#Life priorities

[ezioequilibrio]

I like that we saw Lucifer's dick before his in-game sprite.

[crazycatsiren]

Why must I spend money on meaninglessness things like clothes and shoes? Why can't I just buy books, plushies, artworks, tarot and oracle decks, pretty and colorful canes, beeswax candles, and call it good?

[itsawritblr]

For those who keep asking when I’m going to update my fanfic.

Thanks for reading.  I'm dealing with the death of a dear friend, another who has dementia, personal health issues, and other life priorities.  Writing fanfic isn't on my list right now.

I will write more, but probably not for quite a while.

This is it for now:  The Cocoon Splits.  Or you can read my other fics on AO3.

[ninapi]

Friend: I always crave ice cream when I’m sad, I gotta stop. How about you?

Me: Miya Osamu.

Friend: I meant food…how about when you’re not sad. Any regular cravings?

Me: Miya Atsumu.

Friend: For fuck sakes, Nina. In real life, focus!

Me: ugh…Miyano Mamoru(?)

Friend: *leaves*

Life is hard when people doesn’t get you-

[batri-jopa]

Absolutely! Talking with my teenage self would be a challenging argument over some "sacred truth" but I think that my child-self could be quite easily convinced of what happiness is...

38: Listen! Can you imagine we have our own treadmill now? And a ping-pong table?! And we play frequently too!

6: [eyes get wider]

38: And we have a secretary desk! Just like in those fairytale books! And a big dark wooden chest with massive metal hinges! And wooden beams on the walls! In one room there are even two of them at once! And our house has forest and fields all around it so we can see roe-deers, pheasants, ravens, hares and foxes on daily basis!

6: Oh, wow!!!

38: And there's a garden with raspberries! So many raspberries now we can eat with full hands till we're fed up! And listen to this: we finally have a cat of our own!

6: [looks utterly delighted already] And... And our husband? And we have kids?

38: [sighing and waving hand dismissively] Oh, we don't have husband nor kids... But we have friends! We have friends to visit, friends to go to the cinema with, to play boardgames together, travel together and friends to have fascinating neverending conversations with!

6: So why we have no husband... And no kids? Why, what's wrong with us? [delight slowly turns into fear of social rejection]

38: [clenches teeth, ready for a final battle] Look, now. That's turned up not as important as we once thought it was. The important things is: we're not lonely! We're happy and proud... and brave! We were holding a tarantula in our bare hand just two months ago! And an eagle last month! And we're swearing when it's needed!

6: [is confused and I belatedly realize that doesn't sound attractive for 6 yo me]

38: Okey, more cool things? We travel by plane and to amazing places too! Town with buildings all covered with tiny colourful tiles and there are orange trees growing right under them! Other town full of your favorite timber-framed houses and they are half thousand years old! And the country where each and every house has a balcony and vine on its walls and there are mountains on the horizont no matter where you go!

6: That sounds great!

38: Every few month we go to a theatre or cinema or a ballet! We watch movies and we love to cry on them [6 yo me looks like I'm insane] Yes, the films we cry at are our most favorite ones! And also we draw so good now, we can draw whatever we can imagine: cats, dragon, even birds! People ask us to draw pictures for their kids! We already had an art exhibition and we're definitely going to have another! And you know what our cat is like?

6: [eyes full of hope]

38: Our cat... is tricolored!

6: [makes inarticulate sounds of delight]

Do you ever think about going back in time to your childhood and telling yourself what your future will be like

6 year old me: So what’s it like being a grown-up

34 year old me: Well, we have a job working in the woods

6: cool, cool

34: And we have three parrots

6: COOL

34: And we’re a boy sometimes; in the future you don’t have to be a boy or a girl

6: SUPER COOL

34: And we got married

6: oh

34: To a math teacher

6: WHAT NO

34: And we like peanut butter now

6: you’re dead to me

[kathylbrownwrites]

An Author’s Journal: What Is Nothing?

New Author Journal entry at The Storytelling Blog: Doing nothing and then resting afterwards. Life is wild again; how to work and still hang on? #amblogging #amwriting

How does one do nothing? Visit the Shop for links to stories. (Images courtesy Missouri History Museum, Pixabay, and author’s collection) How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Spanish proverb You might not know that cable TV services have music channels, and one of them is spa/yoga type music (“Relaxing Vibes” on Music Choice). This channel displays chill photos and quotes…

[helpfromheaven]

Be Strong and Work for the Kingdom of God: Sunday Devotion

Haggai 2: 4-9 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.  ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little…

[obsesseddiary]

Em Busca da Simplicidade

Uma Jornada de Reflexão e Mudança

Cara, já cheguei no fundo do poço três vezes, sendo que a primeira vez não foi escolha minha. Não me permito mais chegar lá. Não quero mais pensar que vou continuar fazendo merda e que depois que tudo der errado, vou me recuperar. Não quero mais isso. Quero evitar. Claro, a vida não é perfeita, e não dá para evitar que tudo dê errado, mas não quero mais atingir o fundo do poço.

