#old routines

[aesthetic-day-dream]

Why is it so hard to change routines? I want to create a new daily routine so badly, but it’s so hard to break old habits. I know the ideal solution is to take things step by step, but I feel like it’s so hard to even get myself to make that step. I want to start a healthier routine, I’m so sick of this one I’m stuck in. It’s exhausting and I don’t want to live like this anymore. Ever since COVID and quarantine, I’ve become so out of shape and I don’t move around and do things as much as I used to. Granted, I was never in the best of shape anyway, but I was still actively moving around more and walking waaayyy more than I do now. I’ve been willing myself to get up and take daily walks and I’ve failed every time. It’s always some excuse. Oh it’s raining outside, I can’t. It’s way too hot outside, I can’t. I want to go back to sleep, it can wait. It’s one thing after the other and I’m so aware of it, but I can’t get myself to change. It’s like watching yourself continuously make bad choices and you want to stop and make better, new choices, but instead you sit and watch. I know it’s because this is what I’m comfortable with now. It’s easy. I have absolutely no discipline or motivation. I have all the inspiration and want in the world and yet I’m stumped. I think it’d be easier if I had someone to do it with, but I know I can’t just rely on other people when it comes to hard decisions and choices. It’s like when my room gets messy and I can only sit and stare and want to clean but can’t until I get overwhelmed or get a sudden spark of motivation. Every time I get that spark to workout and change routine, it works for a day, maybe two if I’m lucky but then it’s right back to where I began.

Truly if you had any tips or recommendations I’d be incredibly grateful. I just don’t know what to do anymore.

[espiritogato]

[n4rval]

i lied. here's a bonus.

[doctorsiren]

Have you considered wrightworth, but as old men?

best I can do is hot middle-aged men 😁

[prettieinpink]

BUDGETING + SAVING MONEY FOR TEENS 𐙚

For many of us, we are entering an age when we can work casual jobs such as retail or fast food. It’s not a lot of money that we receive, depending on how often you get paid, but it can go a long way in the long term. 

In this post, I’ll be discussing how to budget for your needs/wants and save money for future goals. 

CREATING GOALS, you may want to save a certain amount of money in a time frame, want to make a big purchase (like a car) or buy everything off your wishlist. It is entirely up to you what your goals are, so I can’t say too much. However, the more specific it is, the better.

HOW MUCH? Determine how much money you need to save to achieve your goal. In total, and monthly. 

There are three types of saving goals that may apply to you;

Short-term goals >1 year (outings, latest gadget, buying your cart)

Medium-term goals 1-2 years (road trips, shopping spree)

Long-term goals 2-4 years (higher education, car)

It’s very important to set a realistic time frame, as teens we don’t get paid much and we also don’t work as much. You don’t want to overwhelm yourself as well, as it takes patience and self-control to achieve these goals.

NO LOOONG-TERM GOALS! This may sound aggressive, but any money that just sits in your account for years on end is dead money. Even though the amount of money is increasing, its value is slowly decreasing. Keep your goals achievable within a time frame of less than four years. It's much more useful if this money is put into some type of investment instead. 

CREATING A BUDGET

Calculate how much money you receive every month, and how much money you spend every month. 

You have two types of expenses. Fixed and variable. Fixed are any expenses required in your day-to-day life or it’s an amount of money that doesn’t change e.g. subscriptions or transportation costs. Variable costs are expenses that may fluctuate, like food, or any other recreational activities. 

Record the average you’re spending monthly with these two categories. 

There are many ways people choose to budget, but you have to choose a system that works for you.

Work out how much money you need to save each month to achieve your goal.

However, for anyone who’s starting in budgeting, I would say to allocate your costs using a percentage system. Your percentages for each category are going to differ from mine; e.g. 60% = savings, 20% = wants, 20% needs. Make sure it reflects the end goal. 

Track your progress. This is the major part of budgeting, you want to be recording and regularly reviewing how much money you’re spending and comparing it to how much you’re earning. It allows for space to reflect on the flow of your money like if some purchases are worth it, if you’re impulsively spending, or if you’re frequently withdrawing money from your savings. 

Adjust if needed. Maybe you want to put more money in savings and less into wants, or you want to put more into wants and less into needs. 

SAVING TIPS

SAY NO! This is probably my biggest struggle at the moment, but say no to things that will cause you to go off track. Whether its outings, getting fast-food or anything similar, say no. You have to be firm with your financial boundaries, as these opportunities will always arise again. 

