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from your friendly neighborhood librarian:

all books are good books.  you are not a “lesser reader” if you only read manga or comic books or a “better reader” for reading academic heavy texts.

reading is reading no matter what it is, be it a graphic novel, a romance, a classic, an audiobook, a picture book, a cookbook, fanfiction, fucking whatever, read what makes you happy

reading is supposed to be fun and don’t let elitism sap any joy out of it

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𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔤𝔦𝔞 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤

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Hey, look at me. Look at me. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: you need to condition yourself to being okay with being inconvenienced by things. The first time I spoke about this I meant it in a mental health way- it is good to go out to the store and see people versus just ordering alone at home- but there is another more pressing societal issue you should be more concerned about as well.

Any service you rely on for convenience can be weaponized against you the moment you begin to rely on it. Streaming used to be a cheap and convenient way to see movies at home. It is now exorbitantly expensive, you need multiple accounts just to get what you want, and any of those movies can be taken from you at any time. And unless you have gotten used to going through the “inconvenience” of owning physical media, you can do nothing about it. Same goes for buying things on Amazon. Same goes for any service like DoorDash etc. These companies WANT you to be reliant on them for convenience so they can do whatever they want to you because, well, what else are you gonna do?

Same thing goes for the uptick in AI. If you train yourself to become reliant on AI for doing basic things, you will be taken advantage of. It is only a matter of a couple years before there are no free AI services. Not only that, but in the usage of AI’s case, it is robbing you of valuable skills that you need to curate that you will be helpless without the moment the AI companies drive in the knife the way they have done with streaming. Delivery. Cable. Internet. Etc. It will happen to AI too. And if you are not practicing skills such as. Writing. You are not only going to be at the mercy of AI companies in the digital world, but you are going to be extremely easy to take advantage of in real life too.

I am begging you to let go of learned helplessness. I am begging you to stop letting these companies TEACH you helplessness. Do something like learn to pirate. It is way more inconvenient at the beginning, but once you know how, it is one less way companies can take advantage of you. Garden. Go to the thrift store (older clothes hold up better anyway). These things take more time and effort, yes, but using time and effort are muscles you need to stretch to keep yourself from being flattened under the weight of our capitalist hellscape.

Inconvenience yourself. Please. Start with only the ways you are able. Do a little bit at a time. But do something.

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also my q is due to run out again and I cba to refill it right now. stepping back to deal with personal health matters yadda yadda. I'm not sick but I'm tired of stagnating and my tumblr usage does not help. I am trying to adopt a better lifestyle and between exercising, screen-free time, reading, journalling, various projects and socialising I literally don't have time for tumblr atm. I'm not abandoning this blog by any means, but posts are going to become sporadic while I try to rebalance.

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why is it that I always get jump scared by the window cleaner? I arranged for him to be here? why is him suddenly showing up and covering my windows in soap such a shock every time??

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Rest is essential. If you don’t schedule rest, your body will schedule it for you. Take time to rest and allow yourself to enjoy it.

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luybsanti

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I will love you like the lichen, tracing slow and gentle up your back-- and I will love you like river moss, soft-brush-springing at your pulse-- and I will love you like grass and the saplings and the serpent-sweet-canes, flush with winding, twining life. I'll give you seeking, rooting, the kind of growing that makes our love a home. I'm afraid you'll have to get used to all my little loves— but you always did look good in green.

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A friend commissioned me to patch their grandpa's old Carhartt jacket <33

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detailed door to a church