#confidence tricks

[glowettee]

Hey Mindy!!! I love your blog. I was wondering whether you have any tips for giving good presentations?? I’m really shy and I have a mock trial soon. I’m a witness hahaha I’m so nervous ! 😬

hey lovely!! 🤍

omg first of all, thank you so much for the sweet message!! i'm so happy you enjoy my blog. mock trial witnesses can be super intimidating (i've been there too!!) but i promise you're going to absolutely shine once you get some confidence tricks in your pocket.

✧ presentation power moves for the shy girlies ✧

1. preparation is your secret weapon

   - memorize your witness statement until it feels like second nature

   - practice in front of a mirror so you can see your facial expressions

   - record yourself on your phone and listen back (yes it's cringey but sooo helpful)

   - create a little character profile for your witness ~ their motivations, personality, quirks

   - anticipate cross-examination questions that might trip you up

2. body language that commands attention

   - sit up straight but not stiff

   - keep your hands visible + still (fidgeting screams nervous)

   - make strategic eye contact with the jury when making important points

   - slightly lean forward when answering questions to show engagement

   - practice a calm, neutral face for when opposing counsel tries to rattle you

3. voice control techniques

   - speak slightly slower than your normal pace (nerves make us rush)

   - end statements with downward inflection to sound confident

   - pause before answering difficult questions (it looks thoughtful, not unsure)

   - vary your tone to emphasize key points (monotone = boring witness)

   - practice projecting from your diaphragm, not your throat

4. handling nervousness like a pro

   - arrive early to familiarize yourself with the room

   - do 4-7-8 breathing before you go in (inhale 4 counts, hold 7, exhale 8)

   - wear something that makes you feel powerful but still appropriate

   - create a pre-testimony ritual (mine is applying lip gloss + whispering "you got this")

   - visualize success the night before (literally picture yourself being amazing)

5. witness-specific strategies

   - stay in character even during objections

   - if you don't know an answer, it's okay to say "i don't recall" (better than making things up!)

   - listen to the FULL question before answering

   - if opposing counsel tries to put words in your mouth, politely correct them

   - remember: you're not only answering questions, you're telling a story

6. handling cross-examination gracefully

   - take a sip of water if you need time to think

   - don't argue with opposing counsel (it makes you look defensive)

   - if they cut you off, pause and say "may i finish my answer?"

   - maintain your composure even if they're trying to provoke you

   - remember that "yes" and "no" can be complete answers

7. little psychological tricks

   - wear something with a subtle confidence trigger

   - have a "power phrase" to repeat silently when nervous

   - visualize the jury as friends who are genuinely interested in what you have to say

   - practice with someone who intimidates you a little (builds resilience)

   - remember that literally everyone else is nervous too, they're just hiding it

8. day-of preparation

   - avoid caffeine if it makes you jittery

   - eat something light but sustaining

   - arrive with plenty of time to center yourself

   - bring a tiny comfort object that fits in your pocket

the jury will connect with authenticity over perfection every time!! your nervousness just means you care, and that passion will actually make you more compelling once you channel it properly.

you're going to absolutely crush this!! please let me know how it goes, i'm literally invested in your success now. sorry if this reply was a bit late.

xoxo, mindy 🤍

p.s. if you're super nervous the night before, try writing out your answers to potential questions by hand. something about the physical act of writing helps cement things in your memory better than just reading or typing!

[cairafea]

they're matching costumes.

[johnnyshrine]

★ 091 // "Calendar?"

[blanc-et-n0ir]

Shidou and Isagi being best friends while they're both dating their respective Itoshis would make for a KILLER and hilarious double date/meet the parents.

Double date would have Rin killing Shidou with his glare while Shidou continues to rile him up to the exasperation (Isagi) and fondness (Sae) of the onlookers. When Rin and Shidou start arguing and fighting, Isagi and Sae are just at the corner watching it all happen.

Even funnier if somehow Shidou and Isagi know far too much about the other Itoshi sibling because Rin and Sae enjoy talking about each other to their boyfriends so Shidou and Isagi's text messages to one another are just them exchanging tips and fun facts cause they're each other's best wingman

Even before they start dating the Itoshis, Shidou and Isagi are just. Wingmanning each other. Shidou picking fights with Rin so when he storms off, he gives Isagi a thumbs up which he reciprocates because now he has a chance to talk to Rin alone in the locker room before everyone else starts crowding it. Isagi giving Shidou little tidbits of information about Sae from when Rin would sometimes reference him so Shidou knows what to do and give to Sae to woo him.

