i'm talking about jace. also maryse ofc but mostly jace) and magnus is not that. in fact he makes very polite conversation and is actually pretty fun during dinner, all things considered. he's just.... super private, i guess

AND magnus' friends are all being a nightmare with the making them interact so you know. they end up interacting. and alec makes it a point to help him take care of his house because it is a certified Depression Lair™. magnus can take care of it magically but it's like... so dark and almost suffocating at times and there is stuff like bad painting and piping problems that he never bothered to fix because it isn't affecting the functionality too much but it DOES makes life harder and alec "everything must be at 100% always" lightwood is not here for it so for a few days they are working on fixing the house and... magnus actually feels a lot better when the place has actual sunlight and looks inviting and like a home, he has to admit. when he says that to alec it might be the first time he's given him a real smile and man, is alec smitten

sidenote i guess this means that magnus doesn't exactly... dress well in this au lmaoo i mean it makes sense too because canonically magnus uses dressing up as a way to convey an image of power and untouchability and he doesn't really need that in this AU since he is completely isolated. so i guess he is a bit more like twi magnus - bare-faced and wearing comfortable clothes and the like. this isn't a twi au i'm just saying that it makes more sense for him to dress like that in that context

anyway. after the whole house fixing thing, they officially become friends. it turns out that alec also knows a bit about what it's like to feel isolated and touch-starved (altho he's always had izzy to help in that department, but still) and also what crappy parents are like. magnus shows alec his little mirror that he's enchanted to be able to show him anything he wants and how he uses it to be able to see all the places in the world he'd like to visit - he loves people, he loves culture, and sometimes it's all he can do to watch what's going on in Mumbai and it makes him feel a little better, so, he does that. he also admits that sometimes he catches on some drama happening and uses the mirror to see the people involved and make sure they are okay. kinda like a soap opera of his own but he has the means to interfere and help because of magic, so he will have someone who's struggling with money suddenly find hidden cash or have an "unknown dead relative" give them a lot of money in their will, or something like that. and if he also watches some of their personal drama that unfolds, well. he is lonely and it's not hurting anyone

but magnus doesn't tell him about the curse, and he still makes sure to keep his distance. it stings a little to alec, but it hurts magnus the most because fuck, maybe he just desperately needs someone who will give him the time of day, but he likes this guy and that only makes it harder to keep his distance. he makes it a point to always be at at least two arms length from alec, which alec thankfully respects and doesn't try to get him to breach, but. shit. it's still so hard to not want to just rest his head on his shoulder or get a hug or even fucking touch pinkies like stupid children and he can't. alec even once jokingly suggests that they have a ball since magnus doesn't know how to dance and magnus is actually excited for a second before he remembers that he can't, it would have to mean that alec touches him, and he can't

someone - maybe ragnor - even suggests that maybe he could try gloves and heavy clothing so alec isn't really touching him but magnus refuses to try because he doesn't want to risk it not working and alec getting hurt, because he'd never forgive himself. besides, getting a taste would only make it hurt more. he can't. he can't

but it's alright because at least he has some human company - he loves his friends, he does, fiercely, but it's different when they kind of have no choice but to be with him and also are enchanted creatures. he doesn't even know if they aren't nice to him just because he enchanted them into life, even tho to be fair if he had a choice ragnor wouldn't be that grouchy - and alec makes him laugh and gets him and helped make his place feel more like home, a little bit. and he can pretend that he feels the warmth from alec's body when they are sitting by the fire and feed these crumbs to his desperate need for touch and company

and then the snowstorm ends and it's time for alec to go

honestly, alec himself is kind of heartbroken, but- he loves his sister, and he can't just leave her alone in god knows where, even if he dreads the thought of coming back home now that he's been away from his family for so long. but magnus doesn't want to keep him, and doesn't want alec to feel pity for him, so he's all but pushing alec out of the door (not literally, of course. he can't do that, it would mean touching him) all "go, go, you never know when another storm might start. go see your sister. take my mirror, you can find her more easy". and alec's all "but it's been the only thing-" and magnus waves him off, of course, all "i can always make myself another one. besides, you'll have something to remember me by. now go"

so.... alec goes

and hooo boy magnus is heartbroken and a mess because even tho he knew how much having someone else there helped he had almost forgotten what it was like to be the only human in the house. he just feels extra lonely and even kind of bad about it because hey, his friends are there - not that they begrudge him for it, of course. it's not like they don't also hope for the chance to get out of the house and do other things, but well. they can't. so they understand him. and they know how awful he's feeling right then, but what can they do?

meanwhile alec finds izzy pretty quickly - she's living with this one insufferable villager named clary that alec absolutely can't stand, but- she's happy. and she doesn't want to come back, which alec expected, but he finds that he can't actually insist for her to come back. how could he, when he himself doesn't want to go?

and izzy insists that he stays with her - there's no reason for him to come back. they can stay in the village, and work, and build a life for themselves. alec is the only thing she's been missing ever since she left, and in here the both of them can actually be happy. and do it together, like they're meant to

and when he first gets into the village is the first time since izzy ran away that he was hugged and fuck, it's hard to say no to her

but also... he misses magnus already

and he doesn't know if he can just stay and leave him behind

and of course izzy is like "who is magnus?" so alec tells her the story, how he was attacked by wolves and rescued by this house that miraculously was in the middle of the single most inhospitable placealec had ever seen in his life. and the kind but wary stranger who always keeps his distance but seems so eager for connection, who made alec feel welcome and laugh and feel like he built a life for himself there

and clary tells him that she's heard of the story, but she never knew it was more than a legend - no one really remembers what happened. some say that magnus made a sacrifice to rid the village of a demon, and it turned him into a beast, forever locked in his castle. some say that he himself is the demon, and it's the tower that's containing him and keeping the village safe. some even say that he died battling the demon, and it's his ghost that keeps watch on the tower

she wants alec to explain which one is true, but it's all alec can say that none of these are right and he knows nothing because magnus never told him. all alec knows is that he doesn't want to leave magnus behind

and clary is like... well, if he's not a demon or a ghost, maybe we could bring him to the village too. he has magic, right? he could bring the tower closer. and maybe the other villagers could, you know, visit him and hang out. and he wouldn't be as lonely, and then alec and izzy could both stay

driven by this failproof plan, they decide to go back to magnus and tell him their great idea

