#The Other Life

[hersurvival]

These places are not on the map,

Yet I return every night.

The extra steep frontage road

That spits you out onto the highway,

Always covered in snow.

This abandoned shopping mall

That is sometimes a hotel, sometimes a market,

Sometimes a refuge or orphanage.

This endless dessert with soft, sinking,

Rolling dunes but no sun, no warmth,

No way out.

There's a city with a ferry, I've driven

Around the coast and been on the ship,

Watched the waves, tasted the salt.

When I dream, the things I know

Merge into something new,

Somehow still recognizable.

And I have lived thousands of lives

In this unknown yet familiar world.

@nosebleedclub May 31st - The Other Life

[dijidweeeb]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #ShooterJennings, #WildAndLonesome ... From #TheOtherLife [Official Music Video] (2013) #MMitM1

[skullchicken]

If you have achieved something, please remember to observe a mandatory period of basking in the warm glow of your achievement like a lizard on a stone, lest you teach your brain that effort is futile, actually, because it didn't get to enjoy its happy chemicals, so, naturally, nothing good ever comes of trying. (And no, avoiding punishment is not a reward!)

I recommend, like, 5% of basking time in relation to whatever time you invested into achieving the thing minimum. And if you can't make your own bask, friend-brought is fine (= tell your friends!).

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[trudlejack]

(+part 2)

[wasabi-gumdrop]

local ladies man’s signature move totally useless against autistic monster enthusiast. more on Kabru’s fumble era at 6

[baristabomb]

...weird amount of dunmeshi fans have been saying being a caretaker in a relationship is the worst thing ever..marcille must want to killl everyone soo bad because doing things for people suuuucks sooo muchh

it's an act of love, not just a job i promise. we all want someone who's willing to take care of us in some way, just like how senshi shows care for others by cooking for them :'|

[beebfreeb]

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

historical drama/sitcom where two gay best friends (woman and man) get lavender married--and proceed to spend the Fancy European Honeymoon their parents paid for acting as each other's wingman

[christadeguchi]

(✿◕‿◕) die (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿)

[mournfulroses]

Mary Oliver, from Long Life: Essays And Other Writings originally published in 2004

[dijidweeeb]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #ShooterJennings, #TheGunslinger ... From #TheOtherLife [Official Music Video] (2014) #MMitM1

[hansoeii]

guess who finally finished the main part of their final and can now draw poolverine without feeling guilty?? It is I!!!

[uncanny-tranny]

I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

[dsudis]

Help win cleaner indoor air!

The Airborne Act (H.R. 9000) creates incentives to clean up indoor air! It offers tax credits to commercial building owners for conducting indoor air quality assessments and making upgrades to ventilation and air filtration.

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[hometoursandotherstuff]