#night shift tips

[megsmanylives]

The worst part of shifting is having to actually sit down and try to shift.

I just wanna be in my DR already 😭

[dunmeshiminimumwage]

[shanedoesdoodles]

I don't think just thinking about my work should cause me a panic attack bad enough to nearly make me faint.

I don't think the work environment that produces that reaction should be considered a good one

[nicoscheer]

When he’s lying there with his dog in his arms 🥹

[orcelito]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it here hfkshfks

So when I was tuning the violins today. Well it was the first time I'd done anything with them in a while. And tbh I should've loosened the strings before leaving them for so long, but I hadn't thought of it.

So I tuned up my main violin. It's always been easy to tune & keeps in tune near perfectly when it's played regularly. So it went by quickly, except... when I'm tuning, I like to check the harmonic notes when cross-checking strings, and for whatever reason, the G string's harmonic was like half a note flat. The string itself was in tune tho, which was weird. So I went to adjust the bridge a little bit, just in case that might help, and then the G string fucking SNAPPED!!!

RIP lmao

Good for me tho I've always kept spares in my case. I had 2 of each string, so I just went and put in the new one. First time stringing a violin in years and years, but it went perfectly fine!!

Back and better than ever!

Then I went to tune my electric violin, and it took me literally 10 minutes bc the pegs DID NOT want to turn. I had to literally grab a blanket to pad my fingers as I put my whole self into that shit. It hurt !!!!! But I got it eventually lol. My main violin is definitely the best one for playing out of the bunch.

[asinglesock]

send help. it's supposed to be 91 degrees tomorrow. on my day off :(

[born-to-lose]

Was finally back at the bar last Saturday after three weeks of being sick

[katamarei]

rationally. I know my job has not changed at all its just that I have I think become steadily more irritable/mood disordered over the past like. month. that being said I HATE WORKING NIGHT SHIFTS it's like I can't do anything bc I might do too much and get tired and then I still have to go to fucking work. tired. but if I don't do anything before work I get even more depressed bc then it feels like all I do is go to work.

[green-eyes-and-orange-ties]

POV you're me and the year has been a little dark so far but happy times are in sight and you won't shut up about it

[grayscale-kaleidoscope]

It's disturbing how adept I am at accomplishing things while fueled by caffeine and spite.

[dunmeshiminimumwage]

[deadrlngers]

a 10h shift...

[anonymousad]

do you have any links to crowdfunding campaigns that you think were good?

yeah, allow me to scrounge up a couple good examples (past and current) for all different reasons. I wouldn't say any of these are perfect, but they all have at least one thing they did really well: right now @tellnotalespod is funding their season 2 and I think their campaign has a lot of really good qualities. in particular I think their budget section is really thorough and makes a point to address why the numbers are broken up the way they are in. even with a goal of only $4044 USD, they made a point to justify the expenses and include things like fees, reward fulfillment, and what will happen if they under or overfund. this is probably the strongest budget section I've seen in a while.

@nightshiftpodcast did their campaign for season 2 earlier this year as well, and I really like how they handled the different backer rewards as a visual chart to show what was and wasn't included at each tier. I think it's really easy to lose track of lists of rewards when they most frequently just reference "and everything before this tier", so a visual aid is super handy. AND it really emphasizes the amount of stuff being offered at the highest tiers so it makes those look even more appealing to prospective backers:

@mortsafepod might have the most beautiful backer reward photos I've ever seen, just the painstaking perfection of the wax seal and the lavender and the brown pages even makes the stickers look fancier than they are:

lastly, @karenonepercent really committed to made sure to focus on the depth and intentions of the project in an interesting way as part of their immediate sales pitch. they start with a super intriguing plot elevator pitch, then a mission statement for why this project matters to the creator, and even spend some time alluding to the driving motivations and thematic elements to look forward to. it's surprisingly brief for how well it communicates the goals of the team and their purpose for pursuing funding, and it was more than enough to put it on my personal radar for future listening.

I know a lot of these examples are recent, but it's a bit harder to dig through and find links to some older campaigns (especially on platforms like Seed&Spark) and off the top of my head it's hard to remember which ones did specific aspects really well. but I hope these examples give some good guidance on some of the more positive things I've seen, I know a lot of the framing is pretty negative when I talk about crowdfunds because let's be honest: a bad campaign just has so much more to talk about than a good one.

[born-to-lose]

Yes I'll keep posting fit pics of each of my shifts at the bar

[patchedpope]

im not saying that you have to drink a gallon of water before bed if you want to shift, but if you meet your basic needs your body won’t be demanding your attention while you’re detaching

[anxietylord]

I have slept 4 out of the last 48 hours.