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Good Evening, Writers and Readers.
I hope everyone is doing well! When my anxiety was bad, I dreaded Mondays. I felt they were the start of another anxious, depressing week. Now that my anxiety is back at a manageable level, I'm back to enjoying Mondays. For me, Mondays are for fresh starts; another chance to work toward my goals and make positive changes. This could be an insanely productive week. I could start fixing my sleep schedule again. Maybe I'll FINALLY figure this time management thing out. You never know what the week may bring. Right now, I'm working on a few writing orders on a writing platform. It's something to fill in the gaps as I wait for my clients to prepare and send off my work for the week. The orders are for a writing team, and I'm looking to knock out as many as I can before they're all gone. Then, I'd like to bake some cupcakes. Since I've been in an autumn/Halloween mood, I'm going to decorate them with black and orange sprinkles. So, baking is another thing I'd like to accomplish today. Writing orders and baking... how's that for a work-life balance lol?
Welp, I'm going to wrap this up, but I hope everyone has a great week! Take care! :)
I hope you all reach your writing goals for this month. Have a good night! :)
A new month has begun.
A new month has begun.
Cheer up this month! :) ⠀
no, listen, when I say I want to integrate more specific solarpunk stuff in my life, i don’t mean to ask for yet again new “aesthetic” clothes that now you have to buy or make to show your support of the movement (screw that i’m consuming enough as it is), or more posts about impossible house goals, or whatever, I’m asking you what my options to build a portable and eco friendly phone charger are, im asking you viable tiny-appartment edible plants growing tricks on a budget, im asking tips to slow down when my mind and society tell me im not fast enough, i don’t need more rich art nouveau amateurs aesthetics or pristine but cold venus project, okay, i know i should joins associations where I am tho i’m constantly on the move, thanks for that, just, you know, can we get a bit more practical ??? how do I hack my temporary flat into going off the grid for the time i’m here
push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.
push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.
get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.
stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.
buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.
buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.
strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.
organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.
have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.
push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.
message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.
think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.
become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.
lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.
Im gonna pull a keria and ace my second sem with the power of sleep token
Hot girls work their asses off for their life to look like this (I'm one of 'em ♡) 💗
My dream is blasting Yad by Erika Lundmoen while driving and speeding on the highway, in my dream car at late night in an expensive, pretty city~ ♡
puppy punks and kinderpunks r the backbone and future of this scene u all just fucking hate new ppl in the scene and it shows.
anyway, here's a big masterpost w diy shit, baby leftist stuff, and other info. basic punk stuff to get u started. note that punk started as a music thing, its like a solid 60% of this shit.
most of these are tiktok links, fyi.
basic diy shit for punks
huge ass playlist of different punk music
patch making tutorial
crust pants tips
shit to add to your pants that aren't patches
sew-in spikes
don't be a dickhead to new punks
trashbag top
dead lighter studs
where to buy shit
diy pins
studding strats
fun things to do with a t shirt
anarchy in 3 minutes or less
how to make your own stencils
on lace code
intro to leftist theory
free leftist audiobooks
more free theory shit
even more free shit but it's the communist edition
ashton daniel's youtube channel covers punk shit and leftism, highly recommend.
please add stuff in the notes, im only one guy LOL
have some fucking tips for androgynous presentation that mixes femme and masc styles and isn’t just ‘be afab and wear trousers from the men’s section’
recently I wore some of those trousers with the wide non form fitting legs and added small heeled boots. 10/10 would recommend I felt very high fashion. looked masc but was making the femme click clack heel sound.
basic loungy outfits can be made 100% more queer by adding colour. srsly jeans with a nice tshirt is queer as fuck if the jeans are orange.
wearing the femmest outfit possible, long skirt, cute blouse, etc. becomes a power move when you do so without a single shred of makeup. bonus if your hair is short. bonus if it’s not a pixie. bonus if your shoes are stompy
find all your Statement Pieces. wear them together. voila.
we all know about suspenders. now put them where they don’t belong. attach them to skirts. attach them to your trousers but leave them hanging
literally just wear stuff you think looks rad because if you enjoy both masculine and feminine clothing styles it naturally follows the stuff you think looks rad together will end up being genderfuck
embrace alternative fashion/weird charity shop finds/vintage/stuff that breaks fashion rules even if its ‘technically’ femme/masc. part of fitting into gender roles is wearing mainstream and current femme/masc clothes because gender roles and their associated accepted dress are always shifting so anything that differs from that is automatically subversive.
billowy shirts. undo them as much as you’re comfortable with. somewhat obvious but the howl’s moving castle vibes are v strong. am I a femme arts student or a dashing masc pirate type? who knows.
floral patterns feel a billion times more masc if the colours are bold.
personally after I stopped wearing makeup I felt I lot more able to just be like huh. that’s my face. and feel kinda triumphant in the ugly parts of it and just be unabashedly weird. and if that’s not genderfuck idk what is. same w not shaving my legs tbh. I enjoy just existing.
that said if you do like makeup, using just (just. no foundation or shit) eyeshadow or just lipstick? also a power move.
If you go for the classic dapper style of androgynous presentation but want something closer to androgynous than just weird masc, try adding a soft girly jumper to your manly trousers and etc.
adding an emphasis to your natural waist to a masc outfit (with a belt or something) is a good way to feminise it and vice versa with emphasising a dropped waist in a femme outfit to bring attention away from your smaller natural one (again with a belt or maybe low waisted trousers)
long coats are very good I feel my most formless and inexplicable when my outer layer goes straight past my knees.
obviously all this is gonna be slightly biased to my agab/personal style/body type/etc. but yeah. there’s my tips and hopefully none of them are weirdly unachievable or equate androgyny with masculinity
It’s funny how life works. It’s funny how what first seems like a failure can actually turn out to be an opportunity for a new adventure. It’s funny how anger from one blocked road can be turned into excitement when another opens. It’s funny how your efforts can be rewarded in ways you never thought were possible. You may not always take the road you thought you would, and the path can be windy at times, but life has a way to lead you right where you’re meant to be. From my studygram
Fresh ciabatta, fat cinnamon doughnuts, locally roasted coffee, and Mary Oliver poetry.
I treated myself after my (artery) ultrasound at one of our locals.
While choosing my bread, I heard someone nearby saying “I’m at the point where I don’t feel fulfilled if I’m not getting a package everyday in the mail. It’s so bad” and if that doesn’t describe lockdown life and mimic how I often feel, I don’t know what does 😂
4.10.2021 | 1/100 days of productivity
Decided to start a 100 days of productivity challenge to keep myself accountable and motivated, hopefully this’ll help me through this semester!
‘Twas a very chill day compared to other days since uni started. In the AM I prepared for my constitutional law class; reviewed & reread some notes and papers🍂
15.09.21// finishing up my conference powerpoint & script :) the conference is awfully organized tho, so i hope i’ll have time to familiarize myself with everything tomorrow!
about to start the second book of the poppy war trilogy after the conference - super excited for that :)
listening to: shinee, juliette