#relateto

[lolchat]

i had the thought of socializing and i almost immediately spiraled and felt panicky i’m so done for

[meu-meu-kissy-ceutie]

I relateto moths a normal amount

[airwavesdotblog]

Sabrina Carpenter Lyrics "Espresso"

Artist: Sabrina Carpenter Album: N/A Now he’s thinkin’ ’bout me every night, ohIs it that sweet? I guess soSay you can’t sleep, baby, I knowThat’s that me espressoMove it up, down, left, right, ohSwitch it up like NintendoSay you can’t sleep, baby, I knowThat’s that me espresso I can’t relateTo desperationMy ‘give a fucks’ are on vacationAnd I got this one boyAnd he won’t stop callingWhen they…

[doubtingdebispoems]

One Day Maybe

My mind can’t begin even fathomingThe fact that this is even happeningDon’t cry for me I don’t want your pityBesides you don’t have the abilityTo figure out how to facilitateConditions allowing me to relateTo the fact that it would be the last strawI broke it though so what do I do nowThings couldn’t possibly be any worseThan for me to receive all I deserveI just thought it would all be…

[bard-of-tall-tales]

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[daggery]

riddle really has been My Guyed. aside from how he is one of the few characters who i kind of knew would be my fave from the moment i saw him there’s also the way horseblr was trending a week or so ago and my first thought to that was wow riddle from equestrian club would love this

[pespillo]

i think this year for halloween im gonna draw some characters as famous “horror” movie figures

[kiingocreative]

With one year ending and another kicking off, I naturally find myself pondering my achievements and look at what’s in the cards for the future. I personally have never been great with New Year’s resolutions. The idea that, once a year, at a time where my headspace is invariably a little screwed up by the reality that time is flying by, I should hurry to make a bucket list of things to do with myself in the short-term always felt a little short-sighted to me. Whenever I’ve attempted it, it’shad a fleeting and desperate quality. Not my best work.

Instead, throughout the year, and especially towards the end of the year, I like looking at time gone by in themes and to view time ahead in visualisations. Normally, I come up with laundry lists of things that happened andwish lists of things to come. This year though, as I cast a long, hard look at what I’ve done both in my personal and professional life, I struggled with the lists. One thing stood out more than anything else and eclipsed the rest: the sobering realisation that the only constant in my life is change. I’ve worn many hats, done many things, found myself in many different situations. And that’s the keyword right there: different.

Genres, styles and gigs.

After I published No Pain, No Game, I wasn’t entirely sure what would come next. I looked at others around me—romance writers, dystopian fiction writers, YA writers—and something in me didn’t quite relateto any label. No one box ever felt like it quite fitted.

Since my first novel was published, I’ve written fan-fiction, non-fiction, contemporary fiction, and started a fantasy fiction novel. I’ve started blogging. I’ve taken my literary interests beyond writing and into professional editing and beta reading. Ittook a while for me to look at my constant shift in direction without feeling unsettled. I spent so much time, effort and energy into figuring out what ‘my thing’ was. My style. My genre. My vocation. My voice on instagram, my brand, my content. All the pieces that made up this mysterious beast that had to be‘my thing’.

Now I look back, all I can see is that the moment I thought I had nailed ‘my thing’, it almost instantly evolved into something else. From different genres, to different paid assignments, to different types of posts on social media. I used to see successful accounts on Instagram and think they looked like they’d got it. They’d found their ‘thing’. They were consistent and congruent. I’d been striving to find that path for myself, but my literary journey has been a lot more like a sinuous earth trail in the mountains than a straight cemented road.

Had I been doing it wrong?

You don’t know what you don’t know

I came across this quote in Matt Haig’s fantastic A Boy Named Christmas: ‘An impossibility is just a possibility you don’t understand yet’. It seemed fitting. When I consider where this year’s taken me (and where I’ve taken myself) I realise that I could never have predicted any of it. A lot of things would have seemed impossible before they happened, and only now can I see how they could work out so seamlessly, with the benefit of this great and wonderful thing called hindsight.

