#don’t overwork yourself

[sun-e-chips]

Life be busy

Have a Sun with a super soaker gun to cool you down :)

He is taking no prisoners

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Hi everyone,

It’s been a while since I’ve posted something from an article. So I wanted to share an article I found listing some ways to practice self-care. According to this article, here are some ways that could help:

Binge watch your favorite TV shows.

This is the first thing I do when I start running out of gas. It’s comforting, I identify with the characters, I know what’s going to happen in the show, and that relaxes me. It’s easy to do, like putting on a Band-Aid.

Spend a day in doing self-care activities.

I got a massage, took long baths, journaled and ate my favorite meals (a lot of Chick-fil-A and ga roti from Vietnam). I tried to spend time outside, but the mosquitoes were bad, so I ensconced myself in my sunroom which has several windows and is very colorful. It’s my happy place.

Meditate or do deep breathing.

I won’t lie, it’s difficult for me to meditate without a guiding app on my phone, and even then, I have trouble. But meditation is so good for you; it helps you be mindful, manage stress, reduce negative emotion and decreases anxiety. As for deep breathing, I always like to do box breathing, where you inhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds, exhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds and repeat. I read that Navy SEALs use this technique.

Go to a therapist or counselor.

I know that I talked my husband’s and my mom’s ears off about the fundraiser, and I could tell they were getting weary of being a sounding board. So I took my issues to my therapist, which is what I’m supposed to do, and it felt so good to release all that negative energy. She let me vent but helped me refocus on the good I was doing, too. I highly recommend therapy/counseling. If you don’t have a therapist, look into Family Counseling Service. It has wonderful therapists and a variety of programs.

Say no.

This is probably the most helpful self-care action you can take. Also the hardest to do. When I was working on the fundraiser, I didn’t say no at first. My type A personality (really, I’m type B) took over, and I wanted to be involved in everything. Soon I became burned out. After more therapy and self-care, I realized that I had to step back and say no. As soon as I did that, I felt way better. I was still involved in every aspect of the fundraiser, which probably annoyed the committee, but I delegated, communicated better and said no when I needed to.

The link to this article will be below if anyone wants to read through it.

[keep-dr3aming]

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hugs for anyone who needs it today.💖

[rapz-rites]

I’ve came to a realization…

Writing to try and be consistent on tumble while in school is difficult 😭😭. Im starting to understand y’all tumblr writers that post full on fanfics AND post one like at least once a week. It couldn’t be me, not shaming y’all but writing 10k+ worded fics is too much for me. I think my 3-5 page google docs (abt 2k+ words) are too long.

I just wanted to say I understand and appreciate y’all. Keep up the good work but TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

IM SOOOO TIRED OF SCHOOL I JUST WANNA SLEEP FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT

[the-broken-pen]

“You’re going to blow out your arms,” the villain observed. They watched as the hero merely grit their teeth, shoving themself through another pull-up. It looked painful, and if the sweat slicking the hero’s brow was any indication, it was.

They waited for the hero to let themself drop from the bar and accept the villain was stronger. But they didn’t.

Three more pull-ups, and the villain stepped in.

“Hero,” they said slowly. “You’re about to tear the ligaments in your arms. You need to stop.”

The hero blew out a shuddering breath. Struggled for purchase, fighting gravity—and let themself drop.

The hero’s hands were bleeding, calluses torn open by the bar. The hero didn’t seem bothered when their own hands shook so much that their blood began to splatter on the gym floor.

For a moment, the villain could only stare at them.

Shit.

They didn’t know how to handle this. They knew the hero was dedicated. They knew the hero was strong, and perpetually trying to be stronger, but they hadn’t thought…

They hadn’t thought the hero would be so willing to tear apart their own body for success.

It was supposed to be fun, the villain thought. They felt a little sick as the hero pressed their palms together to soothe the bleeding, an action that was practiced and familiar. As if they had done this before.

