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uaeblogs · 2 years ago

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6 Tips to Take Care of Your Spring Mattress

A little care and maintenance, from cleaning to prevention, can go a long way in keeping your single or double mattress in good condition for years to come.

After investing in the greatest mattress, you likely anticipate using it for many years to give restful sleep. However, the lifespan of your bed can be shortened or extended depending on how well you care for your mattress, typically intended to last five to 10 years or more.

You can maintain your mattress clean and healthy and give cosy sleep for as long as possible by being mindful of environmental elements and knowledgeable about the best care for a bed.

Ensure that your mattress is well-supported

Although you might not necessarily need to buy the foundation or box spring with a new mattress, ensuring your mattress has the proper support is important. This prevents early wear and maintains the integrity of the materials.

For advice, speak with the manufacturer or see the warranty policy. For example, memory foam and other speciality mattresses require firm, sturdy support, whereas box springs are typically exclusively utilised with spring mattresses.

Use a High-Quality Mattress Protector

Use a mattress protector to shield your mattress from dirt, sweat, liquid spills, food crumbs, and other things. All of these interiors are absorbed by a mattress, which produces unclean, unhygienic bedding full of dust mites, bacteria, microorganisms, and various pests. Additionally, there is no way to clean the mattress from the inside if it all goes inside. As a result, your mattress's interior will stay unclean and full of unpleasant filth and germs even if the exterior is cleaned.

However, that can be avoided by utilising protection. A detachable mattress cover called a mattress protector keeps dirt, moisture, and food crumbs from getting inside the mattress by fitting on top of it or encasing it completely. Additionally, you can easily clean your mattress protector if any liquid or other substance spills on top of it by wiping it off or washing it like you would your bed sheets. Your mattress will last longer and remain clean and hygienic if you use a protector.

Wash your bedsheets regularly

You release sweat, oils, hair, and skin cells while you sleep. Additionally, crumbs from eating in bed can be tracked in by animals. All of this can infiltrate into mattress layers, becoming gross and fostering bacteria and dust mites.

Most cleaning professionals agree that bed linens and blankets should preferably be washed once a week to twice a month. It's crucial to maintain clean linens even when using a mattress protector. Additionally, the mattress covering should occasionally be washed following the manufacturer's instructions.

Rotate Your Mattress Once in a While

One of the best ways to increase the mattress' lifespan and prevent sagging is to rotate it. This means moving it from top to bottom—from your bed's head to its foot—to accomplish this. This will not only prevent it from deteriorating in any region, but it will also help it live longer by preventing depression. A minimum of once every three months, or once every six months if your mattress is thick and heavy, should be rotated. If your mattress is a flip- or dual-sided mattress, you can also flip it. This will give the worn side time to heal and return to how it was.

Do Not Fold or Bend Your Mattress

When the mattress is brand-new, we attempt to treat it with the utmost care, but once it has been in our home for some time, we stop taking such good care of it. Never fold or bend your spring mattress to ensure it lasts longer and stays in good condition. Its springs and foam can break if it is folded or bent. So, remove your mattress carefully from the side without bending it when changing sheets or transferring it. Additionally, prevent your kids from jumping on the bed, as this could prematurely wear down the springs.

Conclusion

Although the care and maintenance requirements for various types and brands of mattresses, such as double mattresses and single mattresses, can vary significantly, the fundamentals remain the same. Basically, ensure the bed is clean, shield it from harm, support it, and rotate it for even wear.

Although numerous elements affect how long a mattress will last, adhering to these best practices will help you have years of restful sleep and get the most out of your investment. In addition, know that a 10-year warranty on your mattress is regarded as the industry standard, regardless of whether you are looking at more conventional brick-and-mortar retailers or new bed-in-a-box mattress providers.

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rizlearns · 4 years ago

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge - Day 10 (Advice)

et råd | rådet | rådene (råda) everyone else was doing songs 'today' so i decided to jump on the bandwagon hehe. this is one of my favorite songs, from my favorite album, of one of my favorite artists: cezinando (featuring another one of my favs Unge Ferrari aka Stig Brenner). this is kinda a stretch with how it relates to the word 'advice' but i hope you get what i was trying to do here lol. here is my attempt at a translation! please let me know if i made any mistakes and lmk if you listen to the song and what you think of it!

Jeg bare synes du skulle ha hørt på meg I just think you should have listened to me

Karma er en bitch, fucker ikke med hun Karma is a bitch, I dont fuck with her Alt som går opp kommer ned igjen i retur everything that goes up comes down again in return Sa det og det vet du, traff deg midt i nedturen said it and you know it, met you in the middle of the down turn Bærer på noe shit og det ligger under huden carrying some shit and it lies under my skin I min renessanse du sa "la meg ta en sjanse" in my reanaissance you say "let me take a chance" Advarte deg, du ville ikke høre da jeg sa det i warned you, you wouldn't listen when i said it Jeg knakk en kode, nøkler på bordet i cracked a code, keys on the table Jeg var blakk, men jeg ga deg mine to cent i was broke, but i gave you my two cents

Jeg bare syns du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Gitt deg sjøl litt feil given yourself a little mistake For jeg sa det med en gang because i said it immediately Jeg bare syns du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Ikke spørt om meg mer dont ask about me anymore Jeg bare syns du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Gitt deg sjøl litt feil given yourself a little mistake Jeg vil høre såpass i want to hear [that] so bad Jeg bare syns du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Ikke tørt med meg, for jeg lover det e'kke dette du vil ha dont fuck with me, because i promise thats not what you want Ikke tenk og snakk for mye om hva du sa, jeg sa også ting dont think and talk too much about what you said, i also said things For en gangs skyld er den ikke min for once the blame is not mine Underdrevne overtalelser, det er ikke så lett når jeg egentlig vil understated persuasion, it is not so easy when i really want to Jeg bare prøvde å gi deg noe å skylde på i just tried to give you something to blame Jeg sa det ikke for å være snill, jeg sa det for jeg bryr meg i didnt say it to be nice, i said it because i care Hvorfor skulle jeg ikke? why shouldn't i? Når du tar opp tråden, veit du altfor godt jeg ikke kan dy meg when you pick up the thread, you know all to well i can't stop myself Hvorfor skulle jeg det? why should i? Jeg bare sier ja, men det betyr nei i just say yes, but it means no La oss bare telle til ti lets just count to ten Please ikke gå, ikke bli please don't go, dont become Øynene så på deg gå mens jeg hørte på stemmen min si my eyes watched you go as i listened to my voice say

Det er ikke så dramatisk it's not that dramatic Hun ble stille lenge, så meg rett i øya she remained silent for a long time, looked me right in the eye Sa "det kler deg dårlig å være så apatisk" said " it suits you poorly to be so apathetic' Jeg er bare overfladisk i am just superficial Det er sant det that is true Det er ting jeg ikke har blitt vant med there are things i haven't gotten used to Og jeg veit det er tragisk and i know that its tragic Men jeg bare prøvde å dra oss inn i but i just tried to pull us into Virkeligheten mens du ventet på at det skulle skje noe magisk reality while you waited for something magical to happen Men ingen magi finnes for å bli but no magic exists to stay Øynene så på deg gå mens jeg hørte på stemmen min si my eyes watched you go as i listened to my voice say

Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Gitt deg sjøl litt feil given yourself a little mistake For jeg sa det med en gang because i said it immediately Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Ikke spørt om meg mer dont ask about me anymore Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Gitt deg sjøl litt feil given yourself a little mistake Jeg vil høre såpass i want to hear [that] so bad Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Ikke tørt med meg, for jeg lover det e'kke dette du vil ha dont fuck with me because i promise thats not what you want Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Gitt deg sjøl litt feil given yourself a little mistake For jeg sa det med en gang because i said it immediately Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Ikke spørt om meg mer dont ask about me anymore Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Gitt deg sjøl litt feil given yourself a little mistake Jeg vil høre såpass i want to hear [that] so bad Jeg bare syns at du skulle hørt på meg i just think you should have listened to me Ikke tørt med meg, for jeg lover det e'kke dette du vil ha dont fuck with me because i promise that's not what you want

#i am also behind :)#langblrwotdchallenge #norsk #norwegian #norwegian langblr #langblr #jeg lærer meg norsk #cezinando #norwegian music #unge ferrari #language learning

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5lazarus · 5 years ago

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old forms, new movement

finished binging avatar: the last airbender and decided that’s what thedas looked like before Solas raised the Veil Solas interacts with a romanced Lavellan’s daughter, in a world where Lavellan shames him into admitting he is Fen’Harel and his role in Corypheus’ plans. not all is well, but it’s getting better.

