#innerworkings

[glowettee]

🦢 you don't need more tips, you need to trust yourself

hey lovelies!! mindy here, back with another "no aesthetics post". so i've been thinking about this a lot lately (like, literally in the middle of the night when i should be sleeping but my brain won't shut up??) and i realized something that honestly changed everything for me. we're all obsessed with consuming advice, tips, strategies… but at some point we need to ask: is all this "help" actually helping?

i used to be that girl with 27 self-help books on her nightstand, 14 productivity podcasts in my queue, and approximately 10000 saved posts about "how to live your best life." i was drowning in good advice. and yet? i wasn't actually doing anything with it all.

here's the uncomfortable truth that i personally learned: collecting self-help is often just another form of procrastination. we trick ourselves into thinking we're making progress because we're "learning," but we're actually just avoiding the scary part, taking action when we don't feel ready.

✧ when you know it's become a problem:

you feel like you need to read "just one more" article before starting

you have notebooks filled with advice you've never implemented

you follow dozens of gurus but haven't committed to any single approach

you constantly switch systems hoping to find the "perfect" one

you know what to do but still feel paralyzed

you use phrases like "once i learn enough about x, then i'll start"

you feel overwhelmed by conflicting advice but keep seeking more

the most painful realization? all this consumption is actually making you less confident. every new piece of advice makes you question your instincts more. every contradicting tip makes you doubt your judgment. every perfect "before and after" makes you wonder what's wrong with you.

✧ why we get stuck in the advice loop:

consuming feels safe. implementing feels risky. reading about someone else's success story gives us the emotional satisfaction of achievement without any of the messy work or potential failure. it's like emotional junk food, momentarily satisfying but ultimately empty.

plus, there's something so alluring about the promise that the next book, the next course, the next system will finally be THE ONE that changes everything. we become collectors of solutions rather than solvers of problems.

✧ how to break free (ironic, i know… more advice):

declare an information fast. seriously. no new self-help for at least 30 days. it will feel uncomfortable, like an itch you can't scratch. that's how you know you need it.

pick ONE system or approach you've already learned and commit to it fully. not perfectly, just consistently. the magic isn't in finding the perfect system, it's in the consistent application of any decent one.

start before you feel ready. that knot in your stomach when you think about taking action? that's your growth edge. the discomfort isn't a sign to seek more knowledge, it's the signal that you're about to grow.

recognize that implementation creates wisdom that consumption never will. you'll learn more from a week of messy action than a year of perfect theory.

identify your "consumption triggers" do you reach for advice when you're afraid? uncertain? compare yourself to others? notice the emotional patterns.

create an "already know" document. write down everything you already know about your goal. you'll be shocked at how much wisdom you already possess.

trust that you are the expert on your own life. external advice can inform you, but it can never know the nuances of your specific situation like you do.

the truth is, you already know enough. you've probably known enough for a while now. the answers you're seeking outside yourself are usually already within you, buried under layers of doubt and other people's opinions.

what if the most radical act of self-improvement isn't finding new advice, but trusting the wisdom you already have? what if you already have everything you need?

so this is my gentle nudge to put down the self-help, close the tabs, unfollow the gurus (yes, even me if you need to), and start the messy, imperfect process of actually living instead of just learning about living.

because honestly, the world doesn't need more people who know all the right theories. it needs people brave enough to take imperfect action on what they already know.

xoxo, mindy 🤍

p.s. if you're wondering "but how will i know what to do without guidance?", that's exactly the point. you won't know for certain. and that uncertainty is where the real growth happens. trust yourself anyway.

[sharpened-kris]

It's just.

Something about the fact the only way Conquest is able to connect to people is through fighting. Especially the fact that the only times he gets vulnerable are in the middle of combat.

Like, the way he sounds so genuinely sincere as he encourages Mark to keep fighting him and not give up.

The way he literally pets Mark's face in this scene.

How often is he able to make a touch that soft? To use his hands for something other than destruction?

And just.

The way he's not even looking Mark in the eyes when he begins talking about how lonely he is.

He's whispering into Mark's ear, as intimate a position as he could be in. The closest he will ever get to truly connecting with another individual. And the line delivery is so raw and quiet, like he's almost ashamed to say it out loud.

And the fact that he specifically talks about no one wanting to be his friend.

A Viltrumite.

Wanting friends.

Wanting attachments.

The very thing he criticised early on in the fight. The very thing he said caused weakness. And it's all he truly wants.

How many times do you think he's made this confession to someone before killing them and bottling it all back up?

ALSO THE FACT THAT HE SAYS HE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE.

Like, he's fantasized about what his life could be. He's imagined imagined a better future for himself. A future he knows he will never get.

I dunno, it's just something about his character is so tragic to me.

