#life's a struggle

[nachtwandeling]

i'm just doing shit that i think i am SUPPOSED to do but nobody told me to do that. it's all my choice. i wish somebody would fucking tell me what's the right thing to do to achieve happiness and success!!!!! the only one doing that is my bf who wants me to live with him. but i need to have a career for myself!!! that's what i want!!! i don't want to be an employee and slave away and being told what to do!!! NO!!!!! i'm a caged animal... that yearns to be free...

[glass-expanse]

I don't know if I'll ever live a life where I'm happy as an employee. It's just a kind of grind I don't like. But also I like making money and I like doing simple things with my hands. So my plan is to build a business system that can support me so I can move around doing seasonal work when I want and can stick within my business when I want. We'll see if it happens.

[nondelphic]

"just write the story you want to read!" they said. well, guess what, now i have 14 unfinished drafts because apparently, i want to read 14 different stories at once.

[darkshrimpemotions]

If the right way is too hard, fuck it. Do it the wrong way.

Folding clothes keeps you from getting the laundry done? Stop folding clothes. Put a basket in your room and throw your unfolded clean stuff into it right out of the dryer, it's fine.

Rinsing dishes off keeps you from loading the dishwasher? Load them dirty and run it twice.

Chopping onions keeps you from making yourself dinner? Buy the freezer bags of chopped onions.

You forget to take your meds and don't want to get out of bed to get them? Start putting them next to the bed.

Can't keep up with the dishes? Get paper plates. Worried about environment impact? Order biodegradable ones online if your local store doesn't have one.

Make the task easier. Put things where you use them instead of where they "go." Eliminate the steps that keep you from finishing the task. Eliminate the task that is stressing you out.

Do it the "wrong" way. It's literally fine.

[abracadaze]

i feel so bad for nikola tesla like imagine spending years beefing with a guy who has conned the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and you end up dying broke and starving and alone and then 100 years later another guy cons the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and he's doing it all IN YOUR NAME. he must be rolling in his grave like a fucking rotisserie chicken

[sunlitsoil]

there is always tomorrow

[the-golden-comet]

Please stick to ONE TASK, brain!!

🧠: No. :)

[isjasz]

Join us and die 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️

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[thedeepbluedark]

sitting down to write isn't really about creating a story, it's about getting the story onto the page before it destroys me

[fallenstarcat]

sure there’s a ramp, but is it steep? is there a curb at the top? is the ground uneven? do i need a key for the elevator? are the aisles and doorways wide enough? do i have room to turn? is there furniture and clutter in my way? is the carpet difficult to wheel on? can i open the doors myself?

accessibility to wheelchairs is more than just a ramp.

[ruporas]

need to exist in your warmth (id in alt)

[curatorotl]

Does anybody else ever get writing fatigue from your current WIP, so you just... start another one to refresh yourself?

Cause I just did.

Again.

I need help.

[nondelphic]

how to outline a story:

write a bullet point list of everything that happens

realize it doesn’t make sense

cry

start writing anyway

[itsawritblr]

Calling myself a writer when I haven't touched my WIP in weeks.

[laestoica]

[1-marigold-1]

Little Soldiers on the brain sdfjnjfj