except they are IDIOTS and forget about. you know. the damn wolves

and like holy shit is this pack big or what? like no seriously why are there infinite wolves in that one singular pack in beauty and the beast. like holy shit dude there's more wolves near the beast's house than in the whole yellowstone park

anyway there are Many Wolves and while alec is a good archer, izzy is a fantastic fighter, and clary is Fucking Crazy if you give her something stabby, there's only so many wolves they can take on at the same time

good thing magnus is a pining idiot who did in fact make himself another magic mirror and was watching alec with it. so he knows that the dumbass is in trouble and for the first time in years, he uses the portal (his own invention, and he had never gotten to use it before!) to get to them and fight off the wolves

so magnus saves all their lives, at the cost of getting severely injured and passing the fuck out. izzy, who's the one closest, runs to get to him and help put him on one of their horses... and is immediately hit by a blast of magic that almost makes HER pass tf out too

which is when they finally learn that, oh. that is the curse

izzy is fine, of course - the pain ended as soon as she was away from magnus

but it does pose the problem of How The Fuck Are They Getting Him Back To Safety, because they can't exactly wait for magnus to wake up (it's freezing, for starters) but with this amount of pain it won't be physically possible for them to hoist him up and get him on the horse. shit, will the curse work on the horse?

they bring alec's horse (by far the strongest of them because alec is huge buff mcgee) and try to get him to touch magnus and the spell does NOT work on the horse because in order to be dramatic asmodeus was like "you shall never feel human touch again" when he cast the spell, which accidentally gave a LOOPHOLE for non-human animals. so magnus could have had cats the whole time, which he had always dreamed of, but he didnt want to risk testing. besides, his house would be a poor environment for a cat and [self torture noises]

anyway thats one less problem to deal with, 99 to go, so they use some ropes to hoist magnus on top of the horse and bring him back to the tower (it's closer than the village) so they can tend to his wounds. thankfully, as the assigned Big Brother of a very irresponsible izzy, alec has experience with first aid, altho he never really dealt with anything quite this bad. and magnus' friends help, too, as much as they can. inevitably this means that alec ends up touching him even if by accident sometimes, but he knows what to expect so he Powers Through It because he won't let magnus die, damn. and as horrible as that is alec has experience with powering through pain, so. he's gonna bandage him up god damn it

izzy can't stand to see him dealing with that himself tho, so she helps, and clary ends up helping as well because they figure sharing the pain makes it easier and alec doesn't have to be too hurt. minimal touching accidents for alec! good

*narrator voice* And Then Magnus Wakes Up And Alec Hugs Him

full on launches on top of him and brings him into his arms and Magnus screams like NONONO OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING ALEC NO GET OFF ME YOU'LL BE HURT and his shock and distress at the whole thing sends another whole blast of magic that explodes that whole mf before it can touch alec and alec feels no pain and magnus is like.............. did i just COUNTER the spell? and everyone's like well! it looks like u did!

which earns him ANOTHER hug (oh my god alec stop he's so stressed out by this) (who knew alec was so touchy?) and this time he's paying attention to that gut reaction and because magnus is a Certified Magic Genius he realizes what it is that he's doing to counter the spell and immediately starts working on a way to turn this into unhexxing himself for good

which he DOES after some time idk how long but alec stays with him meanwhile and maybe izzy and clary do too, because magnus needs all the company he can get and besides, izzy has always wanted adventure and clary has never left the village before, so this is interesting to them at least. and magnus gets to meet new ppl which is nice

eventually the Begone Spell spell is performed and it works and turns out that when it does that it also unfucks magnus' magic and perfects his sentience spell turning all of his friends into humans WOW WHOD HAVE THOUGHT. so all of them are free to leave the tower as ppl at the same time and GROUP HUG!! and magnus cries like a baby in the group hug because holy shit hes been needing something like this so bad for so long and he never expected to have that with his friends but here he is :)

and then yeah they all move to the village to live a simple but fulfilling life and Magnus and Alec start living together in a little cottage and become husbands the end <3 this is so long too rip me

[nyanzaya]

♦♣☾☄♪✫✽❂☂▲●☑☒☁✉▶i love you mun

Mun asks!

♦: What’s your relationship with your Muse?

Oh gosh lol-- so with Iza it’s constant talking like... I could be minding my own business, he wakes up and just “Hey, remember that one guy I really liked? Let’s get sad about him.” LIKE CAN HE NOT. He makes me very very sad....like very sad lol

With Zuo? It’s like I’m trying to get him to come out from under the couch that he refuses to leave unless there’s a specific person there. Like, you seen those things about aggressive/defensive cats hiding anywhere/under the couch; well thats how it feels whenever I need Zuo to WORK WITH ME

♣: One thing you love about your Muse.

Oh god what I love about Iza has to be....uhm.... honestly I think him just having this skewed mentality about how he sees life. He could really be an underdog because a lot of people in his canon don’t take him too serious because he’s a neko and they are kind of looked down upon and then how he has this hypocritical take on things, like how he preaches to love yourself but he doesn’t love himself how he should and looks for approval from others or he just isolates himself. He really he a Libra through and through honestly lol (a few of my close friends are Libras--)

ZUO Omg. I love how? Actually protective he is of people? Like he could hate someone and just “I can’t let them suffer/be hurt/die just because I don’t like them.” It might be a low-key hero complex because he also wants to be looked up to as like a great person, but under it like he was a really bad person. He did a lot of horrible things to people before he realized that what he was doing wasn’t the way things should be. In a way you can also say Zuo is just a hypocritical as Iza is

I just love how they are both pretty complicated lmfao though, idk if I made them too complicated--

☾: Who’s your favourite fictional character?

I have a few! But Akabayashi is my number one boy! Then Francis(APH France) IS MY HUSBAND. Gilbert(APH Prussia) is just my inspiration that things get better he makes me very sad too lol. Izaya and Shizuo too but I mean they are in my top 5 lol 

☄: What is your favourite colour?

Red, black, blue, purple! Teal? And yeah lol

♪: What’s your favourite song?

fick. So....I have a lot of songs that are my “Favorite” it changes a LOT.... but right now...? I wouldn’t be able to tell you because I have different songs that are my fave for...different moods... but here’s a few lol it’s really up to the listener to decide what mood these are lol: Blame - Zed’s Dead, Tell me - take/five, Mad Verre, Kaleidoscopes - Transviolet,  What Now Rihanna, Young Robot Dance Gavin Dance. I have tons more for my moods but, I guess there’s kind of a theme to them all? Though I don’t know lol 

✫: Why did you begin RPing?