[formerlympp]

muggle au i will not write: single mother lily is signed up for dating show by her seventeen year old son harry. she begrudgingly agrees, only to meet a man who bears a striking resemblance to a ONS she had eighteen years prior. james signs up for a dating show and wins seventeen years of child support backpayments

[pierrotpriest]

i'm revisiting high school musical because i missed all the characters all of a sudden, anyway, i distantly remembered that chad knows about phantom of the opera and mentions it for some reason, but i didn't remember why and I just got to that part of the movie and his exchange with troy is just so incredible, just some incredible screenwriting happening here:

C: Look, you're a hoops dude. Not a musical singer person.

T: -sighs and walks away from him in annoyance-

C: Have you ever seen Michael Crawford on a cereal box?

T: Who's Michael Crawford ??

C: Exactly my point. He was the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Now my mom, she's seen that musical 27 times. And she put Michael Crawford's picture in our refrigerator. Yeah, not on it, in it. So, my point is, if you play basketball, you're gonna end up on a cereal box. If you sing in musicals, you're gonna end up in my mom's refrigerator.

T: Why would she put his picture in her refrigerator ??

[shuakeficrecs]

On shuake & ao3 tagging

'Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist' is the canonical "umbrella" tag for the ship.

Any worked tagged with an assigned synonym tag, such as, 'Crow/Joker', will loop back around to the 'Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist' tag when clicked.

The umbrella tag also has specified subtags:

A fic tagged just 'Akechi Goro/Amamiya Ren' will still show up under the 'Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist' search, but it can also be searched for independently, like all the other subtags.

tldr; Authors don't need to tag 'Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist' and 'Akechi Goro/Amamiya Ren' and 'Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira' for correct classification/reach. The umbrella tag does that for you.

The 'x/Amamiya Ren' and 'x/Kurusu Akira' tags are only useful to specify which name is being used for the protag.

[shadystranger]

Soulless!sam comes from the dead and the first favor he's doing to sam is kill dean and sam gets disorientedly worried about dean bc of it all.. that's peak

[alaritheaurora]

Made Mer pod Bolas for mermay. Love my silly guys

Mostly blue is Carre. Green and grey is Phil. Red/brown is Cellbit. Big yellow guy is Foolish. Turquoise/grey/purple one is Jaiden. The yellow and red one sleeping on Foolish is Baghera, and next to her is Charlie.

Closeups under cut

[qoldenskies]

Oh my fucking god the Raph and Don parallels are so much fucking worse. They sound like each other when they think and speak. Insisting “I love you” against a locked door. The last part of Raph’s chapter feels like the scene where Donnie reminisces on the time after Shredder. His monologue at the beginning literally sounds like Donnie begging for forgiveness from his brother in CL. “I wanna be worth it” you’re both SICK in the head.

HHHHHHhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

leo and donnie may be twinning hard right now but raph and donnie are doing some fuckinnnn!!! PARALLELS!!!!!! CL being so long and having so much to take from for things like this really helps pound in the way that the roles have been reversed after the curse breaks; how they cant do much but work, how they can only love from afar, how they can give and give and give but it wont get through to the person they want to love them the most, how desperate they are for normalcy and simplicity and the donnie they used to have .......

what a terrible way to finally be able to empathize with your emotionally unavailable brother.

that scene where they talk about the stuff they miss is also kind of intended to be a parallel to the family meeting,,,, but donnie's missing from it. they're not saying this to him. because he opened himself up and took their punishment but he wont so easily do the same with their love. haha painful! :D

[vampire-cookie]

is this yaoi

[magicicephoenix]

NIX !!!!! i am eating your designs of the rest of the dca who cast. they're so good aaa

now my question is, how much like jack is bonnie. does he keep a gun in his ass. did he kiss y/n (or previous companion) and moon, OH and is torchwood a thing 👀 i ask only the most important questions here

thank you!! i'm so happy with them, i'm glad people like 'em too :)

and Bonnie's... a good amount like Jack. yes he's got weapons all over him. he's at least kissed Y/N's hand as a greeting, absolutely kissed past companions, and hasn't kissed Moon. Torchwood is a thing!! but Bonnie isn't nearly as involved with it as Jack is; he's a traveler at his heart and can't handle sticking around for too long at a time. he checks in often enough but isn't considered a stable member.

[heymille]

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: 𝐋𝐞𝐢 𝐝𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢çã𝐨 :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧

“𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓈 𝓃ã𝑜 𝒶𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓂 𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝓋𝑜𝒸ê 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝑒𝒿𝒶… 𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓂 𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝓋𝑜𝒸ê 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝑜𝓈 𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝒿á 𝓉𝑒𝓂.”

O que é a Lei da Suposição?

A Lei da Suposição vem da ideia de que a realidade é moldada não tanto pelo que queremos, mas pelo que assumimos como verdade.

