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ik how reviving looks in a game but imagine irl if you died in battle and then wake up 5 minutes later to your healer mage going "chop chop let's go you're not done here! finish killing that guy" like thanks for unbreaking my bones but jeez

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back at uni again

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•8.5.2023•

A perfect afternoon with blue skies! One thinks anyway, until suddenly it’s thundering around you and you’re in the pouring rain. Welcome to New England!

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Hello world!

I'm a 28yo on a coding journey.

I spent all my 20s struggling with health issues, postponing all my dreams, and missing out on opportunities. I don't want to bring that into my 30s with me. So I'm not going to!

Building websites is something that I always wanted to do, I've made my first attempts at coding around eight years ago, but then life happened, I got sick and learning to code was no longer a priority, eventually I completely gave up on my dream of becoming a web developer.

But it's never too late to start again, as long as I'm breathing and my brain is functioning, I can do whatever I set my mind to!

I made this sideblog to document my progress, share my learning and maybe inspire some passers-by.

There's no failure, except in no longer trying.

Let's keep growing 🌱

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my fav ship dynamics

(context: this was up by far my most faved tweet I’ve ever gotten. Up to 120k)

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Have been reading more in jp and kr to build up my vocabulary 💗

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When you're overwhelmed, take a step back.

What NEEDS to be done right now?

Forget a to-do list... you need a NOT TO DO LIST.

E.g. I don't need to take on more work.

I don't need to listen to negative thoughts.

I don't need to feel guilty or shame myself.

Phi Dang (@thephidang)

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What next?

WHAT NEXT? 💜

Since the exams are over, some are chilling and some are thinking about what to do? If you belong to my group, that is who knows, they need to start again and study, then this post is for you!

Let's take a step back, and start again!! As I told you, I am going to start today!! Hope to be consistent and finish the syllabus and revision in time! I am starting today with a plan!! 💜

📍RESET

Gear up and accept your past!

📍REVIVE

Revive yourself to start fresh with a new mindset

📍RESTART

Start with a fresh perspective. Let it go of the past!

📍REVISE

Revision is the key. Start revising from the beginning.

I hope you guys start with me! 💜

QOTD: When are you gonna start?

With love,

C's Candid Corner 💜

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pics from the last couple of days. almost every pic i take ends up being dark/grey, thank you germany's wonderful weather<3 lately i've been trying to finish an assignment which i'll present tomorrow. i'm nervous ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

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starting my art direction masters next week and I’m almost done with my desk setup. Struggling to hide the cables and keeping it organized, tho.

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If you are like me with the anxiety and the depression and the executive dysfunction

- DON’T say to yourself “I need to take a shower”

-showering is a long multistage process that requires you to be vulnerable (naked, wet, blots out sound, what if someone calls/rings the doorbell, etc)

-INSTEAD say to yourself “I’m just gonna go turn on the water right quick”

-small one step task checked off your list

-your anxiety brain is a dumb motherfucker and it will be none the wiser that you have tricked it into BEGINNING the shower process

-once the water is running you are already there in the bathroom with the water running so you might as well finish the job

NOTE that this trick works for like. Fucking everything.

-Don’t “work on your WIP”– just open the document

-don’t “make the scary phone call” – just pull up the number in your contacts

-don’t “make lunch” – just pull out a loaf of bread

-don’t “do the dishes” – just open the dishwasher. Literally just open it

Remember ur anxiety brain is a dumb motherfucker and that you CAN therefore TRICK it into being functional

also bonus tip: for those times when u just need to lie on the floor and be a worthless lump of anxiety-ridden garbage for a few hours, download Duolingo and pick a language. Are you going to be fluent in a week? No. But it’s easy to focus on and that way when you’ve been down there for half a day and your shitty fukken brain is trying to convince you you’re garbage because it KEPT you there, you can counter with “excuse you I just spent the last four hours TEACHING MYSELF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE you punk ass bitch.”

Good luck out there kids I believe in u

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4.7.22

ended up in a new little corner of the library today; it’s cozy and secluded but oh how i wish there was a window.

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you ever hear a new song and immediately go “oooh the fake scenarios in my head are gonna love this”

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