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Solas is canvassing the forest outside of Skyhold’s walls, looking for the royal elfroot he planted when they first arrived, when he sees them: mother and daughter, slowly moving through an old martial magic form. He can feel the manipulation of the Veil as both pluck and twist at it, and pull the Fade between vibrato and out of their bodies as a thin flame. He pauses and watches. Before he raised the Veil, the fire they summoned would have been hot enough to melt the snow about them. But Lavellan carefully guides a thin whip, and slows to make sure her daughter can copy, and does not hurt herself. Internal burns are the most difficult to heal.

They move through the Dragon’s Dance. Now, the earth does not tremble, the trees do not shake, and the forest stays decidedly unburnt. At the end, mother and daughter face each other and in unison exhale, breath sparking. “See?” Inquisitor Lavellan, Imladris Ashallin, says. “This is what I meant by discipline. If you stay calm, if you remain in control over your breathing, you don’t need a staff. Even your breath can be a weapon. You can feel the energy move through your body, can’t you? The movement helps guide it, but it’s your breath that controls it. And it’s your mind that controls your breath.”

Mathalin holds out her hands and closes her eyes. Imladris smiles and clasps them. Solas understands suddenly that he is intruding as he feels them both casting their energy down into the earth and probing outward, and the two turn around to regard him, Mathalin unhappily, Imladris neutral. The two are tense. He almost steps back, but doesn’t. Pride goeth before the fall.

“I didn’t know the Dalish still preserved those forms,” he comments. It is the wrong thing to say. Imladris turns away from him and pulls her daughter closer.

She tells her, in a language she thinks he does not know, “Well done. I’m proud of you. You caught on faster than I did, at your age. Of course, you have a better teacher than I did.”

Mathalin looks away. “You don’t have to flatter me.” She slips out of her grasp, and Imladris says, “I wasn’t...” to her retreating back. Solas steps out of her way. Mathalin glares at him as she passes. He feels guilty, he always feels guilty. Though they generally get along, as much as any middle-aged deity and teenaged girl can, Mathalin has so little time with her mother, and Solas has been monopolizing enough of Imladris’ time as they prepare to confront Corypheus at the Arbor Wilds.

“You should go after her,” he says.

Imladris is watching her daughter make her way back to Skyhold. “Later. I’ve been drilling her since dawn.” Her eyes move to his face, and she says, “It’s not your fault. She’s been angry with me since Halamshiral.” He reaches for her hand and they watch to make sure Mathalin makes it safely through the gate. “She thought I should have brought her, presented her as my daughter. Or at the very least, snuck her in as a servant to spy.”

“Why didn’t you?”

Imladris looks up at him. “Sera already harvested the feladara you planted. She baked them into those ‘pride cookies’ she was throwing at people last week.”

Solas takes a moment to mourn the loss of the very potent high he had spent two months waiting for, and then says, “Don’t try to deflect.” He grasps both of her hands now, and Imladris smiles despite herself. “You are upset. What is the matter?”

“Mathalin’s forgetting her Orlesian Dalish,” Imladris says. “Which her father taught her. Mirwen barely knows any, not enough for her to practice. She thinks I’m keeping her away from her father’s heritage. As if I didn’t want to send her to her grandmother, rather than risk her safety in Skyhold.”

“Ah,” Solas says, to say something. One does not learn how to be a stepfather in the Fade, and it was not a position he ever found himself close to before entering uthenera. He had been a mentor before, distant and perhaps a little cruel. This was uncharted territory. “I could talk to her, if you like.” He can wax poetic about cultural alienation for hours, though perhaps a sixteen-year-old girl would not be the best audience.

He finds Mathalin moving through the same firebending form by the barn, too fast, too jerkily. The surgeon is watching, frowning. He sees the moment where the child unbalances herself; her breathing hitches, her left foot lands slightly off-angle, and both he is across the field and pulling the fire out of her before it explodes out of her skin.

“Da’len,” he snaps, “man’itha.” Child. Watch yourself.

She gasps--she’s burnt the inside of her mouth. The surgeon hurries over and clucks her tongue. “Dalish,” she shakes her head. “Needs more discipline.”

“She’s half-Orlesian too,” Solas responds. “And your people aren’t known for their...restraint, either.”The surgeon rolls her eyes and hands Mathalin a waterskin, who drinks eagerly.

“Tastes like chilies,” she croaks.

“You’re lucky you can still taste,” Solas says. He’s exasperated. Surely he was not this foolish and stubborn, at her age--and then he remembers he was much worse.

“I didn’t know you were from Orlais,” The surgeon says. She narrows her eyes at him, attempting to add Fen’Harel, Arlathan, Orlais, and his general lack of exuberance and coming up with contradictions. Solas pauses and glances at Mathalin, who looks away.

“The Inquisitor’s first husband, Mahanon, was from the Val Royeaux alienage,” he says carefully. “I am told that both Mathalin and Mirwen resemble him closely.” And pointedly, they do not resemble him. What was it that Felassan said? Mahanon was so lively, always had a blush in his cheek--quite unlike your corpselike pallor, lethallin, Imladris needs to leave you out in the sun a bit more, you look like you belong in the Mire.

“He only died eight years ago,” Mathalin says. “You can’t strike him from the historical record yet.” Solas winces. The surgeon takes that moment to make a tactical retreat. He does not blame her.

“I’m sorry,” Solas says. He offers her a hand to help her up, but she ignores it, and springs unsteadily to her feet.

“It’s fine. Not your fault they think we all look the same.”

Solas snorts. “Yes.”

Mathalin crosses her arms. “Did my mother send you to talk to me?"

“No, she wouldn’t be so foolish. She thinks she should leave you alone.”

“She’s done enough of that, my whole life.” Mathalin starts walking toward the battlements. Solas follows her, to make sure she does not fall. Imladris should not have been pushing her so hard. He waves at Thom as they pass. The children of Clan Lavellan--Mathalin and Mirwen, Imladris’ daughters, and then her nephews and her niece--all like him, mostly because he takes them as they come and treats them as seriously as they deserve. Mathalin in particular is bright, and proud, hot-tempered as her mother must have been, like a blade before it is tempered. He has always been fond of her, since he found her hiding under his desk, avoiding lessons at the Chantry--even when she decided to test Skyhold’s wards by launching her younger sister from the rookery, he laughed, once his heart started beating again. They are taking the long way towards the Great Hall, along the ramparts. He waits for her to speak. “I know it’s not on purpose. My dad always said she was trying. That she was doing it all for us, when she’d go away on a caravan, or a hunting trip, or--I guess a lot of those were assassinations.”

Solas is silent. He remembers how hungry he had been for Mythal’s favor, when he had first risen in her service--as if those moments plotting her wars could erase the long years she had spent away from her people, raiding with Elgar’nan, as if that could soften his anger that she had made him and dropped him off and forgotten about him, and as soon as he had made himself interesting, she had whistled and he had come running like a trained hunting dog. Imladris is a better mother than Mythal, by far; she has never enslaved any of her children. But leadership and parenthood are difficult hats to juggle.

