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𝑇𝐻𝐸 75 𝑀𝐸𝐷𝐼𝑈𝑀 𝐶𝐻𝐴𝐿𝐿𝐸𝑁𝐺𝐸 : 𝑆𝑇𝑂𝑃 𝑀𝐴𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐸𝑋𝐶𝑈𝑆𝐸𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐺𝐸𝑇 𝑇𝑂 𝑊𝑂𝑅𝐾

𝐴𝑙𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑙𝑒𝑡'𝑠 ��𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑓𝑓. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 "𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤" 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 75 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒- 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 75 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑; 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒? 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡, 𝑛𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑.

𝐷𝐴𝐼𝐿𝑌 𝑁𝑂𝑁-𝑁𝐸𝐺𝑂𝑇𝐼𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐸𝑆

1. 8,000 - 10,000 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠.

𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑. 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ, 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒.

2. 𝑁𝑜 𝐴𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙, 𝑆𝑢𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠.

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑑𝑘𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒. 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝.

3. 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 2 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒ℎ𝑦𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡. 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ.

4. 𝑁𝑜 𝑆𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 (𝑈𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝐹𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡).

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 "𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓"- 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠? 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒.

5. 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 7 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝.

𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑇𝑖𝑘𝑇𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 1 𝑎.𝑚. 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝑆𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑐𝑘.

6. 15-20 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝑆𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑠ℎ𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑝, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒- 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟.

7. 10-𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐴𝑟𝑚 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.

"𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑". 𝐺𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝑃𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑚𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠. 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.

8. 10-𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑇𝑖𝑑𝑦-𝑈𝑝.

𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑏. 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 10 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐴 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑.

9. 𝐺𝑢𝑎 𝑆ℎ𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐- 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦.

𝑊𝐸𝐸𝐾𝐿𝑌 𝑅𝐸𝑄𝑈𝐼𝑅𝐸𝑀𝐸𝑁𝑇𝑆

1. 3-4 𝐺𝑦𝑚 𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠.

𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 "𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛." 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒. 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑦𝑚. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 > 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

2. 1 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑙.

𝑂𝑛𝑒. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝐸𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘.

3. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠.

𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡.

4. 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝 ��𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘.

𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦. 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

5. 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐵𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓𝑓, 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑡? 𝑁𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢- 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝐸𝑋𝑇𝑅𝐴 𝑅𝑈𝐿𝐸𝑆 (𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐴𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝐶𝐴𝑁 𝐴𝐿𝑊𝐴𝑌𝑆 𝐷𝑂 𝑀𝑂𝑅𝐸)

𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ/𝑌𝑜𝑔𝑎 : 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ.

𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 : 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 3 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟.

𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑥 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 : 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑚-𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑡'𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑁𝑒𝑤 : 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑎 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑦, "𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜..."

𝑆𝑇𝑂𝑃 𝐶𝑂𝑀𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐺, 𝑆𝑇𝐴𝑅𝑇 𝐶𝐻𝐴𝑁𝐺𝐼𝑁𝐺

𝑇ℎ𝑒 75 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒- 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦.

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒��𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔.

[insomniac-arrest]

Back with a new article! Woo! Here is a list of 100 date ideas for writing romance. I often find myself wanting to write a romantic scene and defaulting to dinner--which is a classic but can become repetitive. Here are interesting prompts to inspire a variety of scenes for the sparks to fly.

Check it out and leave some claps on the article too! They help me out. 

[agbpaints]

How To Paint: Canopy Glass Pt. 3

After a catastrophic absence (I was taking care of a very nice but grabby dog) the series is back! So far we've done cockpits an easy way with normal paint and an easy way with contrast paint. This time around, we'll be looking at the way I do some of my more complex colored cockpits. I apologize for some of the photography on this one- not all of the steps were properly recorded.

Paints I used:

For the Starslayer I chose to go with a orange/yellow tint for the glass, however you can easily adapt this to any dark -> bright paint gradient you like. Make sure your darkest color is something neutral- I usually like deep browns for hot colors and a deep sea green like incubi darkness for cool colors.

Army Painter Matt White (whit)

Citadel Yriel Yellow (bright yellow)

Citadel Trollslayer Orange (bright orange)

Citadel Ratskin Flesh (orange)

Citadel Mournfang Brown (brown)

Citadel Dryad Bark (dark brown)

Citadel Lahmian Medium (acrylic thinning medium)

Once you finish the rest of the model area around the canopy, begin by base coating it with your dark brown paint with two thin coats. Once this is applied and dry you're going to paint one of the bottom corners of the canopy glass in with your brown paint.