Oh gosh lol honestly I don’t know how to answer this? I just...had a desire to write really. I just had an idea and I wanted to share it in my own way. Then of course to help against my own mental struggles and things like that, mostly to keep my hands busy but also being creative instead of self/destructive and yeah lol also to help me with dyslexia by reading and writing

✽: What is your favourite season?

Either spring or fall!

❂: What is your birthday? [ month and date! ]

January 17!

☂: What is your favourite kind of weather?

My favorite weather would have to be that weather where it has a nice wind but it’s so warm. Like my ideal temperature has to be 70~degrees idk how much that is in uh...Celsius because im an amurican

▲: What’s your Zodiac sign? [ western or eastern! ]

Capricorn and Ox! Put them together and you get a Ant Primal Zodiac lol

●: If you could say just one thing to your Muse, what would it be?

For Iza I think I’d say to him to not be so skeptical and defensive

For Zuo I’d say that he should keep doing what he’s doing, because honey, you got a storm comin’ your way

☑: What is an OTP with your Muse in it you have?

ookkaaaayy so, I have a lot of OTPs for Iza and a few for Zuo but, I think my biggest ship for them both has to be with each other? Lol I kinda wished I kept them together and I totally could but then I wouldn’t have ships like: Shiza(Shizuo/Iza) Which is one of my FAVE ships. Next to Izabel, KesuIza, IzaIza, uhm... Siza, Anon/Iza (like nip nop, kiss anon) and that’s just off the top of my head-- 

For Zuo I, ugh, Zuhana is probably one of my top ships then Zutetsuya LOL uhm ZuSaku!(Zuo and Sakuraya), 

☒: What is a NOTP with your Muse in it you have?  

mmh... I don’t think so? I mean in their canon....there isn’t really anyone they get romantically involved with except each other? Then out of canon I... There isn’t one from what I can recall. 

☁: What’s your favourite part of RPing?

I think it has to be meeting and talking to people even though ommg I have some horrible social anxiety LOL It’s very difficult for me to talk to people one-on-one because I just get too awkward and then just: “I know I stepped away a while ago and I haven’t contacted you since but I still really care about you even if the interactions with out characters didn’t start/went downhill but I want to know if it’s still okay to interact but I’m too scared to ask.” meme 

then of course the writing and how fun it is lol

✉: Are there any RPers you admire/are inspired by?  

Yes! I’ll list them all off because they are just so amazing :sob: they really deserve more love and attention than they bargain for 11/10 recommend looking at them lol

@songcode // @sapphirespider // @aquaaes // @twiilightmultimayurp // @eraba-reta-unmei // @derriereunemasque // @sakuraari // @sakurihara // @ai-kizu-rp // @sotshin // @perspextivexx // @ammaranthine Oh gosh I swear there’s more but I can hardly remember IM SORRRYYY LOL 

▶: Do you have any talents? [ besides RPing, of course! ]

mmh... I’m pretty good at cooking though I don’t think that’s a talent? Uhm, i used to do art but I don’t do art anymore so I guess that doesn’t count--- oh gosh I honestly dropped a lot of “talents” I had because of a lot of reasons and stuff

[colorado2018]

Day 10 - 25/02/2018

Day 10.

So, we have been in Alamosa for over a week now. I think it has gone fast, but we really haven’t stopped since we got here. In that sense I am looking forward to going home and sleeping for weeks.

Continuing on from yesterdays post. Rob managed to stay out till like 02:15. As you all guessed he didn’t get lucky. Ended up walking home on his own. Aww. Was pretty funny when he woke up this morning, looking a bit worse for wear. To be honest for the 7/8 drinks he had the night before he looked in good shape. Shame he wasn’t in that good of a shape less than 2 hours later.

Today we decided that we would head to the ‘great sand dune national park’ and perhaps go sand boarding (snowboarding on sand). Once we had breakfast we headed to a sports shop outside of town to rent some sand boards for the day. Costing $18 each we weren’t sure they were going to be worth the money. They were. They give you a block of wax which you have to scrub on your board after every single run.

Just before we headed off for the dunes we attempted to fill up with fuel. The American way of filling up is either put your card in and fill up however much you want or go in a pay for a set amount. For some reason my pre-paid MasterCard wouldn’t work so I had to go in. the cars tank is about 20 gallons, so I paid for $20 (about a tank full). Went back to the pump to fill up and it would fill up at 1 cent per second. So extremely slow. So, I sent rob in to ask the lady what was happening whilst I was talking to a local about how poop the pumps are. Rob returned saying the lady in there would just refund us whatever we didn’t use. We waited about 10minutes to fill 5gallons then gave up. And got $14 dollars back. The lady was just like oh yeah, they do that occasionally and didn’t really care. If that was in the UK people would make a huge fuss but obviously the yanks don’t care.

So, heading to the Dunes was one of the most boring drives of my life. There were literally two roads that met at a 90-degree angle. We had to literally drive in a straight line for 25miles and then turn left and drive straight for another 12 miles. It was as boring as it sounds. All I wanted was a couple of curves just to keep me awake. At this point rob was feeling the effects of the night before, popping paracetamol to cure his headache. I will give it to him he didn’t moan too much. But I guess as it was self-inflicted he couldn’t moan too much.

When we got to the dunes it was absolutely freezing. We both layered up with thick ski like trousers, hat, gloves, snood and thick jumper on. The wind was so strong that the air temperature was 8 degrees more than the wind chill temperature. We both said to each other that we are absolutely crazy to do it whilst it is only 1-degree Celsius outside. But we manned up and motored on.

Sand boarding was incredible. So, we headed up to a small part of the dune to trial the boards out for the first time. The weird thing about the boards is that you had to go in socks or bare feet. Considering it was about 1 degree outside we were apprehensive of how cold our toes will be. With this in mind we gingerly took off our shoes. To a great shock to the both of us the sand was rather warm. Didn’t need to worry at all. Now at the top of the first run we both boarded up and set off. Of course, rob went down it with no stress due to his snowboarding experience. My first go wasn’t as good. I hit the deck quite early but manged to do the last 70% of that dune without crashing. Not too bad for the first run. After going down that run a few times to get used to what we were working with we headed for a bigger slope. Of course, this meant trekking on soft sand at 9300ft of altitude. Was not for the faint hearted. We were gassed every time we headed back to the start of a run. After learning how to control the boards with more speed we started to do some turns rather than just straight down the dune. Of course, every now and then I would fall over but luckily sand is soft, so it didn’t hurt too much. After probably 1hr 45 minutes of going up and down the dunes and murdering our bodies we headed for the peak of the dunes. After it took us about 20minutes to hike it in socks and almost have a heart attack we headed back down. Would have liked to video from the top but it was very windy and sandy! That run was really good fun. Some good speed whilst being able to manoeuvre down the dune nicely. This was one of our last runs because we were getting rather tired from all the walking. I forgot to mention you have to wax the board after every single run. This gets very monotonous. The last two runs were a case of just descending the dune in the best way. We decided to go for a run that had like, small harder ridges in the dune. This meant it was hard to control the board and occasionally get a tiny bit of air. The boarding was really good fun. Well worth the money and quite possibly the best thing we have done here.

