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[moralesluvr]

high maintenance gf x earth 42 miles and how he would literally spoil her sm!! and everytime she gets her hair, nails, etc done he always wants to see them #SoCute🤭

take care of my woman ft. miles morales

♡ pairings & aus: earth42!miles morales x black!fem!reader ♡ summary: your boyfriend loves keeping his girl spoiled and happy, and he especially loves to see what he does for you ♡ warnings: one swear! just sum' good ole fluff ♡ a/n: thanks for your request!! we love the softie side of mr morales ♡ got a request? | masterlist ♡

MILES MORALES DEFINITELY SPOILS YOU. Every chance he can get, he's finding reasons to provide for his girl or finding ways and outlets to get you what you want. On this particular day, you were sitting in a hairstylist's chair after Miles caught you scrolling through different hairstyles on your Pinterest feed.

"You want that one, hermosa?" He had asked you earlier when he saw you save a picture of some goddess braids to your hair inspiration board. You didn't even bother to lie and say no, because you knew he could tell if you were lying, so you just nodded and watched as he sent you three hundred dollars to go and get your hair done. As you stood up and got ready to go, he came up to you and pulled his car keys out his pocket, "Take my whip. I'll see you later, okay? Love you."

Grinning at him, you had kissed him and left his house to go to your favorite hairstylist, Monica, who has never done you dirty in the years she's been doing your hair. You were sitting comfortably in her chair, catching up on the latest neighborhood gossip as your phone charged next to her hair station. She heard it buzz and she tapped your shoulder, "Girl, your man is texting you."

"Hand me the phone, please." You requested, the device getting placed into your palm as you felt Monica start on your next braid. You swiped your phone open and clicked on your boyfriend's text.

from [mi novio <3]: hey amor from [mi novio <3]: what yo hair lookin like? lemme see

You giggled at his message, "Yo, Monica, can you take a picture of the back of my head and send it to Miles?"

Monica snorts, "You do know this big 'ole ponytail ain't finish yet, right? I'm jus' starting the third row."

"Just take it." You urged with a laugh. You heard your stylist snap the picture and click send, and within seconds, your boyfriend was texting you back.

from [mi novio <3]: yikes bae from [mi novio <3]: thats the end product? from [mi novio <3]: u need some more $$ ??

to [mi novio <3]: no u idiot, she ain done yet to [mi novio <3]: i think imma get blonde ends whatchu think?

from [mi novio <3]: get 'em, youll look cute in that

to [mi novio <3]: wait crap i dont have enough money

MI NOVIO <3 HAS SENT YOU $100 DOLLARS.

from [mi novio <3]: here u go ma from [mi novio <3]: txt me when u done from [mi novio <3]: i love u

You grinned at your phone and set it down, slumping back in the chair as you waited for Monica to finish your hair up. You couldn't wait to get home to your boyfriend and show him.

After what seemed like an eternity, your braids were finally finished, dipped, and your scalp had been moussed. You swiped your (more like Miles') card and smiled at Monica, who wished you a good day and slipped a free hair oil in your bag. You made your way outside and quickly drove back to your boyfriend's place, excited to show him your new hairstyles.

You unlocked the door to his crib once you arrived. You saw him sitting on the couch, manspreading with his hands behind his head, watching something on TV that you would probably have little to no interest in. You grinned and squealed when you saw him, plopping down next to him, "Look at my hairrrrr!"

He smiled at you, kissing your cheek, "Lookin' so fine, déjame hacer una foto."

You watch as your boyfriend takes out his phone and takes a picture of your hair, saving it to some folder. You peek over with a smile as you see the name,

my woman and the shit i pay for.

𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 ☻ thank you for reading!

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[ike-garden2024]

Look… there’s so many things on my feed that reminded me of William but like… come on, you can’t tell me Will wouldn’t be so intrigued by these strawberry desserts… they’re cones, tacos, and sushi 😂 100% would love to see Will eat the strawberry tacos 😂

I know he got 3 pictures but like these showed up back to back 😂 it was too perfect!

(Can you tell I was looking up dessert inspiration a bit ago for something to make for my family 😂)

~ Pinterest feed suitor finds ~

[dream-a-little-bigger-x]

Quarantine Lovers (Part 3) | Charlie Gillespie

A/N: Happy Halloween, you guys! I hope you’ve had an amazing day so far, whether you go all out for the holiday or not! Hope you enjoy this little imagine-fic-thing of celebrating Halloween in quarantine with Charlie :) Love you guys! xxx

Pairing: Charlie Gillespie x Reader

Warnings: fluff

Words: 2, 827

Happy Halloween, Witches

Ah, 2020. The year that canceled everything thus far. No traveling, no real summer. You couldn’t even get back to work and neither could Charlie. You had spent your time writing up ideas for new shows and pitching some ideas over Zoom to the rest of the Outer Banks writing team. It sucked. Mostly because you couldn’t see any family or friends in real life. And now that October has come around, it seems nothing has changed much. In fact, it’s gotten even worse. 

There was a second lockdown looming and you could just about see  your perfect Halloween night shattering right before your eyes. Sure, you were just planning on inviting some friends over and watching horror movies, eating pizza and snacks, but it still sucked that wouldn’t happen now after all. 

Charlie had noticed on Monday how bummed you were when you realized things were getting worse. He knew how much you loved the holiday and how excited you were to see friends and spend some time with them. So, he set his plan in motion. 

On Saturday morning, you wake up to a cold, empty bed and the sound of clanging pans and cutlery coming from the kitchen. Confused, and still a little sleep-drunk, you get out of bed and slip on Charlie’s sweater to keep you at least a little warm since you were just wearing a shirt of his. (You’d almost think you don’t ever wear your own clothes anymore). From the little corridor that connects the bedrooms to the living and kitchen area, you can already spot him at the stove. Curious and a little endeared that he’d be cooking this early in the morning, you make your way towards him, only to be surprised by the living room being coated in full Halloween gear. Spiders in spider webs everywhere, pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts in every nook and cranny. 

“Char… Wha--?” he turns to you, eyes widening first before his smile appears instead. 

“Get back to bed, I was gonna wake you up with a song.” You walk over to him, peeking over his shoulder to what he’s making. Pumpkin pancakes. He’s actually making pancakes in the form of little pumpkins. Could he be any cuter? 

“You’ve missed your true calling, baby,” you tell him and kiss his bare shoulder. A light chuckle arises from his body, making his shoulders shake slightly. You then turn around to eye the feast he had already spread out on the table. 

Everything is in theme. Halloween doughnuts, a giant fake pumpkin with fruit seeping out of its mouth. You assume he just went on Pinterest to inspire him and then, when walking down the aisles in the shops, just grabbed everything that seemed even slightly Halloweeny. “Can I help you with anything?” you ask, looking around for a job to do. Charlie turns around to place the plate with a pile of pumpkin pancakes on the table, placing a gentle hand on the small of your back as he leaned past  you. 

“No, I got it covered,” he presses a kiss to your hair before turning to go to the fridge. “Sit down, baby.” Slightly disgruntled, you sigh and sit down on the chair closest to you. 

“Why are we doing this, Gillespie? Got something to make up for?” you ask teasingly after taking another glance at the breakfast spread in front of you. 

“Can’t I just surprise my girlfriend with the breakfast of dreams?” He asks and places a hand on the back of your neck while leaning forward to pour some orange juice into a glass. His fingers softly scratch your scalp, and you can’t help but lean into his touch. “Besides, I noticed how bummed you were about our plans with our friends falling apart, so I came up with a plan to make it the best Halloween I could, despite being stuck inside with me.” You nearly melt at this idea of his. He did all of this. For you. Just because you were bummed about cancelled plans. How did you ever earn a beautiful, good soul like him? 

“I would’ve enjoyed just watching movies tonight with you, too, you goof,” you say, which sends a smile right up to his lips. “But thank you.” He leans down to press his lips on yours quickly before turning to grab a few more things and then joining you at the table. 

“So, I have an entire day of fun things planned for us,” he starts when you take your first bite of pumpkin pancake, a delightful moan escaping  your lips at the amazing taste tingling your taste buds. Charlie shoots you an amused look with risen eyebrows and a smirk. 

“These are good!” you exclaim, “But go on, what are the fun things you planned?” Charlie is seemingly brought back into reality by that question as he slightly shakes his head and blinks his eyes a few times quickly. 

“So, remember when you kinda joked we should go as each other for Halloween?” You nod your head slowly, that was something you did suggest as a Halloween costume last month when you were planning the whole night. All your friends would’ve come dressed up. It was mandatory to do so on Halloween, you thought. “I think we should do it. We should dress as each other and then we’re going to the shops to get us some tools and pumpkins…” Your eyes widen at this, already know what the rest of his plan is. 

“We’re gonna carve pumpkins?!” you nearly scream. This makes him laugh, shaking his head at how freaking adorable you are with your little bounds of excitement. It’s the same way he gets excited about the things he’s passionate about. 

“Yes, we are! And then we’re gonna bake some Halloween cookies, order pizza and watch movies all night long!” You shriek with exhilaration, and get up to run around the table towards your boyfriend, attacking him with your lips on his. He chuckles against your lips, pulling you down to his lap. You deepen the kiss while your hands tangle up in his hair. This makes him stop giggling as he melts right into you, his hands roaming from your waist down your thigh and back up. 

“You are the greatest boyfriend, you know that?” you tell him when you pull back, resting your forehead against his and staring in his eyes. He pecks your lips once more before leaning over to grab a piece of fruit and feeding it to you. 

“You deserve it, baby,” he tells you with a shrug whilst you grab another piece of fruit and hold it out to him to eat. “We both love Halloween, so it seemed a little lame to just watch movies together,  you know? That’s a regular Thursday in this household.” You giggle at that. He’s not wrong. During lockdown, you’ve watched so many movies, you’ve lost count. 

“I love you,” you whisper and kiss him again. The taste of strawberry still faintly on his lips. 

“I love you too, like so much.” He plants another kiss on your lips before you both turn back to your breakfast, but staying where you are; on his lap. You feed each other fruit and pancakes and doughnuts whilst chatting about how excited you were about the entire day. 

After breakfast, he let you get dressed first whilst he cleaned up the kitchen. You’d suggested to help, but he insisted on you getting dressed and ready instead. So, you do. You shower, dry your hair and curl it, then put on very minimal makeup, just to hide those bags and blemishes. As an outfit, you picked out some dungarees (because, let’s be honest, Charlie looked cutest in his dungarees), steal his Sunset Curve Summer Tour ‘95 shirt to go underneath it and your white Adidas on your feet. You also steal one of his snapbacks since his lockdown-hair has needed some support to keep it out of his eyes. 

Once ready, you check yourself in the full-length mirror, then nod, satisfied with the ensemble. You can’t wait to see Charlie’s reaction to this costume of yours or what he has planned for his costume. 

“Cover your eyes!” you yell into the direction of the living room. 

“Covered!” he yells back, and you make your way cautiously into the living room where you find Charlie on the couch with his phone in his lap and his hands over his eyes. He looks like an actual toddler like this. It’s the most endearing thing you’d ever seen, so you quickly snap a picture before stepping in front of him. 

“Okay, open.” He slowly takes his hands away from his eyes, and lets them wander over your entire body. His lips part as some excess air needs to leave his lungs from that breath-taking view in front of him. “You like it?” you ask, twirling around, so he can see the entire thing. He quickly places his phone on the couch and stands up, placing his hands on your waist. 

“You look better in this outfit than I ever would, Gorgeous,” he mumbles before leaning down and pressing a chaste kiss to your lips. “You make me crazy, Y/L/N.” You comb your fingers through the front of his hair, making his gorgeous eyes more visible to you. 

“Ditto, Gillespie,” you whisper and kiss him once again. “Now, you get dressed. I’m curious to see what you come up with.” After having kissed your nose quickly, he dashes past you and into the bedroom, leaving you all by yourself. It takes him about fifteen minutes before his voice chimes through the apartment. 

“I’m ready! Close your eyes!” You place your hands over your eyes, a smile tugging at your lips in excitement. “Okay, open.” His voice sounds closer, a little teasing, even. You slowly remove your hands, your eyes widening and your mouth dropping at the sight in front of you. He’s wearing a loose, black boiler suit, complete with red-and-white belt, exactly how you’d wear it. On his feet, he’s wearing Dr. Martin’s ankle boots. 

“This is the best thing I ever did see!” you exclaim excitedly as he makes a little twirl. “We need to take a photo!” You grab your phone from the pocket of your dungarees and get it set up on a self-timer and so that it takes multiple pictures in one take before placing it on the tv stand. Once you press the button, you hurry to Charlie, who has his arms open. 

“Jump!” he says, and you quickly do so, wrapping  your legs around his waist at the same moment your phone starts taking the pictures. For the next few, you keep your feet on the floor, leaning against your boyfriend. The first ones, you’re looking at the camera, but Charlie’s looking at you. Then you’re looking at him but he’s not. And on the last one, you’re staring in each other’s eyes with wide smiles on your faces. For the last group of shots, you squat down and cross your arms, Charlie following your example. In the second shot, you both hold your hand up in a rock sign, sticking out your tongues. The last one of that group of pictures is of both of you falling on your butts due to the lack of balance. 

“Those last ones are hilarious,” he says, pointing at the ones where you’re both on your ass, throwing your head back with laughter. “Let’s go get our pumpkins now first!” 

Back home with the two biggest pumpkins you could find, -- there weren’t very many left -- the two of you start by covering the floor with an old sheet before getting your new utensils out and starting the carving process. While you’re spooning out pumpkin seeds, there’s music playing in the background, and the two of you are talking about what you’re about to do to the pumpkins. Charlie’s going to go for a Pennywise face whilst you’re cutting out three ghosts. He couldn’t help but smile at that idea of yours. You really were the cutest when you’re in your element about this holiday. 

“I think I’m done,” you say, leaning back to take a last look at the entire finished product. Charlie rests his head on your shoulder, peeking over to see your piece of art. “The guitars were really hard to do.” You point to Ghost Reggie’s bass and Ghost Luke’s guitar. “But the drumsticks were easy.” Charlie chuckles and plants a kiss underneath your ear, tasting a bit of pumpkin. This makes him scrunch his nose in disgust. Raw pumpkin does not taste that great.