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Se você supõe, acredita e vive como se algo já fosse real — como se já tivesse aquele amor, aquele corpo, aquela aprovação, aquela paz — então sua realidade inevitavelmente começa a se moldar ao redor dessa suposição.

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Essa lei foi muito explorada por Neville Goddard, um místico e pensador que dizia: “Assuma o sentimento do desejo realizado.”

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Como usar essa lei?

1. Clareza — saiba o que você quer. Seja específica. Nada de “quero ser feliz”, e sim “vivo em paz no meu próprio espaço, estudando o que amo e cercada de gente que me faz bem”.

2. Suponha — feche os olhos e imagine como seria se isso já fosse real.

3. Sinta — o segredo não é só pensar, mas sentir. Viva emocionalmente o estado do “já é meu”.

4. Mantenha — volta pra esse estado sempre que puder. Antes de dormir, nos intervalos, em momentos calmos.

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Métodos (aesthetic e simples):

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✧ Visualização antes de dormir (State Akin To Sleep - SATS):

Deite, respire fundo, relaxe… e imagine uma cena curta, tipo um abraço de alguém te parabenizando, ou você sorrindo com o resultado na mão. Repita essa cena em looping suave até adormecer.

✧ Diário do “já sou”

Em vez de escrever “quero ser aprovada no ENEM”, escreva: “hoje foi meu primeiro dia como caloura de Medicina. A sala tem uma vibe incrível e eu tô radiante.”

✧ Act As If (agir como se)

Se comporte como quem já tem. Isso não quer dizer sair gastando como milionária, mas sim manter postura, confiança, serenidade. A realidade responde à energia que você emana.

✧ Meditação de identidade

Sente-se em silêncio, visualize o “eu ideal” e pergunte: como ela fala? Como ela anda? O que ela tolera? O que ela não aceita mais? Se funde com ela.

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Lembre-se:

Não é sobre forçar. É sobre permitir. Supor não é sonhar acordada — é viver de dentro pra fora.

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“Você não atrai o que quer. Você atrai o que é.”

⠀ ⌗manifestation ⌗spirituality ⌗lei-da-suposição ⌗nevillegoddard ⌗aestheticwitch ⌗innerwork ⌗youcreateyoureality

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[vergessene-helden]

Es gibt mir so unglaublich viel zu spüren, dass mein Nervensystem sich wieder normalisiert. Ich nicht mehr im Überlebensmodus feststecke. Keine schlaflosen Nächte mehr. Kein Chaos um mich herum. Ich kann wieder entspannen und trage dieses Gefühl auch in mir. Mein Lachen so ehrlich wie noch nie. Ich liebe alles daran. Vorallem das ich mich für ein Leben ohne dich entschieden habe. Ein Leben ohne Probleme, ohne Schmerz, ohne Enttäuschung, ohne Sucht und vor allem, ohne Lügen. Nur noch Menschen die mir gut tun, die es ernst meinen. Die mich lieben und da sind - die mich verstehen. Doch viel wichtiger;

Ich habe MICH! ❥

Ich habe MICH wieder aufgebaut, erschaffen und lieben gelernt.

Ich werde von nun an gut auf mich aufpassen. ❥

[miscellaneous--bones]

wanted to update my slugtaur's headshots so i could compare them. also a new one theyve got partial lop ears and a pointy nose <3 their name might change im going back and forth..

[susan-gampre]

For the Madam, how would you deal with someone who betrays you? 📖

The question prompted to her wouldn't even cause her to falter, her conviction to her answer true as she states firmly and without hesitation:

"Kill the fuckin' bitch."

Her unsavory remark would be followed up with a lifeless stare, those golden irises a mirror to the inner workings of her mind... She was completely sound in her expression, even following it up with pointing two fingers toward the individual and making gun shot gestures, those plump lips curling up into a vindictive grin. Finally the Madam straightens herself, soon to return to the activity she'd been participating in prior to the random questioning.

The logistics were another discussion, a lengthier and engaging plot that would change based on variables -- The severity of everything would change the length of their time on solid ground. But the Madam liked to joke much. In truth she would never resort to such barbarism so quickly... However, the Madam wasn't quite known for being anything less than guarded and direct, always making points with the lives of others-- Tit for tat, in her eyes. If she held your trust in any way and it were betrayed in any fashion? Hypothetically, and literally in dire cases, that person would be dead to her.

@gaslightwestern

[caesarandthecity]

The Fear of Healing

The fear that the healing process will never end, that I’ll be stuck in the same place forever.

But healing isn’t linear.

And I can choose to make this process something beautiful.

[pearlrondo]

not watching the muppets but exclusively watching behind the scenes explanation and analysis videos and being able to see the talent and process behind every puppet on stage