#Monthly Reflection

[crimson-kas]

January reflection.

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[nenelonomh]

march reflections (2024)

writing monthly reflections is a habit that i am proud of, and i am always excited when it reaches the end of the month so that i can reflect on what i have learnt and how i have grown.

achievements of march: 1. i completed my first exam block and emerged with fairly good grades (a, a, c, b, a, b) 2. completed my longest hike so far-- 22km! 3. started this tumblr account

goals of march: ~ to be more aligned with my higher self!! ~ to try and stay in more of an abundance mindset ~ to join another club i think i've achieved my goals well this month. they're not measurable goals but as proof, i can select actions i made in the last months that reflect these goals. for example, i was much more aligned with my higher self in the fact that i have been consistent with my training and going to school. i know that my higher self would never skip school because 'she wasn't feeling like it'. i have been much more in an abundance mindset--choosing to invest in myself and treat myself, because i know that the money will flow right back to me. i had a goal to join another club,, but i was unable to complete this goal. some clubs i might join include philosophy or spanish club. since hugo is leaving school, i'm not sure i will do philosophy (since he was the one who invited me). i guess i'll carry on this goal, and we'll see where it takes us.

journal prompts about march (going into april): 1. what drained my energy? ~ not having a good system in exam block really drained my energy, and i struggled to get back into routine afterwards. i can improve this by building better exam block systems. ~ separating myself from my extroverted tendencies caused me to feel SO lonely. i need to put myself more out there and talk with people even if i am on a date with myself (it could be as little as someone in the grocery line). i CANNOT ignore these tendencies, it's who i am just as much as gem and mehrnaz are introverted.

2. what are my intentions for this month? ~ my intentions for april are to learn more about myself through journaling, solo-dating and exploring. i'd like to keep aligning with high-vibration behaviors. ~ i'd also like to bring out my creative side a bit more,, fostering it through this tumblr account and my storyvillage account. i believe that this will help me to discover myself.

3. what goals do i have for myself this month? ~ two solo-dates (as always) and setting my intentions before the date. ~ join another club (i'm continuing to work on this goal, since i did not complete it last month) ~ spanish study EVERY DAY ~ daily posts😉

4. what will i do to achieve these goals? ~ have a positive, abundant mindset ~ write and hang up these goals in my room so that i am reminded of them ~ record that i study spanish each day in a habit tracker,, or on a private post

significant events april: 1. school break (until april 14) 2. mum and dads wedding anniversary 3. hellfire pass training

training april: (by week): ~ monday, upper body session ~ tuesday, lower body session ~ wednesday, active recovery ~ thursday, lower body session ~ friday, upper body session ~ saturday, varied training hikes or active recovery ~ sunday, active recovery

(images are from pinterest)

[alexistudies]

may 31

monthly reflections are becoming more and more interesting as my life progresses because so much keeps happening EACH MONTH lol.

what are you looking forward to for June?

i'm excited about exploring more parts of Michigan (and even Canada)!

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[cuadernob]

[thisisstillme]

March Magic: Crossing Comfort Zones and Taking Control of the To-Do List

Hello lovelies,  Well, the birthday month has been and gone. As usual, in March, I had a lot of fun.  I do try my best to stay positive, but life is often one big whirlwind, and I sometimes find myself focusing on the negatives, which makes me forget all of the good things that have happened. That is why I enjoy doing these monthly reflections. It gives me a chance to press pause on the chaos,…

[the0nlyallison]

February Reflection and March Goals

[studentbyday]

🍂 highlights from october 🍂

what do i stand for? what do i stand for? most nights, i don't know anymore...

I realized just this month that that lyric is very applicable to me rn... With repeated burnout every school year, reality and dreams at constant odds, the multitude of well-meaning suggestions for me and my future, how i think people view me — my worldviews — and how i think they might be weighing me (consciously or subconsciously) against others in my life, and my personal desires that continue to go unfulfilled and so burn ever brighter until I feel so consumed by want I can't even remember why, I think I've slowly lost myself since I started uni. I'm trying to crawl my way back to her...the version of me who left high school feeling empowered and supported and so able to support others, on a mission to fulfill a purpose greater than herself and stay connected.

In other news, this month was a frenzy of midterms and assignments and (figuratively) frantically doggy-paddling to keep my head just barely above water (it's either that or i drown in schoolwork 😅) but you probably already knew that 😅🙃🫠

I like walking for fun (or while doing other things that are fun or just...not school) and would like to keep walking for fun even when i'm busy

the weather is getting so dry again all i want to do is dunk myself in a tub of moisturizer

this video was encouraging and came into my feed right when i needed it 🥺💗

there. now i've closed the book of october, i can turn over a new leaf in november. just bc it was significant doesn't mean you felt high. what were your highlights from october, whether they were highlights or not?

