#Accepting Change

[lunaplush]

I used to struggle so hard with accepting change in my life....I just wanted things to be how I wanted them to be. But letting go of things and accepting change made me see how it was blessing to let go and let things change. Going forward I hope i can keep that mindset.

[moisfrenchadventure]

Hanging Gardens

[storytimewithsophie]

Accepting Change

I know a lot of my posts have been kinda dark, but my life has been dark recently. Losing a loved one is traumatic and theres no way to down play that. I'm seeing new insecurities and anxieties in myself that were never an issue previously. This event will be something that affects me for the rest of my life.

I'm ready to start change. I've been seeing my therapist, learning how to release that guilt, eating more regularly. It's hard to accept that my partner has changed but when I spend time with her i remember to be greatful and I see how happy she is. She was sick, very sick and very unhappy and theres not much I could have done to change that as much as I may have tried.

I'm taking each day one step at a time, making sure to put my needs first so I have more to give to things that are important to me. I'm relearning how to balance the important things in my life.

I am accepting change, and taking life one step at a time.

[sageaisling]

This person gets it

realizing that most of the bad steven universe discourse of the last century comes from people thinking the show is about redemption. bitch they didn't even redeem rose quartz. the point was never about how everyone can be redeemed, it's about learning to accept change!!!! just about every major and minor antagonist in the story (at least, the sentient ones) are in that position because they are resisting CHANGE

[reasonsforhope]

If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

[papermenageriie]

From Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (1988)

[bulldog-butch]

i’m gonna say something controversial yet brave: sexuality labels are a convenient tool we use to define something that is undefinable

[opalrose]

My Time

I was lost for so long. So empty I didn’t know how deep I was in. But with every decision I started climbing. With every decision I rose again. I went with my gut and travelled alone. Dealing with all my hardships surrounded, yet all alone. It was hard, very hard at first, to make certain decisions. To change a pattern I’ve known my whole life. It was time. My time to say “no” and let go. To say…

[seefasters]

no but it's the way for aziraphale "nothing lasts forever" meant "i'm willing to give up the bookshop if it means i can be with you safely" and for crowley it meant "nothing lasts forever, not the bookshop, not earth, not us"

[casandraspoems]

STRUGGLING TO WRITE

I seem to write from a place of self-hate

Hate for the way my brain thinks

Hate for the mistakes I’ve made

And hate for the person I’ve become

Now as I try to make a change

I struggle to write with grace

Kind words come out awkward

They sound just as clunky on paper as they do in my head

And I’m not sure how to write elegantly

From a place of love

Or even neutral curiosity

Self criticism feels innate

A continuous monologue of self hate

Rolls of my tongue as poetry

kindness is jarring

There’s long pauses

An uncomfortable feeling

Of disconnect

How unlike me

The irony in that

To not like the person I am

But feel unsettled in self comparison

[theseasonofnow]

It is one of life’s most commonly accepted axioms; everything changes. Why, then, do we spend so much time fighting against it? We are continually evolving in our outer experience and our inner experience as well. It is the challenge of being human that for our lives and the working systems of our bodies to grow and work well, they are faced with a significant problem.  We need to continually be…

[moisfrenchadventure]

The Revelation!

So following on from my post about inspiration this was the next post I planned to share with you. The one where I had a revelation way back in the summer, in the midst of our renovations. When we left Montaigu we left behind our big black American style fridge freezer. (It was the present I had given myself to recompense for leaving Selsea, the house that I loved so much). So when we moved here…

[egophiliac]

we were fucking ROBBED

[desultory-suggestions]

Even if your body isn’t what you wish it were, you can still treat it with the respect it deserves. While it’s completely fine to dream of certain goals and changes for yourself, it’s equally important to learn to appreciate your body for what it is right now. Don’t try to fuel yourself on self hatred.

[zoe-oneesama]

Nadja must have Audrey on speed-dial to set up this interview so quickly.

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[demonic0angel]

Health Insurance (click for clarity)

I have a headcanon that Maddie and Jack did not have health insurance or insurance at all tbh, so Jazz really enjoyed the benefits of marriage.

So basically, in this idea, Dick and Jazz marry (bc Dick needed custody of Damian but he’s a single 20-something year old man, while Jazz was getting hounded by the Ghost Zone/her parents idk) but never fall in love. The two of them make a deal to get married and then parent Damian together, but then Dick finds out that they’re falling in love with each other’s siblings so he’s like “let’s divorce”.

It goes well and they both split things evenly or equally and it’s a very peaceful, amicable divorce.

Until they get to the custody of Damian. And then all hell breaks loose.

One of the dirtiest, most underhanded, and vicious custody wars ensue. In the end, they get split custody of Damian between Gotham and Blüdhaven. (He’s weirdly happy with it bc they fought so hard for him and they didn’t involve him at all except for courtesy questions).

Part two

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Panel 1 has Dick’s solemn face as he’s looking away.

Dick: Jazz… we need to talk. I know that you’re in love with Jason…

Panel 2 has Dick’s side profile while we see Jazz stare at him in shock, holding a spilling teacup as she’s dripping tea.

Dick: *still looking sad* And I’m also in love with your brother Dan, so I think we should divorce.

Panel 3 is the both of them across from each other, in a very simplistic style. Jazz still looks vaguely shocked and Dick still looks sad.

Dick: I know that we both care for each other, but we’re in love with different people.

Panel 4 has Jazz finally snapping back to reality, as Dick continues talking.

Dick: It’ll be an amicable divorce, so I think that—

Panel 5 has Jazz standing up with a BAM! and knocking her teacup when she slams her hands on the table. Dick looks startled.

Dick: !

Panel 6 has a close up of Jazz’s panicked expression as she’s shouting.

Jazz: BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE?!

Edit: I changed the pictures to add the right font and a ring on Jazz’s finger.