You Never Know!!

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"save as copy" my beloved

[ID: "It's okay if you didn't do enough this year... I know you feel bad for not doing enough... But know that doing less doesn't make you any 'less' of a person... Your value isn't based on how much you can do... Because you are already enough just as you are."]

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THERE IS ANOTHER

he just a lil guy

im very glad to exist in a world where i can eat cereal

I'm playing Lego Indiana Jones! (just finished PotC so)

Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)

I fucking love that big feet bird that has a random word over it.

On Writing Trauma

This is more of a personal opinion post, but I always prefer stories involving trauma to be about healing said trauma in the end.

Angst is a wonderful dramatic tool, but especially to the younger writers out there, remember that your writing says something about you as a person. The writer always leaks themself into the writing, the artist always leaks into the art. If your characters are always stuck in pain, agony, death, look at yourself: are you the one that's stuck?

I'm not saying to make all stories light and rainbow filled. I myself use trauma and pain in my writing. But your message must poke through: Is trauma a spectacle that is always preset? Or is it a momentary period that will bring greater meaning in the story (or in your life) in the future to come?

My characters have PTSD nightmares. My characters have parental trauma. My characters have unhealthy attachment issues. My characters mask to hide the damage inside. But all of it is in the work so that people that have the same problems can be seen. My characters will talk about the nightmares and realize that they can feel understood and seen. My characters will find solace in the fact that the other characters also have hard family dynamics. My characters will learn to heal and love in healthy ways.

Your writing is a message. For those that want to hear it, they can heal parts of themselves through it. Pain and trauma healed is one of the most fulfilling experiences in the world, and your art can spread that message.

rb to affectionately throw a crumpled ball of paper at a mutual

my brain shutting off as soon as it can