[serenegalle]

[justalittlelogophile]

🙊🤔 Reflection 🤔🙊

I chew my bottom lip as I glance at my reflection in the mirror.

The same familiar curves stare back at me as I turn this way and that.

I had a good body, one that was sturdy and strong.

It got the job done at the end of day, so I really didn't feel the need to complain.

But in these quiet moments with just me and my reflection, I can't help but wonder as I slowly run a hand over my arm.

Would there ever be a person drawn to me? To this lil ole body of mine?

Would there ever really be hands who yearned to trace this skin? Would one day someone find comfort in this softness even as limited that I felt that it was?

Maybe… even pleasure?

I let out a slow sigh and turn my head this way and that in the mirror before slowly coming to cup my own face.

I stick out my togue at my reflection and blow a raspberry.

Maybe not today, but…maybe…hopefully one day?

~Po

[bluejaywriter]

Anyway, I've been sitting on "The Five Times Queen Hippolyta Had Her Heart Broken (and the one time she didn't)" for about 2.5 years and 2024 seems like as good time as any to finally release it!

[doodlepede]

For the OC asks, a double M feature!

Mask, and Monster. Please, choose any OC in your head, I'd certainly like to hear of them~

obviously im gonna start by answering with Günther because you know who that is

Mask: you already know Günther's whole thing is that he's only barely holding it together, doing things that do not reflect his actual personality. Yeah, hes totally a straight-laced pious religious radical, hes definitely not centering his entire life around his. Friend. He's totally comfortable with violence, he loves Hunting, he loves the acrid stench of burning blood and hair. He hates every bit of this, but as long as it keeps him close to Alfred, he'll do it. He can still bear it, he can. Alfred is doing much more than handling it, he fucking loves this, lives for it. So confident and selfsure.

Despite how long theyve known eachother, he doesnt actually know Alfred as well as he thinks he does or wishes he did. If he were more honest with the way he presents himself, Alfred might not like what he sees.

Monster: now for a character you don't know as well! I write about him as the human version of him but that version is derived from the original dragon design. One of his key traits is the acidic ink that bleeds from his hands, especially when he's upset (because it's a great trope, thank you Frozen). He has to keep this hidden or the institution in charge of researching void-related disturbances in the world will take him away from his parents. i really need to just sit down and write his story because its such a straightforward narrative, structually speaking. It's less that he's ashamed of it, more that he's afraid of it, and what it means for him. It stains his skin, and he's noticed that its been creeping further and further up his arms over time. He wears gloves as much as he can, but he's 16, he can't keep this secret forever. A close call with the Institute's researches makes his mind up for him - he has questions, and he will have answers.

In the third act confrontation,

"FIGHT BACK," Sarkys screams into the old man's face as his grip tightens around his throat. The void reaches further up Sarkys' arms as it burns through his gloves, searing both their skin.

"Why, to make you feel justified?"

The old man's blue eyes are bright, his face split by his grotesque grin.

"Will this heal you?" he spits into Sarkys' face, warm blobs of bloody ink joining his constellation of moles.

Sarkys draws his grip even tighter, stifiling another laugh into a disgusting gurgle. The old man's eye contact never breaks, even as a sputter of blackened blood stains his teeth. Sarkys can feel his body twitching under him, but he isnt sure whether its more laughter that now can't make his past his lips.

--- note self, include a line during the bath sequence specifically about washing blackened blood out of the white blaze of his hair

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Being a teenager is hard, especially if you've inherited a metaphysical curse/parasite that feeds of your worst emotions, and through your own stubborn teenage angst, discover a lot of reasons to hate yourself and the fact that you're alive. enjoy this snippet as proof that i can actually write!

[perculiar]

I’m going on a date tomorrow? With a person I’m kinda into n I’m really looking forward to getting to know her more even tho her being younger than me is not the usual script. We’re kinda carving out a new normal n I love that I love as a fag regardless of who I’m dating n love people in a attending to what they need service daddy sometimes-dog kinda way

& after spending a week with Jude who is also very precious to me i feel very buoyant with love n blissed out on easy affection

Perhaps the world isn’t so bad n perhaps letting people know me as i am is worth the undercurrents of fear we semi-regularly battle

It’s a marked change from a few months ago when we considered ourselves unworthy of love bc it signified a deception or a burdening of us on others

[damnprecious]

tfw you sit down for a break at work in a room with literally 80 chairs and instead of using any of them, you sit on the floor

[bobbiprintables]

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[coffeeheartaddict2]

Mornings After

Book: Open Heart (multiple points)

Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x F!MC Casey Valentine(Ramsey)

Warnings: mentions of previous sexual activity, pregnant loss

Category: angsty fluff

Rating: PG

Word Count: 963

Summary: Ethan pov of some of the key points in their relationship.

