#feeling productive

[writethatdown]

if you are someone who struggles with motivating yourself to attend to your chores, take care of yourself, or feel drained by the thought of hoarding so much responsibilities, i want to share a tip.

if you happen to be standing for some reason, try to complete all tasks that you usually do up standing. so for me, once i am on my feet, i do a sequence of activities like brushing my teeth, washing my face, ironing my clothes, brushing my hair, organizing my stuff for college, making my bed etc. without taking any break and i am able stack around 5 tasks comfortably. also, once the momentum is built, it gets easier!

similarly, if i am at my desk, sitting, i usually have my laptop there and always some work that needs to get done for college, admin or miscellaneous purposes. i try to do as much as i can.

this is particularly helpful for me because i am a big bedrot. especially when i am in pain or uncomfortable in general.

i just thought maybe it will help someone out there. this same hack might go in vain for me in a few weeks lol and i am just always figuring it out to push myself to be a functioning adult.

anyways, i hope u r taking care ♡

[theeccentricraven]

The 14th Day of Writemas, Part 2! 🤶🎅✍️

Welcome back to Part 2 for today! Thank you @agirlandherquill for getting Writemas going! This is a tag game/writing challenge/writing prompt list as I like to say 😉You can find the rules in the invitation post, open to all 👩‍💻Today is Day 14. When picking from the prompt list I picked two 😊 I did the feeling of joy here. Then here I am doing the pain of leaving. This is another scene from my YA Dystopia The Blood Cleaners. You might notice how I use the line "Every time I see that look on your face, it hurts." That's because originally I as I reworked this scene, I incorporated the writing from from the 11th Day of Writemas prompts! At that time, I didn't like where the scene was going so I switched to another prompt and another WIP, here. Today I wanted so much to pick the prompt "the pain of leaving" that I decided to do double duty and do two prompts today. I worked on this scene again and was able to greatly improve it from what it was before. I hope you enjoy both 💚🤍❤️🍒🦌👼🎄

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It was time for Justin to sign out. 

When Justin made it to the first floor entrance, he heard, “Tenderheart!”

He turned to see Clarice run up to him. 

“Hi Blue,” he said. 

She stood in front of him. Her face hadn’t changed since he last saw her on her floor. Her lips hung open, her eyelids were droopy, and her face slumped as if she had been hit hard. Not hit by a hand or a stick, but hit by words that sank inside her.

“Blue,” Justin said softly. “Every time I see that look on your face, it hurts."

Clarice blinked. “What? Really?”

“I’m not kidding. What your Papá said. It’s all a bunch of bullcrap.” He took a step closer. “Listen, don’t let his words get to you. He’s just saying that because he feels good about himself when he puts others down. He wants to blame you when something goes wrong. He’s a coward. Don’t believe anything he says.”

Clarice breathed in as a tear fell down her cheek. “I….I never thought of it that way. I’ll….” She left the words hanging in the air.

“Look,” Justin said firmly, “no matter what your parents say, you have to be one of the most beautiful young women I’ve ever seen.” Justin looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to them. There were several Fist teens in groups talking away in the foyer, but only paying attention to themselves. “You’re smart and sharp. Just keep doing what you’re doing. And you’ll be happy.”

Clarice’s face twisted as if she tried to understand the words. “Tenderheart, no one has ever said something so nice to me before.”

Justin felt a little thorn inside. “No one? None of your friends?”

“We didn’t have enough time. Look, I came here because I wanted to tell you something.”

He stared into her blue eyes with nothing to say.

Clarice slowly shifted to a sheepish smile.  “You’re my best friend, now.”

Jusitn felt like some weirdness flowed in his veins. “I’m sure you’ve known others way longer than me.”

“But none of them are like you.”

She hugged him. Justin wrapped his arms around her. Clarice put her face into his shoulder. 

He let go and looked at her.

Before Justin could say anything, Clarice asked, “Do you have to go? Could you stay in the Steel tonight?”

Justin shook his head sadly. “Sorry I can’t make that happen.”

Clarice looked like she fell down a hole. “Why?”

Justin never wished more than ever that he could make carbon copies of himself. “I have to go help my mamá and my sister. I also have to see my girl.”

Clarice cringed. “Your girl?”

“Remember Joselyn? My partner in blood cleaning at the quarry.”

“Joselyn” said Clarice as if she didn’t like the sound of the word. “So she’s your…girlfriend. Novia.”

“Yes, she’s my partner,” Justin said uneasily. He hoped to help Clarice feel better. “Blue, you’ve become a good friend for me, too. I expected work in the Steel to be boring. I can’t say that now.”