Tentei retomar a vida que eu tinha de 2017 a 2019, quando era maravilhoso: acordar, estudar, passar a tarde estudando e à noite assistindo séries. Não consigo mais voltar ao que era antes. Em 2020, decidi que não queria mais aquela vida. Não sei o que me passou pela cabeça, mas surtei durante a pandemia. Acho que vou buscar uma vida mais tranquila, longe das redes sociais. Não sei como farei isso, mas não quero mais usá-las. Não quero mais sentir assim por causa delas. Cansei. Cheguei ao meu limite com muitas coisas.

Não julgo quem usa redes sociais, afinal, cada um tem suas próprias experiências. Tentei inúmeras vezes desde 2011, quando entrei na internet. Comecei a me sentir mal em 2014, 2015 e 2016. Fui parando aos poucos, e em 2017, finalmente parei de vez. Infelizmente, redes sociais não deram certo para mim. Tentei muito, mas não consigo mais. Elas não me fazem bem, e não há razão para eu insistir. Eu sei que estou viciado na internet, mas preciso encontrar uma maneira de sair dela. Isso não está me fazendo bem.

Eu quero realizar grandes conquistas na vida, como ter experiências incríveis e significativas, mas sem a necessidade de compartilhá-las constantemente nas redes sociais. Quero sair para viajar, assim como a personagem Margo da Cidade de Papel. Ela representa aquilo que almejo ser. Não desejo ser facilmente encontrável. Prefiro estar em uma cidade pequena, com poucos habitantes, onde possa viver de forma simples, sem depender das redes sociais, e sempre que possível, continuar explorando novos lugares.

Eu não quero ser lembrada, também não quero ser alguém importante. Não desejo impactar nenhuma vida. Só quero fazer o meu trabalho. Gostaria de ter a oportunidade de vivenciar um romance, mas isso não é prioridade. Na verdade, nunca foi uma prioridade em minha vida. Quero passar meu tempo assistindo aos filmes que gosto, enquanto como pipoca e saboreio uma coca-cola bem geladinha com limão.

[leaawrites]

Oh, if all is grace and nothing is sorrow

How will I ever be happy

When there is nothing I can shed my tears for,

Nothing that could make my heart ache,

Nothing that keeps my eyes full of life?

[sillysiluriforme]

NINO MY SON COME BACK FROM THE WAR

[pangur-and-grim]

ended up being 11 hours at the emergency clinic. I have a pro strat of biting the inside of my mouth to stop myself from crying, but 11 hours straight of that has left it a bit shredded

[itsawritblr]

Important PSA for females.  Trust me on this.

Do breast self-exams regularly.  Here’s how to do it.

Get mammograms.  Yes, even if you’re young.  Breast cancer doesn’t give a fuck how young you are.  If you don’t have health insurance you can often find clinics that give free mammograms.

If you feel something, get it checked immediately.  It may be nothing.  But it may be something.  And if it’s something, you want it dealt with ASAP.

[sanathkumarnaibhi]

See Think Choose

Last week we saw the 6 super helpful decision-making tools. In this blog, we’ll see what we undergo in every decision-making process, see what’s at the core, and through it, help ourselves learn the art of designing our Lives through our choices. We all know it, yet we fail to utilize that wisdom when required. Of course, it is not wisdom then. We might say, roughly, a decision-making process…

[positivelypositivethoughts]

[rusquared]

maybe none of u relate to this goal of mine but i truly wish upon you bedtimes at 11pm, where you're wrapping yourself in warm sheets and it feels okay. hey, the day was alright, you're happy with however it went. there is nothing that will demand this rest from you, close your eyes. or scroll, even. you're toasty and warm on a chilly autumn night and tomorrow doesn't sound too bad. you have time. enjoy the gentle intoxication of sleepiness as your eyes grow heavy. the cicadas outside continue to sing to you. i hope you look forward to the turning of the calendar pages as they bring you closer to a special day, or a special someone, or just a special something you have planned for yourself.

[xxri]

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