Now unfortunately this next section is both the most fiddly part of the process and the one past-me forgot to take any pictures of. We're going to use a glazing method to build up a color transition from one side of the canopy to the other. First, we'll make a mixture of about 2 parts of our thinning medium with one part of our brown. Then we'll load the thinned paint onto a medium sized and dab off most of the runny excess on our palette- you want the brush to still be damp and have a little color but not leave a visibly wet trail if you drag it across your fingernail. Then with our brush we're going to gently paint in this very thin brown over the dark brown everywhere but the top corner opposite our brown bottom corner. Give the paint a few minutes to dry and then repeat, except this time paint even less of the upper corner area, leaving some of the previous thinned brown layer exposed. Continue this process multiple times, painting less and less of the canopy each time to build up a smooth transition of brown.

I have done this process with just water before and while it does work I find thinning medium works way better.

Next, we'll apply the same technique again but covering an even smaller area using our orange. Mix it with our thinning medium in a 1:2 ratio and repeat the glazing process, focusing just on the lower corner of the canopy. Make sure to leave a small border of brown showing on the bottom and side of the orange. You should have a soft gradient from dark brown to burnt orange across the canopy.

Finally some finishing touches. Take your bright orange paint, thin it, and sketch an 'L' outlining the orange you just glazed on. Then add a dot of yellow in the corner of the 'L' and dot the upper dark brown corner with a little bit of white.

And here's the finished product! This is fundamentally a similar technique to the method I used on the Firefly with some extra tricks and it inherits the strengths and weakness of it- as a flat painting technique this works easiest on models with simple cockpit geometry and straightforward sight lines, but because it's a more labor intensive technique it's best used on models where you want to draw the eye to the head.

[jjkeremika]

OH MY ~MAPPA~ LOL WOW🥵

[toxxicognaths]

Normal or not, no big deal

[soberpluto]

Tarot Tips: How to Spot Soul Connections

In my readings, these are the main give aways about spiritual relationships (soul-contracts). Mind that I am taking into account only upright positions.

Applicable to all types of soul contracts:

Cards falling in sequential order: there's an imminent plot to be fulfilled

Preponderance of Major Arcana: the relationship is entangled with universal forces that cannot be controlled by the parties involved

Paired King and Queens (the weaker pair is the Swords suit): high compatibility and resonance

If your reading contains 60% or more of each block of cards, take it as a clear indication of a soul tie

Soulmates:

Ace of Cups: genuine and abundant desire to love

2 of Cups: deep understanding, balance and closeness

6 of Cups: kindred spirits (a reunion from previous lives)

10 of Cups: this is your fairytale romance

The High Priestess: telepathic rapport and a soul bond

The Hierophant: faith in each other and spiritual connection

The Lovers: high chemistry and fated love (you stick like magnets)

The Wheel of Fortune: your encounter was destined

Temperance: you are divinely guided

The Star: a healing connection

The Sun: you light up each other, it's pure bliss

The World: they see you as the one or vice versa

Karmic Partners:

3 of Swords: this relationship will hurt AF

4 of Swords: your self-care will be neglected

5 of Swords: this relationship will feel like a war

6 of Swords: you need to heal from this and move on

5 of Cups: there will be grief, sorrow and loss

8 of Cups: please leave before it gets messier

Many Wands cards: there's a lot of attraction but little to no stability

Many Swords cards: many challenges around communication and understanding (watch out for 7 and 10 of swords, as they indicate cheating as a rule!)

Reversed court cards: please watch out for these, they can do a lot of damage

The High Priestess: there are many secrets and hidden forces around you two, it's highly important you listen to your intuition

Justice: you need to choose for your own good and do what's right, if not karma will repeat itself until you learn

Death: this relationship brings deep transformations through crisis

The Devil: toxicity is part of your union / you are badly co-dependent

The Tower: your world will crumble and turn upside down / you are fatally attracted to each other

The Moon: very strong connection, but one that triggers each's shadow side

Judgement: you need to learn from the past, take responsibility for your deeds and release karma. If they wronged you, they will pay.