The walk back to the car was like dragging a little child along. We were both cream crackered. We spent about 30minutes getting the sand out of every nook and cranny. i think we will find sand in our clothes for weeks. We then both polished off as much food as we had left in the car and headed on the boring road trip home, for a quiet night in.

After dinner we sat around and watched something on our own laptops, I watched a film and rob the winter Olympics. This was around 19:00. We were both checking in on each other to see who would fall asleep first. We were both absolutely shattered after sandboarding. We commented on how early it was and how we couldn’t remember the last time we went to sleep this early. As a result, we both pushed through and probably be very tired tomorrow as a result. Nothing that a coffee or three couldn’t cure im sure.

Talk tomorrow. Im Shattered. Off to bed at 20:30 like the 12 year old I am.

[apsbicepstraining]

From year darknes to cold rains: 20 garbs that changed readers’ lives | Sarah Marsh and Guardian readers

Small changes can sometimes make the biggest difference. Here our readers show the pastimes or routines that might form 2017 that fragment brighter

We are what we frequently do. Excellence, then, is not just a act, but a attire. If its good enough for Aristotle, its good enough for us. So what customs or procedures is impossible to take up to improve 2017?

We asked our readers about the one small change that has obligated the biggest gap to their lives here are 20 that might just make the year ahead a bit brighter.

1 Cold-water swimming

I suffer with depression and nervousnes, and have done for about 10 years. I watched a programme called The Doctor Who Make Up Drugs last autumn. I hated the first episode, but watched the second to see how the status of women trying cold-water swimming to help with her depression got on. I was surprised to see it genuinely facilitated her, so decided to give it a go. After my first swimming, I was hooked.

Jennifer Brooks, Gloucestershire

2 A daily noon walk

This is a good way to escape from my desk and switch off from wreak. Its also great to search the locals and detect obscured pearls. It wasnt a hard practice to introduce. When I am busier its harder to step outside, but more fruitful. Those few moments away facilitate me refocus when I get back to the office.

Ross, London

3 Stop shouting

I stopped wailing ten years ago, and havent elevated my articulation since. I used to shout at my small children when I was forestalled; it was an subconscious response, but it wasnt a constructive manner of are working with developments in the situation, and it would take hours to recover from the remorse I detected afterwards. My boys often didnt is understandable I was so upset. So I stopped wailing. It was hard at first( I had to count to 10 to calm down) but now I feel much better and more in control. I speak in a measured road and happens get done because I have gained other folks respect.

Clara, the south-west

4 Baking bread

No more processed rubbish the bread I constitute is wholesome and full of smell. It stops well, too, much better than the shop-bought material. There is no finer moment than knocking back a container of dough after its first fermentation. Its a great road of destressing. Lately Ive been stimulating no-knead eat which savours good but doesnt affluence stress fairly so well. Ive too started reaching my own pizzas, which has been just as fun.

Anonymous

5 Mindfulness meditation

I inserted mindfulness musing into “peoples lives” to promotion cope with a history of blood pressure and feeling. Centring on my breathing and telling myself to live in the now stopped me panicking. At first, I appeared I had to lie down in a quiet room, light-footed candles and perform for 20 times. But now I can do it anywhere. Even if you end up doing reflection for three minutes a day its worth noting. It has helped me improve my relationships and vocation. Mindfulness brakes me down, facilitates me accept the things I cannot change and was understood that and who I have in my life. It has obligated me more grateful.

Elaine Kingett, London

6Yoga

I started doing yoga twice a week to get rid of headaches. It wasnt difficult to start because I was already activity, but it took a while to get are applied to it, because I envisioned yoga looked a bit boring at first. Now I cannot live without it. Its the one thing that helps with my headaches, and it should certainly improved my quality of life.

Amanda, Cape Town

7 Stop bringing work home

I made a conscious decision to ensure my own personal life and relationships were my priority away from drive, and took operate emails off my phone. This has actually realized me a lot more efficient at work, especially when scheduling my time.

Anjum Peerbacos, London

8 Unicycle

I started unicycling with the rest of my family about 12 years ago, but every week it felt like I was starting all over again, while others developed. About a year ago I discovered a physio about an unrelated tendernes and he noted that I had poor abdominal muscle feeling. I started doing the exercises he gave me and discovered my unicycling was improving. Over the year I were eventually learned to mount the unicycle. I also had the confidence to take part in a freestyle number at the national championships and am now unicycling to work and back formerly a few weeks. I am still not brilliant, but I am so happy to be able to do this and to identify definite improvement.

Cathy, Canberra

9 Learn to play a musical instrument

I learned to play the fiddle. I started from scratch( playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) and been in a position to play over 100 chants by ear. I can also read music gradually and enjoy playing with others. Im now reading the ukulele, very. It is enormous fun and I feel a real sense of accomplishment. I did not play any musical instrument until my early 50 s, and am continuing to improve. Its also been a great room to reach new friends.

Marie Therese Allison, Glasgow

10 Wake up an hour earlier each morning

I decided to start waking up an hour earlier every morning 5.30 am instead of 6.30 am. I now start my date by doing a few sunlight salutations, followed by a prayer( which I use to be appreciative rather than asking for anything ), and then write in my periodical. This change has helped me keep in contact with myself and my emotions.

Kelly, Indianapolis

11 Drink enough water

I used to get awful headaches but then I started to drink at the least two litres of water a day. After about five years of doing this my headaches have now gone away, my scalp is soft and clear, and I have more vigour. I notice that when I dont booze enough for a few dates my form feels like its ranging at half the rate it should be. This has is an element of the best situations Ive done for my body.

