#andallthatjazz

[taliesyne]

A tram, a train and a bus... 1/3 #tram #train #bus #lightrail #transport #andallthatjazz (at Gold Coast, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7Rn5Ch2Ny/?utm_medium=tumblr

[myvq]

Video: @josiahinthe504 "A #sunday afternoon walkabout in the #frenchquarter - take in the air, open the #heart expand the #mind appreciate #life rest easy, be #thankful and have sincere #gratitude for #blessings And most of all for my #health #andallthatjazz - My heart is very full today." Personally I feel like the #city needed a break from the true #virus overwhelming the #earth. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fUYFCjJzT/?igshid=r4cs9llj5w60

[hashishian]

Little leather knife for sale. Used it to cut its own sheath. $85 my Dm's always open. #kenshinmetalworks #knifemaking #forsale #holidayseason #supportlocal #andallthatjazz (at Kenshin Metalworks) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5tUnupjbxk/?igshid=ipkyp38q8y2u

[plunderherz]

So, we have a Jeff Goldblum altarpiece in the office now and everybody is super amazed about it. People just come over and put little sacrifices beneath it. It's like everybody wants to be part of that special Goldbluminess.

[shauntheshooter]

“in a world full of temporary things | you are a perpetual feeling.” ― Sanober Khan #ShaunSimpsonPhotography #Halifax #Canon #NovaScotia #EastCoast #Canada #Landscape #Forest #Nature #EarthPix #LandscapePhotography #Wildlife #Bird #Birds #Parrot #Florida #Tampa #Peace #Love #AndAllThatJazz (at Halifax, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btb6TFpHHez/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y1fu08nt0i67

[studsmenmagazine]

Greetings Great People! 💙 Welcome Newcomers! 🥂 Hello 👋🏽 Juneeee!! 🙂 Welcome to PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 MONTH.. As you read, some pride celebrations have already come and gone. Others will be held this weekend. || **To those who have cancer survivors in their Lives, or perhaps you ARE THE SURVIVOR — This DAY (June 3 [check date]) is FOR Them & YOU!! 😉🙂💙💙|| It’s also the month of Father’s Day, so even if you don’t have yours — take your person to get his health in check because National Men’s Health Week is coming soon.. By the way, Happy Birthday 💙 to All those whom are celebrating this month! ✨ @studsmenmagazine #LoveIsLove #RomanticLove #PlatonicLove #PrideLove #MutualLove #LoveJustIs #ProudLove #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQPlus #studsmenmagazine #Announcements #HappyPrideMonth #AndAllThatJazz #1MillionThanks #WeHeartYou #ForYourPresence #MustHave #ItsAllLove💙 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 (at PRIDE) https://www.instagram.com/p/BjkEBIAgL9Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[another-tiny-ant]

Work it Through

I think sometimes it’s important to set yourself small tasks. That way, suddenly mountains become stages to complete- individual climbs or treks with rest camps in between. Having smaller tasks also increases your motivation to get started. Because the first checkpoint isn’t over the horizon, but within your field of vision, something that you can aim for and stride towards. 

I’m saying this because I’ve spent days aimlessly ‘faffing’ around my assignments, without any direction or formulated plan, and therefore reaching the end of every day feeling like I have achieved nothing- I’ve wasted time and I have nothing to show for that time that I’ve lost. I think procrastination is one of the biggest thieves of life. It stops you working through your tasks, and robs you of the enjoyment for anything that you do instead. It stops you from doing the things you love too, because you haven’t got your jobs done. That’s certainly been my experience. As I mentioned before, a counsellor told me a few weeks ago that I struggle with perfectionism, echoing what I have been told for years, and never acted upon, largely because I didn’t want to face it, but also because I didn’t know how to. Counter-intuitively, this perfectionism is often the road block in the way of me ever making any progress with assignments. I want to do such a good job of things, and I want to feel so proud of my work, that I set myself such unrealistic expectations, and eventually I end up burying my head in the sand or crumbling under the pressure, inevitably doing worse than I might have done otherwise.

I’m not sure where this perfectionism stems from. Perhaps it was the constant need to prove to my teachers and my peers in school that I wasn’t a waste of space, or the most stupid there. I was often ignored, cast aside and underestimated, and I think that spurred me on to want to prove them all wrong. But in the end, that pressure I was loading onto myself became back-breaking, and it all came tumbling down. Ok, that’s probably an exaggeration. But it’s safe to say that I didn’t achieve what I had hoped to, or what anyone else had expected of me, at A-Level. I went from being one of the four top students post-GCSE in my school (only as a result of my own work- most of my teachers thought I was useless), to being a disappointment, immediately before being carted off to uni, where I would have no support or gentle encouragement (something that I crave, and which I think helps me to calm down the perfectionist crap, however needy that makes me). I think that this has been really problematic for me in the past year or so especially. My self-confidence and self-esteem rests on a knife-edge at the best of times (thanks dyspraxia), and the slightest disappointment or failure upsets that balance. 

A counsellor told me that I need to find assurance from myself, not search for it from others (academic staff, or whatever). I shouldn’t need other people to tell me I’ve done a good job to feel ‘smart’. So I’m trying to be kinder to myself in that sense.

But something else that always helps me is to just start. Start the work. Start reading through what’s required. Making notes, doing a little bit of research. Whatever it is. But just feeling at least like the task is quantified, makes all the difference. And better still if I can break it down into manageable chunks.

I feel so much better! It’s worth just bloody getting on with it!!!