The hero reached for something in their bag, smearing blood on the side, and pulled out a roll of blue electrical tape. The villain didn’t understand why, until the hero tore a strip off and made to wrap their hands with it.

The hero would be the death of them.

They crouched in front of the hero, plucking the electrical tape out of their hands.

“What are you doing with this?”

The hero blinked at the villain like they were the strange one in this situation.

“Wrapping my hands?”

The villain hissed in a breath.

“With electrical tape?”

The hero flushed slightly, looking down at their bloody hands. They looked close to tears.

“It…sticks to skin, really well. And it doesn’t move, either, when you move your hands or wherever else, even if you’re fighting. Plus, blood doesn’t make it come off, at least, not for a while.”

The villain blinked at them.”

“Blood doesn’t make it come off,” the villain repeated, processing. The hero nodded, reaching for the electrical tape. The villain settled it out of reach.

“Not if you wrap it right.”

Dimly, the villain realized that meant the hero had done this enough times to have it down to a science.

“And you couldn’t use a bandaid?” The villain asked incredulously. The hero shrugged a shoulder, then winced at the motion.

Yeah, the hero had absolutely blown out their arms.

“Bandaids move—“

The villain hushed them.

“Be quiet for a second.”

The hero, wisely, went quiet.

The villain rubbed a hand over their face, then studied the hero for a moment. They took one of the hero’s hands into their own, studying the damage.

“Why did you do this to yourself,” the villain murmured.

“What do you mean, why,” the hero snapped. “It’s my job.”

“Your job is to save people,” the villain corrected. “Not destroy yourself.”

“I’m not destroying myself—“

“You are.”

“Shut up—“

“Hero.”

“I need to be better,” the hero snapped. Their voice rang out across the gym, echoing into the rafters, and they both froze. After a moment, the hero spoke again, voice soft. “I need to be better.”

They said it like they needed the villain to understand. The villain wondered who they were really saying it to—the villain, or themself.

“Better than who?”

“Everyone.” It was hushed, like a secret.

The villain watched them, waiting.

The hero took a shaky breath

“My whole thing is being the best. I have always been the best. That’s the only reason I matter. If I’m not strong enough, then I am nothing, so I need. to be. better.”

The hero had started crying, very quietly, like they were afraid to take up too much space.

The villain was not equipped to handle gifted kid burnout.

“There’s more to you than just being a good athlete,” the villain said hesitantly, and the hero shook their head.

“No. There isn’t.”

“Hero.”

“Can you give me back my electrical tape?” They hiccuped to contain a sob.

“No,” the villain said firmly, and then the hero really was sobbing.

“You don’t understand—“

The villain didn’t. Not really. They had never been the kind of talented that the hero was.

They wondered now if maybe that was a blessing.

“I don’t,” the villain agreed. “But I do understand that you’ve saved half the city, and you give everything you have to give, and you always do your best.”

“But I-“

“No.” The villain stopped them. “You are doing your best.” They tipped the hero’s chin up until they met the villain’s eyes. “And it is enough.”

The hero froze, eyes darting over the villain’s face. They wondered if anyone had ever said that to the hero, if whatever mentor they had was giving them anything other than orders to be stronger. Be better. Be more.

The villain had some new targets to take care of, it would seem.

For now, though, they had to take care of hero.

“We’re going to go wrap your hands,” they said softly. “And then we’re going to take care of your arms, and you’re going to take a nap.”

The hero nodded, watching them like they were some kind of good, selfless person.

“And if I ever catch you using electrical tape again, so help me, I will put you six feet under.”

That startled a laugh out of the hero, and they let the villain guide them to their feet.

“Fine.”

The villain turned to them. “Okay?”

Are you going to be alright?

The hero seemed to understand.

“Okay,” the hero agreed.

Yes.

And so, it was.