Emily, Lancashire

12 Cycle to work

I embarked cycling to work last-place summer( its exclusively five miles and its frequently quicker than driving ). I did it because I seemed I wasnt getting enough exercising. It was also because driving and taking modes of public transport through London is expensive and stressful. My travel to work is fun now. Some of it implies busy roads( where I find myself engulf queues of cars ). But Ive too detected some neat quiet signposted cycle roadways through back streets. I appear healthier and my leg muscles are certainly more powerful than they were.

Caroline, London

13 Pilates

After a hip procedure I started pilates as part of my rehabilitation. It made a huge difference to my mobility so I find a local class at the recreation centre. Ive been get most weeks for several years. Im practically 50 but been thinking about 20 years younger. Pilates strengthened and arranged me in key core orbits: I can get up from the floor without applying my hands; I can stand for hours; and I rarely have backache.

Mike, Cheshire

14 Date night

About three years ago our three daughters were finally old-fashioned enough to look after themselves on a Friday evening, or to go out with their friends. So my bride and I decided to make it our date darknes. We go for a meal or beverages, sometimes with other friends. After so many years of relinquishing our times for “their childrens” it has been wonderful to take my partner for a date every week. I actually look forward to us investing caliber time together.

Philip West, Istanbul

15 Tai chi

Twenty years ago I started learning tai chi and six years ago it became my daily rehearsal. Every morning I do yoga to extend and then tai chi to match, settle and ground myself. Tai chi isnt quick to pick up; it took four years just to discover the pattern and its business practices that is never complete. Theres always something more to read. It has helped me slow down and pay attention to the details, emotionally and physically.

Keone, Wales

16 Cold showers

I was on a cycling vacation in France in the summer of 2015. The temperature was great for cycling, about 27 celsius, and after each days go I looked forward to a refreshing rain. At the last hotel I knocked the temperature reckon to cold. Brrrrr! I placed it back to red-hot. A got a couple of a few seconds later I knocked it to cold again. Not so brrrrr actually, more refreshing. I havent ogled back.

Vanessa Moss, Kendal

17 Something new every day

At the start of 2016 I decided to do one new circumstance every day. I initially did this to keep myself busy after a breakup, but I have deterred it up ever since. Its included trying everything from joining a choir to buying a new type of tea. It has been so advantageous: Ive gained brand-new the competences and suffer braver, more spontaneous and ever so slightly more exhausted.

Maria Wylie, Ely

18 Stop looking at the phone after 9pm

I made this little promise to myself to gain some work-life counterbalance( I was addicted to checking my email ), but likewise merely to have a bit of quiet age before couch. Its made a huge difference. After the first week I experienced perceptibly much less stressed. I too slept better. Some of my friends complained that I missed their messages, but it was nothing that couldnt wait until the next day.

Anonymous

19 Kickboxing

When I was 37, I started kickboxing. In numerous respects, life was pretty good: I was in a glad, long-term rapport, and my job was self-assured. There wasnt an enormous amount for me to worry about. But I was restless, with a nagging feeling that somehow life was passing me by. Forty was looming, and I wanted to do something to make me feel more alive. Thats where kickboxing came in. Im a second dan black belt now: the working day I got my first black region was the proudest of “peoples lives”. I try to train at least five times a week. At a basic degree, it impedes me fit, strong and flexible. But it also maintenances me sane and sociable.

Sarah Heseltine, London

20 Give up coffee

Id become addicted after going from having one cup of coffee a date to sinking six or even eight, and I procured I couldnt remember without a beaker. I tended to be agitated as a result of too much caffeine in important fulfills, and formerly I decided to give it up, “its easy” although there are times when I still crave a goblet. Im now more tighten and calmer.

Peter, London

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  This morning, as I was trying to decide what to make for lunch nostalgia started to creep in. When I was growing up, one of my favourite weekend meals that my mom would make was grilled cheese and tomato soup. Something about dipping the crispy grilled cheese into the hot tomato soup just works perfectly, and always brings back fond childhood memories for me. With this is mind I began to peruse my cupboards and pantry for that signature can of Campbell’s tomato soup. Unfortunately, my search didn’t turn up anything. Luckily, I did have some tomatoes which needed to be eaten before they went bad.

Personally, I tend to be pretty particular when it comes to tomatoes, and if Im using them for a BLT sandwich or a salad I prefer them to be a little bit firmer. However, these tomatoes were past the firmness I would like for just eating them raw. As it happens, this would make them perfect for cooking with!

  At this point my nostalgia and desire for tomato soup was gaining steam. I had previously made homemade tomato soup, but was never able to get quite the flavour or consistency I was looking for. I always ended up with a final product that seemed too watery and lacked the strong tomato flavour that I was looking for.

As a side note, a few years ago my husband (boyfriend at the time) and I took a trip to Medieval Times here in Canada. If you’ve never been its basically a medieval horse show/play with a full four course meal that you eat with your hands (messy but very delicious!). (If you’re looking for a great date night option I would highly recommend Medieval Times). When we went, the first course of our meal happened to be a “rustic” tomato soup. It was delicious and the closest I have come to finding one in stores that rivals that soup is the Tuscan Tomato Soup by Happy Planet that comes in a bag from the grocery store.

With this new recipe in hand though, I don’t think Ill be purchasing tomato soup from a store anymore! (Yes! Its that good!). This soup, has a full, fresh tomato flavour, but is also creamy, with just a tiny hint of rosemary peeking through.

To start I preheated my oven to 390 degrees Celsius and placed a sheet of parchment paper onto a baking sheet to keep the ingredients from sticking while they roasted. For the recipe I started with 6 large (soft, overripe) tomatoes, four cloves of garlic (peeled), one white onion and a few sprigs of rosemary. I roughly cut the tomatoes in half and cut a small triangle out of each to remove the core area, since in these particular tomatoes it was coarse and more “woody” than normal, and I didn’t want that in the final soup. Next, I chopped the onion into quarters and added everything to the baking sheet in a single layer. I sprinkled everything with a little bit of salt and pepper and then gave it all a quick drizzle of olive oil.

Once the oven was preheated, I put the pan in on the middle rack and roasted everything for about 40 minutes. I had initially only planned on having everything in the oven for 30 minutes, but I hadn’t quite achieved the level of “roasted” on the tops of the tomatoes and onions yet so I left them in for longer.

By all means if you want your veggies less roasted or more roasted you can adjust the cooking time as needed. One thing I will caution is just to watch that the rosemary doesn’t burn in the oven while you’re roasting.