There I was, trying so hard to build a path for myself—the path—one that involved me knowing where I was going and how I was going to get there… and it turned out that the best and most impactful events of the last year were all wholly and completely unpredictable. I used to think that this unpredictability was a hindrance, especially when it came to building a writer brand, a readership and a presence in the literary sphere where consistency is key. Now, however, I’m changing my tune a little. Had I stuck to my original plans, I would have run the risk of blinding myself to opportunities to learn and grow.

For someone like me, who thrives on knowing what’s happening, when, where and for how long (some call it OCD, I call it being on top of things) letting go of the idea that I have control over my writing journey—or my life journey in general—isn’t an easy feat. But if the past couple of years have taught me anything, in fact, it’s that I need to do exactly that.

Things will happen that I never saw coming, people will come onto my path out of the blue and events will stir me in one direction or other. Opportunities to write different things or to write differently, to explore different mediums will pop up, often only temporarily. I can control none of that. All I truly have control over is how I respond to these turns in the road.

Embracing change: The past does not equal the future

Looking ahead at the year to come, my first thought is that I truly need to give myself a little more grace. Yes I can be proactive on a lot of fronts, I can instigate things to a certain extent, but I also need to give myself room to react to the things that are just bound to happen without me being able to prepare for them in advance. Better even, I need to accept that the majority of the most amazing things that have occurred this past year came from situations that were presented to me, and all I had to do was embrace them with an open mind and an open heart. I’ve said yes to the things that felt right, that rung true, deep down.

By previously trying so intently to find some consistency, I lost sight of a very important truth: that change is good. Change shakes things up. Change helps me grow. And in that growth, new things will emerge, new ideas with sprout, new relationships will spark unexpected collaborations.

‘The past does not equal the future’, says behavioural coach Tony Robbins, and as far as my writing journey is concerned, that’s actually a relief. I think back to the very first pieces I wrote, back in my teens and, though I’m glad they happened, I’m also glad my writing style and storytelling abilities have improved. Could striving for consistency have prevented me from learning from my mistakes, by trying too hard to keep being the writer I was then? Where I wanted consistency, I risked stagnation. Without looking so far back, I’m even glad present Lucie is a better writer than the Lucie who wrote No Pain, No Game. Thank God my writing has changed and my literary endeavours have expanded. It’s made me a better writer and a better person.

See it, believe it

What’s left for me to do as, armed with this new outlook, I ponder the year to come is to take a breath and focus less on what I want to make happen and more on how I want to feel, and the kind of writer I want to be. Those decisions, when led by a strong sense of inner truth have never led me astray. I close my eyes and I picture the feel of it all, in all its splendid colours and all its minute details.

In A Boy Named Christmas, Matt Haig writes: ‘You can’t see something you don’t believe in’. I couldn’t agree more. We polish our own rose-tinted glasses and we see only what we chose to see. If we want our writing path to take us to wonder-filled places, we need to believe it’s possible before we can see the way there. And the best way to picture the right outcomes? Focus on how it makes you feel. Focus on what makes your sound shine and your heart sing.

I’d encourage any writer out there to try this out: think not of what you want to achieve, but how you want it to make you feel. Visualise it. Paint a picture of it in your mind. Layer it over and over again until it’s as real as it can get and let that guide you. Know it, see it and believe it. Write it down, make it real. Let that be your North Star.

If you keep your eyes on that particular prize, you may find that what may seem to make sense in the short term isn’t actually the best way to serve your long-term vision. It’s easy to get distracted with day to day logistics, with what others are doing orwith social media. It happens to the best of us. If ever you get side-tracked, as has happened to me many times before, then you may find relief in the knowledge that the only true constant is change and that this, too, shall eventually morph into something else.

[burnt-toast-life]

i cannot. i am cursed. <- has toomany ideas

anyways shenhe! i relateto her ! so much!

Ohhh cool! And at least try to rest soon fndbns

[wearedailypoets]

Writing Advice 3

You don't need a muse, what you need is at least one person you go do fun activities with, visit the zoo...

