#flow achievements

[dlstmxkakwldrlarchive]

(CHART) ONEW gains his fourth #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart debut with FLOW

[teaboot]

I really do believe that God put me on this earth to find hiding spots in airports

[rwpolls]

what karma level do you think iterators are at ?

levels 1 – 5

levels 6 – 9 but not 10

level 10 ( max karma )

it's different for each iterator

iterators don't have karma

nuance / other

[silver-horse]

some of you are confused under the post that shows astarion's date of birth and date of "death". so first of all, it's a fact that in dnd 5e elves do grow up the same way humans do. a 39 year old is still that age. he wouldn't look like a child or a teen! "not an adult elf" is not literally true. it's a social thing among elves. think about it... someone who is hundreds of years old would look at a 70 year old human/elf and think... that's a baby. they also view humans that way, but surely we don't think a 39 year old human is not mature. it is just a fantasy thing, it makes sense that if such old people existed they would view younger people this way. so "not an adult by elven standards" is simply because of how old elves view younger people, elves included. let's just clear that up.

Also this made you all wonder how he could have been a magistrate. He is from baldur's gate which is a mixed society, not a society of elves. I highly doubt baldurians have a rule that only hundred year olds are allowed positions of power. then humans could never have positions. in elven society they might not give such a position to a 39 year old because they respect their elders more. but there is no difference between 39 year old elf and 39 year human mentally. ofc he can legally have a position in a place like baldur's gate.

plus during early access, he had the noble background. Why are you so confused that he could be a magistrate at the age of 39? As if rich/noble families don't ever use their connections to help someone in the family get a high paying job. lol He wouldn't need to grind for hundreds of years.

(and one more thing... in the tags under that post I wrote that the rune for 6 and 9 are similar so there is a chance that the date of "death" is 30 years later... which would make him 69. but from what I have seen, others also translated the year as 1268 and not 1298. still, if he was 69 that would mean he was turned nearly 200 years ago, but not quite 200 which is what he says in most dialogues. but it doesn't even matter because 69 is still below 100. so we could have the same conversation... under 100 does not mean not an adult.)

[anistarrose]

The finish line is in sight for a WIP where I was intending to make a joke in the author's note like "this dinky little one-shot took me longer to write than my 58k word epic," but the problem is that this one-shot has gotten all the way up to 11k and counting, and clearly it's still the shorter fic but like. The joke's not as funny anymore. And I'm about to have a new longest one-shot by a pretty considerable margin. Send help.

[humdrummoloch]

How do I put what's in my head onto the page? Is it always hard?

Hello!

If you're asking me how to make the writing live up to the fantasy, just remember: writing isn't a transcription service, it's an art form.

Writing isn't thinking, but between you and me, thinking isn't that great anyways. It's like singing in the shower. Thinking needs to be translated through a skill like writing before it'll make a good scene.

Creation is choices and actions, not recreation. Let me give you an example: I crocheted my dog recently, and I didn't aim to perfectly recreate my dog in tiny crochet form. Instead, while I crocheted, I converted her into a small character with plushie proportions. She had all her recognisable features and was a pretty good crochet dog, checked all the boxes, Dad was happy. But the little crochet dog didn't look exactly how the subject did, sat there wagging on the rug. That's because I wasn't trying to copy her. I was trying to crochet her. In the same way, I don't transcribe my daydreams, I convert them into writing form, and that's 90% less frustrating and 100% more possible.

As for whether writing remains hard forever, yes and no. Writing becomes easier with practice the same way anything does, but it gets harder as you naturally challenge yourself to write better, like a bodybuilder increasing the weights. But if you stop expecting writing to come out 'correctly' and instead lose yourself in the process, you won't feel the dead ends, you'll be too busy finding solutions and thinking on your feet -- you'll be in the zone.

I just wish I knew how to do that on command!

-HM

[buwheal]

Working on the asks & 42 and it started to set in how fucking many of these ive done. What. Huh. What do you mean theres almost 500 people looking at these. What does that number mean,, i can only count to 3.

[turtlesandfrogs]

Ok, it's 3 am* and I'm only awake because I got real thirsty, but-

Look at the characteristics of 'Flow', this mental state that is this cool thing people talk about as being a desired state, and one of the things you want in your life and in your job:

The activity is intrinsically rewarding.

There are clear goals that, while challenging, are still attainable.

There is a complete focus on the activity itself.

People experience feelings of personal control over the situation and the outcome.

People have feelings of serenity and a loss of self-consciousness.

There is immediate feedback.

People know that the task is doable and there is a balance between skill level and the challenge presented.

People experience a lack of awareness of their physical needs.

There is strong concentration and focused attention.

People experience timelessness, or a distorted sense of time, that involves feeling so focused on the present that you lose track of time passing.

Now, consider a definition of hyperfocus, something I regularly experience as an ADHDer:

Hyperfocus is characterized by an intense state of concentration/focus.

When engaged in hyperfocus, unrelated external stimuli do not appear to be consciously perceived; sometimes reported as a diminished perception of the environment. {including for me and a lot of other people, the stimuli of needing to pee, needing to drink, needing, to eat, needing to move....}

To engage in hyperfocus, the task has to be fun or interesting.

During a hyperfocus state, task performance improves.

Do these not resemble each other? A lot??? Like, a lot, a lot? Now granted, I find it a lot easier to hyperfocus than that first list above would suggest, since I do it accidentally.

Like, neurotypical advice for neurotypical people is to find a job that allows you to experience flow, and to actively seek out this experience. And then they turn around and are grumpy at us???? For not hearing them when we're engrossed in a task?

Rude.

*it was 3 am when I stated, but then the internet went out

[akkivee]

ichiro threw gales of wind and kuukou had all this water falling imagery attached to him in the rap mv, oh they know they were cooking

[garlic-ice-cream]

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[catspores]

I just held my first guided meditation session in my Discord server! It was wonderful, honestly. I had brought insight to some friends who had needed it and I feel that I truly can reach inner peace with enough work. I already feel rather at peace with myself and who I am. Now I just need to continue practicing these things that bring me closer to myself and the energy of the universe

[dlstmxkakwldrlarchive]

(update) ONEW reached his first highest first day with 'FLOW'

FLOW — 84,569

DICE — 52,163

Circle — 50,048

Voice — 8,690

'Beat Drum' MV also reached 1 million views on YouTube!

[daisywords]

wish I could get (and stay) in the zone with writing like I can with drawing

[outeremissary]

Blacklistable tag update: in the next few days I will probably put up one or two original posts related to BG3, one of which will be art (assuming I finish my shit at a reasonable time). I will likely be posting these under "emi plays bg3" and not "bg3"; large fandoms make me nervous. I wanted to be sure I was clear so that folks could filter things out. I will try to be more consistent henceforth with using that or the normal fandom tags on posts. If you are looking to catch my characters from that and a recent PF campaign (I know I often don't fandom tag asks), "kasander" and "asperia" should cover your bases.

I will try to reblog this a few times at some more decent hours.

[jamiesfootball]

I have loved all the comments I’ve gotten on my post season three fic (like you don’t even know how much I have reread all of those bad boys they give me oxygen), but by far one of the most gratifying ones I’ve gotten has been:

“you made that last episode seem so much more reasonable”

THAT WAS THE GOAL

[sunskate]

I’m sure Veillon/Brandys will make dozens of changes to their La Strada FD throughout the season but I’m kinda hoping they don’t touch their circular step sequence at all. It’s so dreamy!

😭 dreamy is a good word for it ❤️