Twin flames:

This is the most difficult to pinpoint accurately, but you will get a mix of Soulmate and Karmic Partner cards. Clear give aways are:

2 of Cups: unconditional love (even if the reading looks challenging)

4 of Wands: you are meant to reach union / 11:11

The Lovers: yin-yang principle, you are each other's counterpart

The Magician: you have manifested each other / the attraction you feel is more powerful than your separate wills

The High Priestess: you are connected in ways you cannot understand / the bond cannot be broken

The Empress + The Emperor: You are the divine femenine / divine masculine

Death: you will summon a new version of yourself after this encounter

The Devil: the intense feelings you trigger in each other can create havoc in your lives

The Tower: the universe will strike you by surprise and both will change each other views for good

The Moon + the Sun: the runner and chaser dynamic

The World: they are your "missing piece" and vice versa

🌟Intuition will ultimately tell you which is what, but I feel this is a pretty good starting point. 🌟

Thanks for reading! 😇

Written by @ soberpluto

Book readings here! https://starintuitivehealing.etsy.com

[ancha-aus]

Ghosts & Medium AU Drabble - New Haunting

I am back :3 With a continuation of the drabble where Killer and Dust meet!

And what happens after :D

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Dust sighs as he reads his notes over.

Ash grumbles from beside him "At least eat your breakfast."

Dust shrugs but blindly grabs the cinnamon roll to nimble on as he checks the notes he made.

Almost a week had passed. A WEEK!

And Dust still hadn't managed to get Killer to leave the house. Which is unusual for him. Most of the time it takes him a day or two to get the ghost to move on. Three if it is a hard case.

Killer?

Killer does not seem any closer to moving on.

At least Dust didn't get a migraine from being around him anymore. As he normally gets that after long exposure to new spirits.

Sadly instead he gets a headache from the other's constant flirting and pickup lines.

Ash sighs "Can't we just write this off as a lost cause? Tell the family to stay somewhere else for a bit until he moves on himself?"

Dust is honestly considering it at this point. He is starting to think tha tKiller jsut doesn't want to move on. and the poltergeist is stubborn. If he doesn't want to go he clearly isn't going.

Dust sighs "I am honestly considering it..." he reads his list over again. it isn't as if he hadn't figured it out by now. Killer had a very... violent past. He worked for many people and had very little freedom for himself. something went wrong and he was tortured before being left to die somewhere alone.

Dust had figured all of that out at this point. but nothing could get him to move on.. because in a lot of ways.. Killer had already moved on from that past. Even if some fears remained but those are normal, even for living people.

Dust sighs as he puts his things away "at least Killer is mostly docile now. I will just tell the family i couldn't fix it and advice them to stay out for a bit. Let killer think the family moved out and move on to a new spot."

Ash nods "make it someone elses problem."

Dust frowns as he rubs his arm "i don't know..."

ash sighs "hey i know. you cant fix all the ghosts."

They get to the house and Dust has a conversation with the family. explain he can't fix it but that moving out and leaving the house empty for a while could pursuade the ghost to leave. Dust advices them to make a show of packing their things and to just sleep over at a friends place for a while.

The family isn't happy. but are willing to try it.

Dust watches them move stuff and their bags to their car as he goes in to say his own goodbyes to Killer. wish him the best and then leave himself.

Dust takes a seat at the coffee table and Killer is immediantly in his personal bubble with a large smile "Hey!! I was wondering when you would get here." he grins and winks "you just can't stay away from me and my charms." and he winks again.

Killer does that a lot. the winking.

Dust shrugs "only fair to come by and finish stuff up."

Killer blinks and freezes "waht?"

dust tilts his skull "the family is leaving after all... they hired me to talk with you and stuff. try and get you to leave. I can't make you leave."

Killer frowns and grows quiet. clearly processing the news. Dust told him ages ago that he had been hired to help get killer to move on. Killer had been more worried about the fact that dust was working for someone over the whole exorcising thing.

Killer frowns "but... if the family leaves... you can just move in!" and he grins widely "You can stay here with me!"

Dust tilts his skull "I got my own home. I can't stay."

Killer frowns more and the red target, that had started to show off a soul shape before, becomes a target again as the black sludge gets worse.

Killer is looking from side to side as he frowns. clearly thinking and planning quickly.

Killer frowns as he floats closer "When would you be back?"

Dust blinks as Ash makes a groaning sound behind him "Of coruse you get a clingy ghost."

ironic seeing as Ash is the most clingy of them all but Dust doesn't say that instead he answers killer "I... would likely not come back... I go where i can get jobs and work..."

Killer shakes his skull and mutters things "We can't do that! long distance relationships are much more likely to fail than normal relationships."

Dust blinks "euh.. what now?"

Killer points between himself and dsut "our relationship obviously!! We only jsut started this! we can't complicate things with long distance!"

Dust suddenly feels like he missed some very important information along the way "we... aren't dating?"

Killer shoots him a grin and floats closer "obviously not quite. but we are now in the phase of the 'will they won't they' so it is important we keep interacting and spend time together!"