“How in the holy hell did you get a little pumpkin behind your ear?” he asks and takes his finger to wipe any residue away. 

“I’ve got no clue,” you say and turn your head to face him, only to find a pumpkin seed stuck in his long hair. A laugh erupts from your body, shaking you from head to toe. “You’ve got some in your hair.” He tries to pluck it out, but keeps missing, so you help him out instead. “I shouldn’t have showered this morning,” you laugh, shaking your head at your own stupid desicion. Charlie laughs too before getting up with his pumpkin in hands. 

“Let’s put them on the kitchen island,” he suggests and makes his way there. “I’ll grab some tealights.” While he does that, you get up too and place  your Julie and The Phantoms one next to his Pennywise one. They don’t look too bad in your opinion. 

Charlie returns with two little tealights and places one in each pumpkin whilst you grab the matches, but Charlie stops you before you can light them. “It’s still light out, babe. That’s not gonna have much effect,” he chuckles. “We’ll light them later. Let’s bake now!” You nod your head vigorously and skip into the kitchen. 

That afternoon is spent baking cookies and cupcakes, and ends in a food fight with flour everywhere. To say this is the best Halloween you ever had would be the biggest understatement of the year. Even though it’s not exactly how you planned it, it’s still the most perfect day ever, thanks to Charlie. And that’s not even all he’d planned. 

By nightfall, the two of you had lit your pumpkins, placed the treats on the coffee table and had a movie ready to play on the tv when Charlie’s phone started to ring. A little confused and disgruntled about the interruption, you peer over his shoulder to see who’s calling him. Owen Joyner wants to facetime Julie and the Phantoms

Charlie glances at you with a smirk on his face before picking up the phone. The blonde guy you’ve come to love appears on the small screen, along with Jeremy and Carolynn, and Madison.

“Hey guys!” Charlie greets excited while you offer an excited wave. 

“Happy Halloween, Witches!” Owen yells. That’s when  you realize they, too, are dressed up. Owen has fake blood run from his lip and has a black cape draped over his shoulders. Carolynn and Jeremy are dressed as angel and devil whilst Madison is a witch. 

“What are you dressed as?” Owen asks, peering at his screen to try and figure it out. 

“Each other!” you reply, which sends all of them into a fit of laughter. 

“That’s very original!” Carolynn compliments. “You rock those dungarees, Y/N!”

“Thanks, angel,” you retort, a little flustered at the compliment. 

The FaceTime call lasts for about an hour and a half until Charlie decides to call it quits and start watching movies instead. You bid your goodbyes to your friends before cuddling up to Charlie as he puts his phone away. 

“This has really been the greatest Halloween, Char. Thank you,” you whisper and lean up to meet his lips for a sweet, long kiss. 

“Anything for you, Gorgeous.” You lie down on his chest again, getting kissed on the head as  you do so. You can’t help but sigh happily. Charlie really went all out with the surprises. From the breakfast spread to carving pumpkins and baking Halloween cookies to the surprise phone call from the guys and even the costume. 

That night, you post a bunch of pictures to Instagram. The first is one of the posed one of your outfits, then follows the one of Charlie covering his eyes on the sofa, your carved pumpkins and the one picture where you’ve both fallen on your ass after losing balance. 

“Wanna thank this little goofball for going all out on my favorite day of the year. Guess I should be more bummed about little things from now on if it means getting pumpkin pancakes, dressing up as each other and all the other amazing surprises. Thank you, baby. You really are the greatest of all time. @charles_gillespie 💗 Happy Halloween, Witches! 🎃”

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[sleepysstudy]

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 3 𝘈* 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘈 𝘢𝘵 𝘈-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭

𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒- 08/09/2020

ｈｉｙａ ｌｏｖｅ

I am making this little blog post for past me, who would have needed this, bless her  𝓭𝓾𝓶𝓫 self. I thought that detailing the process and methods i used, for my  newly inspired study blog would be interesting to spread 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 and document my knowledge for future use and ideas for your 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.

Anyway, lets get started.

𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈-

 This is vital, challenging and rewarding, allowing for greater productivity while optimizing the space and time dedicated to your studies. Thus i will detail the manner which i decided to control the flow of my studies.

Schedules, work, but there are issues, which i had to work through. I had organised a schedule, i stuck to religiously. when deadlines came in I would stray from the schedule and complete the more urgent work and find I  would be off track- leading to the 𝔡𝔬𝔴��𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩 of that. I solved this issue by making dedicated time where i would have flexibility over tasks prioritizing and using my free lessons in school to focus on these. This seems really obvious but it took me a while to resolve (maybe I’m just slow :0) 

Having the weekends to study. I woke up at around 6-9 am each morning and studied until 1, then the rest of the day is free and can be used for urgent assignments or spent writing essays, going out or planning subjects for the next week etc.

Dedicated spaces for study/material and a clean and tidy space is important, i found having my desk be aesthetically pleasing motivated  me to work, pinterest board with ideas excited me creating positive  connotations when thinking about studying.

Lists, for everything, i mean everything, down to meal times, free time, Netflix time, etc it works so unbelievably well to keep you focused and on top of overwhelming days, although don't be afraid to stray because studying should be enjoyable not stressful or pressuring.

Also it might sound obvious but having a proper sleep schedule helps you be more productive and organised, waking up early allows for you to be in the right mindset for studying which i find is the most effective way of studying.

𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔

The Pomodoro technique, most students know of this, it entails effective studying for 25 minutes and then a 5 minute rest and then repeat the topic which then makes the information more easily retained.

Constant practice tests/essays. when I say, I have written so many essays i mean it. I aimed for around 3 a week per subject, this not including homework or set tasks. Ask a teacher for past papers and after learning the bulk of any unit bash out as many past papers as you can. I went from having 18/30 on my essays when starting A-levels to my lowest being 26/30 after doing a lot of essays.

Mind maps and timelines, mostly for more oral subjects but simple, obvious and weirdly effective.

Pre-test, going over topics and guessing the answers even incorrectly before extensive studying, practice or learning the content. Research shows that the future learning you will performed is enhanced and from doing essays this way i can say that it is effective and improves post-test results.

Practice spaced out. spacing out studying certain topics over a period of days can enhance memory and allow you to retain information in your long term memory rather than short term which allows you to draw knowledge about this subject better. Flash cards is a good way to review and come back to subjects.A rule of this method also would be that information which is answered with difficulty should be reviews two days later and those answered incorrectly, the next day.

Interleaving practice. this is really effective and entails focusing on problems or topics which are all of the same nature but involving answering the questions with different methods. Instead of a block of studying, an example would be in math doing algebra trigonometry and Pythagoras questions consecutively you make your brain accustomed to exam styled questions.

Teaching what you've learnt to someone else, maybe a study group and take turns explaining topic to each other, it helps you to wrap your head around the subject and you can see what aspects you have trouble explaining.

𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓈 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘴

Quizlet- for making flashcards and testing yourself on flashcards other people made

One note, excellent for organisation and a good way to keep your noted in order especially if writing essays or doing things online

libraries, obvious but i find that being in a space which makes me excited and feel motivated makes me better and more productive, but again this may only be for resources because some find studying at their desks better, down to preference.

Momentum dash, cute screen saver app for aesthetic studying, especially if you want an aesthetic set up.

cam scanner, allows you to take pictures of your notes and turns them into PDFs which is useful for keeping digital copies of notes can be more handy than typing up notes.

Minimalist, for making lists, good for keeping a digital copy of what you need to complete with you so you can keep a record of what you need to do.

That is really all i have for this post, thanks for reading, also this is my first post so please don’t judge, if you have any feed back please let me know 

-𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺

[viktcrr]

「maxence danet-fauvel & nonbinary」⇾ samuels, viktor, the senior radcliffe student’s records show that he/they are a capricorn and 24 years old. he/they are studying visual arts, living in noland and can be observant, ingenious, reticent & dependent. when i see him/them i am reminded of a sculptor’s hands clay-ridden, the insistent hum of tv static, and a crying preacher inside a dusty funeral home.  ⇽「james & 21 & est & they/them.」

hllo !!! i’m james n here’s one of my big idiot muses <3 he’s not actually dumb he’s :/ a bit evil. bt thts okay hes still <3 beloved <3 LKDSFHLSADLKGFSHLKD anyways!

TW DEATH, HEAVY GRIEF, OVERDOSE / DRUG ADDICTION, HOSPITALIZATION, HYPERSEXUALITY, RELIGION MENTIONS, MENTAL ILLNESS

aesthetic.

old tvs and their static, worn tapes, horror movie screams, spilled ink, a sculptor’s hands, clay-stained, chicken scratch handwriting, messy notes, messy hair, scoffs and eye-rolls, bruised knuckles, sore throats, funeral homes and a crying preacher, shattered ceramics, knife fights, high ledges, vertically-striped pants, red lights, the moon shrouded in clouds, cigarette butts, graveyards and half-empty wine bottles, sitting there for hours and talking to nothing, about nothing, a god complex, gold rings adorning both hands, barbwire baseball bats, having never played baseball in your life, deep eyebags and broken mirrors, a permanent chip on one’s shoulder, yearning, longing, wishing.

basic info.

full name: viktor phillip samuels

nickname(s): icky vicky :/

b.o.d. - jan 2nd

label(s): the black hole, the crepehanger, the impious, the opaque, the tempest, etc.

height: 6′1″

hometown: rochester, new york

sexuality: pansexual uwu

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inspired by: beetlejuice (beetlejuice), sid (toy story), jack sparrow (pirates of the caribbean), francis wilkerson (malcolm in the middle), azula (avatar: the last airbender), vicky (the fairly oddparents), stu macher / billy loomis (scream), marshall lee (adventure time), bojack horseman (bojack horseman), any it’s always sunny character :/

biography.

born to mama and papa (preacher) samuels in rochester, new york - fifteen minutes after his twin sister, tatiana samuels. years later, rosa samuels joined the gang.

was an awkward, quiet kid growing up, he didn’t interact well with others and preferred being left alone to dig up worms and draw on the walls of their childhood home. the only exception was his twin, really.

as he got older he grew out of this, but instead became like … sort of an asshole? maybe to compensate for years of childhood awkwardness. he’s the sort of person who will bite the hand that feeds him & developed into a full time nuisance by middle school, unlike tatiana who was much more subtle about her conniving manners.

always has been a fan of ‘darker’ materials. grim & creepy morbid shit. probably the biggest tim burton fan, ever since he was a kid … not a good look for a preacher’s son, but he never really felt ‘in’ with the rest of his family to begin with. classic black sheep syndrome.

drew disturbing pictures as a kid that probably prompted one or two or five phone calls home to assure everything was fine.

just really had a knack for art at a young age, from drawing to painting to playing with clay. it’s always been his Thing and probably is the only thing he’s good at.

being twins with tatiana was hard. they were near opposite besides both being quite mean-spirited. tatiana handled being in public better, left a better image behind - but viktor had talent, more than she did. they loved each other deeply - y’know, those unbreakable twin bonds as cliche as it sounds - but found each other as competition for their parents’ attention. a rivalry for affection.

in high school is when viktor really started to act out. it started extreme, like losing his virginity in their church and vandalism around the neighborhoods. faked being possessed in the middle of sunday service & almost had an exorcism performed on him.

his only redeemable trait was like … just his sheer talent in the arts. was in a 3D art AP course and specialized in sculptures. he could pretty much create anything he wanted with enough dedication.

because he was the problem child, the one who deserved to be disciplined for all his antics, tatiana could sneak away and get away with whatever she wanted much easier. on the bright-side, for her, i guess.

not a very motivated person - wasn’t planning on going to college, much less going to radcliffe but his parents literally wrote & sent his college application for him because they weren’t going to house a deadbeat but had too much heart to kick him out onto the streets. cool!

he’s actually pretty smart but he just doesn’t apply himself. has a minor in english because he didn’t care for an extra course-load, but he’s good at writing & analyzing literature. is going to use it to write and illustrate his own series of children books with a style similar to tim burton’s. not for the kids, but because he likes to leave a trail of terror in whatever he does.

has been experimenting with himself since high school but college is where he really had started to crack down on himself. was out as pansexual & nonbinary by his sophomore year of college just … not to his parents, who don’t really need to know.

if you asked him if he believed in twins having a psychic connection with each other - he’d tell you he wouldn’t know. it felt believable at times, but sometimes he had no idea what was going on inside of tatiana’as head. on the other hand - viktor had always felt oddly transparent to her, like she knew all of his moves before he did. the only person who could predict him accurately.

( TW DEATH, GRIEF, OVERDOSE / HOSPITALIZATION BEYOND THIS POINT )

when tatiana disappeared, viktor knew something was up. it was a twist in his gut, pure instinct that something wasn’t right. and it wasn’t right - and when she was proclaimed missing, they couldn’t find her.

and when tatiana died - viktor knew. it felt wrong, something cut so severely in him he could pinpoint her death to the second. he didn’t know how, or why, but he knew it. knew it before anybody else had.

afterwards he went on a sort of bender. he’d begun to struggle with a mild drug addiction late senior year of high school / early college, but he was managing it up until this point.

his mental health had also sunk to an all-time low, when it’d never been great to begin with. (manic & depressive episodes. once fixated on a sculpting project for six months and then knocked it off the table and destroyed it as soon as he finished it for no apparent reason.)

tatiana’s body wasn’t found immediately, and when it was … viktor went off the rails. ended up overdosing & being hospitalized. spent six months in & out of psychiatric care after that.

came back to radcliffe to finish his senior year because … for the reasons above, he hadn’t been able to complete it. just wants to get his credits and get out of here.

is still dealing with a lot of trauma & grief, especially since the one year anniversary of tatiana’s death was this month (january) - causes him to spiral and be unpredictable in regards of his mental health. he stopped taking his medication, so. :/ some days are alright, other days are pretty bad.

