I'm very grateful that we have such a large community of artists (that includes writers and other art forms!). As an artist in a lot of respects, it's always so great to see you guys thriving and trying your best and making cute doodles or even just talking about ideas. I love self-ship art. I love that we can create such personal, beautiful pieces. I love that we can do that for each other as well, it's all just very beautiful.
But I am also grateful for those who aren't artists, but appreciate art. They are just as important, the onlookers who can inspire us who do art, who praise us endlessly and find new ways to make us smile and motivated. Their creative compliments and their unhinged ways of showing appreciation for their fellow self-shipper. It's lovely, and it's needed. And them not creating doesn't make them any lesser of a self-shipper, either!
I'm just glad to be apart of such a creative community. We have our moments, but sometimes I do a double-take, and I feel that wonder that I once did when I first discovered self-shipping. How it feels like the safest place on earth.
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@autisticempathydaemon said they loved my Angel listener (along with everything else it was SO SWEETTT OMLLL<333) so here’s a doodle for you! They’re also one of my favorites!
Look at that face.
Full of mischief.
Some fun facts about them: they’re native! Specifically they could be from the Salishan (but I don’t know too much so I leave it ambiguous) and are half Filipino, born and raised in British Columbia, Canada around Vancouver. They were raised by their mom and brothers, then moving to dahlia for college.
They originally planned to secure a high end job in Vancouver just going to California for school but they met David. They still visit their family as often as they can.
They’re 5’4, the shortest listener! Aklag is still beefy and could definitely throw David over their head. Their callouses are from being raised on a farm, and they’re starting to fade now.
I took them out of another story I made a while ago so I’m still trying to tweak them seamlessly so I’ll actually maybe probably not but make a backstory sheet for my listeners?
Thank you sm for your words and I hope you like it!
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There’s a study going around rn about how ADHD may have evolved in order to help hunter gatherers collect more food without exhausting resources, and that’s an interesting theory! But I take umbrage with the scientists’ (and article’s) reasoning for why this theory was conceived of:
“This MUST be useful to us as a species, or else it would have evolved out by now.” (They literally said that.)
Like is it just me or is this an incredibly ableist way of viewing the world. Maybe I need to go touch grass or something, but it’s rubbing me the wrong way.
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How to stay consistent with your habits
With January almost over already, many of our resolutions have proved short-lived as our motivation and good intentions fall by the waste side. This is my short guide to keeping focused throughout the year, learning and maintaining habits and reaching goals.
Reward good work
If you are staying consistent and meeting your goals regularly, try carving out a bit of time to play or celebrate your new wins. All work and no play makes it very difficult to stay motivated and enthusiastic about your goals and dream life. Make sure the process of improving yourself is enjoyable as well as efficient.
Review goals and adapt
Often we begin working towards a new goal and realise we actually don’t feel like that goal aligns with our dreams anymore. Instead of throwing in the towel, try to assess regularly if your goals are still part of your dreams, and try to adapt existing habits and behaviours to suit the needs of your new intentions. Often we are only changing our behaviour slightly, but it can be easy to write off all of our hard work in favour of a blank slate. Don’t waste your efforts by refusing to assess your progress.
Surround yourself with as many positive influences as possible
One of the biggest demotivating factors in our lives are negative or critical influences. Instead of trying to block out negative ideals and influences, try introducing new ones that align with your mindset. These will automatically push out the more negative or unhelpful voices and will reduce the pressure on you to defend your actions to others.
Allow yourself to fail
By allowing yourself to fail, you’re admitting that you are not perfect in whatever habit or skill you are trying to build. When you can finally accept that all progress takes time and failure, you will feel more comfortable practicing your habits openly in your life, and won’t feel as overwhelmed if you’re struggling.
As always, my advice is exactly that, please adapt all the information here to fit your life and your goals, everyone is different and our needs are different too.
Mwah, chaoscharme
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