#and its so awesome and im so happy and everything

[luckyjunehenry]

hi! (not) local anxious teen thinking about the future and very very worried ...

I look up to you a lot and I'm curious if you have any advice about being in the world?

it doesn't have to be anything groundbreaking Im just looking for words to put in my brain :)

ok yay im in the mood to type a lot because my new keyboard protecter makes my typing sound nice. here is my advice for being In The World as someone who was SO scared:

become a Regular somewhere. Coffee shops and libraries r fantastic spots for this. first of all, it's great to have a place away from home to work on schoolwork if you're in school. meeting other Regulars/employees and forming friendships is totally possible, but even if you don't get particularly close to anyone, familiar acquaintances are far more valuable than we realize!

be really mindful about your substance use, especially for the first year of living on your own. Even if you're only using at parties or shows or whatever, that's teaching your brain that in order to have fun and be social, you Need a substance. after struggling with substances in high school, I was completely sober for my freshman year of college. I think this is one of the best choices I made for myself at that age!

you probably haven't found The One yet and that Is GOOD ! ! even if you have a romantic partner you feel really confident about, be sure to form friendships with people completely separate from your partner. even if you and your partner are together 4 life, it's important to have your own social sphere!

IT IS WORTH DECORATING YOUR ROOM EVEN IF YOU WILL ONLY BE THERE FOR ONE YEAR ! ! ! it is NEVER too late to decorate. Yeah it's a hassle to move everything, but it increases my happiness so so much to be in a space that feels like home to me. I think its especially important to do this if you end up living in a dorm!

if you haven't established a line of credit yet, it's a great idea to get on that soon if ya can. My first credit card was a Chime credit builder which basically functioned as a debit card. I couldn't spend any money that I didn't already have. It honestly doesn't even matter if you're using it constantly, just try to make like one purchase per month or so! One of the major factors of a credit score is the length of your credit history. Even though I didn't use a credit card much until recently, my score is pretty decent because I have a credit history that's around 3 years old.

eat. seriously. so many people I know struggle so much with their mood and health and its largely due to not having a regular food schedule. it's way harder than you expect it to be!

everything is always gonna be awkward. you have to decide whether you want awkwardness to rule your life or if you can face awkwardness regularly and live far more freely and awesomely. what's the worst that's gonna happen?? you ask someone to hang out and they say no?? do we need to call the ambulance now????

that's all my basic Young Adult advice. a framework I've been trying to live by lately is like

what would I do if I were a kid but had all the resources and freedom I do now? (Sometimes this means playing at the park for hours, drawing, even buying a silly toy)

what would I do if I were a dog with human rights and resources? (choose whatever animal suits you best. This is just a fun way to live and helps me go on more walks)

also you're allowed to eat ice cream every day. twice per day, even.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!!! It's scary but it's also awesomer than you can imagine!!!!

[rainmonarch]

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[clickety-clacker]

Been seeing so many cool Clickies on my dashboard since getting into GGG, I just had to take the time to draw a few of them- plus, it was a bit of a challenge to try new styles. A lot of these guys were also super influential to how I draw and even think about Click Clack on my own time, so you should definitely check them out! Names below the cut cus it got long heehoo

Top left: @malartsorte

Top middle (holding papers): @scribblelimbo

Top right: @wishgraanted

Leftmost middle: @beastwhimsy

Middle (peace sign!): @sootnuki

Rightmost middle: @molabuddy

Bottom left: @pespillo

Bottom middle: @artuurle

Bottom right: @modmad

I know I said it already, but all of yall are super cool and I had a lot of fun challenging myself to make this! Keep on being awesome 👍

[unriding]

hi evie !! how have you been ? :33 i hope you dont mind me borrowing you and moze for something ehehe <3

[arbitrarynostalgic]

cani know about the au?

HI HELELO OMG I. ACTUALLY DIDNT EXPECT ANY1 2 RESPOND BUT!!! OF COURSE!! if u wanna!!!! i have many aus actually :D

[opikiquu]

im going to be so annoying all week

[apologetic-artist]

NEW DHMIS UPDATE!!! YAYYY!!

I'm very excited, I DO REALLY WANT THE ONE SWEATER REFERENCING THE ELEVATOR CHARACTER

I love all the stuff on the website, I was just really looking forward to Colin merch, we don't have it yet, but I can wait. THE PAINTINGS HAVE HIM THO!!

Oughhhsjdndnfnfn at least I have my cosplay, maybe someday I can get my stupid on a shirt

I don't wanna say too much so go explore it yourself! It's under the new dhmis video on their YouTube!!

Thank you, Becky and Joe, for feeding us in this trying time

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

im soooo happy rn

[wormonastringtime]

reminder.

[sluckythewizard]

so uhh i DID start writing again but this time its w my Riptide Cowboy Au Thats Also Just An Animorphs Au. here check out this very small bit of it. (under the cut is an OLD doodle page that i made based around this idea)

[penguin--person]

played isat for the first time!!!:) i like it, its nice :]

[confusedsiewmai]

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[drella]

hey guys have u guys heard abt the darkness that’s on the edge of town……..

[bandtrees]

every day tttaac gets closer. im normal. im so normal. im ssosoooo normal.

[sealpup9]

Been playing through gw2 core story with a good friend of mine who started playing recently and we beat it tonight. There's something really... Emotional about going back and doing the core story after the dragon cycle's ended and you know how things play out. The little foreshadowings... The ways the dragons work that the pact doesn't know about yet... The sheer amount of joy and celebration throughout Tyria after slaying Zhaitan.

It's.

Honestly kindof amazing. And thinkinh about what exactly was happening in cantha during these years is a whole nother can of worms you could get into.

[slightly-psycho-multifan]

HE ASKED ME OUT!! My friend that I hung out with. The date that wasn't but so could've been. We hung out again. Watched a movie. And just hung out and talked after and it was awesome. And then at the end of the night he dropped me off and asked and we talked about the thing I had a problem with. The thing where we wouldn't work and it was really sad because I really do have a crush on him. It's him being a traditional guy. And like im not the traditional type. But we talked and it's a thing I'm wanting to try and so is he and so we're going to try a date and see how it goes and I'm super happy now and it's the best! This has been an awesome night!

Writing this I am having thoughts of all the ways it can or could go wrong and all the ways it could still not work out. And so it's dulling the happy and kinda making me feel like a bad person and a bad friend.