UPDATE: now that summer’s come n go ... viktor hs been thru <3 a lot <3 recently. switched therapists (his :/ last one got her license revoked) & started new medications, went to a treatment center briefly ‘cos .. he wasn’t doing too well :/ bt now he’s back baybey! trying to be better n trying to be sober but ... :/

personality.

the human embodiment of a gremlin that was fed after midnight. a goblin, if you will. one of those cats with a narrow head and really big ears … that’s them!

a big horror & halloween enthusiast. loves the old campy horror movies & probably has an abundance of masks from different movies. dresses like a grimy millennial beetlejuice more than they should because they just … love those black & white vertical-striped pants.

can appreciate the lore & cryptids at radcliffe and likes to feed into the fear that surrounds them. is probably the cause of a few ‘anomalies’ and ‘paranormal sightings’ because they’re just … a jerk.

fashion alternates between e-boy (they would be tiktok famous if they were 17 & didn’t think that a majorly minor based app was weird.), millennial beetlejuice, and goth in a crop top & sweatpants. big fan of crop tops and a big fan of sweatpants.

they can be really fucking mean? petty, aggressive, a major instigator. will literally spit in your face for little to no reason, you could just look at them the wrong way. the kind of person who will stick their gum into someone else’s hair. other than that? they’re like … sort of okay. they’re not always mean, just a dick about 90% of the time lmao

like okay yeah they’ll call someone a stinky bitch for no reason except they feel like it and believes it. it’s fine, they’re fine, we’re fine.

despite the fact that they’re probably getting into a fight whenever, considers themself to be a lover and not a fighter but that’a primarily because they fuck a lot. uses it as a coping mechanism, like they’re this big fancy carnival show that’s like ‘come one, come all! fuck the dead girl’s twin brother!’ and it’s … a Lot. might have a problem with hypsersexuality but they’re not fully aware of it.

the preacher’s whore son, basically :)

pansexual & nonbinary, switches between he & they pronouns often and without a pattern, but they have such a fragile grip on their identity that you could call them ‘dog-faced bitch’ and they’d turn around like. sup.

vastly impulsive … like i said, they destroy their own creations for the fun of it. spends all teir money on useless shit, will cheat on someone because they feel like it & likes the thrill, screams into the night sky frequently like a cat in heat.

will also spend months creating useless shit for no reason too. spent six of them sculpting a hollowed out tree the size of them & then took a sledgehammer to it.

they’re very super dramatic. would play the organ at church when nobody was looking after them and service was about to start. would just churn out these super haunting, creepy melodies like they were phantom of the opera. would do the same exact thing at home on their keyboard with the pipe organ setting whenever they got grounded until their parents took it away HBDSJFNGKH

will absolutely not talk about their ‘time away’ because it’s not anyone’s business, not even their own younger sister. still refuses to talk about tatiana’s death, or their mental health, or their addiction (fallen back into it but it hasn’t gotten severe … yet :/), or anything involving their own emotions.

will just change the topic abruptly, no warning. asks about the jonas brothers instead and they fucking hate the jonas brothers.

that being said they’re absolutely not over tatiana’s death & it’s to the point of obsession over it. like there’s some kind of secret that needs to be uncovered, even though there just. isn’t. tatiana was their rock and they were pretty much dependent on her. kept them grounded. could control them when nobody else could, got into their head easier than others. it’s sort of like rosa lost two siblings that day because viktor hasn’t been the same since.

emotionally unavailable while also crying twice a day. cries during their brawls but still wins. is stony-faced when they tell you they cheated on you with your much hotter best friend.

will tell you straight up what they want from you, no bullshit & no beating around the bush. just blunt. if they want to fuck, nothing else, then that’s it. if they feel deviation or developing feelings then they’ll ghost in less than a second. is awful like that but feels no shame.

but also emotional as shit and it’s confusing. will cry on a whim and then flip you off if you try to console them or ask them what’s up. will bite you.

they go to therapy but they just fuck around and wastes their therapists’ time … also is fucking their therapist, but that’s neither here nor there. so they’re not really getting the help they need.

likes to be intimidating but not … with their body or anything because they’re a TWIG but uses their love & knowledge of horror and creepy shit to their advantage. has an abundance of fake blood. has channeled the energy of jack nicholson and used it on tatiana’s boyfriends before (also is a big fan of sfx makeup & has dabbled in it)

probably chases kids around with a chainsaw without the chain on halloween every year.

generally never doing good, both mental health wise & morally. would probably steal candy from a baby for funsies.

i don’t know if there’s a good to them somewhere deep down, but they don’t see any issues with themself either. nothing really breaks through to them anymore because the only person who ever made them stop and think about their actions was tatiana, and well, y’know. :/

an introverted reclusive type who doesn’t like most people or going out, but does so anyway if it means a quick high & a cheap thrill.

pretty observant and likes to analyze people even though they’re often like … partially wrong. judgmental because they like to make people feel bad, not because they’re a righteous mighty person. because they’re not. so like, a hypocrite!

wanted connections.

a roommate… but it’s an absolute nightmare to live with him.

enemies… because viktor would have a lot of them…

familiar faces… people who knew tatiana or of her / were her friends. maybe even those who dated her, and who viktor would’ve tried to intimidate / scare at any given chance :/

pitiful glances… people who take pity on viktor and he hates it sooo much.

hooligan gremlin kids… just a friend group of grown ass adults who do drugs and fuck shit up around town like they’re edgy teenagers.

high school girlfriend… probably the one he lost his virginity to inside his family church :/

childhood acquaintances… people who knew him from his youth.

exes… good & bad terms, but mostly bad terms because viktor is an actual demon. probably cheated on them.

soft… i don’t know if he’s soft towards anyone and/or is capable of it but we can try. we can try.

unrequited… either viktor just doesn’t like them or he’s holding back because he’s :/ got issues with relationships & is self-sabotaging as one does

enemies with Tension… of the … spicy kind if you know what i mean. wink.

friends… old friends, new friends, bad friends, good friends, close friends, frenemies, etc. i don’t know how many he had but if your muse likes to cause a ruckus and fuck shit up then viktor’s your man.

hook-ups… current or old. friends with benefits, one night stands, anything and everything because he fucks around a lot.

ride or die… friendship but make it extreme.

bad influence… he’s just toxic to be around and brings out the worst in people :/

bad egg… he’s gotten into a few fights :/ maybe you witnessed it. maybe you were in it.

literally anything i wld love all sorts of plots.

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Writing Process Tag Game

Answer 10 questions about your writing process, then tag 10 writers whose process you want to know more about. The point of this game is to have fun.

just searching for some fun tag games and I ran across this post from @therska and @writing-is-ruining-my-life on tumblr. thanks for sharing!

1. How do you get your story ideas? How do you know when something is worth writing and when it’s just a fleeting thought or fantasy? Tell us the origin story of one of your past or current WIPs.

How do I not get my story ideas? every movie, tv show, song, book, real life experience, or daydream can be turned into an AU for a fic. the ideas literally never stop coming.

it has been exactly nine years to the day since I published my first fic and I’ve only published a total of 10 fanfics in those 9 years. sooo most things are a fleeting thought. I’ve really gained a lot of inspiration and confidence since joining the 100 fandom so I’m hoping I can start making these dreams a reality.

origin story for my Hocus Pocus AU: Oct 1st I decided I wanted to write a halloween story. Oct 2nd I decided on Hocus Pocus. Bellamy as Max, Octavia as Dani, and Clarke as Alison. and then I found a tweet about these two characters who dressed up as Muggles and then everyone started turning into their Halloween costumes so the guys were kinda sol. And then BAM! I wrote 16.5k words in less than a month.

2. What are your writing tools of choice? Are you picky? Do you have specific brands you like? If you have neuroses in this department, we want to hear about them.

my poems always had to be in a marble composition notebook and were written with a black pen. my stories were always written on my laptop.

now everything’s on my iphone! the notes app for poetry/ideas. Pages App for outlines. Google Docs for the actual story.

3. Where and when do you write? Morning? Dead of night? Your bedroom? The park? Paint us a picture of your usual surroundings when you sit down to write.

I write on my iPhone because I have three kids. I’m ususally jottings down ideas and words as they come to me. As I watch my kids play at the park or in the backyard, when I’m putting them to sleep or their watching Super Wings! But I do most of my writing in the dead of night. The baby still wakes up and takes a bottle once or twice a night so sometimes I’ll feed her and then stay awake writing until the sun rises. #momlife

4. Do you ever encounter writer’s block? If so, how do you overcome it? Any tips to pass on to other writers reading this?

YES. I published my last TwiFic in July 2011 and didn’t write my first BellarkeFic until May 2018. I would start a few stories, get about 4 chapters in and then that was it. Plan a few stories but be too scared to type the first words. I couldn’t finish anything and I was too scared to publish unfinished!

And then one night I stayed up from 2-6am and wrote almost 3k words!

In the time that I’ve had this “writer’s block” I’ve graduated from college, gotten my first big girl jobs, had some bad hookups, got back together and married to my ex, moved out of my parent’s house and out of my home state and across the country, and had two more kids.

Basically I’ve lived some lifetimes. Put some more experiences under my belt. And I found my voice again, refreshed my muse, and started writing 100 fanfic.

Greatest writing I advice I can give is from Ernest Hemingway, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Just write it! Like Nike.

5. Do you outline? If no, why not? If yes, what kind of outlines do you make, and at what point in your writing process do you make them?

My outlines look something like this, ok:

title | brief summary | what type of AU/what kind of story is this | table of contents/idea list / character bios / and then I just write whatever comes out.

lol i mean basically. it’s usually in that order too.

6. When and how do you edit? After the first draft? During? Do you have a method, or is it kind of a free-for-all?

I try to just write at first. then I turn on Grammarly. I reread and reread until I’m sick of it. Read it out loud. Listen, I’m not the best at editing so I’ll be happy to hear everyone else’s methods.

7. Is there anything about your writing process that other people might consider to be unique or weird?

I always have to have a title. And I always have a huge folder of inspiration photos / moodboards on Pinterest. I can get kind of obsessed and won’t start writing until I have those two things covered. lol

8. Do you ever take breaks from writing? For how long do these breaks feel rejuvenating, or do they stress you out? Give us a sense of what life is like when you’re not writing.

Writing for me is a sprint, not a marathon. I don’t write every day. I take breaks between fics. I try to read a lot when I’m not writing. Or I just wait for that inspiration to strike in the middle of the night.

Life when I’m not writing? I look at my writing a lot. Look at my ideas. Read over some dialogue. Look at my Pinterest boards. Think of new ideas.

9. When do you first start writing? Why? What’s changed since then, if anything?

I first started writing poems in High School. 9th and 12th grade English had really big poetry projects. I wrote poems to capture my feelings. 2009 I discovered fanfiction and started writing stories! I can’t say that very much has changed since then.

10. Anything else you want to tell us about your writing process?

I don’t listen to music when I write. I’m more visual so i need the Pinterest boards. I really don’t like people looking at my work until it’s finished, but I love the feedback.

tagging my favs again : @the-most-beautiful-broom @blueshirtbell @eleanor-sheleanor @asroarke @youleftme-clarke @pawprinterfanfic @grumpybell @ponyregrets @bettsfic @anniebibananie (and anyone else! I would love to hear your process, too!)

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How To Make A Fairy Garden On a Budget

One way to enjoy potted plants, whether indoors or out, is to use them in fairy gardens. While fairy gardens have been around for many years, they really seem to have taken off over the past few years. And rightly so. I mean, why not create miniature whimsical worlds with teeny tiny figurines and small garden plants?  I resisted the urge for a long time, but the fairy garden bug bit me this spring and I now have not only one —  but two — fairy gardens. While neither is elaborate, they’re both sufficiently cute and were super easy and cheap to make. So read on for my tips and tricks for how to make a fairy garden on a budget. 

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My interest in fairy gardens was piqued when a local greenhouse sponsored a fairy garden scavenger hunt. They displayed about 30 different fairy gardens throughout their greenhouse, including the windmill “garden” above. My daughter insisted we go and the rest is history.

They also had some super cute fairies having tea in another fairy garden.

And some unicorn fairies as well.

They even had a fairy riding on a bird.  Needless to say they gave us great inspiration to complete our own fairy garden.

Our concept started with the container — a galvanized tub from the Dollar Tree. I absolutely love the French words written on the side of it (flowers and garden). We drilled holes in the bottom of the container and then placed a few small rocks there, over the holes, to help with drainage. Then it was time to add some tiny figurines into the mix!

I must admit that our first fairy garden was created on the spot at the garden center and we did not necessarily get the best prices for the figurines. But we did provide our own container, and they gave us the special mix of dirt that’s best for fairy gardens for free. They also gave us some decorative rocks to add to the mix.

The star of the show, beside the fairy, has to be the llama. My daughter absolutely loves llamas and she got very excited when we found this mini one for sale. 

However, I thought the fairy she chose was absolutely darling. She has such an expectant look on her face. 

We added a Welcome arrow sign, a mailbox and a door. Every fairy garden needs a proper door! We also added some small rocks to create a path to the door as well as to secure the door so it wouldn’t fall over.

So while this first fairy garden was not bare bones cheap, two of the figures (Welcome arrow sign and mailbox) came from the Dollar Tree, and some of the greenery (tiny faux trees in the very back) I already had on hand. The fairy, llama and door together cost around $16.00 total.  The plants used were a Goldcrest Lemon Cypress Cone (cute “tree” on the right) and a 4 inch Selaginella plant (on the left). The two plants cost around $10.00. That’s because the mini Lemon Cypress is expensive ($7.00) but I caved for it since I’ve had two regular sized ones for quite some time now and I love them!  But truly, you can put together a very cute fairy garden with Dollar Tree figurines and convenience store plants and be just as happy with the outcome. To that end, let me share just what darling fairy garden-worthy figurines I did come across at the Dollar Tree, some of which were used in fairy garden number #2  below.

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Three cute fairies, each doing their own thing, all for one dollar.

Another one dollar  purchase — a fairy garden bridge!

I immediately fell in love with this fairy garden bistro set — it’s made of leaves! And yes, it cost one dollar.

Here it is up close. Darling.