She lifted her face, but her eyes were weary. “Thank you. I’m just….I feel safer when you’re around. It’s like….the Steel is losing something when you’re gone.” 

“Hey,” Justin said softly, “just remember. You don’t need to fear your papá because he’s a small man. Write some notes for your friends and make those paper airplanes.”

She chuckled. “I’m kind of anxious to get down to those airplanes anyway….” 

“Hey, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

She elbow bumped him. “Okay, Tenderheart. I’ll try to not keep you from your family.”

There was something about her face that made her image resonate with Justin. He almost felt dreamy in a way.

“I’ll see you tomorrow then,” he said with a nod. 

Clarice hugged him one more time before he morphed.

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and Open!

[shadessallow]

The sweetest, nicest woman on earth

And Valak is there too.

SORRY CHAT I THINK BRAINROT IS REAL

[michelle-languages]

when people tell me they have lots of things to do, the motivation too but they don’t want to do them

it’s me, I’m people

[ticketoutofhell]

okay, the semester is winding down now and with my tablet pen broken, I can actually focus some energy on the game- got a lot of stuff in the works, I've narrowed down the cause of the game breaking bugs (there's two, one still in the game) and hopefully should be able to fix them without removing the features tied to them. I'm also working out the kinks on a new leak mechanic if you go too long without pumping, have some more flavour text in the works, am most of the way through two new contracts (eggs and slime), AND i've started writing more character stuff/the romance for Morgan.

[everythingaboutbiotech]

Asking a good question is the important skill you can acquire in your life.

[jjsavesherself]

Photos from today <3

[speechystudies]

Day 1&2 /100 of Productivity. | 27/06 & 28/06/23

Forgot to post yesterday because I was so busy. But I have gotten a huge number of things done over the past 2 days, it has been amazing! Here are some of the things I have done~!

Detail cleaned my floors.

Washed the dishes.

Detail cleaned my bathroom.

Made a study schedule for A&P 2 (I failed A&P 1)

Done some planning for my wedding.

Bought groceries.

Done a couple loads of laundry.

And that is only a small portion of the list.

I plan to keep doing the days of productivity but may do them sporadically and with a couple days at a time.

[watchingsunsetsandnetflix]

so excited to spend less time wasted on my phone and start using it productively or not at all and picking up all the hobbies i complain about not having time for

[sereixn]

romanticizing life ♡

[shieldofapollo]

I like making putting new fires bed sheets. I look nice and it mean that my chronic pain not too bad that day. It a win-win for me

[serendippertyy]

I am so excited for ep 4 it's giving off krusty krab vibes and I'm losing my mind over it is SO funny to me 😭😭

and I absolutely love this brush so much it is a motivation lifesaver,,plus I've been working on pushing expressions and trying to not be a perfectionist and this is the result and I'm having so much fun! enjoy my silly doodles lol 🤭

[gerardpilled]

soooo much of the modern conception of gender is based around products and consumerism that people can’t even identify actual misogyny anymore. People reply to posts “It’s sexist to hate on something so many women enjoy” and that something would be a Stanley cup

[ludicroust00nz]

Rough sketching phase finished…. Time to finish off the little touches 👀🖊️

[pangur-and-grim]

Pangur is THRILLED that I have mono! her favourite thing in the world is napping with me

[justwannabecat]

“Yeah, see, the Anti-Ecto Acts are even more troubling than ‘inciting war with the Realm of the Dead and all its gods’ level.” Phantom began. “It affects the living, even outside of that.”

Constantine huffed, but didn’t disagree. Bruce could only guess what he was thinking.

“At least, from what Clockwork taught me,” Phantom continued, and that made Constantine snap to attention, “ectoplasm is just kind of… There. Floating around in the background, but at such a low level that it doesn’t usually manifest. But it’s still there, and it functions kind of like radiation: just being around it might cause you to develop liminality.”

“Liminality?” Bruce asked. Phantom shrugged.

“Any side effects you would notice are only caused by high levels of exposure, nothing like this low-level radiation. But, well… Ectoplasm is both attracted to emotions and attracted by emotions. And ectoplasm heightens emotions, too. The fact that the human race has been alive so long, evolved to feel more complex emotions, it’s because the ectoplasm bonded enough with humanity to allow that. Humans achieved sentience because they could feel enough to determine they existed. Without ectoplasm, slowly those emotions will fade. And…” Phantom hesitated.

“…I can’t say that humanity will become nonsentient once again, not for sure. But I can say that you will slowly, generation by generation, lose the feelings you have now.”