Before they get to Cullen’s office, Mathalin turns to him. “I’m not mad about that, though. She thinks I am, but I’m not. I’m mad that I get to spend all this time with her now, and it’s only because she’s been made Inquisitor. It doesn’t matter that my father was killed, as soon as she was able she went back to the field.” Solas winces and hopes Mathalin has the sense not to tell Imladris that. “Nothing short of a global catastrophe can get my mother to straighten out her priorities. And now, it’s just too much. She won’t let me go anymore. Most elves my age are starting their apprenticeships--Knight-Commander Helaine told me she’d teach me the Way of the Knight-Enchanter. Ambassador Briala asked me to join her guard. Keeper Hawen even said he could use a younger mage to help with banishing the demons from Var Bellanaris. And, well, my grandmother could always use help.”

Solas marvels briefly at how mother and daughter can utterly misunderstand each other. He and his father had understood each other very well, though Lahtaras had a calmer temperament and a more disciplined nature. He had always been clear about both his affection and expectations: “If you are going to contradict yourself, synthesize it. Discordance brings a greater harmony. Try not to die a slave. Don’t forget that you are one. They won’t.” He wonders what Lahtaras would say to this, what advice he would give.

“She wants to keep you close. Keep you safe,” he says. “She’s afraid you’ll be captured by Corypheus. She’s afraid Briala will hold you hostage. She’s afraid--”

“But I’m not.”

Solas chuckles slightly: youth. “She’s your mother, da’len. You should tell her you need to make your own way--she will be more understanding than you think. But perhaps you should master your forms first. She will breathe much easier, if she knows you will always have the dragon’s breath to protect yourself.”

Mathalin pauses. “I suppose you’re right. Please don’t tell her I burned my mouth.”

Solas fails to point out her face is sunburned. She needs to learn, after all, and leaving Imladris and Mathalin to yell and cry it all out, he absconds to the barn, where Thom and Iron Bull are drowning their sorrows and playing a terrible game of Diamondback. He cleans them all out, and, after his seventh drink, Arlathan brogue eating half his words, lectures them sententiously that children really do only learn if you shout at them, and it’s best if you can set it up so someone else does the shouting, he has a reputation to keep.

#fen'harel's teeth #dragon age inquisition #solas #fanfic #solavellan #solavellan hell #fanfiction #greeneli #hes5thlazarus #solas fic #wildly au #imladris ashallin lavellan

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inspiringquotesonlife · 5 years ago

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52 Famous quotes and sayings by Henry David Thoreau

52 Famous quotes and sayings by Henry David Thoreau. Here are the best Henry David Thoreau quotes and sayings to read that will inspire you at the same time. Henry David Thoreau is one of the best poets of all time, essay writer, and philosopher. Henry David Thoreau is also known for his book Walden and by his essay, Civil Disobedience. May you find this famous Henry David Thoreau quotes useful to you, to serve as your motivation for whatever your plans in life. Share these inspirational Henry David Thoreau quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.

1. Things do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau

2. Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe. - Henry David Thoreau

3. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. - Henry David Thoreau

4. I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Henry David Thoreau

5. The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. - Henry David Thoreau

6. Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. - Henry David Thoreau

7. We are constantly invited to be what we are. - Henry David Thoreau

8. Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Henry David Thoreau

9. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. - Henry David Thoreau

10. If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see. - Henry David Thoreau

11. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. - Henry David Thoreau

12. The question is not what you look at, but what you see. - Henry David Thoreau

13. Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. - Henry David Thoreau

14. It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about? - Henry David Thoreau

15. If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. - Henry David Thoreau

16. Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. - Henry David Thoreau

17. The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings. - Henry David Thoreau

18. I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers. - Henry David Thoreau

19. It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise. - Henry David Thoreau

20. You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this. - Henry David Thoreau

21. All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be. - Henry David Thoreau

22. I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. - Henry David Thoreau

23. That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. - Henry David Thoreau

24. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. - Henry David Thoreau

25. Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant? - Henry David Thoreau

26. Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. - Henry David Thoreau

27. Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then. - Henry David Thoreau

28. All good things are wild and free. - Henry David Thoreau

29. An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. - Henry David Thoreau

30. The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men. - Henry David Thoreau

31. In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood - Henry David Thoreau

32. Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. - Henry David Thoreau

33. This world is but canvas to our imaginations. - Henry David Thoreau

34. Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be. - Henry David Thoreau

35. Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. - Henry David Thoreau

36. I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. - Henry David Thoreau

37. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. - Henry David Thoreau

38. We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice. - Henry David Thoreau

39. A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us. - Henry David Thoreau

40. The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. - Henry David Thoreau

41. It is never too late to give up your prejudices. - Henry David Thoreau

42. Men are born to succeed, not to fail. - Henry David Thoreau

43. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. - Henry David Thoreau

44. I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest. - Henry David Thoreau

45. It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. - Henry David Thoreau

46. To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. - Henry David Thoreau

47. There is no remedy for love but to love more. - Henry David Thoreau

48. Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be. - Henry David Thoreau

49. Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. - Henry David Thoreau

50. It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. - Henry David Thoreau

51. In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. - Henry David Thoreau

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kyell · 5 years ago

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Writing at the End of the World

Anyone who’s had a toddler, or who’s tried to have a conversation with a parent of a toddler, is probably familiar with the following scenario:

PARENT: So tell me what’s been up with you.

FRIEND: Well, you know I quit my job at the bank–

PARENT: (calling) Jakie! Jakie, put that down. (to FRIEND) Sorry, yes. I heard you quit! So where are you now?

FRIEND: Val hooked me up with a friend of hers at GeneriTech. They were looking for a systems consultant.

PARENT: Oh, that’s fantastic. (calling) Jakie. Jakie! Leave them alone. Yes.

FRIEND: So anyway, I’ve been there a month, and–

PARENT: (getting up) I’m sorry, excuse me a moment. (walks off to corral toddler)

You can have a conversation, of course, and you can convey basic information, but it’s hard to do through constant interruptions. From the parent’s side, they’re always at least half (sometimes more) paying attention to their toddler, lest the little scamp fall into a mud puddle or find the knife collection or post embarrassing pictures to Facebook.

This is what it feels like to try to write these days.

One of the pieces of writing advice I give is that the time spent away from the keyboard is just as important as the time spent typing. Your mind has to be free to be creative, to explore possibilities and build the next scene and the next, to free associate and match weird ideas to your existing plot, to get you excited about what you’re about to write so that when you do sit down, you don’t spend that keyboard time just thinking.

(It is okay to just think at the keyboard, but obviously it’s more efficient to think elsewhere and type when you’re at the keyboard.)

This spring, I was writing the end of The War and the Fox, and I was thinking through the final battle scene. It excited me so much that I spent a whole week just turning over possibilities and discarding them, writing a little bit more each day and constantly revising. It felt great.

It’s hard to get that feeling back when the world feels like a toddler staggering toward a knife drawer and I’m on the other side of a thick glass barrier and I can’t do anything except watch, and maybe sign a petition to have someone go into the other room and divert the toddler, if that’s even possible.

(I had a list of problems going on in the world while initially writing this draft, but after two days it was already out of date, so just list off whatever insanity is happening right now.)

It’s a lot to have on one’s mind. It makes it hard to focus on the stories you’re writing because they seem so insignificant, but also worrying about the above is so stressful that sometimes you just want to play your Match-3 game of choice or your Words With Friends, or watch the latest must-see show and not think about anything.

(Or maybe write a blog post explaining how writing has been harder the last couple years.)

The practical upshot of this is that one of the things that used to come easily—thinking about and getting excited about a story I’m writing—does not come easily now. Which means that I have to spend energy making it happen. I have to remind myself to think about the story I’m writing, what happens next, what I want to say, why I’m excited about writing it. I have been trying to do that this past week with moderate success.

If this advice is helpful to my fellow writers, great. If you’re not a writer, consider this a reminder that while yes, we all need to worry about what’s happening in the world, we all also need to worry about ourselves. It’s okay to take a break to do something you enjoy, to remind yourself of why we’re so attached to this messed-up world after all.