RESTRICT IMPULSIVE SPENDING. We all have our moments when we see a product and we instantly think ‘I’ve got to have this’. Giving in once or twice is okay, but it shouldn’t become a habit at all. Its unnecessary spending (most of the time!) and leads to buyers remorse. 

IS IT WORTH IT? Always remember to work out which products you’re getting the most value out of. 

PAYING FOR THE NAME, a lot of brands will cut down on quality to save a few dollars, so essentially the customer is only paying for the name of that brand. Just because a store is more expensive, doesn’t mean its better.

[disasterzoo]

dysfunctional girls jv tennis team vs the zombie apocalypse :]

[autisticrosewilson]

While we're on the topic of De-aging AU's I wanna talk about Jason and Damian if Jason was 14 again real quick.

Do you guys think that Damian looks at this version of Jason, so different from the version he knows, nothing like the person he was told Jason was, and feels uncomfortably seen?

Damian was always told that Jason died because he was reckless, because he disobeyed orders, he was fired as Robin and he got himself killed. A cautionary tale, not a threat to his position. He dismisses Jason because Bruce does, because Dick does, because sometimes even Babs and Alfred do.

That's not the kid that he's looking at now. This Jason is happy, and smart, and full of love that has not yet soured into grief. He hangs on Bruce's every word, trains until his hands bleed and his body gives out to perfect the moves Bruce teaches him. He looks at Bruce with stars in his eyes and he calls him dad.

And Damian can't help but think, that this is the perfect Robin. The perfect son. And if Jason - sweet, loving, strong, Jason - can be fired, can die and have his room locked away and his pictures torn down, can have his last memory as Robin be as A Good Soldier, how could the rest of them ever compete? What could Damian do to stand a chance?

Jason will never grow out of the shadow of Robin, like the rest of them did. As long as Bruce, and Dick, and Babs, and Alfred look at him and see a dead kid who came back wrong, he will never get to be anything else. He will not get to be looked at through who he is now without the shadow of a dead boy looming over him.

And the worst part? Jason is exactly the same person he was back then. Bitter, sure, angry, justifiably, but he is still the boy with too much love in his heart and righteous fury festering in his gut. He is exactly the same boy who threw himself in front of an explosion to save his mother.

(The lines between the mother that betrayed him and the father that disgraced him are so very blurred. Fire or blade or crowbars or fists it does not matter. It ends the same way it always does because Jason Todd always dies, in every universe, in every timeline, Jason dies and crawls out only to be killed again and again and again.)

[melit0n]

Some cryptid photos of Vessel (+ ii) that I've collected over the past week. The fact that almost all of them look like they came out of trail cam footage is absolutely sending me

[the-kings-of-henrietta]

rapunzel where are your curls..

[mischievous-thunder]

What an exciting day for Deadpool! Did he tell his Logan all about it?

[crime-scene-psychic]

Happy birthday to the bestest boy

[biophilianutrition]

Sporty Chic Style

[panchulien]

Makarov is literally older than Price, he should be the one getting the "old man" treatment. People act as if Price is one second away from dying and he's not even 40 yet. Look at Makarov, 43 something and no one bats an eye LMAO

[sharkthinker]

I admire benitez's efforts to get lawrence to eat during the simony breakfast but I fear it's a futile endeavor... if he doesn't want that old man to starve and wilt away he's gonna have to handfeed him communion wafers like an ailing goldfish

[oxygen-stealer]

Morning kisses for scriddler prompts!

YAAAAYYYY I LOVE DOMESTIC SCRIDDLER YIPPEEEEE

Featuring Jon in the most Normal sleeping position ever

[satoblue]

satoru barely gets enough sleep, about 3-4 hours a day, but he takes plenty of naps throughout and imagining you and him having designated nap times together when you’re both at home is just *heart explodes* when he’s at work though, he’ll call you before it’s time or you’ll call him (it makes him so so happy when his finger is about to press the call button but then his phone starts ringing and your face pops up on the screen), making sure the camera gives a good view of you on your shared bed that he absolutely wishes he was in right now and him laying on the cold, empty-of-you couch in his office before you’re both sleeping for about an hour on video call, listening to the sound of each other’s soft breathing, your phone picking up on satoru’s loud snores which you’d usually complain about but miss more than anything when he isn’t here beside you in your arms