assuming you have no obligations like school or work that require you to be somewhere on time, what is the latest you can wake up in the morning before feeling like you have wasted/ruined at least part of your day?
I hope Elias shows up as Gwen’s completely zonked out fail uncle. I hope he smokes weed on audio & says shit like “far out, dude”. I hope he does a fake out “Gwendolyn, your constant lack of results is a disgrace to the Bouchard name!” in the Jonah!Elias voice & then breaks down laughing “man could you fucking imagine” before taking another hit. I hope he drives her up the fucking wall.
An important part of having faves who smoke is deciding whether they can roll or not
Gerry only gets straights as a treat when he can afford it, Jon smokes them out of necessity and would probably try and get Gerry’s ghost to teach him how to roll
Yesterday, I was trawling iTunes for a decent podcast about writing. After a while, I gave up, because 90% of them talked incessantly about “self-discipline,” “making writing a habit,” “getting your butt in the chair,” “getting yourself to write.” To me, that’s six flavors of fucked up.
Okay, yes—I see why we might want to “make writing a habit.” If we want to finish anything, we’ll have to write at least semi-regularly. In practical terms, I get it.
But maybe before we force our butts into chairs, we should ask why it’s so hard to “get” ourselves to write. We aren’t deranged; our brains say “I don’t want to do this” for a reason. We should take that reason seriously.
Most of us resist writing because it hurts and it’s hard. Well, you say, writing isn’t supposed to be easy—but there’s hard, and then there’s hard. For many of us, sitting down to write feels like being asked to solve a problem that is both urgent and unsolvable—“I have to, but it’s impossible, but I have to, but it’s impossible.” It feels fucking awful, so naturally we avoid it.
We can’t “make writing a habit,” then, until we make it less painful. Something we don’t just “get” ourselves to do.
The “make writing a habit” people are trying to do that, in their way. If you do something regularly, the theory goes, you stop dreading it with such special intensity because it just becomes a thing you do. But my god, if you’re still in that “dreading it” phase and someone tells you to “make writing a habit,” that sounds horrible.
So many of us already dismiss our own pain constantly. If we turn writing into another occasion for mute suffering, for numb and joyless endurance, we 1) will not write more, and 2) should not write more, because we should not intentionally hurt ourselves.
Seriously. If you want to write more, don’t ask, “how can I make myself write?” Ask, “why is writing so painful for me and how can I ease that pain?” Show some compassion for yourself. Forgive yourself for not being the person you wish you were and treat the person you are with some basic decency. Give yourself a fucking break for avoiding a thing that makes you feel awful.
Here’s what stops more people from writing than anything else: shame. That creeping, nagging sense of ‘should be,’ ‘should have been,’ and ‘if only I had…’ Shame lives in the body, it clenches our muscles when we sit at the keyboard, takes up valuable mental space with useless, repetitive conversations. Shame, and the resulting paralysis, are what happen when the whole world drills into you that you should be writing every day and you’re not.
The antidote, he says, is to treat yourself kindly:
For me, writing always begins with self-forgiveness. I don’t sit down and rush headlong into the blank page. I make coffee. I put on a song I like. I drink the coffee, listen to the song. I don’t write. Beginning with forgiveness revolutionizes the writing process, returns its being to a journey of creativity rather than an exercise in self-flagellation. I forgive myself for not sitting down to write sooner, for taking yesterday off, for living my life. That shame? I release it. My body unclenches; a new lightness takes over once that burden has floated off. There is room, now, for story, idea, life.
Writing has the potential to bring us so much joy. Why else would we wantto do it? But first we’ve got to unlearn the pain and dread and anxiety and shame attached to writing—not just so we can write more, but for our own sakes! Forget “making writing a habit”—how about “being less miserable”? That’s a worthy goal too!
Luckily, there are ways to do this. But before I get into them, please absorb this lesson: if you want to write, start by valuing your own well-being. Start by forgiving yourself. And listen to yourself when something hurts.
Show some compassion for yourself. Forgive yourself for not being the person you wish you were and treat the person you are with some basic decency. Give yourself a fucking break for avoiding a thing that makes you feel awful.
[I.D: A compilation of posts and quotes about love. From top to bottom:
Tumblr user ‘princes-heels’ says, “Remember that love will always come back to you. In a different form, different person, different touch. But in any way, love will always come back.”
A simple drawing of a person taking their heart from their chest and throwing it away with a smile. This person then receives one heart, then two more, then so many their whole chest is filled.
Tumblr user 'inkskinned’ says, “I want to be so kind it echoes backwards in time and undoes the things that hurt you. I want to be so kind it radiates from me. I want to be so kind that I make someone else find faith in humanity again. There’s not much I can do, I’m small and weak and I only know so many words. But I know I can be kind. And sometimes, I believe, that changes the world.”
Two lines of lyrics from an unnamed song: “Nothing in the world belongs to me; But my love, mine, all mine.”
Tumblr user 'littlespoonsokka’ says, “Oh and btw the love was there and it changed everything. If you even care.”
Tumblr user 'boymiffy’ says, “[tearing at my hair] No love however brief is wasted, no love however brief is wasted, no love however brief is wasted.”
Tumblr user '2aminhouston’ says, “Any love I made you feel is yours to keep.”
A meme image of two skeletons facing each other, their faces nearly touching, edited to say, “Love be like, 'I will end in heartbreak or death.’ My partner in life, you made the pain of existence worthwhile.”