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Sergio Ramos: What we learned from his new documentary

Ramos with wife Pilar Rubio and their three children Sergio Jr, Marco and Alejandro

“In soccer, there are no brothers.”

Sergio Ramos’ mother recalls what her famous son said after breaking his elder brother – and now agent – Rene’s nose in a friendly a number of years ago.

No anecdote better encapsulates the winning mentality of a footballer who is both loved and loathed.

It is one of many revelations from an Amazon documentary about the Real Madrid and Spain captain, which attempts to show his other sides – the family man, the musician and even the world champion horse trainer.

“That image doesn’t always reflect who I really am,” the 33-year-old says at the start of El Corazon de Sergio Ramos (Sergio Ramos’ heart). “I have never shared my private live with anyone.”

This is what we learned about Ramos – warning, spoilers ahead.

‘The worst season ever’

“When we opened the doors to Prime Video to make this documentary series, we didn’t imagine that it would be the worst season,” Ramos told Esquire.

Filmed over the course of the 2018-19 season, Real, who had won four Champions League titles in five years, finished third in La Liga, were knocked out of the European Cup by Ajax and had three managers.

Early in episode two, before Real are beaten 5-1 at the Nou Camp by Barcelona to signal the end of manager Julen Lopetegui’s reign, Ramos says: “We’ve never experienced anything like this since I’ve been here.

“We can’t go out with these results, we can’t even take our kids to the park.”

He also addresses deliberately picking up a yellow card during Real’s Champions League tie at Ajax, which led to a two-game ban by Uefa and him missing the subsequent 4-1 defeat in the return leg as they crashed out of Europe.

“It was the one small dark moment in the game,” he says.

Raheem Sterling also gets a mention in one episode after Spain lose 3-2 to England in the Nations League and Ramos is accused of stamping on the Manchester City forward.

“It’s nothing, the guy knows that. I didn’t even touch him, yet he claims I stepped on him,” adds Ramos. “With everything that’s happened that is the last thing I needed.”

His father ‘almost killed him’ over his first tattoo

Ramos’ tattooed back

“I honestly couldn’t tell you how many tattoos I have today,” Ramos says.

His body is covered in ink, including images of the Champions League and World Cup trophies etched on his calf muscles.

But his first ever tattoo, he reveals, was a small elf with a football which was inked on his back when he was 14 or 15 years old. “My father nearly killed me,” he says.

That tattoo is no longer visible – he has since covered it up with a wolf.

He’s a world champion horse breeder and guitar player

Aside from football, Ramos’ other passions in life are horses and music.

He is a horse breeder, owning the Yeguada SR4 stables in Seville. His favourite stallion, Yucatan de Ramos, which he describes as the “apple of my eye”, has been crowned world champion.

Ramos also loves flamenco music and is a keen singer and guitar player, saying that music is a “way of freeing myself”.

When told by wife Pilar that he sings well, he replies: “I sing with conviction, but I don’t sing well.”

In one episode called ‘Music’, we see Ramos play his guitar live on the Spanish show El Hormiguero.

He has a bromance with Vazquez

Vazquez and Ramos

Spanish winger Lucas Vazquez and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric are the only other Real players to feature in the documentary.

Vazquez and Ramos have special handshakes the pair started creating “when we first had aspirations of winning the Champions League”.

The pair bet on who will score the most goals, which Ramos would have won with his 11 compared Vazquez’s five.

And they love to wind up Ballon d’Or winner Modric.

As Vazquez and Ramos talk about their prospects of winning the Copa del Rey, Modric can be seen speaking on a video call next to them.

“Modric is on the phone all day,” says Ramos. “We give him a hard time, plus he starts talking Croatian very loudly, so we give him an even harder time.”

He practices Panenka penalties… a lot

Many of Ramos’ 108 goals for club and country have come from the penalty spot and he favours the ‘Panenka’ style chip down the middle of the goal.

Ramos is shown practising the technique long after training has finished.

He says he started using it as he scored in Spain’s penalty shootout win against Portugal in the Euro 2012 semi-finals, just months after he missed a penalty against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League semi-final.

“We have all copied someone and in this case it was Panenka, often the easiest thing to do is the hardest,” he adds.

He’s a family man but his isn’t his child’s favourite player

His three children Sergio Jr, Marco and Alejandro and wife Pilar are clearly the most important things in Ramos’ life.

We see Ramos play football with his kids in the garden, give them advice and lament being away from his family.

He also reveals that, before he met TV presenter Pilar, he “dreamt of her for three nights in a row”, adding: “I thought she was a bit out of my league, but she eventually came around.”

And in the Ramos household, the defender is not his son’s favourite player, with Sergio Jr choosing Modric instead.

While he may have broken his brother’s nose when they were younger, Rene is Ramos’ closest confidant.

And going through his vast football shirt collection, which includes those worn by David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Roberto Carlos, he holds up a “legendary” one with Rene’s name on the back, from his playing days in a third division side.

Sergio Ramos and brother and agent Rene

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Now my siblings are accusing me of “texting my boyfriend” as being why I’m so defensive of my phone. I don’t even have a boyfriend lol.

they also keep saying, “why are you so private to your own family?” They always hang up on me leaving me feeling stupid and wrong.

-password anon

i think that will pass. all you can do is calmly tell them they're wrong, and if they keep insisting then that's on them. if they wanna be wrong so bad then let them look silly being wrong.

right now you challenged their control over you so they are trying to make you feel bad about it, but i think in time it will pass. i don't think it's a case of you being too private but instead a case of them being too nosy and controlling.

i hope they forget about it soon and move onto something else... they need to show you more respect! I'm sorry you're dealing with this anon...

#asks #var attempts to give advice

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Dear Annie: Woman is shattered by recent loss of husband | News, Sports, Jobs

Annie Lane, syndicated columnist

Dear Annie: Last month, I lost the man of my dreams, my husband. It hurts so bad without him. I don’t know what to do. I miss him terribly. He was my everything for years now. He was my heart and soul. My heart is broken into a million pieces. I have talked with counselors; some help, others don’t. We still had so many plans for the future. It just hurts. I want him back but I can’t have that. I want to cry and at the same time want to laugh and smile for all the good times we had. I feel so lost and empty without him. I feel like I lost a part of me that day. Is there any advice you can give me? — Grieving Wife

Dear Grieving Wife: I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. As therapist and grief advocate Megan Devine writes in her book “It’s OK that You’re Not OK”: “There is a quiet, a stillness, that pervades everything in early grief. Loss stuns us into a place beyond language.” There are no words to adequately address your pain, but here is my meager attempt.

You’ve suffered a devastating blow. It feels like you lost a part of yourself that day because you did. I won’t attempt to offer you solutions, because your grief is not a problem; it’s the natural reaction to this traumatic, life-altering event. I say all this not to make you feel worse but to make you feel heard. All of your feelings — from desperation, to anger, to numbness, to the whole-body heartache that thrums beneath it all — are valid.

That doesn’t mean you’re condemned to a lifetime of suffering, or that you need to endure this alone. I commend you for reaching out to others for support over the past few weeks, and I encourage you to keep doing so. Continue trying out counselors until you find one you like. Eventually, you might even consider joining a grief support group. While the pandemic may make it difficult to meet in person, there are online grief-support communities, such as Grieving.com and GriefInCommon.com.

Lastly, keep holding onto those good memories like a raft. No one can ever take them away.

Dear Annie: I am 32 and living at my childhood home with my mother. I was once away at college and had several mediocre jobs in a few different cities. However, my inability to find a job that paid well enough to sustain my independence resulted in me moving home with my mother a few years ago. I was laid off in May due to COVID-19, but my employment there was rocky anyway.

I look back on certain failures, and I’m incredibly embarrassed and ashamed. I am desperate to take responsibility for my life and become an adult, but the fear and my inadequacy are overwhelming. I am having difficulty coping. Am I destined to struggle for the rest of my life? — Man-Child

Dear Man: It breaks my heart to hear how you talk to yourself. I can tell from your letter that you’re a thoughtful, emotionally intelligent person. But all the reassurances in the world won’t mean a thing if your depression and anxiety keep getting the last word. So, first and foremost, you must prioritize your mental health, through therapy and any other necessary treatment. And if you feel like you might hurt yourself or just would like someone to talk to, you can call 800-273-8255 any time.

