#notestostrangers

[ra-lu-ca]

[coloreen]

[graceforty]

day two hundred and sixty seven

[janschi]

@notestostrangers (On Instagram) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[nooosham3]

For a few years now, street artist Andy Leek has been giving food for thought and sending good vibes with his project Notes to Strangers, leaving messages on the streets of London 🥰

I caught myself looking for messages on my way to work all the time now, they are so comforting!

https://www.instagram.com/notestostrangers/?hl=en

[marvinthecrow]

Change 'dreaming' into 'planning'.

[maryam949]

[officialmenu]

15 things I've learned through these last 30 years: 1.Nothing is ever really yours. That just sucks and I haven't quite learned how to handle it. 2. Everything in the world these days gives you cancer. Be healthy, but leave those websites alone. 3. Learn to pick yourself up and nothing will be impossible. 4. Music is the most comforting and understanding thing you will ever have. And even though the whole wide world loves the same song you do, at the same time that song is only yours and forever will be. 5. Really do not spend a whole concert with your phone in your hand. 6. That counts for your time with people too. Not just because if that person was me you wouldn't get to the end of the day. 7. Ambition isn't mandatory. It is perfectly okay to find happiness in the ordinary. 8. You can tell people how much they mean to you, but I guarantee nobody will listen. At the most important moment, when they should show if they've ever paid attention, they will treat you just like you were anybody else. Tell them anyway. 9. I don't know how important sex actually is. I think it's personal, something I would literally never flaunt on social media or anywhere, if not in front of really really close people. All I know is that my life has been better without it than with it, so i guess we just give it way more weight than it's supposed to have. 10. Love has never agreed with me, but the true kind, the tough but worth it kind does make people better. That is one feeling I will never forget and will always hope to get back to. 11. Parents know you the best, but don't always know better. Listen to their advice anyway. 12. Cleanliness is so not a universal thing. 13. Nobody really knows anything. What we believe, what we know, what we base our advices on, it all depends on how we decide to navigate life. 14. There is always someone else coming. Stick around and try not to punish them for a wrong somebody else did you. 15. Don't talk about money with anyone if not your boss. It will fuck everything up. You're so not as worthy as the money you earn, for better or for worse. . . #30yearsold #30yearsoldtoday #birthday #nationalholiday #adultforaday #notestostrangers https://www.instagram.com/p/BoBGmwVjQWe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f7w22lwmwa41

[prey4pain]

Sometimes you can give the best advice and answers to others problems and being able to apply said solutions can seem next to impossible. Nothing is impossible, learning to create boundaries and cut of those that negativity affect you can be hella important in development of self. Give yourself credit and create attainable goals.

[ra-lu-ca]

[lessonslearnedfrombooks]

Characters & Viewpoints  ~ Orson Scott Card

Chapter 1. What is a character?

I’ve listed the notes taken on character building from most important to least important.

A character is their:

Actions & motive: everyone acts a certain way but why do they act the way they do?  

Past: “People are what they have done, and what have been done to them.” (8). 

Reputation: what do other people think of you. Or more to the book, people gossip and from that, they make a snap judgment. What reputation does your character have with the others in your story?  

Stereotype (w/in their job, sex, age, family role, race, ethnicity...): here, the author encourages us to use stereotypes to our advantage. we have to “count on” our readers to make these stereotypical judgments. “Characters who fit within a stereotype are familiar; we think we know them, and we aren’t all that interested in knowing them better. [...] Characters who violate a stereotype are interesting...” (11). 

Habits/patterns: what they do on the regular basis and if they try to change it, why? 

Talents/abilities: are they extremely gifted? In what away? Are they not?

Tastes & preferences: do they prefer to look or act a certain way?

Body: what do they look like?

Chapter 2. What makes a good fictional character? 

There three questions readers ALWAYS ask within the first paragraph: So what? Why should they care? Oh yeah? This is the clue/explanation that should persuade readers to trust you. Huh? Make it clear. Make it believable. 

YOU ARE THE FIRST AUDIENCE! - if you don’t care about what you’re writing, your audience also will not care. 

Questions to always ask:  WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? (in my opinion, the best question) Interrogate the situation and your character. Brainstorm a list of possible ways that events can go wrong, but still, drive the story and your character to an outcome/solution.

WHY?  Why is this happening? Why did the character act this way toward this event/person?  * Don’t ever settle for your first answer. The first answer is always obvious and too static. Add a twist (the author talks more about this in chapter 3, page 50):

~Maybe character X isn’t out to kill character Y because Y killed X’s family. Maybe X is killing because (they think) it’s their duty to kill, or X is just deranged and obsessed, they think killing is the solution to their problem.

[graceforty]

day two hundred and eighty two

[missgriffinsfinishingschool]

Do you struggle to write letters? . Sometimes it feels so pointless in this technological age. I’ve even been conflicted about the unavoidable lack of sustainability associated with the practice. It takes time and resources when sending a text is so much faster. . But have you ever been mad about receiving a surprise, handwritten letter? I’m not talking about caddy note-writing in high school Spanish class. I mean a birthday card from your grandmother, a sticky note from your mom in your lunchbox, or a quick word of encouragement from your dad mailed across the country just to say he’s proud of you. . You could be the person who makes someone else’s day. The little bit of extra effort involved says: “You’re special to me” no matter what is actually written in ink. . 📷 by @amyjowenphoto . . . . . #writemoreletters #stationerylove #beanencouragement #handwrittennotes #letterschangelives #notestostrangers #wearethecreativeeconomy #lettersaremylovelanguage #💌 #writemoremail #stationeryaddict #slowdowntime #letterwriting #stationery #stationerylover #handwrittenletters #makesomeonesday #stationaryaddict (at Evans, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZhkm4Eupne/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chewyyy95]

沒必要把自己的人生活成別人想要的樣子。

It’s your life.

There’s no need to change your life just because someone else don’t agree with the way you are living it.

Be happy, be nice, and be independent.

Learn to trust yourself a little more.

You know yourself better than them.

Take advice, reflect on them but never just blindly accept them.

BUT, remember to ALWAYS:

APPRECIATE PEOPLE WHO GIVE YOU ADVICES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THEIR HEART.

It is fine to not heed their advice completely, but NEVER EVER make them feel small or silly or used.

They are the ones who truly care for you.

LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT, but also, always remember to APPRECIATE PEOPLE.

[marvinthecrow]

Notes to strangers. London.

[maryam949]

Focus includes ignoring