#temporary success

[tom4jc]

Job 21:7-9 Temporary Surface Success

Why do the wicked live and become old, yes, become mighty in power? Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Job 21:7-9 In every nation and community, a person can look around and see someone who is very wealthy or in high level of power and in older age. Many of those…

[meowmeowmessi]

laporta has finally lived long enough to see himself become the villain this neymar signing is so rosell-esque i have no words tears

[lexicals]

V quick token art for verona, or more accurately keo-as-verona after her reincarnation.... she's a pine dryad with partial elven ancestry and a lot of baggage it seems

[evidently-endless]

idk we can talk about normalizing mental illness all we want but there really is no way to express how abnormal it makes you feel to be left behind while everyone else moves on with their lives

[stewy-hosseini]

do you like waffles and pancakes in the morning?

yes and kissing guys on molly too <3

[noxcaelestia]

I think I get it now, at least somewhat. Lately, I’ve been associating the creation of my art with things like pain, sickness and failure to deliver instead of comfort and contentment because I dealt with more bad than good.

Is there a way to break free of this habit I wonder?

[caffeine-on]

💪 No Pain, No Gain! 💪

Pain is inevitable. It's a part of life, just like happiness, sadness, and everything else in between. But the one thing that separates pain from all the other experiences is that it's temporary. ⏳

No matter how intense or long-lasting it may seem, pain will eventually subside and something else will take its place. 🌤️

But what if you quit? What if you give up on your goals and dreams because the pain is too much to bear? 🤔

In that case, the pain becomes permanent. 🛑 It becomes a part of your identity, a weight that you carry around with you every day. 👎

So next time you're feeling the burn, remember that it's just a temporary setback. It's a test of your resilience, your strength, and your determination. 💪

Don't let pain define you. Let it fuel you. Let it push you to your limits and beyond. 🚀

Remember, pain is temporary, but quitting is forever. ❌

So keep pushing, keep fighting, and never give up on your dreams. 🏆

[waitingforminjae]

also just......obvs they have and had big plans for nct as a global bg but i still feel like they’ve never pushed as far as they could musically like. the concept is literally limitless. they could push into so many various genres of music and types of groups. trios and duos and bands. ballads and trot and rock. you created an infinite sandbox and your not even gonna play around in it? lame :/

[chicafinal]

girl at this point i think the kendall crash and burn moment is gonna be at the finale isnt it

[everywhere-all-around-the-world]

So anyway. In Bloom by Zb1, But Sometimes by Boy Next Door, and Trouble by EVNNE have been stampeding through my head all day so I'm hoping this signifies a natural shift into me stanning some early 5th gen groups

[ihategreghouse]

watching an actual quality show is diluting the housemd blood poisoning

[true-blue-sonic]

I don't think Eggman can be considered a failure after the war in Forces, even if he never succeeded after that he still took the entire world to war for months and nearly won. Eggman Nega has gotta be satisfied after that

That is indeed correct, though of course in a meta sense the idea behind Forces didn't exist yet at the time of Rivals 2. Still, Eggman Nega strikes me as the kind of person who is more bitter and disappointed about the fact Eggman did not win in the end than acknowledge the six months of unprecedented success that came before it. He'd be bitching and complaining more about how Eggman lost it all despite being so very close than appreciate just how close Eggman did manage to come! And over 200 years time, history gets distorted, and the impact of what actually happened and how long it lasted wears down. I wonder how many people are going to be very shook by the idea Eggman had 99% of the world in his grasp for six months, or just see it as another history fact without really trying to imagine what it would have been like during that time. That might only serve to embitter Eggman Nega more; not only did Eggman fail to succeed in the end, but nobody even cares about it anymore other than the fact the heroes won in the end.

....And I just realised, Eggman's failure is basically directly linked to Silver's intervention, as he made Infinite drop the Phantom Ruby prototype that the Avatar used to survive and rescue everyone later. If Eggman Nega finds out about that, and the fact Eggman's loss thus is attributed to his own archnemesis.... Oof, ouch, and yikes, I d NOT want to be Silver when Nega has that realisation😅😅 I don't think 'irate' will be enough to explain how Nega is feeling then!

[vietnyamese]

i feel like the reason stories flourished on Instagram and (albeit still very hated on) Twitter for a short time enough to the point people got attached is because there's a big appeal imo to having a built-in function for temporary, disappearing posts. especially with the ability to not have to dig to see that temporary post before it's gone (easy access through someone's icon) because a lot of people want to be able to display things to others but not have it permanently fixed in their feed afterwards

[sar3nka]

I think my previous experiences with introducing rats to each other were so difficult I'm overreacting constantly rn... Like I'm scared to even go pee because what if I come back to a bloodbath???