Additionally, taking part in something bigger than oneself is a spiritual salve. I strongly encourage you to volunteer somewhere, whether virtually or in person. You can find opportunities at volunteermatch.org. You have a lot to offer the world. We need you.

Editor’s note: Send your questions for Annie Lane to [email protected]. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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No Midlife Crisis Here - Christie's Secret

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No Midlife Crisis Here - Christie's Secret

How One Woman Averted a Midlife Crisis by Learning to Put Herself on the List, Too

She had boundless energy and this super-contagious smile. She was smart, always looked cute, and was kind to everyone she met. Oh, and she was on the pom-pom squad and looked so adorable that I kind of wanted to hate her.

Let me clarify. When I met Christie, we were in high school. We’d both moved to Aurora, Colorado within the past couple of years. I had no idea the move was a major shock to her. (She’d moved from Hawaii. The massive snow dumps were the least of the changes she had to adjust to in her new home.) All I saw was this perfect and popular girl. (I was, um… not.)

We reconnected recently, and I’ve got to tell you… She’s even more beautiful now. It’s not because of her beauty, friendliness, and infectious energy – although five minutes of talking with her confirmed those traits are all absolutely intact more than 30 years later.

Now, there’s a whole new layer of beauty. They say our beauty in youth is a lucky draw from the gene pool. But our beauty as we age is due to the choices we make and the person we decide to become.

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Christie Kaleo Mattson. She learned one of the most important secrets for creating a fulfilling, fun life at any age.

You Want a Midlife Crisis? Because That’s a Great Way to Get One

Christie’s always been a giver. She cares for others 24/7.

She runs the daily operations for a business caring for seniors. Her employees love working with her to care for seniors in their homes. She’s designed her business to provide maximum freedom for her team. Some go to yoga, taking shifts that work around what feeds their souls. Christie honors their commitment to self-care.

Christie’s mom lives with her. For many families, intergenerational living is the norm. But for many of us, the idea of combining generations under one roof seems like too daunting a challenge to even attempt. While there have been adjustments and challenges in this arrangement, she’s really glad to have these bonus years with her mom so near.

Christie is also part of the Sandwich Generation, caring for her mom while also raising a teenage son. Her husband’s work often takes him away on outdoor adventures, so she mostly handles everything on the homefront herself.

Oh, and she’s started another business with her best friend, LuckyTwo Boutique. Together, they sell handmade jewelry and refashioned wearable art.

If you’re exhausted already, you’re paying attention.

We Often Give Until It Hurts

There’s something inside many of us that drives us to take care of everyone who crosses our path. We’ll bake those cupcakes for our child’s school, play chauffeur to take a loved one to an appointment, then work late into the night to make up for the time we take to help others.

Our list of responsibilities and to-do’s can grow so long we can’t see the end of it.

But it’s too easy to leave one important priority off of that endless list: ourselves.

You’ve probably known women who devote all their time to caring for others until they reach the point they’re running on fumes. You might even be one of those women facing burnout.

Psychology Today says that burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to:

Physical and emotional exhaustion

Cynicism and detachment

Feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment

For a woman who’s spent her entire life showing boundless energy, friendliness, and a drive to achieve, it’s like burnout strips them of their essence. They no longer recognize themselves in the mirror, and they grow to hate how they show up in the world.

When Christie’s tank began running empty, she knew she needed to replenish her reserves, and fast. There was too much at stake to just keep running, running, running without putting herself on her list of priorities.

Self-Care for the Midlife Woman

Christie’s made some small and big changes in her life – changes that elevated her levels of happiness in dramatic ways. Actually, what caught my attention and nudged me to interview her for Vested Beauty was this post on Facebook:

I’ll Have What She’s Having

You can see why I had to talk with her, right?

Here’s what I discovered during our conversation about how Christie was learning to take care of herself first rather than… never.

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Feeding Her Creative Soul

Christie says, “It’s important to embrace whatever your passion is. My passion, since I was a child, is being creative. I lost it along the way, getting married… doing the house thing… having a family…. always working full-time-plus hours. I’ve brought art and creativity back into my life and truly love what it does for my attitude and well being. My mind is filled with creations and designs that I try to find time to make a reality. In due time. I can get lost in creating. I’m now painting and refashioning one of a kind apparel and selling it online!”

Self-Care for the Body

Christie had been dealing with hip and joint pain. Maybe you know the feeling, too? You go to roll out of bed and need to take a moment because it just hurts. Her best friend was dealing with it, too – tingling and numb hands and the start of some mobility issues. Together, they started taking a liquid collagen product to try to regain their joint health. Within just weeks, Christie found she was able to get out of bed without hip pain. Her skin, hair, and nails also improved – even after years of dying had left her hair brittle. (She’s not ready to go gray yet. Her son is 16 and says he doesn’t want her to look like his grandmother!)

Owning Herself

Christie says she’s a work in progress (aren’t we all!). “There will always be something to learn and improve to help reach complete fulfillment… is that possible? =)”

One piece of that work is learning to make her voice heard. She says, “I’ve put my feelings aside for too long. Our voices do matter. I’m a pleaser, give endlessly, and always have been. I’ve put others’ needs before mine for as long as I can remember. My son is older now. He needs me less and less, so I can pay attention to me now and put my passions, health and happiness first. It’s never been a priority for me until now.

As a mom, wife, daughter, and full-time worker, there’s always someone who needs a piece of you. You know what I’m talking about. I’m really just figuring out how to juggle it all and fulfill my needs but still being present for my family and friends.

“If there were five of me, everyone would be happy! I’m learning now that the happier I am, the happier those around me are.”

Best Advice for Ending a Midlife Crisis?

I always like to ask the women I interview what advice they’d give to younger women – or to themselves a couple of decades ago. Here’s what Christie says:

Stand up for yourself and what you believe in. Don’t be swayed by everyone’s opinion of how you should be and what you should do.

There was really nothing holding me back but me.

Sometimes you need a detour but always get back on track. Nothing more important than your overall happiness and well being. The rest will follow along on your positive path.

Be proud of who you are, embrace your talents, and don’t let life pass you by. Don’t just exist. It’s not about money, it’s about happiness. It’s about being satisfied inside and out.

Christie’s surrounded herself with a small tribe of friends and family who love her and challenge her to be her best self. You can choose who’s in your tribe.

As a young woman, Christie once had a boss who nicknamed her “Disneyland” because she has a fun way about her that people love to be around. Even Disney has a dark side, though – and as many women know first-hand, the fun runs out when you’re running on fumes. Nobody’s going to wave a magic wand or sprinkle fairy dust on us to bring the spark back. It’s up to us to do what we need to bring life back into our lives.

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Advice for Complex CSS Illustrations

If you were to ask me what question I hear most about front-end development, I’d say it’s“How do I get better at CSS?” And that question usually comes up to some CSS illustration I made, which is something I love to do over on CodePen.

To many, CSS is this mythical beast that can’t be tamed. This tweet from Chris made me chuckle because, although ironic, there’s a lot of truth to it. That said, what if I told you that you were only a few properties and techniques away from creating anything you wanted? The truth is that you are indeed that close.

I’ve been wanting to compose an article like this for some time, but it’s a hard topic to cover because there are so many possibilities and so many techniques that there’s often more than one way to accomplish the same thing. The same is true with CSS illustrations. There’s no right or wrong way to do it. We’re all using the same canvas. There are simply so many different tools to get those pixels on the page.

While there is no “one size fits all” approach to CSS illustration, what I can offer is a set of techniques that might help you on your journey.

