#survive to thrive

[missydurdenknowsbest]

9 common misconceptions about working in advertising

Working in advertising sounds like fun to many people — most of whom have no idea what it’s actually all about. I’ve worked in the industry for 15 years, nearly 5 in a successful agency. (Copy)Writing, proofreading, editing — been there, done that. Time for a reality check (sort of). It’s not that bad, I promise. 1) You are doing drugs all the time. LOL. Not on that paycheck. 2) Sex sells. No.…

[illustromic]

Red Team Day 2 (catch me dramatizing regular interactions again lmao)

[freetobeinlove-blog]

final battle

*please dont read or take these, just putting em here so I don't lose em this time.*

Finally after 35 years

After all of the pain, hopeless days and

monsters tearing through my brain.

I had a breakthrough.

The hardest battle, in a neverending war,

Trying to break through my fears,

cut the hate, open the gate,

Find a way to help the child crying at my core,

to maybe figure out what I'm living for.

Allow myself to feel it all and hope I survive.

The final fight, either I heal or I die. (facing the night, bleeding inside)

**so I face myself,

breaking down my walls

that were built to save

me from my flaws ( gotta find a way)

As I bleed it out,

I am flattened down

will I make it out,

or am I just another dark statistic.** ( just a cliche)

The deeper I go, the more the iceberg shows.

How long has this went on? Not sure why I 'm so wrong.

The deep wounds from life, betrayals cut like a knife.

Then, the frustration, being ever so patient.

No, I don't want to see, trying to suppress that memory.

But I must expose it and everything underneath.

The anger, contemplating, spent all this time self hating and waiting.

Now it's me versus me, And I tear at myself,

lost now in this, the skin starts to bleed... ( too deep, too deep)

**so I face myself, (what have I done, Oh god I hate this)

breaking down my walls

that were built to save

me from my flaws

As I bleed it out, ( can't I run?)

I am flattened down

will I make it out,

or am I just another dark statistic.** ( another person dead on christmas)

Fully inside, my tears fill my eyes.

The blade is in my thigh, but I'm in my mind. ( not away it's life or death)

Attacking myself with everything I've held in.

Addressing the shame, Hearing the blame. ( but not seeing the blood)

How I let them all down, nothing is okay now.

Gotta make it right, Push the blade in. ( unaware that it's too much)

Punish myself and let it all out. ( as I've always done)

The real truths spilling onto the floor... ( what if I bled too much?)

**so I face myself, ( dizzy now)

breaking down my walls

that were built to save

me from my flaws ( oh god, don't let me die tonight)

As I bleed it out,

I am flattened down

will I make it out,

or am I just another dark statistic.** *( please don't take me on christmas)

Then I found her, deep inside, barely alive.

My inner child, weakly crying, reaches for me then. ( she can't even stand)

What have I done? I hurt her, I used to be her,

and I drop the blade and embrace myself. ( bout fucking time)

I'm sorry, I forgive me, I will not self hate.

Just like that, I love myself, won't let me go again, ( I swear)

then this joy and light lit up me soul.

Now I am okay, not just pretend.( as long as I can stop this bleeding)

I will never hurt or doubt my self again.

Or feel alone, in myself I made a forever friend.( healing myself was all I was needing)

And I am ready to rise, I feel a new flame is burning in my eyes.

love you because I love me.

finally free.

[spookysalem13]

I'm chronically ill. I'm disabled physically and mentally. I live a rough life from day to day. People always tell me how strong I am.

This may be with the best of intentions but in all honesty I'm not strong, I'm very weak from being broken down every single second of my life from my chronic illnesses.

I don't get to live my life, I'm surviving not thriving.

[classycookiexo]

[kenzie-ann27]

[turtleblogatlast]

Unironically think that each of the bros (+April) don’t actually get how impressive their feats really are so they just do what they do and on the off chance someone comments on those feats they all react like:

[houseswife]

listen I honestly think wilson really enjoyed that little arc where he was cooking every single one of house’s meals. I know he’s house’s main source of food anyway but usually just via ‘stolen’/bought lunch at work. I’m talking about when they lived together in season 2 and his ass made macadamia nut pancakes for breakfast on a WEEKDAY. and pot roast for dinner. so much effort and for what…because house was gobbling that shit up…? yes he complained about it every time but he also had an extra fork on hand when house came home to stuffed peppers. it feeds into his need to be needed complex. the intimate dependency of someone relying on you for sustenance. also why they used food as the metaphor for why house was craving his presence. this is what I mean when I say that wilson deserved a housewife era. house went stir crazy within like 12 seconds of doing all their chores because he requires Stimulation™️ but I’m completely convinced that it would act as enrichment for wilson. if I told him to go make me a sandwich he’d roll his eyes and then passive aggressively make a delicious one. actually that literally happened in son of a coma guy. case closed

[letoscrawls]

It's that time of the year! The September Relona issue of Vogue Coruscant is here! Grab it before it's sold out!!!

On the cover: the dancers of the Max Rebo Band wearing Moschino FW18 💜

[souryellows]

[datura-tea]

this is ABSOLUTELY not meant to disagree with you or anything I've just been a little confused lately (plus love to talk about stuff like this). when you say that the fallout show or modern fallout doesn't understand the themes, what do you mean? Is it that they don't execute them as well/as cleanly, or are there things wholly missing that you'd expect in fallout media? and then bc i love your fallout takes: What are the things you'd want/expect?

hmm. the thing is that the first two fallouts + fnv (and fallout 3 and 4 to an extent) are about a post-post-apocalypse. the world has ended, and now a new world has risen from the ashes. new civilizations, new societies, new life. for me, the core theme of fallout has always been that people will always survive, always rebuild, even after such a catastrophic world-ending event, because that's just our nature. it's only a question of whether people will be rebuilding in the image of the old world or making something entirely new; whether they'll let go and begin again or be stuck with their old world blues

i know the series tagline is "war never changes" which has been taken to mean that society is doomed to violence and war forever and ever and ever but i want to point out that it has been rebutted by ulysses in lonesome road ("if war doesn't change, men must change, and so must their symbols. even if it is nothing at all, know what you follow, courier...") so i had really hoped the show and newer additions to the series would have moved on somewhat. but bethesda are married to their "recently post-apocalypse, violence is rampant, everyone hates everyone else" setting, so we'll be getting random settlement bombings explained away by someone solemnly saying "war never changes..." until they run the IP ragged

[ruporas]

can’t help falling for you

[swordmaid]

i am wide awake thinking about that post canon jb au again when I should be sleeping …!!! such is the nature of the jbrainrot…

[uhohbestie]

Cannot stop thinking about the parallels between Scar's Third Life opening and his Limited Life opening. Big "in another life things could've turned out so different" energy.

Had to draw this to get the image out of my head.

[joja-co-official]

I'm allergic to peaches, will there be a peachless version of joja nitro or do I have to carry an epipen out of loyalty to joja?

Get better

[lucidd-lemon]

thomas only realizing the true extent of his feelings after he already lost newt. mourning not only what they already had but what they could have been