Dust looks unsure at Ash but his brother isn't much help as ash just stares at killer as if killer is an idiot. Dust looks forwards himself "euh... it... wouldnt work? You are a ghost? I am still very much alive..." and not plannign on changing that anytime soon. mostly because Ash will END him if Dust did something stupid and got himself killed.

Killer grins and winks "oh bunny. Of course we can make it work."

Yeha Dust thinks he lost the plot of this a while ago. he tries to get the focus back to the point he was trying to make "anyway... I need to go... I still need to get work to pay for things... It was nice to meet you killer and-"

Killer gasps loudly "That is it!" he points at Ash "That is the answer!"

Ash looks confused as well "what."

Killer nods and flies straight at Dust and dust yelps as killer just flies through him.

Dust shudders at the feeling of cold and the different energy not to forget the flashes of Killer's past life. too fast for him to keep track off and mostly just overwhelming.

Killer grins "That should have been enough!"

Dust shoots him a glare as he rubs his sternum. "What was that for?!" Ash hovers near him worried as his brother looks him over.

Killer grins and waits.

Dust frowns but then he feels it.

Oh... Oh no.

Killer grins "oh yes!" he nods "You couldn't stay meanign it was me who would ahve to move! But anchoring myself to all kinds of places and moving that the whole time would get annoying. sooo!! I did what your brother did!"

Ash screeches "You did what?!"

Yup. That are two links now. Two different spirits are both using him as an anchor to remain.

Fucking hell.

...

What the fuck is he suposed to do with this situation?!

...

He better get a good fucking tip for this shit from this stupid family.

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[cxndiedvi0lets]

Short Guide on Mediumship.

How to actually communicate with the "dead" and how to know if they're actually there.

First of all, Happy Halloween and listen carefully because most of these are crucial. I have been gifted at the age of four, thinking my ability was merely imagination, but most of the coincidences that occur to me have become frequent. Now, this is an ACTUAL way to identify 'dead people' but rather spirits and how to communicate with them. Take note, not all spirits will communicate the same way. PLEASE DO NOT EVER. EVER. Use this as an entertainment guide. It's rather offensive, and this was not written for entertainment but educational purposes and based on experience, and it is not used to call out or shame any paranormal entertainers.

How to identify a Spirit?

Strange Smells that aren't there. (Most Common Scents: Fresh Blood (Almost Sweet), Floral (Powdery Floral Scent), Garbage, Cold Air

Auditory: Mostly Laughter or Footsteps

Peripheral: Sights of Shadows Passing By (Commonly Found Passing to Bathrooms or Any Room That's Dark/Quiet or with Mirrors), Bright Orbs, Figures (May Be Objects)

Shift in Temperatures : Commonly, a cold room or cold breeze.

How to Communicate/ How Do They Communicate?

Firstly, I want to remind you of the rules. Be respectful, do NOT taunt the spirits, set boundaries, do not let them touch you, or give them permission to interact or harm you, and don't ask how they died or when (most of them are unaware of it and it may offend them or cause a harmful mood. This is for especially wondering spirits.) Another thing to remind you, is do not force them to interact if they don't want to. You can't always expect a reaction as not all of them are the same. Some are weaker. Spirits are more active around November 1st on an evening.

Divination: You can use tarot cards, which I recommend the most. The Ouija Board is just another form of divination, and the glass of the board is what helps them communicate as it is a symbol of another world and also used as portals.

Dreams: This one is the most dangerous one. They can actually harm you, and I have been attacked once.

Mind: This is the most common one used by spirits, including trickster spirits. Have you ever 'talked' to yourself, and sometimes you ask questions that only another person could know with the knowledge of that question. You could possibly be communicating with an entity, and yes, it is possible to summon them by thinking about them. There have actually been stories of this, and it's quite common to be noted as a 'miracle'.

Objects: Some used objects are the ones with electricity and, most commonly, EMF meters. The reason they are used is because our body releases something like electricity. That's why sometimes you may end up zap people with that charged energy.

This isn't a formal guide since this is a request, and I'm quite busy. I'll be leaving the guide here, but feel free to ask me any witchcraft or spirit related questions. I will answer all your questions as soon as possible in dms but, its better if you put it on my asks so I can check them quickly. Thank you.

[note-a-bear]

Honestly, I'm of the opinion that if you want to 'elevate' quick grits on a budget you really don't need the added dairy (I mean, it's great, but sometimes you ain't got it).