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Time and practice

CSS illustration takes lots of time and practice. The more accurate you want to be and the more complicated the illustration, the longer it’s going to take. The time-consuming part isn’t usually deciding on which properties to use and how, but the tinkering of getting things to look right. Be prepared to get very familiar with the styles inspector in your browser dev tools! I also recommend trying out VisBug if you haven’t.

Two fantastic CSS artists are Ben Evans and Diana Smith. Both have recently talked about time consumption when referring to CSS illustration.

Diana’st PureCSS Gaze took her two long weekends to complete. She talks about some of her techniques here and here. “If you have the time, patience and drive, it is certainly possible,” she says.

I posted a meme-like picture about a cup and Ben’s response summed things up perfectly:

I was tempted to create this in CSS when I first saw the tweet but then thought my reply would take about a month.

It takes time!

CSS Illustration pic.twitter.com/vqpQLKTte5

— Jhey 🛠 (@jh3yy) May 10, 2020

Tracing is perfectly acceptable

We often have an idea of what it is that we want to illustrate. This article isn’t about design, after all.; it’s about taking an image and rendering it with the DOM and CSS. I’m pretty sure this technique has been around since the dawn of time. But, it’s one I’ve been sharing the last few months.

Find or create an image of what it is you want to illustrate.

Pull it into your HTML with an <img> tag.

Position it in a way that it will sit underneath your illustration.

Reduce the image opacity so that it’s still visible but not too overpowering.

Trace it with the DOM.

To my surprise, this technique isn’t common knowledge. But it’s invaluable for creating accurate CSS illustrations.

See this trick in action here:

Here’s a timelapse of creating that CSS @eggheadio 😎 Tweaked the shadows with clip-path after 🛠️ 💻 https://t.co/XhDRspwwFg via @CodePen #webdev #coding #CSS #animation #webdesign #design #creative #100DaysOfCode #HTML #Timelapse https://t.co/ZQ1hyzcoSA pic.twitter.com/iPf7ksYCGX

— Jhey 🛠 (@jh3yy) May 1, 2020

And try it out here:

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Pay attention to responsiveness

If there are two takeaway techniques to take from this article, let it be the “Tracing” one above and this next one.

There are some fantastic examples of CSS illustration out there. But the one unfortunate thing about some of them is that they aren’t styled — or even viewable — on small screens. We live in an age where first impressions with tech are important. Consider the example of a keyboard illustrated with CSS. Someone comes across your work, opens it up on their smartphone, and they’re greeted with only half the illustration or a small section of it. They probably missed the coolest parts of the demo!

Here’s my trick: leverage viewport units for your illustrations and create your own scaled unit.

For sizing and positioning, you either have the option of using a scaled unit or percentage. This is particularly useful when you need to use a box shadow because the property accepts viewport units but not percentages.

Consider the CSS egghead.io logo I created above. I found the image I wanted to use and popped it in the DOM with an img tag.

img { height: 50vmin; left: 50%; opacity: 0.25; position: fixed; top: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); }

The height, 50vmin, is the desired size of the CSS illustration. The reduced opacity allows us to “trace” the illustration clearly as we progress.

Then, we create our scaled unit.

/** * image dimensions are 742 x 769 * width is 742 * height is 769 * my desired size is 50vmin */ :root { --size: 50; --unit: calc((var(--size) / 769) * 1vmin); }

With the image dimensions in place, we can create a uniform unit that’s going to scale with our image. We know the height is the largest unit, so we use that as a base to create a fractional unit.

We get something like this:

--unit: 0.06501950585vmin;

That looks awkward but, trust me, it’s fine. We can use this to size our illustration’s container using calc().

.egg { height: calc(769 * var(--unit)); position: relative; width: calc(742 * var(--unit)); z-index: 2; }

If we use either percentages or our new --unit custom property to style elements within the container of our CSS illustration, we will get responsive CSS illustrations… and all it took was a few lines of math using CSS variables!

Resize this demo and you’ll see that everything stay in proportion always using 50vmin as the sizing constraint.

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Measure twice, cut once

Another tip is to measure things. Heck, you van even grab a tape measure if you’re working with a physical object!

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This may look a little funky but I measured this scene. It’s the TV combo unit I have in my lounge. Those measurements equate to centimeters. I used those to get a responsive unit based on the actual height of the TV. We can give that number — and all others — a name that makes it easy to remember what it’s for, thanks to custom properties.

:root { --light-switch: 15; --light-switch-border: 10; --light-switch-top: 15; --light-switch-bottom: 25; --tv-bezel: 15; --tv-unit-bezel: 4; --desired-height: 25vmin; --one-cm: calc(var(--desired-height) / var(--tv-height)); --tv-width: 158.1; --tv-height: 89.4; --unit-height: 42; --unit-width: 180; --unit-top: 78.7; --tv-bottom: 114.3; --scaled-tv-width: calc(var(--tv-width) * var(--one-cm)); --scaled-tv-height: calc(var(--tv-height) * var(--one-cm)); --scaled-unit-width: calc(var(--unit-width) * var(--one-cm)); --scaled-unit-height: calc(var(--unit-height) * var(--one-cm)); }

As soon as we calculate a variable, we can use it everywhere. I know my TV is 158.1cm wide and 89.4cm tall. I checked the manual. But in my CSS illustration, it will always scale to 25vmin.

Use absolute positioning on all the things

This one will save you a few keystrokes. More often than not, you’ll be looking to absolutely position elements. Save yourself and put this rule somewhere.

/* Your class name may vary */ .css-illustration *, .css-illustration *:after, .css-illustration *:before, .css-illustration:after, .css-illustration:before { box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; }

Your keyboard will thank you!

Positioning is a tricky concept in CSS. You can read up on it in the CSS Almanac for more information on how to use it.

Or, have a play with this little positioning playground:

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Stick to an approach

This is by far the hardest thing to do. How do you approach a CSS illustration? Where do you even start? Should you start with the outermost part and work your way in? That doesn’t work so well.

Odds are that you’ll try some approaches and find a better way to go about it. You’ll certainly do a little back-and-forth but, the more you practice, the better you’ll get at spotting patterns and developing an approach that works best for you.

I tend to relate my approach to how you’d go about creating a vector image where illustrations are made up of layers. Split it up and sketch it on paper if you need to. But, start from the bottom and work your way up. This tends to mean larger shapes first, and finer details later. You can always tinker with the stacking index when you need to move elements around.

Maintain a solid structure for your styles

That leads us to the structure. Try to avoid a flat DOM structure for your illustration. Keeping things atomic makes it easier to move parts of your illustration. It will also makes it much easier to show and hide parts of the illustration or even animate them later. Consider the CSS Snorlax demo. The arms, feet, head, etc. are separate elements. That made animating the arm a lot easier than if I had tried to keep things together since I could simply apply the animation to the .snorlax__arm-left class.

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Here’s a timelapse shot of me creating the demo:

Attempted to put together a timelapse of the CSS Snorlax we built last night 😅 Amusing watching it back! 💻 https://t.co/vbVYmFUN5V via @CodePen#webdev #coding #HTML #CSS #webdesign #100DaysOfCode #creative #design #animation pic.twitter.com/0mJtLPRQfP

— Jhey 🛠 (@jh3yy) April 28, 2020

Handling awkward shapes

There’s a pretty good article right here on CSS-Tricks for creating shapes with CSS. But what about more “awkward” shapes, like a long curve or even an outer curve? In these scenarios, we need to think outside the box. Properties such as overflow, border-radius, and clip-path are big helpers.

Consider this CSS Jigglypuff demo. Toggle the checkbox.

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That’s the key for creating curved shapes! We have an element much larger than the body with a border-radius applied. We then apply overflow: hidden to the body to cut that part off.

How might we create an outer curve? This one’s a little tricky. But a trick I like to use is a transparent element with a thick border. Then apply a border-radius and clip the excess, if required.