This next step can be completed in one of two ways, depending on what sort of blender you have. I personally had to use the second method because I do not own a regular blender and do all of my blending with an individual cup Ninja.

Blending Method 1

If you do have a regular blender, you can transfer your tomatoes, onions, garlic and rosemary directly into the blender. Next, blend the ingredients until they are combined. Since the ingredients are still hot, make sure the lid is not sealed tightly on top and that the steam can escape.

*********One thing I will say about adding the rosemary, I pulled the leaves off of the woody stem and only blended those into the soup to avoid getting any little twigs in the end product. ******

Blending Method 2

In my case, I waited for the ingredients to cool down before blending them, since with my style of blender I had no option for letting steam escape while I blended it.

Additionally, if you’re looking for a soup that isn’t quite as smooth, and has a little bit more texture blend your soup in two separate batches, blending ¾ of the ingredients until they are completely smooth and then blending the other ¼ a little bit less to create a slightly chunkier overall texture.

At this point you will already have created a delicious rustic tomato soup, and you could definitely stop here, but, I’m all about adding that extra layer of flavour. I transferred the blended soup into a medium sized sauce pan and warmed it at medium-low heat just to warm it back up. I also added in 2 tablespoons of paprika, 1 tsp of pepper and just a dash more salt. To jazz it up even more, I added in approximately a half a can of coconut milk (roughly 250 millilitres). The coconut milk adds a little touch of flavour and a lot of creaminess to the final product.

Again, this step is totally up to you, including the amount of coconut milk added, simply adjust the quantity depending on your personal preference.

  Once the soup has warmed up sufficiently, you’re done ! Pour it into a cute bowl, add some coconut milk details, a sprig of rosemary and enjoy ! You could even whip up a quick grilled cheese sandwich for dipping.

I chose to whip up a small batch of simple, homemade, no yeast biscuits topped with some shredded cheddar cheese. These biscuits, are seriously so easy, require very few ingredients, and bake quickly (I cooked mine while I waited for my tomatoes to cool). Keep an eye out for the recipe for these delicious biscuits this Thursday!

Hope you enjoyed this recipe and make sure to let me know if you give it a try, I’d love to hear what you think!

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  Rustic Creamy Tomato Soup This morning, as I was trying to decide what to make for lunch nostalgia started to creep in.

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From year darknes to cold rains: 20 garbs that changed readers’ lives | Sarah Marsh and Guardian readers

Small changes can sometimes make the biggest difference. Here our readers show the pastimes or routines that might form 2017 that fragment brighter

We are what we frequently do. Excellence, then, is not just a act, but a attire. If its good enough for Aristotle, its good enough for us. So what customs or procedures is impossible to take up to improve 2017?

We asked our readers about the one small change that has obligated the biggest gap to their lives here are 20 that might just make the year ahead a bit brighter.

1 Cold-water swimming

I suffer with depression and nervousnes, and have done for about 10 years. I watched a programme called The Doctor Who Make Up Drugs last autumn. I hated the first episode, but watched the second to see how the status of women trying cold-water swimming to help with her depression got on. I was surprised to see it genuinely facilitated her, so decided to give it a go. After my first swimming, I was hooked.

Jennifer Brooks, Gloucestershire

2 A daily noon walk

This is a good way to escape from my desk and switch off from wreak. Its also great to search the locals and detect obscured pearls. It wasnt a hard practice to introduce. When I am busier its harder to step outside, but more fruitful. Those few moments away facilitate me refocus when I get back to the office.

Ross, London

3 Stop shouting

I stopped wailing ten years ago, and havent elevated my articulation since. I used to shout at my small children when I was forestalled; it was an subconscious response, but it wasnt a constructive manner of are working with developments in the situation, and it would take hours to recover from the remorse I detected afterwards. My boys often didnt is understandable I was so upset. So I stopped wailing. It was hard at first( I had to count to 10 to calm down) but now I feel much better and more in control. I speak in a measured road and happens get done because I have gained other folks respect.

Clara, the south-west

4 Baking bread

No more processed rubbish the bread I constitute is wholesome and full of smell. It stops well, too, much better than the shop-bought material. There is no finer moment than knocking back a container of dough after its first fermentation. Its a great road of destressing. Lately Ive been stimulating no-knead eat which savours good but doesnt affluence stress fairly so well. Ive too started reaching my own pizzas, which has been just as fun.

Anonymous

5 Mindfulness meditation

I inserted mindfulness musing into “peoples lives” to promotion cope with a history of blood pressure and feeling. Centring on my breathing and telling myself to live in the now stopped me panicking. At first, I appeared I had to lie down in a quiet room, light-footed candles and perform for 20 times. But now I can do it anywhere. Even if you end up doing reflection for three minutes a day its worth noting. It has helped me improve my relationships and vocation. Mindfulness brakes me down, facilitates me accept the things I cannot change and was understood that and who I have in my life. It has obligated me more grateful.

Elaine Kingett, London

6Yoga

I started doing yoga twice a week to get rid of headaches. It wasnt difficult to start because I was already activity, but it took a while to get are applied to it, because I envisioned yoga looked a bit boring at first. Now I cannot live without it. Its the one thing that helps with my headaches, and it should certainly improved my quality of life.

Amanda, Cape Town

7 Stop bringing work home

I made a conscious decision to ensure my own personal life and relationships were my priority away from drive, and took operate emails off my phone. This has actually realized me a lot more efficient at work, especially when scheduling my time.

Anjum Peerbacos, London

8 Unicycle

I started unicycling with the rest of my family about 12 years ago, but every week it felt like I was starting all over again, while others developed. About a year ago I discovered a physio about an unrelated tendernes and he noted that I had poor abdominal muscle feeling. I started doing the exercises he gave me and discovered my unicycling was improving. Over the year I were eventually learned to mount the unicycle. I also had the confidence to take part in a freestyle number at the national championships and am now unicycling to work and back formerly a few weeks. I am still not brilliant, but I am so happy to be able to do this and to identify definite improvement.

Cathy, Canberra

9 Learn to play a musical instrument

I learned to play the fiddle. I started from scratch( playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) and been in a position to play over 100 chants by ear. I can also read music gradually and enjoy playing with others. Im now reading the ukulele, very. It is enormous fun and I feel a real sense of accomplishment. I did not play any musical instrument until my early 50 s, and am continuing to improve. Its also been a great room to reach new friends.