This gazebo was a Dollar Tree purchase.

As was this Welcome arch.

These three garden figurines were also one dollar total. I especially love the little bicycle planter on the right. 

I bought three tiny fairy garden plants for $1.29 each at my local nursery.

Once again, I picked up this door at the nursery for more than I would have liked, but apparently fairy garden doors come at a premium. I think it was around $4.99. 

And here’s the whole shebang. Unfortunately, I could not get a good picture of fairy garden #2 so it’s a bit far away. But I think you get the gist.

Here are some close-ups.

I just love the fairy with the book in her lap! And do you see the gnome in the background? He was part of  another Dollar Tree fairy garden set.

And this fairy holding her bouquet of flowers on the bridge. Can you see the blue “water” flowing under the bridge? The whole thing came together in no time and at very little cost.

DIY Fairy Garden Supplies

1. container with drainage holes (Dollar Tree)

2. potting soil (Dollar Tree)

3. plants (real and faux)

4. small rocks for bottom of container (Dollar Tree)

5. fairy/gnome/other figurines (Dollar Tree)

6. crushed blue glass (optional – Michael’s)

7. awl (optional)

8. roll of moss (optional – Michael’s)

How To Make An Inexpensive Fairy Garden 

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1. Start off with an inexpensive container. I chose a large plastic bowl from Dollar Tree.

2. Make sure the container has drainage holes. I made my own holes by poking an awl through the plastic. It was super simple. 

3. Put a layer of small stones over the holes to help with drainage.  

4. Fill the container with potting soil. I got this bag at Dollar Tree.

5. Use colored glass pieces for the stream. I picked these up at Michael’s for 50 % off or $3.00.

6. Use a roll of moss to create pathways as part of your garden. I got this for $3.99 plus 30% off. I only used a small amount so I have a ton left for other projects.  

7. Add your ponds, mossy pathways and plants, as well as your special fairies and all their accessories, of course.  

While not all Dollar Tree locations carry the exact same items, you should still be able to fashion your own fairy garden out of similar items from their stores. And if Dollar Tree isn’t your jam, I’ve provided links below for additional DIY fairy garden elements you might like:

For containers you might start out with a plastic window flower box  or balcony rail planter. As for accessories, you could always start out with a fairy garden fish pond, or maybe a fairy garden swing set. You could also stock your fairy garden with its own windmill house or even a mini dragon. The possibilities are endless.  

Other possible material sources:

I’m not sure how long my interest in fairy gardens will continue, but for now it’s a great opportunity to share my love of plants with my daughter in a truly fun and whimsical way. 

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Looking Beyond Keywords: How to Drive Conversion with Visual Search & Search by Camera

Posted by Jes.Scholz

Let’s play a game. I’ll show you an image. You type in the keyword to find the exact product featured in the image online. Ready?

Google her sunglasses…

What did you type? Brown sunglasses? Brown sunglasses with heavy frame? Retro-look brown sunglasses with heavy frame? It doesn’t matter how long-tail you go, it will be difficult to find that exact pair, if not impossible. And you’re not alone.

For 74% of consumers, traditional text-based keyword searches are inefficient at helping find the right products online.

But much of your current search behavior is based on the false premise that you can describe things in words. In many situations, we can’t.

And this shows in the data. Sometimes we forget that Google Images accounts for 22.6% of all searches — searches where traditional methods of searching were not the best fit.

Image credit: Sparktoro

But I know what you’re thinking. Image SEO drives few to no sessions, let alone conversions. Why should I invest my limited resources into visual marketing?

Because humans are visual creatures. And now, so too are mobile phones — with big screens, multiple cameras, and strong depth perception.

Developments in computer vision have led to a visual marketing renaissance. Just look to visual search leader Pinterest, who reported that 55% of their users shop on the platform. How well do those users convert? Heap Analytics data shows that on shopping cart sizes under $199, image-based Pinterest Ads have an 8.5% conversion rate. To put that in context, that's behind Google’s 12.3% but in front of Facebook’s 7.2%.

Not only can visual search drive significant conversions online. Image recognition is also driving the digitalization and monetization in the real world.

The rise of visual search in Google

Traditionally, image search functioned like this: Google took a text-based query and tried to find the best visual match based on metadata, markups, and surrounding copy.

But for many years now, the image itself can also act as the search query. Google can search for images with images. This is called visual search.

Google has been quietly adding advanced image recognition capabilities to mobile Google Images over the last years, with a focus on the fashion industry as a test case for commercial opportunities (although the functionality can be applied to automotive, travel, food, and many other industries). Plotting the updates, you can see clear stepping stone technologies building on the theme of visual search.

Related images (April 2013): Click on a result to view visually similar images. The first foray into visual search.

Collections (November 2015): Allows users to save images directly from Google’s mobile image search into folders. Google’s answer to a Pinterest board.

Product images in web results (October 2016): Product images begin to display next to website links in mobile search.

Product details on images (December 2016): Click on an image result to display product price, availability, ratings, and other key information directly in the image search results.

Similar items (April 2017): Google can identify products, even within lifestyle images, and showcases similar items you can buy online.

Style ideas (April 2017): The flip side to similar items. When browsing fashion product images on mobile, Google shows you outfit montages and inspirational lifestyle photos to highlight how the product can be worn in real life.

Image badges (August 2017): Label on the image indicate what other details are available, encouraging more users to click; for example, badges such as “recipe” or a timestamp for pages featuring videos. But the most significant badge is “product,” shown if the item is available for purchase online.

Image captions (March 2018): Display the title tag and domain underneath the image.

Combining these together, you can see powerful functionality. Google is making a play to turn Google Images into shoppable product discovery — trying to take a bite out of social discovery platforms and give consumers yet another reason to browse on Google, rather than your e-commerce website.

Image credit: Google

What’s more, Google is subtly leveraging the power of keyword search to enlighten users about these new features. According to 1st May MozCast, 18% of text-based Google searches have image blocks, which drive users into Google Images.

This fundamental change in Google Image search comes with a big SEO opportunity for early adopters. Not only for transactional queries, but higher up the funnel with informational queries as well.

Let’s say you sell designer fashion. You could not only rank #1 with your blog post on a informational query on “kate middleton style,” including an image on your article result to enhance the clickability of your SERP listing. You can rank again on page 1 within the image pack, then have your products featured in Similar Items — all of which drives more high-quality users to your site.

And the good news? This is super simple to implement.

How to drive organic sessions with visual search

The new visual search capabilities are all algorithmically selected based on a combination of schema and image recognition. Google told TechCrunch:

“The images that appear in both the style ideas and similar items grids are also algorithmically ranked, and will prioritize those that focus on a particular product type or that appear as a complete look and are from authoritative sites.”

This means on top of continuing to establish Domain Authority site-wide, you need images that are original, high resolution, and clearly focus on a single theme. But most importantly, you need images with perfectly implemented structured markup to rank in Google Images.

To rank your images, follow these four simple steps:

1. Implement schema markup

To be eligible for similar items, you need product markup on the host page that meets the minimum metadata requirements of:

Name

Image

Price

Currency

Availability

But the more quality detail, the better, as it will make your results more clickable.

2. Check your implementation

Validate your implementation by running a few URLs through Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool. But remember, just being valid is sometimes not enough. Be sure to look into the individual field result to ensure the data is correctly populating and user-friendly.

3. Get indexed

Be aware, it can take up to one week for your site’s images to be crawled. This will be helped along by submitting an image XML sitemap in Google Search Console.

4. Look to Google Images on mobile

Check your implementation by doing a site:yourdomain.cctld query on mobile in Google Images.

If you see no image results badges, you likely have an implementation issue. Go back to step 2. If you see badges, click a couple to ensure they show your ideal markup in the details.

Once you confirm all is well, then you can begin to search for your targeted keywords to see how and where you rank.

Like all schema markup, how items display in search results is at Google’s discretion and not guaranteed. However, quality markup will increase the chance of your images showing up.

It’s not always about Google

Visual search is not limited to Google. And no, I’m not talking about just Bing. Visual search is also creating opportunities to be found and drive conversion on social networks, such as Pinterest. Both brands allow you to select objects within images to narrow down your visual search query.

Image credit: MarTech Today

On top of this, we also have shoppable visual content on the rise, bridging the gap between browsing and buying. Although at present, this is more often driven by data feeds and tagging more so than computer vision. For example:

Brahmin offers shoppable catalogs

Topshop features user-generated shoppable galleries

Net-a-Porter’s online magazine features shoppable article

Ted Baker’s campaigns with shoppable videos

Instagram & Pinterest both monetize with shoppable social media posts

Such formats reduce the number of steps users need to take from content to conversion. And more importantly for SEOs, they exclude the need for keyword search.

I see a pair of sunglasses on Instagram. I don’t need to Google the name, then click on the product page and then convert. I use the image as my search query, and I convert. One click. No keywords.

...But what if I see those sunglasses offline?

Digitize the world with camera-based search

The current paradigm for SEOs is that we wait for a keyword search to occur, and then compete. Not only for organic rankings, but also for attention versus paid ads and other rich features.

With computer vision, you can cut the keyword search out of the customer journey. By entering the funnel before the keyword search occurs, you can effectively exclude your competitors.

Who cares if your competitor has the #1 organic spot on Google, or if they have more budget for Adwords, or a stronger core value proposition messaging, if consumers never see it?

Consumers can skip straight from desire to conversion by taking a photo with their smartphone.

Brands taking search by camera mainstream

Search by camera is well known thanks to Pinterest Lens. Built into the app, simply point your camera phone at a product discovered offline for online recommendations of similar items.

If you point Lens at a pair of red sneakers, it will find you visually similar sneakers as well as idea on how to style it.

Image credit: Pinterest

But camera search is not limited to only e-commerce or fashion applications.

Say you take a photo of strawberries. Pinterest understand you’re not looking for more pictures of strawberries, but for inspiration, so you'll see recipe ideas.

The problem? For you, or your consumers, Pinterest is unlikely to be a day-to-day app. To be competitive against keyword search, search by camera needs to become part of your daily habit.

Samsung understands this, integrating search by camera into their digital personal assistant Bixby, with functionality backed by powerful partnerships.

Pinterest Lens powers its images search

Amazon powers its product search

Google translates text

Foursquare helps to find places nearby

Bixby failed to take the market by storm, and so is unlikely to be your go-to digital personal assistant. Yet with the popularity of search by camera, it’s no surprise that Google has recently launched their own version of Lens in Google Assistant.

Search engines, social networks, and e-commerce giants are all investing in search by camera...

...because of impressive impacts on KPIs. BloomReach reported that e-commerce websites reached by search by camera resulted in:

48% more product views

75% greater likelihood to return

51% higher time on site

9% higher average order value

Camera search has become mainstream. So what’s your next step?

How to leverage computer vision for your brand

As a marketer, your job is to find the right use case for your brand, that perfect point where either visual search or search by camera can reduce friction in conversion flows.

Many case studies are centered around snap-to-shop. See an item you like in a friend's home, at the office, or walking past you on the street? Computer vision takes you directly from picture to purchase.

But the applications of image recognition are only limited by your vision. Think bigger.

Branded billboards, magazines ads, product packaging, even your brick-and-mortar storefront displays all become directly actionable. Digitalization with snap-to-act via a camera phone offers more opportunities than QR codes on steroids.

If you run a marketplace website, you can use computer vision to classify products: Say a user wants to list a pair of shoes for sale. They simply snap a photo of the item. With that photo, you can automatically populate the fields for brand, color, category, subcategory, materials, etc., reducing the number of form fields to what is unique about this item, such as the price.

A travel company can offer snap-for-info on historical attractions, a museum on artworks, a healthy living app on calories in your lunch.

What about local SEO? Not only could computer vision show the rating or menu of your restaurant before the user walks inside, but you could put up a bus stop ad calling for hungry travelers to take a photo. The image triggers Google Maps, showing public transport directions to your restaurant. You can take the customer journey, quite literally. Tell them where to get off the bus.

And to build such functionality is relatively easy, because you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. There are many open-source image recognition APIs to help you leverage pre-trained image classifiers, or from which you can train your own:

Google Cloud Vision

Amazon Rekognition

IBM Watson

Salesforce Einstein

Slyce

Clarifai

Let’s make this actionable. You now know computer vision can greatly improve your user experience, conversion rate and sessions. To leverage this, you need to:

Make your brand visual interactive through image recognition features

Understand how consumers visually search for your products

Optimize your content so it’s geared towards visual technology

Visual search is permeating online and camera search is becoming commonplace offline. Now is the time to outshine your competitors. Now is the time to understand the foundations of visual marketing. Both of these technologies are stepping stones that will lead the way to an augmented reality future.

Sign up for The Moz Top 10, a semimonthly mailer updating you on the top ten hottest pieces of SEO news, tips, and rad links uncovered by the Moz team. Think of it as your exclusive digest of stuff you don't have time to hunt down but want to read!

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TGIWednesday and a download for having love find YOU!

TGIWednesday News

I make every effort to NOT go out and hunt down this that or the other thing.  By so doing, things and people seem to find me. I won’t chase anything and if something is continually being hard and road blockish (even after fishing) maybe it’s the universe and divine timing saying it’s not the time.  This especially rings true with romance and partnerships.  We don’t want our love life becoming a Greek tragedy and instead we’d like for love to find us and to unfold and be more organic.  This is my wish for you as you read or hear this now.  Like that old Pablo Cruise song “Love will find a way.” There are just a few days left to visit the shop this month and use the code LOVE44 to receive an automatic 22% off the Ideal Love Audio MP3 for just $44 (savings of $13).

TGIWednesday Download

~  LOVE WILL FIND ME ~ I believe, think, know and feel that love can and will find me when the time is right.  I am ready, willing and able to allow a space for love to find me. I know, when, where, how and why with the voice of spirit that love will show up when I least expect it.  I am asking for this in all languages and throughout all time lines and so it is.

LIVE ZOOM EVENT TONIGHT!