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If you hit the toggle, it reveals the element we are using to go across that corner. Another trick might be to overlay a circle that matches the background color. This is fine until we need to change the background color. It’s OK if you have a variable or something in place for that color. But, it could make things a little harder to maintain.

clip-path is your friend

You might have noticed a couple of interesting CSS properties in that last demo, including clip-path. You’ll most likely need clip-path if you want to create complex CSS shapes. It’s especially handy for cutting off bits of elements when hiding parent box overflow doesn’t do.

Here’s a little demo I built some time ago that showcases different clip-path possibilities.

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There’s also this demo that takes ideas from the “Shapes of CSS” article and re-created with clip-path.

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border-radius is your other friend

You’re going to need border-radius to create curves. One uncommon trick is to use a “double” syntax. This allows you to create a horizontal and vertical radius for each corner.

Play with this demo to really appreciate the power of border-radius. I advocate using percentages across the board in order keep things responsive.

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Shading techniques

You’ve got all the shapes, everything is nicely laid out, and all the right colors are in place… but something still looks off. Odds are that it’s a lack of shading.

Shading adds depth and create a realistic feel. Consider this ecreation of a Gal Shir illustration. Gal is fantastic at using shades and gradients to make beautiful illustrations. I thought it would be fun to do a recreate it and include a switch that toggles the shading to see just what a difference it makes.

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Shading effects are often created with a box-shadow and background-image combination.

The key thing with these properties is that we can stack them in a comma-separated list. For example, the cauldron in the demo has a list of gradients that are being used across the body.

.cauldron { background: radial-gradient(25% 25% at 25% 55%, var(--rim-color), transparent), radial-gradient(100% 100% at -2% 50%, transparent, transparent 92%, var(--cauldron-color)), radial-gradient(100% 100% at -5% 50%, transparent, transparent 80%, var(--darkness)), linear-gradient(310deg, var(--inner-rim-color) 25%, transparent), var(--cauldron-color); }

Note that radial-gradient() and a linear-gradient() are being used here and not always with perfectly round numeric values. Again, those numbers are just fine. In fact, you’ll spend a lot of time tweaking and tinkering with things in the style inspector.

It’s generally the same working with box-shadow. However, with that, we can also use the inset value to create tricky borders and additional depth.

.cauldron__opening { box-shadow: 0 0px calc(var(--size) * 0.05px) calc(var(--size) * 0.005px) var(--rim-color) inset, 0 calc(var(--size) * 0.025px) 0 calc(var(--size) * 0.025px) var(--inner-rim-color) inset, 0 10px 20px 0px var(--darkness), 0 10px 20px -10px var(--inner-rim-color); }

There are certainly times where it will make more sense to go with filter: drop-shadow() instead to get the effect you want.

Lynn Fisher’s a.singlediv.com is a brilliant example of these properties in action. Have a poke around on that site and inspect some of the illustrations for great ways to use box-shadow and background-image in illustrations.

box-shadow is so powerful that you could create your entire illustration with it. I once joked about creating a CSS illustration of a dollar.

In CSS right? 😅#webdev #CSS #animation #webdesign #coding #100DaysOfCode #HTML https://t.co/VmyeySsK83

— Jhey 🛠 (@jh3yy) April 22, 2020

I used a generator to create the illustration with a single div. But Alvaro Montoro took it a little further and wrote a generator that does it with box-shadow instead.

Preprocessors are super helpful

While they aren’t required, using preprocessors can help keep your code neat and tidy. For example, Pug makes writing HTML faster, especially when it comes to using loops for dealing with a bunch of repeating elements. From there, we can scope CSS custom properties in a way that we only need to define styles once, then overwrite them where needed.

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Here’s another example that demonstrates a DRY structure. The flowers are constructed with the same markup, but each has its own index class that is used to apply scoped CSS properties.

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The first flower has these properties:

.flower--1 { --hue: 190; --x: 0; --y: 0; --size: 125; --r: 0; }

It’s the first one, so all the others are based off it. Notice how the second flower is off to the right and up slightly. All that takes is assigning different values to the same custom properties:

.flower--2 { --hue: 320; --x: 140; --y: -75; --size: 75; --r: 40; }

Animated responsive CSS Leif features in the latest CodePen Spark! ✨ For those who don’t know Animal Crossing, Leif is a green-thumbed Sloth who visits your island 🌻 Here’s a timelapse! 📹 💻 https://t.co/tkHX4nWXp7 via @CodePen pic.twitter.com/naJIrsSlYM

— Jhey 🛠 (@jh3yy) May 19, 2020

That’s it!

Go forth, use these tips, come up with your own, share them, and share your CSS masterpieces! And hey, if you have your own advice, please share that too! This is definitely the sort of thing that is learned through lots of trial and error — what works for me may look different from what works for you and we can learn from those different approaches

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recruitmentdubai · 4 years ago

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Advice for Complex CSS Illustrations

While there is no “one size fits all” approach to CSS illustration, what I can offer is a set of techniques that might help you on your journey.

CodePen Embed Fallback

Time and practice

Two fantastic CSS artists are Ben Evans and Diana Smith. Both have recently talked about time consumption when referring to CSS illustration.

I posted a meme-like picture about a cup and Ben’s response summed things up perfectly:

I was tempted to create this in CSS when I first saw the tweet but then thought my reply would take about a month.

It takes time!

CSS Illustration pic.twitter.com/vqpQLKTte5

— Jhey 🛠 (@jh3yy) May 10, 2020

Tracing is perfectly acceptable

Find or create an image of what it is you want to illustrate.

Pull it into your HTML with an <img> tag.

Position it in a way that it will sit underneath your illustration.

Reduce the image opacity so that it’s still visible but not too overpowering.

Trace it with the DOM.

To my surprise, this technique isn’t common knowledge. But it’s invaluable for creating accurate CSS illustrations.

See this trick in action here:

Here’s a timelapse of creating that CSS @eggheadio

Tweaked the shadows with clip-path after

https://t.co/XhDRspwwFg via @CodePen #webdev #coding #CSS #animation #webdesign #design #creative #100DaysOfCode #HTML #Timelapse https://t.co/ZQ1hyzcoSA pic.twitter.com/iPf7ksYCGX

— Jhey

(@jh3yy) May 1, 2020

And try it out here:

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Pay attention to responsiveness

If there are two takeaway techniques to take from this article, let it be the “Tracing” one above and this next one.

Here’s my trick: leverage viewport units for your illustrations and create your own scaled unit.

Consider the CSS egghead.io logo I created above. I found the image I wanted to use and popped it in the DOM with an img tag.

img { height: 50vmin; left: 50%; opacity: 0.25; position: fixed; top: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); }

The height, 50vmin, is the desired size of the CSS illustration. The reduced opacity allows us to “trace” the illustration clearly as we progress.

Then, we create our scaled unit.

/** * image dimensions are 742 x 769 * width is 742 * height is 769 * my desired size is 50vmin */ :root { --size: 50; --unit: calc((var(--size) / 769) * 1vmin); }

With the image dimensions in place, we can create a uniform unit that’s going to scale with our image. We know the height is the largest unit, so we use that as a base to create a fractional unit.

We get something like this:

--unit: 0.06501950585vmin;

That looks awkward but, trust me, it’s fine. We can use this to size our illustration’s container using calc().

.egg { height: calc(769 * var(--unit)); position: relative; width: calc(742 * var(--unit)); z-index: 2; }

Resize this demo and you’ll see that everything stay in proportion always using 50vmin as the sizing constraint.

CodePen Embed Fallback

Measure twice, cut once

Another tip is to measure things. Heck, you van even grab a tape measure if you’re working with a physical object!

CodePen Embed Fallback

As soon as we calculate a variable, we can use it everywhere. I know my TV is 158.1cm wide and 89.4cm tall. I checked the manual. But in my CSS illustration, it will always scale to 25vmin.

Use absolute positioning on all the things

This one will save you a few keystrokes. More often than not, you’ll be looking to absolutely position elements. Save yourself and put this rule somewhere.

Your keyboard will thank you!