Also I think I'm going to name one of the babies Vivi... like Vivienne. Westwood.

[empyreumata]

Weaver, Caroline. "On Closing." CW Pencil Enterprise. September 8, 2021.

Back in July, after months of trying to work my head around the challenges I'm currently facing in my business, I made the decision to close this shop. To be totally honest, it wasn't a decision, it was a reality that I've been too afraid to face for the past two years. It's a loss that can no longer be avoided, and one I am feeling deeply. One of the things I've had a hard time coming to grips with is that there's not a lot of grey area when it comes to public perception when a business closes. You either stay open because you're successful, or you close because you've failed.

What I've been thinking about a lot is: Maybe not all businesses are meant to last forever. Maybe it's not a failure, it's just the end of a project. The difficult truth is that it's next to impossible to run a retail business with integrity in a world that's polluted with Amazon boxes. There shouldn't be any shame in deciding that it's not worth the fight anymore.

By the time we close our doors in November, it will be 7 years since cwpencils.com first went online as the world's most extensive pencil specialty shop. I'd quit my job at a lingerie shop to pursue this impossible dream, even though no matter how many times I crunched the numbers on how many pencils I needed to sell, it just didn't make sense. And that was fine, because I had a feeling that somehow it would work, and I was 23 and had the moxie to trust my gut and just go for it.

I didn't tell anyone outside of my immediate friends and family when the website went live or when the physical shop opened because I just really believed that, “if you build it they will come,” and I wanted others to discover it on their own. Within months, and in a tiny $1,800/month shoebox on Forsyth Street, CW Pencil Enterprise quickly grew from a one-woman show into a much more complicated operation. At that point, I had an interview scheduled with a national publication or news outlet almost every week, having put $0 into marketing or PR. It was clear that my strategy of leading with earnestness had paid off in a way that I was not at all prepared for.

The thing about growth is that sometimes it's not measured or strategized, that sometimes it happens because it just does, and you have to figure out how to ride the wave and keep your head above water. Never in a million years did I think things would turn out as they did. Seven years, two books, a much bigger shop and a global pandemic later, it feels as though I just recently found my footing and the mental space to step back and understand what this shop evolved into while I was busy just trying to keep up.

Even though I've made some unwise business decisions and haven't always known what I was doing, I've always trusted my gut and I've always insisted on doing things with as much integrity as I could manage, whether it was in sourcing products or making decisions as a boss. My employees have always been paid a living wage, with healthcare benefits and paid time off for full-time staff. We believe in things like taking mental health days, talking through our problems and making sure that everyone has what they need. I'm definitely not a perfect boss, and I'm not saying all of this as a pat on the back to myself -- I'm saying it because these things should be basic rights at a job, and because I'm angry that they're not. And while so many business owners choose to prioritize doing the right thing and then struggle to survive, others take advantage of loopholes and get away with a bare minimum that should be criminal.

Running a shop during a pandemic has been a real test of resilience and decision-making. Never has my job been harder, but never have I felt such overwhelming gratitude for the community that has formed around this business. The support we've received has been immense, and the engagement we've had through Instagram and projects like actionable letter-writing and pen pal matching has been great fun to share with you. I've long felt icky about traditional tactics to increase sales and am exhausted by the conflict between doing what's necessary to meet the financial needs of my business and doing things purely to engage, inspire and help others. However, the unfortunate truth is that running a shop is not a public service, and popularity doesn't pay the bills.

Please, do your very best to support the businesses in your own community. When you need to buy something, do you try to buy it from a local store before purchasing it online or through a corporate behemoth? If the answer is no, I implore you to do better if the resources are available to you. It's easy to say that you support small businesses, but in practice, do you actually?

To all of our customers and friends: THANK YOU, for making this dream a reality for so many years. For enabling me to provide a place for others to work and thrive. For teaching us all what it's like to be part of a community that really cares. I am in awe of what we've made together.

And as for me, it really feels like the right time to move on. I've spent the past seven years becoming an expert in something I cared deeply about, and while that's been the most rewarding experience of my life, I've always known that I wouldn't do the same job forever. I'm ready for a new adventure, and feel as though I have so much more to give, learn and share.

With love and appreciation,  CW

[neil-gaiman]

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