#the sadness hit hard today!!!!

[skrunklybf-archived]

in other news. good day to call off work and just cry in bed w my kiddo

[xyrw]

Vault of Knowledge got me really sad while seeing spirit’s memories but these two in particular just made me so so sad.

And others in that place, I really loved their backstories and how they all became friends even after losing important people.

They found light within each other and I think it’s so beautiful.

Found family trope never disappoints

[sad-leon]

something happened to my warm up sketch

alts under cut

[cosmicseafoam]

thinking about… newborn scrunch BUT on ghoul kits.

What if phantom wasn’t summoned but was born in the abbey and raised to eventually join the band.

Newborn kit phantom would be so fucking cute. Scrunchy little baby ghoul.

[rimouskis]

I know there's a lot of talk about how childfree people are more free to discuss their wants and lives and lifestyles but there is also a lot of talk from parents (specifically mothers) who feel abandoned by society and let down and as someone who is uninterested in kids yet feels deeply for and wants to improve the material conditions of parents in this country..................... it still feels stupidly and frustratingly selfish and hard to watch a friendship deteriorate because of someone's journey into parenthood and the only societally-acceptable message I'm allowed to take from and communicate about it is "it's so hard for parents and we need to give them grace"

[sleepanonymous]

(source)

Is it missing III hours for anyone else? Jic it is, here's some photos of him wearing nifty honeycomb socks.

[seiya-starsniper]

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[hey-august]

I both love and hate talking about myself, so I'm gonna step out of my comfort zone a bit and share a lil update about why I've been less active lately 🩷

tl;dr - Am feeling sad. I'm still writing because it makes me happy, but it'll stay slow until things start turning around.

So last year was a heck of a time for me - pretty much the entire year had something going on that was stressful. (Slight tmi: This was the first time that normal health cycles went all wonky from the stress, which only added to the feelings.)

I was on a new team (after 5 years with my prev team), there were restructures and layoffs, I no longer work with two of my favorite managers who were such pillars of support and work friends, my partner and I had to have a few tough conversations, and my dog had to have multiple surgeries for broken legs over the course of 6 months.

On top of that, I didn't prioritize time for myself, or time away from work, well. I didn't take more than a few days off at a time until earlier this month.

I realized that I was starting to feel burnt out and things were not getting better. My self esteem was dropping and not bouncing back.

I took off a full week earlier this month, which helped. I also started therapy.

This past weekend I got together with family, which we haven't done in-person in more than 10 years. It was nice and full of bonding, but we also unpacked a lot of unhappy memories from childhood. I think that chipped away at some of the healing that I hoped to get from the time off.

ALL THIS TO SAY, I'm feeling a little funky, emotionally. A lil sad, ya know? A little broken. I want to do things that make me happy, but it's hard. And the happiness seems to only last as long as I'm doing the thing.

But it is getting better. Even if it gets worse, that's part of the process sometimes. I don't like it, but it's gotta happen. So don't mind me if I'm quiet, if I say "I'm good!" or if post other things more often than stories.

I'm still here, still writing, and I'm always so happy to see yall pop up in my notifications and show up on my dash. 🩷🩷🩷

[wmnylander]

kinda sad kinda empty kinda numb kinda heartbroken i don’t get to watch my guys chase after a piece of vulcanised rubber in about an hour hbu

[bluesidedown]

Gratitude time

[lixenn]

Finished adjusting my cover letter and send it for proofreading so yay for progress? Still have absolutely horrible anxiety about job applications which less yay.

Like the fact that I have a deadline (which my mum is pressuring me about) means that I can't really... take my time with it. Which.... I had six months so this is actually my own fault but I wanted time off where I don't need to worry about job applications so yeah... No matter what I do I seem to lose OTL

It's not even just the job search, it's also worry about moving because I'm scared of actually getting a job but not a place to stay at (like if it's near my parents place it will be less stressful cause I can just commute until I find something but if it's far away I'm.... lowkey fucked?).

[marsixm]

being the houston mutual means every couple years i just log on like 'hey whats up just experiencing a natural disaster down here. im fine tho'

[bikananjarrus]

if anyone’s wondering, it is in fact the “his boots are just too big for me, avar” line from elzar’s message that broke me in half

[winter-hoof]

Finally found a celebrity death that made me cry

[naomiknight-17]

I did resistance training plus 53 goddamn minutes of walking today I am so fucking done

[sylphwing]

finished my puny little spoon for now 🥄 gnna buy some sandpaper (and maybeee some wood oil) to make it look a bit nicer but it was just a small lil smth to begin with. might move onto some other easy things like mushrooms and simple animals next :/c