BUT you do need to treat them like polenta and cook a little lower heat and be prepared to keep it moving to help agitate and release those starches that make for a good creamy consistency. (This is, in fact, the trick to all those really good creamy, thick, grain foods like oatmeal and risotto, too. Slower cooking with more agitation is what brings out all those starches into your cooking liquid and turns it creamy)

[sylenth-l]

Im sure you answered this question but I cant find it on the ask tab as theres a lot.

What kind of ink do you use or recommend as a starter?

I use a lot of different inks and have no specific brand recommendations, only that all of them are fountain pen inks. Maybe only for waterproof inks - I use Tramol inks for linework all the time, and I'm quite happy with them. It's not easy to find nice waterproof inks and in a wide range of colors too.

(Also I got a similar question just now too, so here's a link to that post as well)

If you just wanna try out inks as a medium and see some of its unique qualities, I think I can safely recommend one of these 4, whatever colour seems more appealing to you. All of them are very well-behaved, easy to get, have some great chromatography and reaction to bleach. The ornament on top is done with a bleach (any household liquid bleach will do) and the paper here is Baohong S8 grain satin.

If I had to pick a personal favorite, that would be Parker Quink Black hands down, it's my favorite ink of all time. I use it absolutely always, either in mixes or on its own.

BUT I must warn you, because I barely see it mentioned anywhere - Quink Black also has a washable version. It's written on the packaging with a small font. Washable Black is also a gorgeous color, but it's significantly lighter and warmer than the regular Quink Black, almost olive in tone.

And the regular ink also seems to have some little variation in colour - this is my second bottle of Quink Black, and the first one, which I bought a few years ago, is a bit bluer and has a little less chromatography. The difference isn't too drastic, but still noticeable. 

Inks are also extremely sensitive to the paper used, much more than the watercolour or other similar mediums. Paper can change the ink's tone and behavior quite drastically. Here's an example of the very same ink swatched on 4 different papers:

So my suggestion is to test whatever paper you have in your possession to see what works the best for you. 

I'm so cheering for you to play with some inks, it's fun even if you don't draw anything in particular. Just wet the paper, add a few drops of ink on it and see the magic happen!

[witchofspirits]

being a kid with psychic and mediumship abilities is very, very confusing and difficult to navigate, specifically for the fact that you literally have no fucking clue why all of the sudden you know that your friend's bunny got lost without having spoken to her or why you're seeing physical apparitions of spirits in your basement or why you can feel a person's emotions by only looking at them...there are so many things that happen that as a kid you don't know how to control and it's very overwhelming.

I remember I would isolate myself during recess because I could feel what everyone was feeling, both the good and the bad, and this would either give me a headache or a nervous breakdown (I'd cry when I'd get home), and this happened since I was a child up until my late teen years.

my high school was filled with hateful and envious people, I knew everything that was going on without meaning to, I didn't know how to "switch it off". but when I got into witchcraft and spirituality, I started teaching myself how to control it, how to do it consciously instead of being constantly bombarded by information of other people's lives or dead loved ones reaching out randomly. I'm so glad I can call this a gift now, when for so long I thought it was a curse.

[canisalbus]

Hopefully this isn't too weird but I love the way you draw hands, it's like the way you draw them seem just as expressive as the faces on the characters, I just love how they look and I hope I get there someday (if you have any tips please share but if not that's okay!)

I love your art and characters and how you draw their expressions/poses, it's all so nice!

Not weird at all, I'm very flattered! Hands have become extremely important to me, I tend to put a lot of effort in trying to get them look just right. I'm still not where I want to be with them but improving nonetheless. If you ask me, a thoughtfully and intently drawn hand can be almost as expressive as a character's face, just like you said. They're such complex and intricate structures with massive emotive and aesthetic potential, it'd be waste to not make use of them in art.

[wetwaluigi]

eggy 6????

[maryhale1]

Embark on your magical journey with the gentle whispers of Simple Magic.

Begin each day with the enchanting ritual of Coffee Magic, as you infuse your morning brew with intentions that spark the light within.

With a simple stir, clockwise motions beckon energy to flow into your day, while counter-clockwise whispers release what no longer serves you.

Embrace the power of intention and the comforting aroma of your morning elixir as you craft the perfect start to your day, one sip at a time.

[deerteatime]

Artfight attacks 1-5 for 2024!! I had a lot of fun this year :D (character list & owner credit under the cut - click for better quality) 6-10

From top to bottom, left to right: Echo ( @shurple / artfight) Mituni ( @p3n-palz / artfight) Kira ( Simply.Not.shy on insta / artfight) Mark "Dogmark Mandog" ( @ragsy / artfight) Djent and Kittie ( @neokandis-hardcore-art / artfight)