#Conscious Choices

[drivenbydopamine]

Habits. Do you have actual habits?

I learned today that the definition of a habit is something that is done almost involuntarily... Without conscious thought.

Ummmm....🤯

I have routines and patterns that I regularly follow. But... I consciously decide to do it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME... and if for some reason I choose not to do it one day, the second day it's nearly impossible to make myself do it again, beyond that it's like it never existed and I will forget it's even a thing for an indeterminate amount of time.

I do the thing they call "habit stacking". I group things together to remember to do them every day. However, they do not become habits. Just a way for me to remember about the thing. And then have to choose to do it every time.

Is this why neurotypicasl can't tell you the WHY to half the things they do? Because everything isn't a conscious choice??

[touchstoneaf]

I prefer Direct Care to management. I have worked variously:

in home health with eldercare,

with people with developmental disabilities and mental health issues,

and now with foster youth.

I am staying at the lowest possible level in that field because in previous fields I have been urged to take a management position... and all it did was make me enjoy the job less, because I wasn't actually helping anybody in any way that was visible, my interactions were less rewarding, more isolating... and I'm not good at being a manager. I'm not that tough and I'm not that type A. I'm not organized enough or intense enough to do that job. Using that much executive function every day would make me so damned exhausted I wouldn't accomplish anything, and I would feel like a failure everyday for the things that I inevitability missed.

My strengths are with direct care, and as such I prefer to be there even if it's less pay. Even if I'm in my 40s and people say I should be in management by now; like it's a progression everybody has to follow. Also, I don't need all that extra responsibility. It's not worth the stress.

Each according to their gifts.

[goodoldbandit]

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[learn-astrology-online]

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[tears-that-heal]

In Total Agreement! 🥰👍

[howdoesone]

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[marciaillust]

your design of me

[thecleverconfidante]

The Pivot into Inspired Action

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[web-knowledge-power]

The Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Fashion Trends

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[hey-heigo]

aoi projecting her period pains onto togami (2024, digital)

[hsmagazine254]

Harnessing The Power Of Choice - Positive Reflection Of The Week

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[egophiliac]

A-anime?

you know, sometimes I forget that Twst is actually an isekai that starts with the protagonist getting run over by an inexplicable horse-drawn carriage. and every time I'm reminded is a delight because that's AMAZING.

also. look. okay. there's a lot of very fun stuff in the trailer but I am obsessed with that Crowley surprised pikachu face. me when I spend all my keys and gems literally hours before they announce overblot SSRs and drop the anime trailer:

[salmasnook]

The Symphony of Karma: Embracing the Law of Cause and Effect

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[sparrowlucero]

Have you seen the live action HTTYD designs? what do you think?

Honestly I think people are being a bit harsh on them. The big pitfalls I usually see with realistic reimaginings of animated/illustrated creatures is that they either just try to copy the design 1:1, seemingly without a lot of understanding of anatomy/style, or go the opposite direction and treat everything as cartoon exaggeration, toning down or removing features that exist in the real world for the sake of realism. most of these are basically fine on both counts, it looks like the character designers are actually trying to engage with what the original designs are communicating while also not forcing themselves to be 100% fidelic to them. Most of these are not bad designs to me. I will say I 1) don't like the zippleback; maybe it looks better in movement but off the first few images it seems like they just kind of ditched all the interesting (and genuinely reptilian) elements of the original, like it's alligator/lizard-like stance and the way it's spines look like a zipper, in favor of a pretty generic/less visually interesting design:

and 2) I mentioned before I'm really not big on the redesign toothless has throughout the animated movies; the sequels gave him an increasingly flatter, more humanish face with big "eyebrows" and I think it looks way less cute/less like a real animal. the live action design is very obviously referencing this later design and I think it looks pretty rough here too, honestly a bit uncanny valley:

side note: i always thought my harshness on this design choice was a kind of mean hot take but the other day i went into the httyd tumblr tag and man they are so much meaner than me. look at this

[catebees]

Isabela fanart referenced wholly from her in-game appearance no funny business whatsoever

[peachsayshi]

just imagine, how slow and soft and sensual and sweet the love making would be with monster!sukuna after you (his human lover) ask him to be careful with you. you try to hide your feelings, but you’re so vulnerable and raw and open to him - all defenses down, and he can tell that you’re a little frightened. the smallest part of you is unsure of what he would actually do.

just imagine all the ways in which he would prove you wrong.