Marie Therese Allison, Glasgow

10 Wake up an hour earlier each morning

I decided to start waking up an hour earlier every morning 5.30 am instead of 6.30 am. I now start my date by doing a few sunlight salutations, followed by a prayer( which I use to be appreciative rather than asking for anything ), and then write in my periodical. This change has helped me keep in contact with myself and my emotions.

Kelly, Indianapolis

11 Drink enough water

I used to get awful headaches but then I started to drink at the least two litres of water a day. After about five years of doing this my headaches have now gone away, my scalp is soft and clear, and I have more vigour. I notice that when I dont booze enough for a few dates my form feels like its ranging at half the rate it should be. This has is an element of the best situations Ive done for my body.

Emily, Lancashire

12 Cycle to work

I embarked cycling to work last-place summer( its exclusively five miles and its frequently quicker than driving ). I did it because I seemed I wasnt getting enough exercising. It was also because driving and taking modes of public transport through London is expensive and stressful. My travel to work is fun now. Some of it implies busy roads( where I find myself engulf queues of cars ). But Ive too detected some neat quiet signposted cycle roadways through back streets. I appear healthier and my leg muscles are certainly more powerful than they were.

Caroline, London

13 Pilates

After a hip procedure I started pilates as part of my rehabilitation. It made a huge difference to my mobility so I find a local class at the recreation centre. Ive been get most weeks for several years. Im practically 50 but been thinking about 20 years younger. Pilates strengthened and arranged me in key core orbits: I can get up from the floor without applying my hands; I can stand for hours; and I rarely have backache.

Mike, Cheshire

14 Date night

About three years ago our three daughters were finally old-fashioned enough to look after themselves on a Friday evening, or to go out with their friends. So my bride and I decided to make it our date darknes. We go for a meal or beverages, sometimes with other friends. After so many years of relinquishing our times for “their childrens” it has been wonderful to take my partner for a date every week. I actually look forward to us investing caliber time together.

Philip West, Istanbul

15 Tai chi

Twenty years ago I started learning tai chi and six years ago it became my daily rehearsal. Every morning I do yoga to extend and then tai chi to match, settle and ground myself. Tai chi isnt quick to pick up; it took four years just to discover the pattern and its business practices that is never complete. Theres always something more to read. It has helped me slow down and pay attention to the details, emotionally and physically.

Keone, Wales

16 Cold showers

I was on a cycling vacation in France in the summer of 2015. The temperature was great for cycling, about 27 celsius, and after each days go I looked forward to a refreshing rain. At the last hotel I knocked the temperature reckon to cold. Brrrrr! I placed it back to red-hot. A got a couple of a few seconds later I knocked it to cold again. Not so brrrrr actually, more refreshing. I havent ogled back.

Vanessa Moss, Kendal

17 Something new every day

At the start of 2016 I decided to do one new circumstance every day. I initially did this to keep myself busy after a breakup, but I have deterred it up ever since. Its included trying everything from joining a choir to buying a new type of tea. It has been so advantageous: Ive gained brand-new the competences and suffer braver, more spontaneous and ever so slightly more exhausted.

Maria Wylie, Ely

18 Stop looking at the phone after 9pm

I made this little promise to myself to gain some work-life counterbalance( I was addicted to checking my email ), but likewise merely to have a bit of quiet age before couch. Its made a huge difference. After the first week I experienced perceptibly much less stressed. I too slept better. Some of my friends complained that I missed their messages, but it was nothing that couldnt wait until the next day.

Anonymous

19 Kickboxing

When I was 37, I started kickboxing. In numerous respects, life was pretty good: I was in a glad, long-term rapport, and my job was self-assured. There wasnt an enormous amount for me to worry about. But I was restless, with a nagging feeling that somehow life was passing me by. Forty was looming, and I wanted to do something to make me feel more alive. Thats where kickboxing came in. Im a second dan black belt now: the working day I got my first black region was the proudest of “peoples lives”. I try to train at least five times a week. At a basic degree, it impedes me fit, strong and flexible. But it also maintenances me sane and sociable.

Sarah Heseltine, London

20 Give up coffee

Id become addicted after going from having one cup of coffee a date to sinking six or even eight, and I procured I couldnt remember without a beaker. I tended to be agitated as a result of too much caffeine in important fulfills, and formerly I decided to give it up, “its easy” although there are times when I still crave a goblet. Im now more tighten and calmer.

Peter, London

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From year darknes to cold rains: 20 garbs that changed readers’ lives | Sarah Marsh and Guardian readers

Small changes can sometimes make the biggest difference. Here our readers show the pastimes or routines that might form 2017 that fragment brighter

We are what we frequently do. Excellence, then, is not just a act, but a attire. If its good enough for Aristotle, its good enough for us. So what customs or procedures is impossible to take up to improve 2017?

We asked our readers about the one small change that has obligated the biggest gap to their lives here are 20 that might just make the year ahead a bit brighter.

1 Cold-water swimming

I suffer with depression and nervousnes, and have done for about 10 years. I watched a programme called The Doctor Who Make Up Drugs last autumn. I hated the first episode, but watched the second to see how the status of women trying cold-water swimming to help with her depression got on. I was surprised to see it genuinely facilitated her, so decided to give it a go. After my first swimming, I was hooked.

Jennifer Brooks, Gloucestershire

2 A daily noon walk

This is a good way to escape from my desk and switch off from wreak. Its also great to search the locals and detect obscured pearls. It wasnt a hard practice to introduce. When I am busier its harder to step outside, but more fruitful. Those few moments away facilitate me refocus when I get back to the office.

Ross, London

3 Stop shouting

I stopped wailing ten years ago, and havent elevated my articulation since. I used to shout at my small children when I was forestalled; it was an subconscious response, but it wasnt a constructive manner of are working with developments in the situation, and it would take hours to recover from the remorse I detected afterwards. My boys often didnt is understandable I was so upset. So I stopped wailing. It was hard at first( I had to count to 10 to calm down) but now I feel much better and more in control. I speak in a measured road and happens get done because I have gained other folks respect.

Clara, the south-west

4 Baking bread

No more processed rubbish the bread I constitute is wholesome and full of smell. It stops well, too, much better than the shop-bought material. There is no finer moment than knocking back a container of dough after its first fermentation. Its a great road of destressing. Lately Ive been stimulating no-knead eat which savours good but doesnt affluence stress fairly so well. Ive too started reaching my own pizzas, which has been just as fun.