Disclaimer: characters belong to Pixelberry

Authors note: Submission for @choicesmonthlychallenge . Prompt used is Sunshine shining through the window. This will appear in bold.

☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

Intern year- morning after the country club.

Ethan awoke with his head thumping, a reminder that despite his tolerance, he is no longer in his 20’s. He squints as the curtain is still open, sunshine shining through the window. Normally he shuts it but he looks down and sees Casey. Flashbacks of the night before, the request to see the view, putting her against the window as he worshiped at the altar of her sex before making love to her, like he had many times before in his dreams. He did not regret, after all he was no longer her boss but he could not help but feel that his relationship would hinder her in the Ethics trial. She looked peaceful, unburdened. He kissed the top of her head before going back to sleep, hopeful that the night before was not the only time.

Intern year- morning after the Ethics hearing.

Against his better judgment he stayed at Casey’s. The sun was starting to shine through the clouds into her window. He knew the decision that he came to about Brazil was going to hurt her but he needed to push her and he could not do so whilst romantically involved, also there was no word of the competition ending so he had to be a coward and run. Casey starts to stir, he wants to have sex with her one last time, but she says she needs to sneak him out before her housemates awaken. He kisses her, for what he thinks is the last time, cataloguing the feel of her mouth and the small noises she makes.

Second year: The day of the funeral.

He wakes with a start. The nightmare that he had been having since the attack. He sits there regaining his composure before getting up and getting his coffee. He watched the sun try and peak through the clouds. He was relieved that Casey would be released today. His mind drifts to the words he wants to say to Casey. “I love you.” A phrase so small yet such a big step. All he knows is that she is alive and that he can say them. He had spoken to her since the attack but it was while she was in hospital and it did not seem right. He hoped to tell her soon but also wanted the moment to be right.

Morning after the funeral.

She is alive but he can tell the mental anguish. At least there is some clarity in the relationship. He is done denying. Yes, keeping things professional at work but the reset is over. He knows the road will not be smooth but he knows she is worth the risk.

The morning after the hospital closes.

He sleeps in. The sun has been up for ages and it is a bright day, certainly not reflecting his mood. All he knows is that he needs to have an important discussion with Casey about them. Already he had screwed things up but with a resolve to tell her how he feels truly, he is confident that will help her be clear where he stands. His phone goes off, it is Casey wanting to meet. Old habits die hard and they agree to meet at Derry’s. He goes there to tell her how he feels and he has no idea of the surprise waiting for him.

The morning after telling Casey he loves her.

Finally he has done it. Admitted to Casey how he truly feels and she feels the same. It is surreal. Casey is the first woman he has truly loved and despite the resets, stubbornness and his fears she has stayed and given chances but also patience. He looks at the woman beside him in bed, the sunlight showing her complete and utterly contempt. He smiles like the lovestruck fool he is. For the first time ever he is optimistic about the future and importantly a future with her. He had the thought last night and has it again now, end of residency he will ask her to marry him. He kisses her on the top of her head and goes to make their coffee.

Morning after board results party.

She said yes. Ethan could not be happier if he tried. He had planned on asking her next week, the official end to her residency but he asked last night. This was certainly something he had never seen for himself but he is happy. The sun is bright this morning, matching his mood.

Morning of surgery for missed miscarriage.

It is a cloudy dawn, reflecting the mood in the Ramsey residence. What should have been a happy time was dealt the cruelest of blows yesterday, finding out that they lost the baby. He believed that children was never in the cards but then he met Casey and fell in love with her and he found himself wanting it all. He was confident that they would through their individual and combined grief but he knew it would be hard.

January 2025.

The last sunrise he was seeing at this apartment was bittersweet. Despite barely being in this apartment when he bought it, it had become home but Casey wanted to feel like that their home together was theirs, somewhere where they could be a family. They have bought a bigger apartment in the Seaport district. When they put the offer in, neither expected Casey to be pregnant. He was elated to finally be a father and moving into a more family friendly apartment before the arrival seemed right. He looked over to the bed, the last time he would see her asleep in this bedroom and he smiled. He could now not imagine his life without her and like the Dawn, their future was bright.

Authors note: there are so many other thoughts occurring at Dawn that I could have added but decided on what I wrote. Thank you for reading this far.

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[thisisstillme]

January Was Unpredictable Yet I Still Feel Positive

My first reflection of 2023. I had hoped to be looking back on January and saying that I had lost a stone and had an abundance of new clients, but it didn’t quite go that way. That being said, it was a positive month overall and here’s why. Self Reflection I got back into completing daily self-reflection in the mornings and evenings. It genuinely puts me in a better mindset. Writing things…