When they do decide to confess they hype each other up and when they start dating Shidou and Isagi share a secret high five cause they managed to bag the best baddies around. The Itoshies are blissfully unaware up until their first double date and somehow Isagi and Shidou are FAR TOO coordinated with the date plans and everything.

Then Bachira spills the beans to Rin (BC BachiRin friendship is PEAK) and Rin shakes Isagi like WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH THAT BROTHER STEALING INSECT and Isagi let's himself be shaken and he just goes "we had a shared interest" "what interest" "... We both liked an Itoshi" which leads to the biggest crash out ever cause on one hand he doesn't know to be thankful that Shidou got him and Isagi together and on the other THAT MEANT ISAGI GOT SHIDOU AND S A E TOGETHER

Sae is just a little bit impressed that somehow those two managed to get things rolling and he isn't all that bothered about it.

[elkkiel]

Sleeptober day 3 – Hypnotize

bro is mesmerized fr

[egophiliac]

I've always wanted a plush of the cat from Ghost Trick! so when the Switch port was announced, I decided to go ahead and make one for myself! ...and then didn't think to post it until now, for some reason! I modified BeeZee Art's sitting kitty pattern to get the right shapes; he was made with many mistakes, but also much love. 🐈‍⬛

(everybody go play Ghost Trick, it is my favorite video game of all time! if you like unique puzzles and a really fun mystery, then you will probably also enjoy it! and as you can see, it has a cat!)

(it was very hard to get a picture with Niko that didn't look like this:)

[yuwuta]

okay so. i saw in one post you mentioned yuuji taking advantage of his sunshine persons and using it to intimidate/threaten people who try to take time away from him and his love.. this is driving me crazy insane and i need some expansion on it

yuuji is a kind person, but he’s not necessarily a nice person. kind as in just, not as in fair, and people get that wrong about him. they assume he’s equally nice and sweet to everybody, they assume his smile is universal, and his warm disposition is the default. he learns to use it to his advantage, he learns to play the nice guy because who would believe otherwise? he’s yuuji—he climbs trees to save cats, and carries his friends’ bags while they shop, and cooks food for his friends, and delivers hommemade baked goods to nanami and gojo sensei when he has free time

nobody would. especially not coming from a a guy friend of yours who obviously has feelings for you. who’s going to believe this guy when he says yuuji always pats him on a back a little too rough?—(“itadori is stupid strong. it’s annoying, but don’t be a weakling,” nobara would roll her eyes). who’s going to believe that yuuji purposefully spilled his drink all over him?—(“he can be adept when the time calls for it, but he’s still clumsy,” megumi would drawl). who’s gonna believe that yuuji of all people threatened him?—(“itadori-kun makes strong and often fantastical promises, but i’ve never heard him threaten anybody before,” nanami would say). it doesn’t even seem likely that yuuji would shove this guy against a wall so hard it left a bruise on his shoulder, so who would he run and tell?—(“ah, itadori can hit much harder than that! no way he did this :) and you should worry about why you bruise so easily. are you that weak?” gojo sensei smiles). and even if this guy wants to confront yuuji, really, what’s the worst damage he could do? because he’s certainly not gonna win in a fight

and, maybe somewhere deep down or after some time, his friends and mentors know the game he’s playing, but they’ll still take his side. he’s still yuuji, he’s still kind—and they all believe all’s fair in love and war anyway. and you—well, you’d never believe he’d hurt anybody from the start and he’s always loved you for that 

[gingerswagfreckles]

Like we can make it a joke but it is genuinely terrifying how fast misinformation and conspiracy theories spread on this website because no one is willing to do a basic Google search. No, the FBI isn't framing a random person for the United Healthcare CEO assassination while also not even bothing to make sure their fall guy is wearing the same jacket. Actually this is the guy who shot the CEO and he's wearing a different jacket because the picture is from the day before when he was checking into his hostel. This is outlined in every single news article publishing the picture. You people would believe that the moon is a big ball of cheese if someone on the internet said it was true.

[ds9slut]

I'm fully obsessed with James Spader right now-- I can't believe I wasn't even aware of him until early July of this year...

Like I had watched The Office so I knew Robert California but I thought he was super creepy. I did notice, however, that Ultron had a very nice voice, but I didn't pay any attention to who voiced him.

The first time I really noticed James Spader was at my grandma's house, watching The Office, and season 8 was playing. I was on my period and my hormones were raging, I was on my phone kinda bored, and suddenly I hear this deep sexy rumbling voice. I look up and it's Robert. And suddenly I find him the most attractive guy I've ever seen, the confidence, that amazing voice, literally everything about him... In that moment, I finally understood the dad bod hype.