Anonymous

5 Mindfulness meditation

I inserted mindfulness musing into “peoples lives” to promotion cope with a history of blood pressure and feeling. Centring on my breathing and telling myself to live in the now stopped me panicking. At first, I appeared I had to lie down in a quiet room, light-footed candles and perform for 20 times. But now I can do it anywhere. Even if you end up doing reflection for three minutes a day its worth noting. It has helped me improve my relationships and vocation. Mindfulness brakes me down, facilitates me accept the things I cannot change and was understood that and who I have in my life. It has obligated me more grateful.

Elaine Kingett, London

6Yoga

I started doing yoga twice a week to get rid of headaches. It wasnt difficult to start because I was already activity, but it took a while to get are applied to it, because I envisioned yoga looked a bit boring at first. Now I cannot live without it. Its the one thing that helps with my headaches, and it should certainly improved my quality of life.

Amanda, Cape Town

7 Stop bringing work home

I made a conscious decision to ensure my own personal life and relationships were my priority away from drive, and took operate emails off my phone. This has actually realized me a lot more efficient at work, especially when scheduling my time.

Anjum Peerbacos, London

8 Unicycle

I started unicycling with the rest of my family about 12 years ago, but every week it felt like I was starting all over again, while others developed. About a year ago I discovered a physio about an unrelated tendernes and he noted that I had poor abdominal muscle feeling. I started doing the exercises he gave me and discovered my unicycling was improving. Over the year I were eventually learned to mount the unicycle. I also had the confidence to take part in a freestyle number at the national championships and am now unicycling to work and back formerly a few weeks. I am still not brilliant, but I am so happy to be able to do this and to identify definite improvement.

Cathy, Canberra

9 Learn to play a musical instrument

I learned to play the fiddle. I started from scratch( playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) and been in a position to play over 100 chants by ear. I can also read music gradually and enjoy playing with others. Im now reading the ukulele, very. It is enormous fun and I feel a real sense of accomplishment. I did not play any musical instrument until my early 50 s, and am continuing to improve. Its also been a great room to reach new friends.

Marie Therese Allison, Glasgow

10 Wake up an hour earlier each morning

I decided to start waking up an hour earlier every morning 5.30 am instead of 6.30 am. I now start my date by doing a few sunlight salutations, followed by a prayer( which I use to be appreciative rather than asking for anything ), and then write in my periodical. This change has helped me keep in contact with myself and my emotions.

Kelly, Indianapolis

11 Drink enough water

I used to get awful headaches but then I started to drink at the least two litres of water a day. After about five years of doing this my headaches have now gone away, my scalp is soft and clear, and I have more vigour. I notice that when I dont booze enough for a few dates my form feels like its ranging at half the rate it should be. This has is an element of the best situations Ive done for my body.

Emily, Lancashire

12 Cycle to work

I embarked cycling to work last-place summer( its exclusively five miles and its frequently quicker than driving ). I did it because I seemed I wasnt getting enough exercising. It was also because driving and taking modes of public transport through London is expensive and stressful. My travel to work is fun now. Some of it implies busy roads( where I find myself engulf queues of cars ). But Ive too detected some neat quiet signposted cycle roadways through back streets. I appear healthier and my leg muscles are certainly more powerful than they were.

Caroline, London

13 Pilates

After a hip procedure I started pilates as part of my rehabilitation. It made a huge difference to my mobility so I find a local class at the recreation centre. Ive been get most weeks for several years. Im practically 50 but been thinking about 20 years younger. Pilates strengthened and arranged me in key core orbits: I can get up from the floor without applying my hands; I can stand for hours; and I rarely have backache.

Mike, Cheshire

14 Date night

About three years ago our three daughters were finally old-fashioned enough to look after themselves on a Friday evening, or to go out with their friends. So my bride and I decided to make it our date darknes. We go for a meal or beverages, sometimes with other friends. After so many years of relinquishing our times for “their childrens” it has been wonderful to take my partner for a date every week. I actually look forward to us investing caliber time together.

Philip West, Istanbul

15 Tai chi

Twenty years ago I started learning tai chi and six years ago it became my daily rehearsal. Every morning I do yoga to extend and then tai chi to match, settle and ground myself. Tai chi isnt quick to pick up; it took four years just to discover the pattern and its business practices that is never complete. Theres always something more to read. It has helped me slow down and pay attention to the details, emotionally and physically.

Keone, Wales

16 Cold showers

I was on a cycling vacation in France in the summer of 2015. The temperature was great for cycling, about 27 celsius, and after each days go I looked forward to a refreshing rain. At the last hotel I knocked the temperature reckon to cold. Brrrrr! I placed it back to red-hot. A got a couple of a few seconds later I knocked it to cold again. Not so brrrrr actually, more refreshing. I havent ogled back.

Vanessa Moss, Kendal

17 Something new every day

At the start of 2016 I decided to do one new circumstance every day. I initially did this to keep myself busy after a breakup, but I have deterred it up ever since. Its included trying everything from joining a choir to buying a new type of tea. It has been so advantageous: Ive gained brand-new the competences and suffer braver, more spontaneous and ever so slightly more exhausted.

Maria Wylie, Ely

18 Stop looking at the phone after 9pm

I made this little promise to myself to gain some work-life counterbalance( I was addicted to checking my email ), but likewise merely to have a bit of quiet age before couch. Its made a huge difference. After the first week I experienced perceptibly much less stressed. I too slept better. Some of my friends complained that I missed their messages, but it was nothing that couldnt wait until the next day.

Anonymous

19 Kickboxing

When I was 37, I started kickboxing. In numerous respects, life was pretty good: I was in a glad, long-term rapport, and my job was self-assured. There wasnt an enormous amount for me to worry about. But I was restless, with a nagging feeling that somehow life was passing me by. Forty was looming, and I wanted to do something to make me feel more alive. Thats where kickboxing came in. Im a second dan black belt now: the working day I got my first black region was the proudest of “peoples lives”. I try to train at least five times a week. At a basic degree, it impedes me fit, strong and flexible. But it also maintenances me sane and sociable.

Sarah Heseltine, London

20 Give up coffee

Id become addicted after going from having one cup of coffee a date to sinking six or even eight, and I procured I couldnt remember without a beaker. I tended to be agitated as a result of too much caffeine in important fulfills, and formerly I decided to give it up, “its easy” although there are times when I still crave a goblet. Im now more tighten and calmer.

Peter, London

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