Tumblr user 'theviralwitch’ says, “I think you should tell people how important they are to you not because they could leave at any moment, but because they’re here now, and it’s worth saying.”
Tumblr user 'noodle’ says, “Love is the most important thing ever.” In a reblog to their own post, they add, “Not just romance. Just having love in your heart.”
Tumblr user 'criterioncollectiongirl’ says, “Just so you know everything in the entire universe is always about love and when it isn’t about love it’s about the absence of love. Hope this makes sense.”
Tumblr user 'fatsoupy’ says, “Eye-opening Tumblr post for me included the words, 'People are meant to be burdens,’ as in humans rely on and support one another and it’s not a bother it’s our purpose; to love and be loved in return. So if you’re ever think you’re being annoying just remember we were made to love and it’s going to be okay.”
An image of an unchecked box next to the sentence, “Remember that you can’t save everyone.” Added beneath it is a second box, this one checked, reading, “Remember that you have to try.”
Tumblr user 'mjalti’ says, “You think you’re waiting for love to find you when it reality it has saved you in a thousand different ways since the sun rose today.”
A quotation reading, “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded… sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.”
Tumblr user 'jb-blunk’ says, “In this terrifying world you continuously have the power to offer someone else a little relief. Why would you withhold that. Do you remember what a little relief feels like? It feels like a lot.”
Tumblr user 'ponchopeligroso’ says, “Every single person you know has something in their life and past that is probably worth collapsing to the ground in an uncontrollably sobbing heap over, so be nice to each other and tell good jokes.”
Tumblr user 'headspace-hotel’ says, “The theme that always resonates me the most in stories is, 'The world is cruel; therefore I won’t be.’”
Two lines of text in quotation marks - possibly dialogue, possibly quotes - which read: “I’m useless alone.” and, “We are all useless alone. It’s a good thing you’re not alone.”
Tumblr user 'cheruib’ says, “Why is it SO incredibly sweet when a stranger smiles at you like. I don’t know you but here’s a piece of happiness in this crazy world. I’m giving you this smile because it’s all I have to offer, and I want to offer you something. You’ll forget my face, probably, but you’ll remember this, at least for the rest of your day, or the afternoon, or your lunch break. Hope you had a good day. Hope the rest of it is better.”
A picture of a slip of paper on which is written, “To love and win is the best thing; to love and lose the next best. Lucky numbers: 2, 42, 54, 30, 56, 44.” Below it is another slip of paper, on which is written the title, “Urgent”, and then two Chinese characters, with their pinyin - “jí” and shì" - next to them.
A set of tags from an unnamed user, reading, “#Maybe the nature of humanity is that we think being cool and lonely will gain us love. But the paradox is that love is attained through #embarrassing yourself by asking for it instead.”
Tumblr user 'tordenvejr’ says, “Vulnerability is clumsy but it’s the only thing worth anything.” / End I.D.]
Obsessed with the concept of a character who has never been treated kindly or gently in their life (or in a very long time) and suddenly being treated gently and with care and being stunned and then overwhelmed by it.
he may be rude dude supreme but he is extremely ^-^ about it so. you're doing everything right. also i'm love the drawing of michael staring at gerry with uncomprehending heart eyes while gerry talks about his STUPID STICK AND POKE MISADVENTURES
[ID: Two digital drawings of Jon and Martin from The Magnus Archives in lovecore themed outfits. Both are on pink backgrounds covered in hearts with a larger heart behind each of them. The first image is of Jon, a thin Arab man with brown skin and long curly black and gray hair and a matching mustache. He’s wearing a pale pink button down, a lilac argyle sweater-vest with pink hearts, pink flared trousers and lighter pink shoes. He’s also wearing pink half-moon glasses with a matching chain with heart beads. He is posed as though floating with his knees bent and he has one hand over his chest and is holding a bouquet of roses in the other as he smiles to the upper right. There is a large shiny pink heart over his actual heart.
The second image is of Martin, a fat white man with freckles, a tooth gap, and long red hair pulled into a low ponytail and body hair. He’s wearing a pale lilac button down and a long hot pink cardigan with the sleeves rolled up, pale pink trousers, hot pink loafers, a magenta neck scarf, and a gold belt, cuff, and scarf ring all with pink hearts as the buckle or charm. He is also wearing gold round glasses with pink lenses and gold ear gauges and two gold ear cuffs. He is posed as though floating with his legs tucked under him and his arms outstretched, holding out a floating shiny pink heart, smiling towards the bottom left. end ID]
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happy valentine’s day gamers!! i wanted to do a lovecore jon cuz he’s just so full of love and i thought well, i can’t just NOT make a matching martin, so here they are!!
Bro, my unyielding loyalty towards you is totally normal and healthy, I swear. It’s just that it’s definitely my duty to rip out your enemies throats with my bare teeth. You are the love of my life and I am your most valuable tool. Each night, I fantasize about dying in your arms, covered in blood, and then I close my eyes one final time, satisfied because I can feel your fingers on my face as I take my last breath. Haha anyways
Needles is so fucking funny. Every other avatar in the tma-verse literally just goes by their fucking name. If they have a title it’s either a) not something they commonly use or b) given to them by someone else/generational title.
Then there’s needles here going “I’m needles and I’m needling all over the place” incredible 10/10 no notes
Look, Needles? Full concerning potential to be a TMA Sexyman. But I’m gonna pose some propaganda: I want them to be a wannabe Sexyman. This guy wishes he was Jeff the Killer but just can’t get any followers. Lame needleman. Gotta keep working on his brand.
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