#Forethought

[tmarshconnors]

"The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive."

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome.

Seneca – Roman philosopher and a major figure in Stoicism, emphasizing preparation for hardships.

Stoic resilience – A mindset of expecting and accepting challenges to mitigate their impact.

Mental preparedness – Foreseeing difficulties strengthens one’s ability to confront them.

Tranquillity – A state of inner calm achieved through preparation and detachment.

Philosophical optimism – Viewing life's trials as inevitable but manageable with the right mindset.

[mollyflipssss]

#outstanding

[craftheaven]

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? (HOW TO LIVE RESPONSIBLY.) When you say something to someone, what happens next? - How are they likely to react?

When you do something to/for someone, what happens next? - How are they likely to react?

When you order something online, what happens next? - What kind of business are you buying from? - Are the employees treated fairly? - Are the products made ethically? - Are the products shipped in an environmentally responsible manner?

When you buy clothes, what happens next? - How often will you wear the item? - How will it be disposed of?

When you buy food, what happens next? - Have you bought too much? - How will the excess be disposed of?

Be mindful, be kind!

[razreads]

He who thinks too long before taking the next step will spend his life standing on one leg.

Kerstin Gier, Dream a Little Dream

[dbarn]

Additionally I apologize in advance for all the awkward interactions to come.

[shamballalin]

LEADERSHIP ... To Be Led by a Tyrant is to Sell Yourself and Those You Love Into Slavery

Thank you, Joy Reid. Namaste

[kokonoko84]

Titan of Forethought and bringer of fire, Prometheus spends his chained to the rock for his transgressions against the Gods.

[castle-theme]

Forethought Makes Breakfast a Breeze

[aimnerual]

House Fires by Connor Franta: Forethought

I am finally going to read Connor Franta's House Fires after purchasing it three years ago. His last two books were stunning to read both in their literature and photography. I was in a big Youtuber phase in high school, so books published by my favourite content creators were a big hit to me.

After some years of struggling to read books, I have become a member on the website Goodreads as a way to motivate me to be actively involved with the books I want to pursue. Of course, on Goodreads, a person can write and read reviews on the books they want to, or have read. Because of this, I am a bit timid about reading House Fires after skimming through the comments left by other readers. There is a common disappointment that the writing is, for lack of better words, peepeepoopoo, while the photography is stunning (as per expected from Connor). Many readers comment about how the book is written like that of an angsty teenager's diary which makes me reflect on where I was in life when I read his last two books. It's like re-watching a show you used to love and then realizing that it actually sucks since you've grown up.

After just completing The Critique Handbook: A Sourcebook and Survival Guide by Kendall Buster and Paula Crawford, I want to go into this book thinking of a visual artist's approach to writing, especially Freewriting. Like the reviews on Goodreads explain, Connor's visuals are amazing while the writing disappoints them, but are they only looking from a writers perspective while Connor looks from an artist's point of view? Should we limit his book to just one of those perspectives? Can we see that he is consciously making this decision for a written work? Is it wrong? Will it work? Does it really matter? Now of course this is just a forethought, so I cannot expect the worst heading into the book, but maybe my brain-ears will be better perked while reading through it.

[hyolks]

give it back

[manviagnihotri]

The Serene Smile

'The serene smile'

Where it goes

Must be a brainless question

Or put together

With all manipulation

It's a long mile

In the middle of empty road

All the movements

Still blur;

Forethought

Or an impulse

Feels like I'm stuck

Increased pulse

Now that you're around;

It's all still

Still like the air

in summer,

Still like the tree

Air free,

Still like the bridge

'till tremor,

Still like the weather

Before storm;

Absurd we miss the season

Everytime it passed

Loving present seems easy

But hard

Like those season

You're as you are

May be you'll find a reason

Or not

But in coming times

I know

I'll be longing for old days

In similar ways

You're, My dear

Like the cool wind

Shook all the branches

Let the old leaves fall

Wipe the floor

And put together

Lit the match to it

Let it burn

Soon it's ash

Gray and few

Let the wind blew

And bring new

Some true

'cause

My serenity comes with you

Manvi Agnihotri

[dariusbaires]

Gluten-Free Blackberry Oat Muffins The egg whites and oats that have been soaked in almond milk are responsible for the incredibly moist and fluffy texture of these blackberry muffins.

[chocotte]

Forethought Makes Breakfast a Breeze

[s0fter-sin]

everyone makes fun of soap when they find out how many hair and skin products he keeps on hand. the cabinet in his bathroom is filled to bursting and he always keeps travel sized bottles on him on missions

when soldiers outside the 141 find out, they call him precious and self-obsessed, a vain pretty boy too preoccupied with his reflection to focus on the enemy. no wonder how he got his callsign. price has given up telling him to leave them on base and just teaches him to individually wrap them so they don’t rattle against each other and give himself away

what they don’t know is that each product contains an ingredient that when mixed with any number of the others, creates potent chemical bombs. he was caught unarmed once, he won’t let it happen again

[gloamses]

as we see skyrocketing amounts of legislation targeting trans youth in particular I’m begging people to stop parroting “your brain matures at 25”. this article by the director of harvard’s neuroscience lab is a good read. like I’m no neuroscientist myself but Brain Complicated. at best “your brain matures at 25” is an incomplete and inadequate summary of a single idea in a relatively new field wherein broad generalizations are almost impossible. *some* aspects of brain development *tend* to *plateau* *somewhere* in your 20s, *we think*; but “brain maturity” is poorly defined, and the data is still highly incomplete. plenty of aspects of the brain demonstrably continue developing well past 30, or for your entire life; on the other hand, plenty of studies have simply failed to include participants over 30, or 25, or even younger. attempting to define maturity, let alone make RULES about it, based on particular neuroscientific metrics, is extremely dicey

and this popsci notion is now actively being used to justify taking away people’s rights so pls stop perpetuating it for the sake of your age gap ship wars or whatever

[alicentsgf]

the way we're pretending viserys was a good king all of a sudden has me losing brain cells like did we forget his stupid ass caused this dumb as shit war