#there is no balance

[serenaoffaerun]

Quick life update -- I've been trying SO hard to balance work, streaming, rest (especially with Fibromyalgia), and what artwork I NEED to do vs. what I want to do. Apparently, I'm not allowed to have that balance. So, unfortunately, chapter 4 of Confessions (along with the rest of the Bloodweave Week prompts and completion of the Galemancer Week prompts) will have to take a backseat for a week or two. (Maybe more, I sincerely hope not.)

Believe me. I want nothing more than to delve into this world and STAY in it. I have so many fics and art pieces planned (of a MUCH higher caliber than what you've seen here so far) And that time is coming soon. But I need to devote 100% of my time and attention to finishing this big commission that has taken over a year of my artistic time.

I'll still be reading and sharing and adoring others' work in the meantime, for my own sanity! See you on the other side. 💜

P.S. As a demonstration of the artistic style I'll be going for in my other pieces of artwork, I present to you, Abe from Oddworld - part of the commission I'm currently working on. All completely hand-drawn and blended on my Huion tablet with Affinity Designer.

[agirlwiththoughtsandnegativity]

I give 0 fucks about everything but I also give so many fucks it becomes deadly tbh

[wachtelbude]

MY WORK.

all of us are overworked but we have a "feel good manager" and she sends weekly mails with tipps for relaxation and book recs with titles like "find your inner strength" and it would almost be funny if it wasn't so damn bleak

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[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[zegalba]

Hadi Rahnaward: 'Fragile Balance' (2023) rug sculpture created with matches

[dailydivergent]

There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

[spookberry]

🌲 Oregon Miku 🌲

[mahgyu]

DIVINE TRINITY

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

so important for every character to be an idiot, but each in their own unique beautiful way

[i-write-stories-not-sins-bitch]

I’m going to be 21 next month, and I’ve lived on my own since 18.

And yet I’m still like that 12 year old girl who knew nothing about how to survive. Mad that innit?

[krowtesque]

some more assorted taz b doodles from my relisten

[hinamie]

inflict

[csuitebitches]

Start planning 2025

Make a list of all the emotions you want to feel at the end of 2025.

Now work backwards and write down all the tasks you need to do in order to feel that way.

Make a separate list of all the “gaps” - what do you currently not have in order to do those tasks to make you feel the way you want?

And lastly, write down how you can fill those gaps. Do you need a gym membership to become fit to feel good about your yourself? Do you need to learn how to cook better meals in order to feel healthy and energised? Do you need to start applying to jobs, in order to secure one, in order to feel financially safe? Do you need to buy an old school alarm clock that’s going to wake up your entire apartment building in order to wake up early? what do you need to DO?

also, make a list of all the things that worked out for you in 2024. Learn to celebrate and appreciate, even the smallest of wins.

For the next two months start the trial and error process of this program. Let’s say you decide that you want to work out 7 days a week in order to feel good about your body. Now halfway through November you realise that 7 days is probably too much, and 5 days would be better for your schedule. Or you decide to read 3 books a week, but realistically, maybe a chapter a day is better.

November and December are your trial months. By the time January starts, be ready with a program that is built for you, works for you, and can be completed by you.

Don’t forget about keeping a reward mechanism. If you complete your daily tasks for 1 month straight, buy that little purse you were eyeing, or take yourself to a spa. Reward yourself in ways you like so that :

a) you’re not in an endless cycle of never being satisfied

b) you don’t drop everything for a man or a friend who shows you the slightest bit of affection because you won’t show it to yourself

c) it encourages you to work harder for yourself.

[ohsweetflips]

“here there be gerblins” is like what if you couldn’t save everyone. “petals to the metal” is like what if the love was there and it couldn’t save everyone but the love was still there. “crystal kingdom” is like what if the love was there and it couldn’t save everyone and it actually made things worse but the love was there. “the eleventh hour” is like what if love started all of this but you couldn’t save everyone (you couldn’t save everyone (you couldn’t save everyone (you couldn’t save everyone (you couldn’t save everyone (you could save everyone))))). “stolen century” is like what if you could try again (what if there was love) (what if you could try again).

[humunanunga]

Enough of the trope where memory loss undoes the damage or the corruption or whatever. More content where removing memories just removes the context.

The tragedy of needing to grieve and not knowing what or who you lost or why. The angst of having trauma and being denied the awareness that it's trauma. The suspense of being different somehow and left to wonder how and when. The tension of knowing that something is off and you can't find where it hurts. The Adventure Zone gets it. Kingdom Hearts gets it.

There is an aching inside you and you don't know how it got there.