[oobbbear]

Dumb art advice for people who can’t understand logic like me:

First, turn off your brain and just draw a bunch, for example you want to learn to draw hands, go on Pinterest search ‘Hands’ and just copy what you see, do this everyday for 30min-1hour, slowly you’ll get a vague understanding of how hands work

THEN, go and watch some tutorials and the learn structure of the hand. The logic and structure are important but you won’t understand anything if you don’t already have a good picture of what the thing look like in your brain.

(This method works really well if you want to learn anatomy, don’t go dig into the muscle and skeleton, draw figures first, you don’t need to know what you’re drawing you just need to have an understanding of the flow of human body, it will help you greatly later on when you really go into the structure of body)

Of course this is only based on personal experiences, you can learn the theories and then practice but that did not work for me, if I don’t have hands on experience on what I’m drawing I won’t understand a single word in the tutorial. Do what works best for you I’m just putting this out here

[bogcreacher]

omg so HELLO. it’s opal again that person who drew mako - you will never guess but I DREW MORE OCS !! i still gotta draw wolf , i’ll get around to it. here’s two more headshots of fennec ‘n haunted plus a full body of my favorite character red kite

i’m super proud of this! tumblr is downscaling the quality AGAIN but since this was me the past 3 days i’m pretty proud of it

OK THANK YOU FOR CREATING SUCH AWESOME OCS I LOVE YOUR ART

AHHHH LOOK AT EM ALL!!! oh I love how you’ve drawn Fennec’s sail, she looks so sweet in your style! and Haunted too, I love her horns!!

and Red’s wings! I always struggle with wings, but you’ve drawn em so well! Im so glad you like her, you’ve captured her so nicely!

thank you so much for drawing them, these are so cool, I love em!! :D 

[lovelesslittleloser]

People should be more afraid of asexuals, because they’re the only people that are immune to one of the seven deadly sins

[taehyungfirst]

When V said he has prepared so much before enlisting, I totally believed him & I was right . We got something every month since January . Now we are also getting is new single on March 15th. I am sure from April to Dec we will get something from V 🎉🎉 He is truly hard working man. He is inspiring me to also put extra hours of work.

He really filmed so much and did everything he could up until the last free day he had before enlisting… he loves us so much ): Even if the contents will stop for a while, we will have so much things to watch, listen to, love. TETE GIRL ARE SO LUCKY 🩷🩷🩷🩷

[incorrectnevermoor]

school starts in one day and i would like to announce i will be withdrawing from society and retreating to the seventh pocket to commit as many felonies as i desire. if you would like to reach me please consult the owl in the tree on the left at precisely 2:34 a.m

Three hoots for a regular message and one if it’s urgent, right?

Remember to drink water and eat well as you commit these felonies, if anything fun comes up, do let me know, I am available anytime.

[unknownarmageddon]

I'm only on panel 5 😭

I'm not even adding that much detail asusgihkhjo

jaa don’t. overwork yourself with the Jesus x killer crackship comic please FHFHFHF

[spaceagebachelormann]

i love telling people i’m patient when i absolutely am not

[gayfrog1995]

how i’ve been these days….in my bed XD

[thatbendyfan]

man i walk into servers and post my art and everything’s ok for a while

but THEN. then. people will post art that is STUPID GOOD. LIKE ACTUALLY FUCKING AMAZING I COULD PUT IT IN AN ART MUSEUM

and it makes me feel a little worse about my skills

but!

i need to accept that there’s always gonna be someone better than me! and that’s not a reason to quit! if anything it’s a reason to keep moving forward!!

they’ve probably studied for years and years!! i’ll catch up!!!! it’ll just take some work!!!!

[biblicallyaccuratecanine]

I’m so happy w your confidence in me lol but you got a little drabble at the end that I’m gonna finish up tonight and it’s so. ugh so good

i’m sure it’s lovely!

[cloudyyangel]

Going absolutely feral rn

It is Dabi Dance Day and horikoshi graced us with this