[bonefall]

Maybe I'll make a post on this at some point but like, something deeply fucked up about TNP and Po3 that people have totally forgotten about is how badly they try to whine that "Tigerstar Had Good Traits :("

Firestar does it, Brambleclaw does it, and they keep doing this after it becomes this GRAND irony that Firestar almost gets Tiger'd to death in a fox trap because he was too trusting. Bramble gets his pity award of keeping deputyship and then cries to his son about how No One Saw The Good In Tigerstar :(

And it's wiiiiild that no one else in this fandom has done anything with the fact that Leopardstar broke the Warrior Code to appoint Hawkfrost, who had no apprentice, an extremely aggressive and warmongering Tigerclone who says things like "Tigerstar wasn't the worst cat to look up to." ONLY qualifying trait was being kinda like Tigerstar.

And she practically did that the SECOND Mistyfoot went missing. And then Leopardstar continued to be one of the most violent and xenophobic leaders through Po3, joining with WindClan to attack ThunderClan.

What I'm getting at is that like, a few years ago, with books like "Blackfoot's Reckoning" and "Shadow in RiverClan" it's like they suddenly decided to retcon in a bunch of "redemption arcs" in hindsight. They just pretended like there was this grand high reckoning with TigerClan, when there literally wasn't, and if anything that caused SERIOUS problems for the cast that the authors didn't fully acknowledge as such.

And now ppl haven't actually read the main series and are just working with their recent memory of all these retcon books.

But TNP and PO3 are still there, and you can go and see the ACTUAL timeline where Leopardstar is really not apologetic at all, and Blackstar is a useful stooge for the very next wannabe dictator that strolls in, in spite of the new side content that COMPLETELY mischaracterized them for their plots to work.

[sassypantsjaxon]

Reasons I'm a DadMic raising Shinson truther:

There is no way Mr Double-Finger-Guns himself isn't somehow responsible for this

[movielosophy]

The Story of Pearl Girl | A date in Yangzhou

[mothoscope]

Doodles of the guys doing questionable things I did when I was ten.

[citricacidprince]

Trick or treat! 🎃

Random Fictional Crush #1:

Linebeck from Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS

[lucid9158]

You know the main character’s being a manipulative little shit when the story stops speaking from their perspective and only speaks from the others around them’s perspective

[sopreciouslife]

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉/𝒷𝑒 𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁.

𝟏. Not having it all figured out by 25: Life’s a marathon, not a sprint. You’ll get there in your own time, and it’ll be fabulous.

𝟐. Body hair: It’s natural. Wax it, shave it, grow it out, whatever! It's your body, your choice.

𝟑. Periods being a little messy sometimes: It happens to literally everyone. A little stain isn’t the end of the world, it’s just a sign you’re living your life.

𝟒. Not having the perfect skincare routine: There’s no magical routine that works for everyone. Just do what feels right for your skin.

𝟓. Not being "productive" 24/7: Hustle culture is exhausting. Rest is productive too.

𝟔. Eating that extra slice of cake: Life is too short to count calories on dessert.

𝟕. Not always being the most “put-together”: Some days are messy bun and sweatpants days, and that’s okay.

𝟖. Having stretch marks: They’re tiger stripes. You earned them.

𝟗. Not following all the latest fashion trends: Style is about expressing YOU, not just keeping up with fast fashion.

𝟏𝟎. Saying no to plans: If you need to rest, cancel. You don’t owe anyone your energy.

𝟏𝟏. Having hobbies that aren't “cool”: Crochet, fanfiction, gardening, baking, whatever. If it makes you happy, it’s cool.

𝟏𝟐. Not being in a relationship: Being single is fun and full of growth. Enjoy it.

𝟏𝟑. Your career not looking like everyone else's: Your path is unique, and that’s what makes it exciting.

𝟏𝟒. Not wearing makeup every day: Bare skin is just as beautiful. You don’t need makeup to be worthy or put-together.

𝟏𝟓. Not fitting into society’s "ideal" body: Love your body as it is. Bodies change, but your worth doesn’t.

𝟏𝟔. Outgrowing friendships: Not everyone is meant to be in your life forever, and that’s okay.

𝟏𝟕. Needing a mental health day: We all need breaks. It’s okay to not be okay sometimes.

𝟏𝟖. Taking your time to heal from breakups: Healing isn’t linear, and there’s no deadline to feeling better.

𝟏𝟗. Not being the “perfect” daughter, sister, friend: You’re trying your best, and that’s all that matters.

𝟐𝟎. Being unapologetically YOU: Take up space. Speak your mind. Be exactly who you are, and don’t let anyone make you feel bad about it.

Note: If you want any special/specific request of tips or just to ask any questions, dm me or put it in my inbox!