TONIGHT  February 24th at 7:30pm 

Theme: Clearing the blocks and calling in The One!  All about Love/Soul Mate/Twin Flame energy. Want to increase and strengthen the love bond with your current partner?  Is your energy clear and aligned to bring in that someone special? What past love traumas do you still need to clear? What beliefs do you have about love that are getting in your way? Register at Calendly for $22 (includes reminders and replay) https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/feb2021-switches INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the date circled in BLUE. Look for the event time shown in YOUR time zone. SELECT THAT TIME & then click on the BLUE CONFIRM BUTTON then follow through & complete your payment.  Submit your Top 3 by 3pm Eastern today to support@jimmymackhealing.com  

Register Here - $22

Live Show Appearances

YOU WEALTH REVOLUTION hosted by Darius  New Energy, New You™! New Season Starting Tues. March 2nd It's the biggest energy healing event of the year - best of all it’s FREE from your home!

During this online event, the world’s top energy healing and life transformation experts will conduct daily live energy healing calls with hundreds of life-changing energy processes. 

REGISTER NOW and Don't Miss This Limited-Time FREE Gift for You ($67 Value)  The incredible new Soul Spa 2.0™ and 741 Hz download which works to cleanse your aura and release toxic stress, worry and old anchors.

------------------------------------

As you know by now, I will not be returning to our weekly Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show in 2021. We will of course be guest or co-hosting on a variety of other shows on occasion.  So stay tuned to this section of TGIW as a variety of future show line ups will be posted! 

Watch hundreds of replays for FREE here in the archives: https://thejimmymackhealingshow.com/

From the Fish Box

SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions on FRIDAY MARCH 26th from 10-4pm

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $38 or 30-minutes $68. If you’re new to working with me, I suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

From the Fish Box

Q & A with Jimmy Q) "The morning after you kindly helped me again, I sat on the floor as usual but was suddenly, immediately surrounded all around me with the true tiny fish and one small group seemed to be hanging from a "circle".  This event has come several times which shows me being much more "there" now.   So, this will remain with me.  And I hope it is all right that copies have been made of a fish picture and is bring a nice feeling from the pics on the bedroom walls and several in the other.  It was interesting how it seemed being guided of where to tape them." - Lee T.  A) "Love that, you go for it……………I see and experience that kind of stuff daily…so cool isn’t it! You’re what I call “in the wave” of all that is………….enjoy!" - Jimmy  

Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack FEBRUARY 24th  "Today I will do what I want to do. I will not force my opinion or wishes on others. I will respect that each person has the right and the free will to choose what they want. I will mind my own business. I will suggest, but not force. I will inquire without demand. I will ask without intruding. Today I will endeavor to stay as private as possible and keep to myself."

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Nightly prayers include COVID-19. Each night we work on scrambling the frequency for everyone on the prayer list. Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you.  

In addition, throughout the full 30-days, Jimmy will be dialing into your energetic signature each day upon rising and make certain that you are a clear yes, unclear to no and running forward before you start your day. He is doing the heavy lifting for you around 3am NY time while most of you are asleep in order to smooth out your way and increase your most favorable life outcomes.

The 30-day service is now being offered exclusively  and you also have the option of selecting an ongoing subscription ($95/month) which is managed through PayPal only.

Upon written email request, for each new order we offer a one-time email analysis via the intelligent healing software that Jimmy uses on your behalf.  Most clients have had amazing results and outcomes!

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers. *NOTE if the MDP Service was purchased via a special telesummit or radio show offer, prayers will be limited to BUYER ONLY - and will not include family members or pets.

You can run this monthly and stop at any time after the 30 days is up, you will have the opportunity to renew and update your list each month but are under no obligation. I believe you will experience magical transformations and make progress every day! 

Sign Up for 30-Days - $99

​For those who aren't familiar,​ below is ​a​ list of the​ 30+​ audio​s in the MyBeliefWorks series.... Find a topic that addresses your issue(s), click on the link to read more. We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better. Don't forget... you can share these with your immediate friends and family.

Abundance Abuse Addiction Body Scan: Head to Toe Bountiful Harvest Creatives Daily GPS Reset Dark Energies/Fears Decision Making Diet & Exercise Education & Learning Family & Relatives Financial Windfall The Gold Coin Healing Body Disorders Healing Mental Stress

Holiday Stress Increasing Intuition IRS & Tax Time Love & Romance Money Mindset Moving Forward Pain Relief Pet Healing Sales & Success Improving Sex Improving Sleep Traveling w/Ease Work & Career Weight Loss Youth & Vitality  

**Can't See The Full Email? Click Here to View Online**

Go deep sea "fishing" with Jimmy!

Level 1 is open to ANYONE at anytime! Click here to watch the Mastery video playlist

The Certificate of Mastery Program includes 2 best-selling ebooks and 2 clearing audios plus written & video instructions, AND one-on-one time with Jimmy ALL for about the cost of a single 1-hr session! This online course is for anyone who is familiar with OR new to "fishing" and is ready to dive into the deep end & get results that are beyond the ordinary! It includes The Tackle Box & The Dowser's Handbook ebooks PLUS 2 MP3s "Clearing Dark Energies" & "Increasing Your Intuition" to help clear, strengthen and prepare your energy field for optimal “fishing” results. This is a work-at-your-own-pace curriculum that will TEACH & CLEAR you at the same time! In under 2wks you will be finished with the program and ready to fish on your own with greater results! Level II offers Practitioner Certification for those who qualify.

LEARN ABOUT CERTIFICATION HERE

TGIFunny

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Jimmy Mack | Appointments Skype: Jimmy.Mack55 Clearwater Florida USA Book a 15 minute session Book a 30 minute session Book a 60 minute session ​​​ Transformational Healing of Body, Mind​ & Spirit, People, Places, Pets & Situations!​ ​ Download the My Liquid Fish™ Starter Kit (*Updated December 2020) Audio MP3 Downloads​ and books​ to improve your life! Get Certified in ​My Liquid Fish™Change Made Simple™ Watch Free Videos on YouTube Radio Show Archives Shop for ​Supplements ​ http://www.jimmymackhealingshop.com www.jimmymackhealing.com Copyright ©1998-2021 All Rights Reserved  

-------------------------------------------------- TGIW newsletter managed by: Sandy Bidinger Digital Marketing Specialist at SMBeConnected Solutions www.smbeconnected.com  

Stay connected!

  Our mailing address is: Clearwater Florida 33756 USA

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TGIWednesday and a download for having love find YOU!

TGIWednesday News

I make every effort to NOT go out and hunt down this that or the other thing.  By so doing, things and people seem to find me. I won’t chase anything and if something is continually being hard and road blockish (even after fishing) maybe it’s the universe and divine timing saying it’s not the time.  This especially rings true with romance and partnerships.  We don’t want our love life becoming a Greek tragedy and instead we’d like for love to find us and to unfold and be more organic.  This is my wish for you as you read or hear this now.  Like that old Pablo Cruise song “Love will find a way.” There are just a few days left to visit the shop this month and use the code LOVE44 to receive an automatic 22% off the Ideal Love Audio MP3 for just $44 (savings of $13).

TGIWednesday Download

~  LOVE WILL FIND ME ~ I believe, think, know and feel that love can and will find me when the time is right.  I am ready, willing and able to allow a space for love to find me. I know, when, where, how and why with the voice of spirit that love will show up when I least expect it.  I am asking for this in all languages and throughout all time lines and so it is.

LIVE ZOOM EVENT TONIGHT!

TONIGHT  February 24th at 7:30pm 

Theme: Clearing the blocks and calling in The One!  All about Love/Soul Mate/Twin Flame energy. Want to increase and strengthen the love bond with your current partner?  Is your energy clear and aligned to bring in that someone special? What past love traumas do you still need to clear? What beliefs do you have about love that are getting in your way? Register at Calendly for $22 (includes reminders and replay) https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/feb2021-switches INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the date circled in BLUE. Look for the event time shown in YOUR time zone. SELECT THAT TIME & then click on the BLUE CONFIRM BUTTON then follow through & complete your payment.  Submit your Top 3 by 3pm Eastern today to support@jimmymackhealing.com  

Register Here - $22

Live Show Appearances

YOU WEALTH REVOLUTION hosted by Darius  New Energy, New You™! New Season Starting Tues. March 2nd It's the biggest energy healing event of the year - best of all it’s FREE from your home!

During this online event, the world’s top energy healing and life transformation experts will conduct daily live energy healing calls with hundreds of life-changing energy processes. 

REGISTER NOW and Don't Miss This Limited-Time FREE Gift for You ($67 Value)  The incredible new Soul Spa 2.0™ and 741 Hz download which works to cleanse your aura and release toxic stress, worry and old anchors.

------------------------------------

As you know by now, I will not be returning to our weekly Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show in 2021. We will of course be guest or co-hosting on a variety of other shows on occasion.  So stay tuned to this section of TGIW as a variety of future show line ups will be posted! 

Watch hundreds of replays for FREE here in the archives: https://thejimmymackhealingshow.com/

From the Fish Box

SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions on FRIDAY MARCH 26th from 10-4pm

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $38 or 30-minutes $68. If you’re new to working with me, I suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

From the Fish Box

Q & A with Jimmy Q) "The morning after you kindly helped me again, I sat on the floor as usual but was suddenly, immediately surrounded all around me with the true tiny fish and one small group seemed to be hanging from a "circle".  This event has come several times which shows me being much more "there" now.   So, this will remain with me.  And I hope it is all right that copies have been made of a fish picture and is bring a nice feeling from the pics on the bedroom walls and several in the other.  It was interesting how it seemed being guided of where to tape them." - Lee T.  A) "Love that, you go for it……………I see and experience that kind of stuff daily…so cool isn’t it! You’re what I call “in the wave” of all that is………….enjoy!" - Jimmy  

Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack FEBRUARY 24th  "Today I will do what I want to do. I will not force my opinion or wishes on others. I will respect that each person has the right and the free will to choose what they want. I will mind my own business. I will suggest, but not force. I will inquire without demand. I will ask without intruding. Today I will endeavor to stay as private as possible and keep to myself."

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Nightly prayers include COVID-19. Each night we work on scrambling the frequency for everyone on the prayer list. Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you.  

In addition, throughout the full 30-days, Jimmy will be dialing into your energetic signature each day upon rising and make certain that you are a clear yes, unclear to no and running forward before you start your day. He is doing the heavy lifting for you around 3am NY time while most of you are asleep in order to smooth out your way and increase your most favorable life outcomes.

The 30-day service is now being offered exclusively  and you also have the option of selecting an ongoing subscription ($95/month) which is managed through PayPal only.

Upon written email request, for each new order we offer a one-time email analysis via the intelligent healing software that Jimmy uses on your behalf.  Most clients have had amazing results and outcomes!

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers. *NOTE if the MDP Service was purchased via a special telesummit or radio show offer, prayers will be limited to BUYER ONLY - and will not include family members or pets.

You can run this monthly and stop at any time after the 30 days is up, you will have the opportunity to renew and update your list each month but are under no obligation. I believe you will experience magical transformations and make progress every day! 

Sign Up for 30-Days - $99

​For those who aren't familiar,​ below is ​a​ list of the​ 30+​ audio​s in the MyBeliefWorks series.... Find a topic that addresses your issue(s), click on the link to read more. We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better. Don't forget... you can share these with your immediate friends and family.

Abundance Abuse Addiction Body Scan: Head to Toe Bountiful Harvest Creatives Daily GPS Reset Dark Energies/Fears Decision Making Diet & Exercise Education & Learning Family & Relatives Financial Windfall The Gold Coin Healing Body Disorders Healing Mental Stress

Holiday Stress Increasing Intuition IRS & Tax Time Love & Romance Money Mindset Moving Forward Pain Relief Pet Healing Sales & Success Improving Sex Improving Sleep Traveling w/Ease Work & Career Weight Loss Youth & Vitality  

**Can't See The Full Email? Click Here to View Online**

Go deep sea "fishing" with Jimmy!

Level 1 is open to ANYONE at anytime! Click here to watch the Mastery video playlist

The Certificate of Mastery Program includes 2 best-selling ebooks and 2 clearing audios plus written & video instructions, AND one-on-one time with Jimmy ALL for about the cost of a single 1-hr session! This online course is for anyone who is familiar with OR new to "fishing" and is ready to dive into the deep end & get results that are beyond the ordinary! It includes The Tackle Box & The Dowser's Handbook ebooks PLUS 2 MP3s "Clearing Dark Energies" & "Increasing Your Intuition" to help clear, strengthen and prepare your energy field for optimal “fishing” results. This is a work-at-your-own-pace curriculum that will TEACH & CLEAR you at the same time! In under 2wks you will be finished with the program and ready to fish on your own with greater results! Level II offers Practitioner Certification for those who qualify.

LEARN ABOUT CERTIFICATION HERE

TGIFunny

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Jimmy Mack | Appointments Skype: Jimmy.Mack55 Clearwater Florida USA Book a 15 minute session Book a 30 minute session Book a 60 minute session ​​​ Transformational Healing of Body, Mind​ & Spirit, People, Places, Pets & Situations!​ ​ Download the My Liquid Fish™ Starter Kit (*Updated December 2020) Audio MP3 Downloads​ and books​ to improve your life! Get Certified in ​My Liquid Fish™Change Made Simple™ Watch Free Videos on YouTube Radio Show Archives Shop for ​Supplements ​ http://www.jimmymackhealingshop.com www.jimmymackhealing.com Copyright ©1998-2021 All Rights Reserved  

-------------------------------------------------- TGIW newsletter managed by: Sandy Bidinger Digital Marketing Specialist at SMBeConnected Solutions www.smbeconnected.com  

Stay connected!

  Our mailing address is: Clearwater Florida 33756 USA

[365dailyaffirmations]

TGIWednesday and a download for having love find YOU!

TGIWednesday News

I make every effort to NOT go out and hunt down this that or the other thing.  By so doing, things and people seem to find me. I won’t chase anything and if something is continually being hard and road blockish (even after fishing) maybe it’s the universe and divine timing saying it’s not the time.  This especially rings true with romance and partnerships.  We don’t want our love life becoming a Greek tragedy and instead we’d like for love to find us and to unfold and be more organic.  This is my wish for you as you read or hear this now.  Like that old Pablo Cruise song “Love will find a way.” There are just a few days left to visit the shop this month and use the code LOVE44 to receive an automatic 22% off the Ideal Love Audio MP3 for just $44 (savings of $13).