Positioning is a tricky concept in CSS. You can read up on it in the CSS Almanac for more information on how to use it.

Or, have a play with this little positioning playground:

CodePen Embed Fallback

Stick to an approach

This is by far the hardest thing to do. How do you approach a CSS illustration? Where do you even start? Should you start with the outermost part and work your way in? That doesn’t work so well.

Maintain a solid structure for your styles

CodePen Embed Fallback

Here’s a timelapse shot of me creating the demo:

Attempted to put together a timelapse of the CSS Snorlax we built last night

Amusing watching it back!

https://t.co/vbVYmFUN5V via @CodePen#webdev #coding #HTML #CSS #webdesign #100DaysOfCode #creative #design #animation pic.twitter.com/0mJtLPRQfP

— Jhey

(@jh3yy) April 28, 2020

Handling awkward shapes

Consider this CSS Jigglypuff demo. Toggle the checkbox.

CodePen Embed Fallback

That’s the key for creating curved shapes! We have an element much larger than the body with a border-radius applied. We then apply overflow: hidden to the body to cut that part off.

How might we create an outer curve? This one’s a little tricky. But a trick I like to use is a transparent element with a thick border. Then apply a border-radius and clip the excess, if required.

CodePen Embed Fallback

clip-path is your friend

Here’s a little demo I built some time ago that showcases different clip-path possibilities.

CodePen Embed Fallback

There’s also this demo that takes ideas from the “Shapes of CSS” article and re-created with clip-path.

CodePen Embed Fallback

border-radius is your other friend

You’re going to need border-radius to create curves. One uncommon trick is to use a “double” syntax. This allows you to create a horizontal and vertical radius for each corner.

Play with this demo to really appreciate the power of border-radius. I advocate using percentages across the board in order keep things responsive.

CodePen Embed Fallback

Shading techniques

You’ve got all the shapes, everything is nicely laid out, and all the right colors are in place… but something still looks off. Odds are that it’s a lack of shading.

CodePen Embed Fallback

Shading effects are often created with a box-shadow and background-image combination.

The key thing with these properties is that we can stack them in a comma-separated list. For example, the cauldron in the demo has a list of gradients that are being used across the body.

It’s generally the same working with box-shadow. However, with that, we can also use the inset value to create tricky borders and additional depth.

There are certainly times where it will make more sense to go with filter: drop-shadow() instead to get the effect you want.

box-shadow is so powerful that you could create your entire illustration with it. I once joked about creating a CSS illustration of a dollar.

In CSS right?

#webdev #CSS #animation #webdesign #coding #100DaysOfCode #HTML https://t.co/VmyeySsK83

— Jhey

(@jh3yy) April 22, 2020

I used a generator to create the illustration with a single div. But Alvaro Montoro took it a little further and wrote a generator that does it with box-shadow instead.

Preprocessors are super helpful

CodePen Embed Fallback

Here’s another example that demonstrates a DRY structure. The flowers are constructed with the same markup, but each has its own index class that is used to apply scoped CSS properties.

CodePen Embed Fallback

The first flower has these properties:

.flower--1 { --hue: 190; --x: 0; --y: 0; --size: 125; --r: 0; }

It’s the first one, so all the others are based off it. Notice how the second flower is off to the right and up slightly. All that takes is assigning different values to the same custom properties:

.flower--2 { --hue: 320; --x: 140; --y: -75; --size: 75; --r: 40; }

Animated responsive CSS Leif features in the latest CodePen Spark!

For those who don’t know Animal Crossing, Leif is a green-thumbed Sloth who visits your island

Here’s a timelapse!

https://t.co/tkHX4nWXp7 via @CodePen pic.twitter.com/naJIrsSlYM

— Jhey

(@jh3yy) May 19, 2020

That’s it!

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This may also sound dumb but I have not flown in several years and have no idea what to do after getting off the plane....

while i think it's unlikely that you'll get your luggage stolen, i think one thing to help ease your worries is to make your suitcase extremely recognizable. like get one in an uncommon color and put lots of stickers on it. that way you can recognize it immediately!

after you get off the plane, you follow the signs in the airport for where to go. if you are arriving in a different country they'll have you go through customs to get your passport checked and stamped. then you make your way to the luggage area to pick up your bag! (that is if you have checked luggage). there will always be signs that point you in the right direction once you get off the plane. and if you are lost you can always ask staff for directions!

wishing you luck with your travels! 🫡

#var attempts to give advice

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It just keeps getting better XD

(Cracks knuckles) I have some more in mind if you please…..

- One time when Chris got sick with a Kryptonian flu, Jake stood by his bedside, basically being a nurse to him. During which, Jake attempt replicating his Father’s chicken soup recipe (one that’s passed down generations from his Grandmother Mary’s side) with…adequate results in taste but disastrous for the kitchen. Jon and Jake took nearly to minutes, even with super speed to tidy it up. Also included in Jake being a nurse for Chris were marathons of their favorite TV shows, video game contests, drawing sessions, and other stuff Chris can do without compromising his bed rest. By the next morning, Chris’ fever finally broke as Jake was laying his head on his friend like a pillow, both of them peacefully asleep

- Their go to theme songs for their team would be The Beatles’ “Two Of Us” and Queen’s “You’re My Beat Friend”

- When they’re both in high school and both start crushing on specific girls (For Chris it is a contemporary version of Thara Ak-Var, in this AU New Krypton exists and is a far more peaceful neighboring planet with Earth than in canon; Jake meanwhile, it’s with a girl named Meredith, I Headcanon her as being the woman he married and had a son with at the epilogue of Nightwing New Order), they both give each other dating advice and tips, with varying degrees of success and equally degrees of embarrassment for them.

- They are both experts at comforting each other when the other has a nightmare. For Chris, his nightmares involve rejection from his adoptive family and the harsh and cruel treatment from his birth father General Zod. For Jake, at first, they were simple fears of losing his loved ones and being unable to do anything to help. After a brutal encounter with Victor Zsasz and his ….very wicked scheme involving Bludhaven’s street orphans, he became a recurring figure for Jake’s nightmares. For both, nothing like comfort hugs, talks and even some lighthearted playful roughhousing won’t fix.

Starburst Duo (Chris Kent and Jake Grayson) Friendship Headcanons?

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Jake and Chris love making stickers together sometimes whenever they visit eachothers house. They always decorate the Starburst headquarters walls with them when they finish making them. They also made a sticker of the Starburst duo title logo. They love to stick that one anywhere outside while out on patrol. (Just like how Miles does with his stickers in the Spider verse movie when he's outside)

They always have thumb wars for the last slice of pizza. Jake always wins, though Chris is learning to get better at it.

Chris really loves eating pretzels, and because of this, Jake always makes sure to have a bag of them in the kitchen at his house so that he can enjoy them whenever he comes over to visit

Jake introduced Chris to the Beatles songs. They are now Chris' favorite band. He just loves listening to their songs all the time, especially while he's outside just hanging out or while he's out on patrol.

They both went to an Ariana Grande concert one time and enjoyed the heck out of it. They even wore shirts with the lyrics from their favorite song "Thank u next" while also wearing glow in the dark necklaces and bracelets for the dark. They took a lot of photos that day, they even got a selfie together with Ariana and got an autograph from her as well.

They both one time tried to heat up homemade pizza with their powers (Chris with his heat vision and Jake with his Starbolts) in the Grayson apartment to see if it would bake faster, since they were both really hungry and were really craving pizza at that moment. This resulted in them both creating a wreck in the kitchen. Once Dick and Kory both came back home from a mission, they made sure that the young two cleaned everything up in the kitchen. Jake and Chris both learned from this mess and never tried to bake anything with their powers in the house again

Chris has a small hobby for planting things sometimes in the Kent farm. Sometimes when Jake comes over to visit, he'll try to teach him how to plant some of the things there like flowers or vegetables and fruits.

Thanks for the ask, Buddy!😃 Hope you like them!

#jake grayson #chris kent #starburst duo #sfw

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