I decided to write this here, so that the next time I’m struggling with that immobilising stress, thanks to my old friend perfectionism, and procrastinating to kingdom come (hating myself for it all the while), I can come here and read this post and tell myself to get on with it!!! 

So, future self, read this and BREAK THE CYCLE!!! Get whatever it is that’s driving you mental done, and remember that life goes on. Even small steps are progress. Instead of regretting what you got wrong, or what you didn’t do, celebrate what you did get right, and did manage to do. It’s another guise for that age-old ‘cup half-full’ b*llocks, but it really is important. At the end of the day, grades really do mean pretty much f*ck all. It’s not worth torturing yourself over something so arbitrary.

Peace and love,

🖤🐜🖤

[apothecaryassistant]

shork

[avadagr8]

No, really it’s NOT about the presents.......just with these girls! 😂 But for real, we just like spoiling each other during this time of year, because we love each other so much!!! How can we not?! I’ll be honest, after Christmas is my favorite time! Thank you @mprofitt715 and @lupe1263 for putting up with me all these years!! It’s been a treat, I tell ya, a real treat! 😂 #tothemoonandback #merrychristmas #happynewyear #andallthatjazz (at Galveston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJkpuzAhAgw/?igshid=1kg3qq5zi1m0b

[taliesyne]

A tram, a train and a bus... 3/3 #tram #train #bus #lightrail #transport #andallthatjazz (at Gold Coast, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY7Rw5bh8la/?utm_medium=tumblr

[matthewshaffer]

Things I’m missing: Live theater; Jazz; Socializing w/ colleagues in @Starbucks, while on tour w/ @starboundcomp; Impromptu dance poses—also on the road; Dinner parties; Concerts; the list is endless. We will get through this, together! In the meantime (if you have the means), support the performing arts & the #artists #actors #dancers #singers #writers #directors #choreographers #crew & #educators who continue to cultivate, create, & collaborate for #Equality & #Acceptance | w/ #Broadway diva @euphorian54 & #Hollywood director @directorcourtney #AndAllThatJazz https://www.instagram.com/p/CE4X0TRp2CP/?igshid=1a3y2cfkdwons

[luciamontepeque]

Walking into #friday like... Mis fines de semana de Agosto se llenaban de #pasion #alegria #teatro #andallthatjazz ahora me queda solamente #descansar pero espero encontremos #lovescenarios listos en un futuro, para mientras, cuáles son sus planes de fin de semana? @teatrolux @saravandahgt #chicagolux #musicaltheatre #actress #artist #luciamontepeque (en Teatro Lux) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEKNz8NgdRQ/?igshid=1gpo1r4h9gr1k

[filmsnobreviews]

Have you been checking out our YouTube channel? We have our series on the best musicals. This time around we are talking about the 2000’s. What’s your favorite musical from this time period? Let us know in the comments below! Make sure you subscribe there if you’re not! #movie #cinema #film #musicals #chicago #andallthatjazz #moviereview #filmsnobreviews https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nv7nMFnjl/?igshid=1t76m31k28a0p

[poetic-phoenix-blog]

Anxitipedes

They've told me to relax

In fact, that's all that anyone

has ever done

Relax, relax

RELAX

I say I'm fine, I'm okay

Some know I'm lying

Others look the other way

I'm lying, I'm not alright

I say I'm okay

Until my fears crawl across the floor

Physical representations of my own

Lack of maturity.

I'm okay when the sun is shining

And I've got my boots on

My face is painted, game

I'm okay until my vulnerabilities

Touch my insecurites and the moon

The moon is my only hope

The only reminent of beauty

In a black sky, a black night

The moon reminds me to focus

To come back down off of my panic

My muse

In this black mind of mine

People are art, but sometimes art is ugly

It's all plain as day in this hand job

They've handed me

I know I'm scared

I know I worry

You think I don't know I suffer from anxiety?

You haven't noticed that I've stopped lining my eyes

Because makeup smudges when I involuntarily cry

The worst is when I think I can't breathe

And they all just stare and they tell me the same

Same old thing, relax

I thought peace would line the walls of my home

But instead primal fears invoke a deeper wound

And I'm afraid, I'm running away from my own fears

And i get trapped within the confines of this structure I pay for

Sometimes I think I should ask my anxiety to pay me some rent

[shauntheshooter]

"The connections we make in the course of a life - maybe that's what heaven is." - Mr. Fred Rogers #ShaunSimpsonPhotography #Halifax #Canon #NovaScotia #EastCoast #Canada #Landscape #Forest #Nature #EarthPix #LandscapePhotography #Wildlife #Bird #Birds #Parrot #Florida #Tampa #Peace #Love #AndAllThatJazz

[studsmenmagazine]

Greetings Great People! 💙 Welcome Newcomers! 🥂 Hello May! Today is #MayDay, and again there are so many Awarenesses this Month. The biggest thing to Know about this May is that it’s #MentalHealthMonth. National Women’s Health Week, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, and Mother’s Day is the 8th. May is also #MilitaryAppreciationMonth 🇺🇸 By the way, Happy Birthday 💙 to All whom are celebrating this month. ✨ @studsmenmagazine #Love #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQPlus #LoveIsLove #HappyBirthday #RightHandSalute🇺🇸#MayTheFourthBeWithYou #studsmenmagazine #Announcements #AndAllThatJazz #1MillionThanks #WeHeartYou #ForYourPresence #ItsAllLove💙 💙❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖🖤 (at Happy New month) https://www.instagram.com/p/BiTHj3Gg15c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=