TGIWednesday Download

~  LOVE WILL FIND ME ~ I believe, think, know and feel that love can and will find me when the time is right.  I am ready, willing and able to allow a space for love to find me. I know, when, where, how and why with the voice of spirit that love will show up when I least expect it.  I am asking for this in all languages and throughout all time lines and so it is.

LIVE ZOOM EVENT TONIGHT!

TONIGHT  February 24th at 7:30pm 

Theme: Clearing the blocks and calling in The One!  All about Love/Soul Mate/Twin Flame energy. Want to increase and strengthen the love bond with your current partner?  Is your energy clear and aligned to bring in that someone special? What past love traumas do you still need to clear? What beliefs do you have about love that are getting in your way? Register at Calendly for $22 (includes reminders and replay) https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/feb2021-switches INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the date circled in BLUE. Look for the event time shown in YOUR time zone. SELECT THAT TIME & then click on the BLUE CONFIRM BUTTON then follow through & complete your payment.  Submit your Top 3 by 3pm Eastern today to support@jimmymackhealing.com  

Register Here - $22

Live Show Appearances

YOU WEALTH REVOLUTION hosted by Darius  New Energy, New You™! New Season Starting Tues. March 2nd It's the biggest energy healing event of the year - best of all it’s FREE from your home!

During this online event, the world’s top energy healing and life transformation experts will conduct daily live energy healing calls with hundreds of life-changing energy processes. 

REGISTER NOW and Don't Miss This Limited-Time FREE Gift for You ($67 Value)  The incredible new Soul Spa 2.0™ and 741 Hz download which works to cleanse your aura and release toxic stress, worry and old anchors.

------------------------------------

As you know by now, I will not be returning to our weekly Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show in 2021. We will of course be guest or co-hosting on a variety of other shows on occasion.  So stay tuned to this section of TGIW as a variety of future show line ups will be posted! 

Watch hundreds of replays for FREE here in the archives: https://thejimmymackhealingshow.com/

From the Fish Box

SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions on FRIDAY MARCH 26th from 10-4pm

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $38 or 30-minutes $68. If you’re new to working with me, I suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

From the Fish Box

Q & A with Jimmy Q) "The morning after you kindly helped me again, I sat on the floor as usual but was suddenly, immediately surrounded all around me with the true tiny fish and one small group seemed to be hanging from a "circle".  This event has come several times which shows me being much more "there" now.   So, this will remain with me.  And I hope it is all right that copies have been made of a fish picture and is bring a nice feeling from the pics on the bedroom walls and several in the other.  It was interesting how it seemed being guided of where to tape them." - Lee T.  A) "Love that, you go for it……………I see and experience that kind of stuff daily…so cool isn’t it! You’re what I call “in the wave” of all that is………….enjoy!" - Jimmy  

Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack FEBRUARY 24th  "Today I will do what I want to do. I will not force my opinion or wishes on others. I will respect that each person has the right and the free will to choose what they want. I will mind my own business. I will suggest, but not force. I will inquire without demand. I will ask without intruding. Today I will endeavor to stay as private as possible and keep to myself."

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Nightly prayers include COVID-19. Each night we work on scrambling the frequency for everyone on the prayer list. Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you.  

In addition, throughout the full 30-days, Jimmy will be dialing into your energetic signature each day upon rising and make certain that you are a clear yes, unclear to no and running forward before you start your day. He is doing the heavy lifting for you around 3am NY time while most of you are asleep in order to smooth out your way and increase your most favorable life outcomes.

The 30-day service is now being offered exclusively  and you also have the option of selecting an ongoing subscription ($95/month) which is managed through PayPal only.

Upon written email request, for each new order we offer a one-time email analysis via the intelligent healing software that Jimmy uses on your behalf.  Most clients have had amazing results and outcomes!

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers. *NOTE if the MDP Service was purchased via a special telesummit or radio show offer, prayers will be limited to BUYER ONLY - and will not include family members or pets.

You can run this monthly and stop at any time after the 30 days is up, you will have the opportunity to renew and update your list each month but are under no obligation. I believe you will experience magical transformations and make progress every day! 

Sign Up for 30-Days - $99

​For those who aren't familiar,​ below is ​a​ list of the​ 30+​ audio​s in the MyBeliefWorks series.... Find a topic that addresses your issue(s), click on the link to read more. We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better. Don't forget... you can share these with your immediate friends and family.

Abundance Abuse Addiction Body Scan: Head to Toe Bountiful Harvest Creatives Daily GPS Reset Dark Energies/Fears Decision Making Diet & Exercise Education & Learning Family & Relatives Financial Windfall The Gold Coin Healing Body Disorders Healing Mental Stress

Holiday Stress Increasing Intuition IRS & Tax Time Love & Romance Money Mindset Moving Forward Pain Relief Pet Healing Sales & Success Improving Sex Improving Sleep Traveling w/Ease Work & Career Weight Loss Youth & Vitality  

**Can't See The Full Email? Click Here to View Online**

Go deep sea "fishing" with Jimmy!

Level 1 is open to ANYONE at anytime! Click here to watch the Mastery video playlist

The Certificate of Mastery Program includes 2 best-selling ebooks and 2 clearing audios plus written & video instructions, AND one-on-one time with Jimmy ALL for about the cost of a single 1-hr session! This online course is for anyone who is familiar with OR new to "fishing" and is ready to dive into the deep end & get results that are beyond the ordinary! It includes The Tackle Box & The Dowser's Handbook ebooks PLUS 2 MP3s "Clearing Dark Energies" & "Increasing Your Intuition" to help clear, strengthen and prepare your energy field for optimal “fishing” results. This is a work-at-your-own-pace curriculum that will TEACH & CLEAR you at the same time! In under 2wks you will be finished with the program and ready to fish on your own with greater results! Level II offers Practitioner Certification for those who qualify.

LEARN ABOUT CERTIFICATION HERE

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I make every effort to NOT go out and hunt down this that or the other thing.  By so doing, things and people seem to find me. I won’t chase anything and if something is continually being hard and road blockish (even after fishing) maybe it’s the universe and divine timing saying it’s not the time.  This especially rings true with romance and partnerships.  We don’t want our love life becoming a Greek tragedy and instead we’d like for love to find us and to unfold and be more organic.  This is my wish for you as you read or hear this now.  Like that old Pablo Cruise song “Love will find a way.” There are just a few days left to visit the shop this month and use the code LOVE44 to receive an automatic 22% off the Ideal Love Audio MP3 for just $44 (savings of $13).

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Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions on FRIDAY MARCH 26th from 10-4pm

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Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $38 or 30-minutes $68. If you’re new to working with me, I suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

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Q & A with Jimmy Q) "The morning after you kindly helped me again, I sat on the floor as usual but was suddenly, immediately surrounded all around me with the true tiny fish and one small group seemed to be hanging from a "circle".  This event has come several times which shows me being much more "there" now.   So, this will remain with me.  And I hope it is all right that copies have been made of a fish picture and is bring a nice feeling from the pics on the bedroom walls and several in the other.  It was interesting how it seemed being guided of where to tape them." - Lee T.  A) "Love that, you go for it……………I see and experience that kind of stuff daily…so cool isn’t it! You’re what I call “in the wave” of all that is………….enjoy!" - Jimmy  

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The Certificate of Mastery Program includes 2 best-selling ebooks and 2 clearing audios plus written & video instructions, AND one-on-one time with Jimmy ALL for about the cost of a single 1-hr session! This online course is for anyone who is familiar with OR new to "fishing" and is ready to dive into the deep end & get results that are beyond the ordinary! It includes The Tackle Box & The Dowser's Handbook ebooks PLUS 2 MP3s "Clearing Dark Energies" & "Increasing Your Intuition" to help clear, strengthen and prepare your energy field for optimal “fishing” results. This is a work-at-your-own-pace curriculum that will TEACH & CLEAR you at the same time! In under 2wks you will be finished with the program and ready to fish on your own with greater results! Level II offers Practitioner Certification for those who qualify.

LEARN ABOUT CERTIFICATION HERE

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Book Review: “How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy” by Jenny Odell

1. What is your favorite quote from the book and why do you find it meaningful?

“It's a bit like falling in love, that terrifying realization that your fate is linked to someone else's, that you are no longer your own. But isn't that closer to the truth anyway? Our Fates are linked, to each other, to the places where we are, and everyone and everything that lives in them how much more real my responsibility feels when I think about it this way! This is more than just an abstract understanding that our survival is threatened by global warming, or even a cerebal appreciation for other living beings and systems. Instead this is an urgent, personal recognition that my emotional and physical survival are bound up with these strangers not just now but for life.” (pg 183) 

I know this is a long quote, but when I first read this passage my eyes filled with tears and I let out the most inspirational “wow.” I was just shocked when I read this, at this point in the book this quote made everything make sense. We are connected to each other and to this earth, and our survival is counting on that connection. However, we are so absorbed in the attention economy we forget what and who are around us. We need to fall in love with each other again rather than the people stuck on our little screens. 

 2. Why do you think this book, released by indie publishing house Melville Press, has become an unexpected bestseller in Corona Times?

What else do we have to do during quarantine than sit our phones? We are quite literally in a cage where the only thing we have is to lose ourselves in the attention economy. People forgot how to take walks outside, rather than go to the gym, or just sit on the porch and watch the kids play. I think why this book was so successful during Corona Times is because people needed a break, and this book was a guide to that break. There was a pause in life, and I don’t think anyone truly knew how to take that pause. 

This past year has been a constant pressure cooker of the attention economy, and people needed to find a way to turn it off. While social media was a great way to connect us when no one could be together, we really had no escape. This book also came out at a time when a lot of people found it necessary to evaluate their life, and really look at themselves including what and who we surround ourselves with. The book, I believe, allowed people to open their eyes to seeing more than what was really there. 

 3. How does the attention economy benefit from our social media activity and media streaming consumption?

Refresh, Refresh, Refresh. That’s how the attention economy benefits from our social media activity. There are certain aesthetic choices that suck us into platforms like Instagram, or Facebook. The endless scrolling is what sucks you in as a consumer, and its main purpose is to keep you scrolling. There is always something new, and it never stops. 

Our attention span as society has continued to dwindle down to the bare minimum. Musicals and plays used to be over 3 hours, and now they are compact into 90 minutes with a 15-minute intermission, to recharge your attention. With the advancement of technology, our attention span continues to decrease. So much that we can’t deal with the feeling of not knowing something. We have to take out our phones and ask Siri. Our phones and other devices have allowed us to develop these emotions that we don’t want to feel anymore, and the only way to avoid that is to continue our use. 

 4. How does this book relate to the topic of celebrity culture?

Celebrity culture is a huge part of the attention economy. A majority of the ‘news’ on my Facebook feed is about celebrities. Social media allows them to develop a brand, and it’s almost as if they are constantly selling to us. Also, social media breaks down this barrier between the celebrity and the audience where it makes us feel as though the celebrity is our friend. The closer that connection becomes the easier it is to get sucked into this cycle of celebrity culture that is produced on social media. 

 5. Do you take digital detox breaks? If yes, describe them. Have they been more challenging during the quarantine era? Why?

I don’t take digital detox breaks. For one, I just don’t think I could remember all of my passwords after. 

All joking aside, for me I don’t know if they would work. I feel like no matter how long the break was, I would just go back, and perhaps it would be worse. What did I miss? Who messaged me? I’m not saying there aren’t benefits, but I try and find other times to avoid social media during the day. Maybe I’ll take one just for an experiment. However, I feel as though I would have to be alone. I don’t know how effective it would be because I have roommates, and watching someone else scroll all day wouldn’t give me the same benefits that I would expect to happen if I were alone. 

 6. Do you sleep with your phone or computer? Are you aware of impacts on your sleep cycles and relaxation caused by overnight proximity?

My phone is on my nightstand, plugged in, and on do not disturb at night and mostly throughout the day. Notification sounds just bother me, especially if I’m trying to concentrate on something else like homework or reading a book. However, I have many habits with my phone. Just like notification sounds, notification numbers bug me so much. If I see one I have to clear it, I like things to be clean on my phone. Usually when I’m stressed about something I will go on my phone to escape or avoid. I follow a lot of “aesthetically pleasing” accounts that I turn to in order to calm myself down when I get anxious. Scrolling through Pinterest always helps because I’ve tailored that to be aesthetically pleasing to my eyes. If I’m surrounded by a calm, good-looking space, it’s less likely I’ll be anxious, and that pertains to my phone as well. 

That being said, I am trying to limit my phone usage. I’ve noticed I can’t watch television without scrolling on my phone. This is just bad for my eyes and everything else cause I’m staring at two screens. My biggest habits with my phone are in the morning and before I go to bed. I’m very into my routines, and this has just become part of it. I also look at my phone when I first wake up, and I scroll for about 30 minutes. Mainly, it’s just to clear all my notifications from overnight. Then at night, which is where I watch tv shows or Youtube, and then scroll on my phone before I go to bed. I’ve been trying to break this habit by reading before bed, which ultimately limits my watch time because if it’s past a certain hour, I just go to sleep. I’m very aware of my habits and am trying to change them, especially because of this book. But I don’t think it has an impact on my sleep cycle, if anything my phone relaxes me because I use it in a relaxing way, but that is also a problem within itself.

 7. What is the role of nature in Odell's book, in particular the role of birds? (P.S. Did you know that birdwatching has become a HUGE pastime in the Covid era with a Snow Owl becoming a celebrity in NYC's Central Park? See NY Times (Links to an external site.)  article on Birdwatching and another on the snowy owl  (Links to an external site.))