You don’t need a muse,what you need is at leastone person you go do funactivities with, visit the zoo,pig out at the buffet,hike the Appalachian trail,feed the ducks at the park,then write about the prowling panther,the lemon-drizzled salmon,the stone in your shoe,the seed throwing contestyou accidentally started,and there you go.One day at a time.And surprise, readers relateto specifics, so…

[hodlonfordearlife]

#commentbelow which #emoji you #relateto #💯 🙌 (at Emoji World)

[doubtingdebispoems]

Walking

Walking Walking down the streetHolding hands with meEveryone we seeThinks we look so sweetIf they only knewThe real me and youThey’d be so dimayedAt the game we’ve playedWe’re so good at thisThey don’t know they missedTwo people that hateCan’t cope or relateTo anyone whoDon’t act like we doSelfish as we areThey think we’re a starAdmit that they’re blindTo others our kindThey just can’t face…

[smeloncurls]

act of creation

it’s all an acti throw words at a pageand hope they mean somethingto me to you to whoever is listeningif i can make one person relateto these lines, that’s an act of creation satisfaction, i take actions to createthese pieces, i actout lines in my head i can relate to i hope you can toonine times out of ten the pagegets destroyed, i’m listeningto the thoughts in my head, they’d like…

[ssunspoiled]

theinmxte

did you forget when Reboot did it? did you forget when they all encouraged it? did you forget that part, did you pretend that wasn't funny and wasn't cute, Tolya, for anyone to assume it wasn't something they all TOOK A FUCKING POLL ON, is a stretch

wjatt does that  relateto this.

and  when  had i ever  excused anyof this to be  funny.or cute. told anyoneit should be ignored.

and what does that relate to this.

[shadowhunterworld]

Jace, Clary, Simon, Alec, and Izzy

JaceHow I feel about this character: I like Jace bc I can relateto him, it’s hard for me to open up to people. His also sarcastic like me. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Clary

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Alec, Izzy and Simon

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t think have one

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: To be marry to CLARY AND TO BE SAFE

Clary

How I feel about this character:I like her determination and stuberness

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Jace

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Simon and Izzy

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t think she too stubborn

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: TO BE SAFE SHE DID NOT SURVIVE AS THE MAIN PROTAGONIST FOR 6 BOOKS TO DIE NOW!!!!

Simon

How I feel about this character: I Love Simon is funny, cute, always but everyone else before himself and is relatable af when is training

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Izzy

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Clary, Jace, Jordan and George

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t have one?

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: That George would be is best man on is wedding

Alec

How I feel about this character: I love him, is character arch is amazing

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Magnus Bae

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Jace, Izzy, Lily, Maia

My unpopular opinion about this character: Don’t have one

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: For is true love to be safe and to have is Dad at is wedding.

Izzy

How I feel about this character: I love her so much, she one of my all time fav, I love that she can be feminine and badass at the same time, she gave me more confidence to wear what I like.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Simon

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Clary, Jace, Alec, Magnus

My unpopular opinion about this character: She’s perfect

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: That she stop losing people she love, that have her dad at her wedding

Thank you for the ask!!!

[dillinghamaaron-blog]

The Human Family Tree Essay

In the USA, racism is a huge problem that causes racial clashes between White America and different ethnic groups. In the documentary, women and men from different backgrounds and ethnicities came together for a genetic experiment. The experiment proved that we are all from one woman and man in Africa. The study attempts to challenge racial classification by going back into a person’s history to show similarities, traits and mixed races just to show how we’re connected and draw back, Africa. That wasn’t good enough they wanted more information and to learn more on the humans , they went back to Africa and left when they got all they needed. On this second trip to Africa they found more similarities between Africans and other nationalities or races; things like tools, materials, and methods of survival.

The African features of people in the other cultures are dulled such as their skin color due to the environment they live in. Unfortunately, the way Caucasian people or any other races see African Americans, although theirs differences in the DNA, which is unfair. We As African American are treated like, were supposed to be beneath White people and why is that? Because were the more dominant. The color of our skin shouldn’t define us because we are all relateto one another and we all come from African descent. White America has a hard time cooping with this because they don’t want to be apart of our history and wouldn’t dare think there black for one second.
 This documentary proves there is no superior. We are all of African descent. There is no genetically superior race because there is no such thing as we today call “race”. We are all humans beings and come in a different images but come from the same African origins.
In conclusion, the documentary challenges racial stereotypes and no one race is over one another we’re all equal. When we come together as a people and not judge by our skin tone, the world can become a much better place and we would start understanding one another but until then life it self and the world it self will always be the same.