The presence and care for nature in Odell’s book is what I mostly took away. We as a society are so absorbed within ourselves and advancement of technology that we have lost a state of consciousness with the very ground we walk upon. I watched a TED talk by Graham Hancock called “The War on Consciousness” (which was originally banned from TED due to it’s radical content) and he echo’s a lot of what Jenny Odell says. Humans have lost this connection to spirit, and if we don’t reconnect we may be holding ourselves back from further evolution. The way that Hancock suggests we grasp this reconnection is through the psychedelic drug of ayahuasca. There are a lot of parallels between these two because Odell suggests a lot that we need to render our attention, in order to open ourselves to more than what is considered surface level. If we allow ourselves to embrace a further, deeper state of consciousness we can reconnect with earth, and the nature that surrounds us in order to become a greater society. 

We need to reintroduce ourselves to nature, rather than take it for granted, which is why I think something like birdwatching became a pastime activity during COVID. I also want to mention the attention that nature has been getting during COVID. I remember a couple weeks after the lockdown there were stories of how animals and wildlife were starting to come back to places they haven’t occupied in a long time because nature was somehow repairing itself. There are also a lot of before and after lockdown pictures of cities where you can see the difference in pollution form the sky color. I think a lot of people took that as a sign that we are the problem, and things need to start changing. 

 Here is the link to the TED Talk, I highly recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0c5nIvJH7w

 8. Experiment: Leave your phone at home for one hour to talk a walk in your neighborhood. Write down your observations when you return and draw a map of your path. What did you observe?  Take a photo of your map to include in your book review. Did the experience provide any revelations? Were you anxious, relieved, inspired? Did you notice anything you'd never seen before?

I love taking walks, it’s been a daily activity for me since Corona Times have begun. I usually just plug my headphones in and listen to music, but I don’t really look at my phone when I’m walking. My phone is also a safety net for me, so walking without it made me a little more anxious than comfortable. 

I live kinda close to a park in New York, but it’s a bit of a trek to get to. Usually I speed through my neighborhood in order to get to the quite area when the park begins, but not this time. I took more of a casual stroll through my neighborhood, still the same route. There was a lot of traffic noise, music from people’s speakers at storefronts, groups of people talking in Spanish. I always walk by a pet store to stare at the puppies in the window. Once I got to the park there is always this sense of relief, and it was still there even without my phone. The wind was brushing through the trees, footsteps of people running, birds chirping. There was a lot that I noticed, I sometimes forgot my phone wasn’t there and I could just be present. 

9. What does Odell mean by 'doing nothing?' Are we capable of doing nothing? 

The very last line of her book when she describes her encounter with the pelicans was, “The answer was nothing. Just watch.” We need to be able to disconnect, and we have lost that ability to disconnect ourselves from the attention economy. We live in a society that tells us we can’t do nothing, because you can’t survive that way. To take time to breathe, relax, connect with nature is looked at as selfish rather than necessary. The question of if we are capable of doing nothing is simple, of course we are capable. However, are we willing? 

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My Five Acres. Travel. Adventure. Yoga. My Five Acres. Travel. Adventure. Yoga. - Travel. Adventure. Yoga.

Want to add incredible activities to your next trip? It can be hard to know where to begin, but we promise you, the effort is all worth it in the end. Get started by grabbing our 17 tips below for adding more outdoor s into your s — and your life.

This post was created in collaboration with 57Hours. All great tips are our own!

What’s in our guide to activities?

1. 3. Instagram feed is packed with epic pictures of them bagging mountain peaks, leaping into waterfalls, or kayaking pristine glass lakes?

It’s annoying, right?

But what if I told you that you can be one of those annoying people?

Or, as we prefer to think of it…

You could be one of those adventurous people!

You too can be someone who:

Thrives in the great outdoors.

Visits the most incredible places on the planet.

Experiences the best Mother Nature has to offer.

You can be one of those people who comes home from vacation with a magical glow, like the sun is shining from inside your heart!

Adventure is not just for special people. It’s within reach for almost anyone and it’s not hard to get started. All it takes is a little preparation and a little practice.

The first step is to read on for our…

17 Tips for Adding Adventure Activities into Your Next Trip

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If you’re looking for extreme s, a guide can take care of the planning and make sure you have a great time. Photo by 57Hours.

1. Book an Adventure Tour

You might think that tours are less adventurous than going places on your own. But honestly, we love taking tours with local guides.

A guide can help you find the secret spots that only locals know about. If you’re craving extreme s, a knowledgable guide will lead you through safely and make sure you have the best possible experience.

Plus, a guide can provide any technical equipment you need and tell you exactly what you should bring to stay warm, dry, and comfortable for the whole trip. If you’re on a family , hiring a guide will help you make sure your plans are suitable for kids (and any reticent adults in your party).

We prefer to deal with a small personable company like 57Hours, who help you access the best human-powered outdoor s around the globe.

They personally review each experience they offer to make sure it’s fun and safe — but also environmentally responsible and sustainable. All you need to do is to choose your tour and show up on time!

2. Ask Locals Before You Go

The internet has transformed the way we . No longer do we have to rely on out-of-date guide books that send everyone to the exact same handful of sights, restaurants, and hotels.

Instead, you can get personal recommendations about what to do and see from the experts — people who live there.

To find the rs at your destination, hop onto Facebook and search for local groups dedicated to hiking, climbing, mountain biking, or whatever kind of you want to have.

Once you find them, pop in and start asking questions. People love the chance to show off their home towns, so don’t be shy! If you’re lucky, someone will invite you along their next outdoor .

You can also use Instagram hashtags to accomplish the same thing. Just search a hashtag and when you find a photo you like, message the person who posted it asking how you can go there too.

Of course, you’ll want to stay away from the most popular Instagram spots, where everyone is there just to get the shot and get out!

3. Plan Ahead with Pinterest

This Pinterest search for Vancouver Hikes led me to lots of great insider articles.

People often think that can only arise spontaneously — and sometimes that’s true. But more often, the best is the result of lots of research and careful planning.

If you have a vacation destination in mind, start by researching the outdoor s available in the region. Or, if you have a particular activity in mind, research the best places to do that activity.

If you don’t plan ahead, you might get lucky and end up having a great . Then again, you might just miss out on some of the best experiences!

We like using Pinterest for planning. It is a visual search engine — and no, it’s not just a place to find recipes and crafting projects.

Top bloggers (like us!) share their best posts there, and you’ll find articles about secret places and amazing destinations you might never find on Google or in a guide book. Start by searching for “ holidays” or “ trips” to get inspired.

4. Get the Right Apps

From trail-finding, to mapping, to star-gazing, the right apps can make outdoor a little safer and a lot more fun.

We like Alltrails and Viewranger for help finding (and not losing) hiking trails. To find great guides in your area, try out the 57Hours app, where you can find rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, backcountry skiing tours and more.

Maps.me is our favourite offline map which can help you find your way even if you lose cell service. Peakvisor and Spyglass help you know exactly what mountains and stars you’re gazing at, while First Aid by the American Red Cross can be a literal life saver!

(Related: If you’re going to be hiking, discover the best hiking apps in this post by Atlas and Boots) →

Adventures like this don’t happen spontaneously. You need to plan — but the results are worth the effort! Photo by 57Hours.

5. Less Travel Means More Adventure

When you book a trip, it’s tempting to constantly move around from place to place — one night here, the next night somewhere else, and so on. This is the absolute best way to kill any chance of . You’ll spend most of your time in the most boring places on the planet — like hotels, train stations, and airports. Ugh.

Instead of moving all over the place, slow down!

Adventure tourism does not have to be a frenetic experience.

Instead, base yourself in a single place for a week or two. That’ll give you lots of time to explore, discover, and actually enjoy yourself. Plus, slow is much better for the environment… so we all win!

6. Be Open to Last-Minute Opportunities

I know I said earlier that you should plan your trip carefully before you go but a key part of planning vacations is to plan lots of free time. I like to schedule must-do activities early on in my itinerary and then leave later days open for unexpected opportunities.

If you pack your itinerary full from the minute you leave home until the minute you get back, you’ll shut down any chance of spontaneous . It’s amazing how many times locals recommend things that sound just incredible and it’s a huge bummer when we have to say “no” because we just don’t have time.

Plus, if nothing comes up, you’ll get to relax — which is part of the point of , no?

You can often find out about great hikes and other fun activities by just asking locals where they would go.

7. Save on Accommodation, Spend on Fun

Here’s a secret that the luxury industry doesn’t want you to know.

You don’t need to spend a huge amount of money on hotels in order to have a great time. Instead of opting for five-star hotels (where goes to die) or chain hotels (the McDonalds of accommodation), stay in a small family run B&B, a hostel (yes, even adults are welcome), or try camping.

By avoiding corporate accommodation, you’ll get to meet local people and your dollars will go straight into their pockets. Plus, you’ll save stacks of cash that you can spend on outdoor activities!

8. Get in Shape Before You Go

This one is not a deal breaker but it can really help you have more fun on active vacations. Even if you don’t plan on climbing a mountain or going sea kayaking, getting used to using your body will greatly increase your enjoyment of almost any .

If you’re desk-bound by day, try to get out every day during lunch or after work for a brisk walk. On weekends, get outside or to the gym to get your body working. You can even book a weekend to prep for a longer while on vacation.

We also highly recommend learning a few yoga postures which, if practiced regularly, can help reduce muscle soreness, shorten recovery time, and prevent injuries.

Check out our guide to Yoga for Hikers to get started.

9. Pack the Essentials

A great rain jacket can make the difference between a miserable time and an exhilarating !

Once you have an idea of what activities you want to do, it’s time to pack the right gear. Now, don’t get me wrong. I do not advise loading up your suitcase with all the things.

But there are a few basics that no r should not leave home without:

Comfortable hiking shoes. Shoes are the foundation of any . If your foundation falls apart, your whole trip will crumble; if you get blisters or don’t have enough support in your shoes, the rest of your body will quickly start complaining, too.

If you’re going to spend a lot of time on your feet, get your hiking shoes early and wear them a lot before you leave home. That way, there are no surprises when you finally hit the trail.

A great rain jacket. Rain can really put a damper on things (ha ha!). But, as people from my extremely wet hometown of Vancouver will tell you, if you have the right rain jacket, a downpour can be downright fun.

I have hiked and biked through some of the craziest storms you can imagine. The amount I enjoyed these experiences directly correlated to how waterproof my jacket was that day.

You will never regret investing in a great breathable rain jacket.

Women’s intimate gear. Ladies, let’s get real here for a minute. Women have a harder time in the outdoors because of our sometimes inconvenient biology. There are two pieces of equipment that have revolutionized my enjoyment of wilderness s.

The first is a menstrual cup which allows so much more freedom (and is way better for the environment) than traditional period solutions. I like the Lunette Cup but there are tons out there to choose from.

The second is the female urination device — sounds sciencey but it’s really just a funnel that helps ladies pee standing up! No more baring your butt to bears and bugs while in the great outdoors.

A few more essentials. Add a versatile pair of pants, some extra cushiony socks, and a sun hat or warm hat for extra comfort.

10. Rent Gear for Short Trips

Most people know that you can rent sports gear, like bikes and skis, all around the world. But did you know you can often rent camping equipment, hiking gear, bike touring bags, and climbing gear too?

If you just want to spend a couple of active days as part of a longer trip, plan on renting instead of packing gear from home. That way you can still pack light and enjoy one or more different s while you’re away.

Of course, booking a tour will accomplish the same thing with less hassle — your guide should provide all the technical equipment you need.

11. Always Be Eco-Friendly

The great thing about outdoor s is that many of them are naturally eco-friendly. Spending a few days hiking, biking, or kayaking is far better for the environment than a speedboat tour or sipping cocktails at a luxury resort.

However, before you book any activity, make sure to check the eco-credibility of the tour company. Are they aware of the impacts of tourism? Do they have an eco-protection policy or contribute to any local environmental organizations? If they don’t have it on their website, make sure you ask before you book.

(Don’t miss: Our post on how to be a green tourist has lots of tips to help you be eco-aware as you ) →

A knowledgable guide is a great resource when it comes to staying safe on your outdoor s. Photo by 57Hours.

12. Invest in Protection

If you ignore everything else on this list, at least do these two things before you leave home:

Get vaccinated. Research vaccines for your destination and, if they are needed, head to a clinic early! Some vaccines need multiple courses to take effect, so you need to plan ahead. We’ve had enough tropical diseases (say “hello” to our good friends malaria and dengue) to know that you can’t mess around when it comes to vaccines.

Find the right insurance. Not all insurance covers sports, so when you’re buying, make sure you’re covered for whatever adventurous activities you’re planning. If you need to be airlifted off a mountain somewhere, you don’t want to be worrying about how much it’ll cost!

World Nomads provides reliable insurance that covers lots of sports. SafetyWing offers simple month-to-month coverage, and also covers plenty of s.

Some tours include insurance, so make sure to ask what is covered before you book.

13. Make Like a Boy Scout and Be Prepared

At My Five Acres, we pack as light as possible. But one thing we never leave behind is our mini first aid kit. It has all the necessary items we need for small accidents, blisters, slivers, and the like.

However, if you’re going on a bigger , a bigger, more comprehensive first aid kit might be in order. At the very least, make sure that one person in your party is carrying a kit with all the bells and whistles — and that at least two people know how to use it.

When our friend spilled a pot of boiling water on her foot in Canada’s Broken Islands, more than an hour’s kayak from the nearest road, we were sure glad that my brother knew exactly what to do, and had all the equipment to do it! Not only did it save our friend from huge amounts of pain and a long recovery time, but it saved our entire trip!

It’s OK to push yourself to new heights, but being aware of your limitations is an important skill for outdoor rs.

14. Be Realistic About Your Limitations

It can be tempting to book the most awesome, epic, hard-core possible but, unless you are an expert, just… don’t do it.

Instead, be realistic. If you spend all week at a desk and all weekend doing chores around the house, chances are your body won’t perform as well as you might like.

You can still have an amazing time doing a moderate, or even easy, activity! Plus, you won’t spend the rest of your trip moaning about your sore knees or the massive blisters you got.

At the same time, make sure you’re not wimping out just because you’re afraid to push yourself. It’s a fine balance between edging out of your comfort zone and jumping off a cliff.

15. Stay Hydrated

Many an adventurous day has been ruined by lack of hydration. Every outdoor activity, whether it’s in the snow or the blazing sun, requires that you drink plenty of water.

We always bring our own refillable water bottles and drink tap water (unless it is non-potable, of course). If we’re taking an tour, we check that our guide can provide us water refills that don’t come from small plastic water bottles.

The last thing we want to do is add more single-use plastic to an already overloaded world.

16. Respect the Wildlife

Remember that wild animals are wild animals. They are not cute little kitties or puppies, waiting to be patted, photographed, and admired by humans.

Anything from tiny mosquitos to big ol’ grizzly bears can ruin your and — let’s be honest — outright kill you. Before you head outside, do a little research about your destination.

What are the potential hazards from wildlife and how should you avoid them?

It might be as simple as packing a powerful insect repellent, or you might need to bring the right equipment to avoid attracting hungry animals to your campsite.

Do your research and be prepared so you know what to do when confronted by wild animals.

Respecting the power of nature will help you to stay safe in the great outdoors.

17. Solo Travellers Should Have a Home Buddy

I do a lot of day hikes alone when Stephen is off teaching yoga. Before I leave, I always text my hiking plan to him and tell him what time I should be back. If he hasn’t heard from me by then, he knows it’s time to take action. So far, he’s never had to send out a rescue party but he would if the need ever arose.

If you’re going solo, always have a buddy who will remember to worry about you and take action if you don’t check in.

And please, if you’re not experienced in the outdoors and you want to have a big , hire a guide! They will make sure you have the most amazing time while also staying safe.

The world is big, wild, and wonderful — but it can also be deadly if you don’t know what you’re doing.

Getting out into the great outdoors is the perfect way to turn an ordinary vacation into a transformational trip. Challenging your mind and body can teach you more about yourself and just how much you are really capable of doing. So before you head out on your next trip, use our tips to make sure you have an amazing, safe, and adventurous time.

We hope our tips for adding more activities into your s has been helpful! If you have any questions, feel free to email us.

♥  Happy mindful s, Jane & Stephen

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Excitement 

Need to know what Angelina Jolie is up to this week? What about the most recent new music or film industry numbers for your most loved motion picture? Man does not live by work alone!

1. Huffington Post 

"HuffPo" has some expertise in announcing news stories and occasions in pretty much every real class and subcategory you can consider, and some you presumably could never consider! Established by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti in 2005, the blog was bought in 2011 for $315 million by AOL. Huffington Post highlights a large number of bloggers that contribute newsworthy substance on a wide scope of points.

2. Buzzfeed 

BuzzFeed centres around internet-based life and stimulation focusing on recent college grads. It's popular, picture overwhelming, and fun read. BuzzFeed's substance frequently turns into a web sensation because of its conspicuous designs and inside and out detailing. The extent of their crowd is stunning. Statista's May 2016 research discovered that 7 billion watchers got to their video content every month.

Educational blog

In the data age, instruction ought to be a lifetime interest. At no other time in written history has so much data been accessible to everybody so effectively. The web makes it conceivable to build your incentive as a representative, join and find out about social causes, and make change through training.

3. Coursera 

Coursera offers more than 2,000 classes from a portion of the top colleges on the planet directly in the solace of your lounge room. Courses by a portion of the top educators at Stanford, MIT, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and more are accessible, a considerable lot of which are free or low estimated. In the event that you need to proceed with your instruction or spotlight on a point, you'll discover a seminar on Coursera! Furthermore, their blog is truly cool – find out about new course contributions, meet the educators, and investigate the subjects they instruct.

4. Khan Academy 

Khan Academy is another incredible asset for web-based learning. They offer a wide scope of courses in arithmetic that is sorted out by subject and grade level, science and designing, figuring, expressions and humanities, and financial aspects and account.

Travel 

We as a whole love to travel! Regardless of whether your fantasy excursion comprises of taking a wine visit through Tuscany, an eco-voyage through the Central American rainforests, or an adventure to ride the 10 best crazy rides in the United States, you'll find all that you need on the web!

5. Meraviglia Paper 

The slogan on this blog says it consummately: Meraviglia encourages you to choose where to remain! It pinpoints the most heartfelt spots to remain in a cosy way, regardless of whether it's in the author's lawn in northern Italy or a palace in Denmark! It incorporates heaps of idyllic photographs and expressive stories offering a superb look at probably the most lovely travel goals on the planet!

6. The Everywhereist 

Geraldine DeRuiter's exceptional voice is a much-needed refresher in the sightseeing blog world. At the point when she's not grovelling over Jeff Goldblum or tweet-playing with her better half, Moz organizer Rand Fishkin, she's composition silly close to home expositions, thoughts, and travel guides. Her blog is an absolute necessity perused, particularly her viral post on Mario Batali's sexual offence conciliatory sentiment and how she tends to Twitter abusers. Be that as it may, you additionally can't pass up her movement journal All Over The Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft.

Entrepreneurship Blogs 

7. SolopreneurHour.com 

A great structured and smooth blog that is tied in with working for yourself and making your very own riches. It's a blog with an extremely dynamic digital recording feed. Their web recordings are madly well known on iTunes, and no uncertainty they make a reasonable piece of cash from selling advertisement space on those web recordings. Webcasts are something to consider while making your blog as it could be an extraordinary adaptation apparatus.

8. BreakingintoStartups.com 

An exceptionally moving online journal that contains persuasive anecdotes about new businesses and the general population who work in them and make them. On the off chance that you need a stimulating beverage following a terrible day at the workplace or feel that you can't turn into that individual who goes it along and begins up something marvellous, at that point why not have a perused. You'll before long catch wind of individuals who truly just had the shirt on their backs and who ascended to be an achievement in business and throughout everyday life.

Instances of Tech Blogs 

One of my most loved kind of Blog is the "tech blog". Presently this isn't something new to blog about, as Tech bloggers have been blogging about innovation news and contraption surveys in detail online since the start of the web, But in light of the fact that it's such a tremendous speciality, you could cut out yourself a great edge inside the tech blog circle.

9. Knowtechie.com 

I've been following this site since it began and has seen its movement from only one person expounding on stuff he cherishes, to a site that gets nice traffic and has a group of scholars. Knowtechie is an incredible case of a site that began as an interest however has quickly turned into a business. I like the edge they have also. "Tech News For The Non-Techie". KnowTechie is a blog for individuals who love tech, yet live outside the air pocket.

Instances of Making Money Blogs 

Like economical web journals, making cash related online journals have turned out to be madly well known since the worldwide economy has declined as of late. The need for making more cash so as to have an "alright" personal satisfaction, is expanding year on year. Wages are not rising, employment is ending up less secure and the typical cost for basic items is always rising. This is the reason destinations like the ones beneath in this area are ending up increasingly mainstream.

11.SideHustleNation.com 

Side Hustle is an online network of business people goal's identity's to increase monetary opportunity by making organizations that can enable them to accomplish that. There's a gathering of profoundly significant blog entries on the most proficient method to make extra pay over your normal everyday employment wage. They utilize the web recording mechanism of substance advertising by making different webcasts with specialists discussing an entire scope of points around the business enterprise, profiting on the web and making riches.

12.MyWifeQuitHerJob.com 

An incredible site, which is profoundly helpful and rousing for individuals needing to change their 9 to 5 lives for something that will enable them to carry on a little and invest more energy with the family. The site is extremely basic, and something you could construct yourself on WordPress in merely day, yet the substance is the place this site exceeds expectations. Digital broadcasts, apparatuses, instructional exercises and blog entries that objective a particular speciality is the place this person profits. His digital broadcasts are extremely well known and when you have content that gets a lot of ears and eyes to it, at that point so will the publicizing pay.

ladies Blogs 

Mama online journals are a blog that is focused on guardians, especially ladies. Here's my single out the best mom blog models that I believe merit taking a gander at. They offer data that is creative and that can make parenthood that tad simpler. Most are monetised by supported post and show advertisements.

13.iovannaFletcher.com 

Giovanna is an author, blogger, vlogger and mum. Her blog content is predominantly about her life as a mother and a spouse. She has an extremely famous web recording called Happy Mum, Happy Baby Podcast. I cherish the assortment of substance on her blog. She blends it up between instructive blog entries about family life, what's happening in her reality and tips for mums and truly cool web recordings that spread an assortment of subjects to do with child-rearing and being a mum. The way that she's not by any stretch of the imagination hard selling is reviving.

14.CupOfJo.com 

A standout amongst the best mama bloggers around, Joanna has an extremely straightforward looking online journal, full to the overflow of helpful stuff for old and new moms alike. What I cherish about this site is the straightforwardness of the subject, the extremely current structure highlights and the typography. The blog entry thoughts are extremely astute also and separates Jo's website from various mom bloggers.

15. motherhooddiaries.com 

Parenthood Diaries is a web-based child rearing stage where guardians and guardians to-be can impart their insights, skill and arrangements on all themes identified with pregnancy and child-rearing. Leyla, who possesses and looks after MHD, manufactures her traffic by focusing on explicit watchwords identified with child-rearing and making assets around those expressions. She's additionally focusing her endeavours on social channels like Pinterest and Facebook to make worthwhile gatherings of people by means of an elective traffic source to Google.

Instances of Food/Wine Blogs 

16.Pinch Of Yum 

My most loved nourishment blog is this one. I think the style, plan and manner of speaking is simply the first rate. Lindsay truly has to blog down to a compelling artwork, with the composition as well as in realizing how to profit from blogging. I figure she has a gigantic email list which she has developed throughout the years, that she can use to actually print cash with. Focusing on her email list with her most recent blog entries, subsidiary connections, bargains, offers, coupons will make her a lot of money every month.

17.Cookie and Kate 

An exceptionally smooth and flawlessly planned sustenance blog. Much like Pinch of Yum, Cookie + Kate realizes how to make convincing nourishment content that viably draws in with their gathering of people.

18.iamafoodblog.com 

Another sustenance blogger who completely comprehends the intensity of valuable content and learning of how to adopt a site. Stephanie Le's nourishment blog is basic in plan and in substance structure. The stuff she posts is 100% noteworthy. Every one of the formulas can be produced using home and she carries the substance bursting at the seams with astounding, top-notch sustenance photography. She gives it an individual touch by including a touch of analysis and foundation to the photographs.

19. 12×75 

12 By 75 is by a wide margin one of my most loved wine web journals. It's elegantly composed and the data you gain admittance to is through a standout amongst the most persuasive wine merchants in the business. There are very few websites out there that are written in a similar tone as though your great companion was conversing with you on a given subject. A fine case of a blog that is worked out of the unadulterated enthusiasm for the subject. Look at their praise to Bruno Mars.

Instances of Personal Development Blogs 

In case you're looking begin a self-improvement blog that educates and offers guidance to individuals on the most proficient method to improve themselves sincerely and profoundly then look at the incredible models that I have recorded beneath to indicate you precisely what should be possible on the off chance that you buckle sufficiently down at it.

20. tinybuddha.com 

Again this is an exceptionally straightforward site as far as fabricate however has a decent point. It was set up by Lori Deschene, who is the creator of Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself. The site is about basic insight, motivation, connections, and care, which has picked up in prominence in the course of recent years. There are numerous posts on this site which depend on Buddhism's lessons, yet additionally contain things about connections, solid living and numerous different care related substance. I've demonstrated to you this self-improvement blog precedent on account of its effortlessness. You don't have to reproduce the wheel so as to create a mainstream blog inside your speciality. For whatever length of time that you focus on the correct speciality and take into account that speciality with creative substance, at that point you're onto a champ.

Instances of Fitness Blogs 

There's truly a huge number of writes on the Internet in some shape or structure. It's a prevalent speciality and one that can be rewarding on the off chance that you advance the correct item or offer something other than what's expected to the remainder of the wellness writes out there. Beneath, I have included wellness writes that do what they do staggeringly well and models that you can pick up bits of knowledge and motivation from.

21.NiaShanks.com 

A well-known wellness blog predominantly focused towards ladies, where there's positive support of ladies of every kind to get fit and begin loads and quality preparing. Nia composes rousing and enabling blog entries about how ladies can be fit, sound and tore by doing viable bodyweight works out. She likewise advances the mantra that activity ought to never be viewed as discipline for eating. I adore this site since it has a reason and an unmistakable message, which reverberates with her perusers. An extraordinary tip that you should take a route with you and attempt and use when beginning your very own wellbeing and wellness blog. Instances of WordPress Development Blogs Here's a couple of instances of web journals that assist individuals to build up their own web journals in WordPress and that offer counsel and instructional exercises on the improvement of WordPress sites. These locales will, in general, adapt their traffic by having Adsense promotions on their pages or have joined to different offshoot projects to push certain items around web improvement and WordPress topic and administrations.

22.SiteBeginner.com 

A perfect and basic plan with simple to devour data on an entire scope of subjects around web advancement on the WordPress.org blogging stage.

23.Wptavern.com 

WordPress Tavern is a site that is basic in development and configuration, yet is amazingly prevalent with the WordPress dev network. It centres around all things WordPress, from modules to WordPress instructional exercises, they spread most things you'll need to find out about WordPress. What this demonstrates is that your blog doesn't need to be garish with fancy odds and ends joined. A basic topic with creative and accommodating substance is sufficient for your site to be an enormous achievement.

24.Erickimphotography.com 

I think the manner of speaking on this blog is remarkable. In the event that just everything was composed thusly. It's well disposed, clear, simple to peruse and rousing. I like the manner in which they spread the basic things about photography with posts like "Shoot Different" and "Why your advanced mobile phone is the best camera". Appreciate this site. I did. the way of life websites

25. Sunday Chapter | Travel and Lifestyle Blog 

Sunday Chapter | Travel and Lifestyle blog about Blog Travel and way of life blog with tips and motivation for movement, style, excellence and wellbeing by Australian blogger, Angela Giakas.

26. THIRTEEN THOUGHTS | Beauty and Lifestyle Blog 

About Blog Thirteen Thoughts is a marvel and way of life blog. Notwithstanding sharing my affection for a portion of my most loved cosmetics and skincare items, I share photography and blogging tips just as some guidance for self-esteem, self-awareness, and satisfaction.