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candied-cae · 2 years

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Boss makes a Dollar - I make a Dime So I write my fanfiction on company time.

Did I stay after for nearly 2 hours at my office job to work on my ongoing Our Flag Means Death fanfiction while on the clock to get a lil more $ on my paycheck and force myself to focus while I had the building to myself?

Let's just say I've got a 6k+ chapter coming up tomorrow ;)

#It was honestly pretty productive #And I did spend a lil time on actual work stuff #but having a desk job with a little bit of downtime throughout my day and bosses who don't check my screen has been mega helpful for #working on my fanfics #it's just far enough from working that ADHD brain can turn to it for fun while still getting 'something done' that can be difficult alone #life hacks bby life hacks #Also I am severely underpaid for the work I do - so it's literally impossible to defend my work from my actions #I'm a goddamn blessing keeping the office together and I'm planning to quit as soon as I can #But I'm still taking time to put together an actual training packet so when they need to fill my job it's not impossible #anyway #this is how one celebrates our szn 2 renewal #right?#Our Flag Means Death #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #ofmd #ofmd spoilers #hbo #Stede Bonnet #Edward Teach #The Revenge #Gentleman Pirate #Blackbeard #blackbeard x stede #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #Stedward #stedebeard #Our Flag Means Death Fanfic #OMFD Fanfic

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potofsoup · 11 months

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Happy 10th year of me doing this dorky comic! Hope people don't mind the fact that I haven't really dabbled in Cap stuff for a few years, except for my weird yearly July 4th ritual. On AO3 here, and tumblr tag here. (2022 was about Dobbs, 2020 was about seeing the stars, 2019 was about building new systems, 2018 was about voting, 2017 was about immigration.)

@histrionic-dragon tagged me yesterday and posted a bunch of cool links of ways to help: https://histrionic-dragon.tumblr.com/post/721837010124488704/almost-captain-americas-birthday

Rail workers paid sick leave: https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid

Lots of posts out there on the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, but here's the OG tumblr roundup post.

California is trying to divest its two largest pension funds from fossil fuels, but apparently today they decided to table it until next year. :/ I guess more meetings are needed! (productive ones, not ones that could have been an email.)

#happy birthday steve #guess it was hubris to lay out the comic on Jun 28th #because at the time i was pretty happy about protecting voting rights and indian child welfare #and things mostly seemed like a wash #Sam's question at the beginning is basically me #honestly I don't know if I've managed to convince myself of Steve's perspective #but i *have* been in some pretty productive meetings lately #gotta improve systems one boring meeting at a time!#steve rogers #bucky barnes #sam wilson #mine #my comic #4th of july

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classycookiexo · 4 months

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#i know thats right #productive #pretty #honestly #motivation

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thepunkmuppet · 8 days

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the only downside to the (very very far away) prospect of me going on T is my singing voice, bc like it’s not a passion of mine or anything but when I want to I can actually sing pretty well and just like. yes I want to be a man doctor but with a man’s voice how am I supposed to belt starkid songs like mariah rose faith

#especially take me back not your seed black friday pretty much any lauren or mariah song #like I can actually do it and honestly idc that I have a female singing voice bc when I’m cooking in the kitchen with my headphones on I EA #no pun intended #no fr though this is a genuine factor in the face of possible medical transition for me lmfao #I LOVE IT #also I can almost just about not really sing the ballad of jane doe if I have the room to really project #which is very very important to me #starkid #team starkid #starkid productions

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vellichorom · 5 months

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hi!

I don’t really know how to tumblr but have you got any tips on making a good narrator design? You’re my biggest inspiration rn and your art makes me happy every time I see it :)

AW ~ ! BLESS YOUR HEART, THANK YOU !!! that means EVERYTHING to me, truly it does.

as for tips, I'm afraid I don't really have any to offer! given the nature of The Narrator's character, the most prominent feature being that he canonically has no physical presence that we can see + he reveals very little about himself - even if you consider anything ever SAID about / from / regarding him, he could really look like or be anything that you want!

howEVER you see him when you hear him speak or consider his personality any, throw that baby on paper!

the ONE thing I feel I could say is, try not to let " attractivity / sexiness " be your only driving force. yes, I'm calling it out. please take notice how the vast majority ( not all ) of narrator designs are usually " conventionally attractive / meant to be obscenely handsome " -- & while that wouldn't INHERENTLY be an issue, do bear in mind that there are PLENTY of other body types, features, shapes, & accessories to consider when you design this formless character.

& hey! if you find The Narrator attractive, that's fine! if you personally see him as a highly attractive man & want to depict him as such, I mean - that's fine too!

but a compelling design for ANY character does not begin & end with how hot they are or are supposed to be, & if you think otherwise, you gotta stop & consider WHY you think that, you know? also for the love of god do not design a character solely for the attention or clout of others, it's really not worth it. take the time to cook something up that YOU yourself will enjoy the very most.

TLDR ;; i suggest not thinking with your dick here but you can do WHATEVER you want forever 👍

#anonymous #inbox #TSP blogging #ALSO THIS ISN'T A HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN DON'T MAKE IT ONE LET'S BE ADULTS HERE #just consider a bit of everything to make into a neat design that you'll enjoy & i think you'll be doing aces by that point #THAT'S WHAT I DID - albeit thierry actually didn't turn out as i initially imagined but he's pretty swag for what he represents i think #thierry was very much made as a product of me delving into unique & original character design for the first time #& IT'S LEAD TO I THINK MY MOST PROUD DESIGNS YET #so honestly just! go & do it!#& i'd love to see whatever it is you make!

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kyleecarrigan · 5 months

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Idk why i decided coming into work 2 hours early all week was a good idea. 🥴🙃

#personal #me #selfie #honestly though #the semester is over so we’re cleaning #i honestly like cleaning days #but being pretty much the only productive one in the cold room is exhausting

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hezuart · 6 months

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Seen the new fnaf film? If so, what do you think?

I was not planning to, but on a whim I actually just saw it today and um wow?????? It was .... actually good???? Like pretty good??? Color me surprised! I was not expecting that! It was really funny genuinely and also ironically for some things. I was surprised at some of the gore. The animatronics were actually real?? And not just CGI! Thank goodness for that, I'm so happy when movies go back to puppets. I was SO HAPPY they FIXED the canon?????!!! Like wow they really compressed things and moved things around to make more sense! They made it as simple as possible and I respect them so much for that. Matt Patt's cameo also made me laugh it was such a good scene.

There were some loose ends or things that weren't really explained, which I think they might address in the sequel (they're making two other sequels, right...?) But honestly, this was really good for what it was, and I mean really good. Genuinely enjoyed myself! 8/10

#im not a horror fan #but blumhouse always makes such low budget productions that look pretty dang decent they get the job done #and this one was honestly real good #fnaf #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's #i might make a review on this #but it wont come out until next year maybe

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da-proti-toku-grem · 1 month

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why can't anyone understand that everyone is different and not everyone likes the same things and that it's completely okay AND normal for someone not to like going out and preferring to stay at home :/

#honestly i understand that my parents care about me and they don't want me to be feeling bad #and that they ask me bc they just want to make sure i'm okay #but i've explained to them what i feel like and they just don't get and i get mad but i akso know it's not their fault and just... oughhhhh #like yeah i have a weird kind of social anxiety according to my therapist and even she doesn't know exactly how to help me yet #but there are just so many reasons behind why i don't like going out and it's not just bc it gives me anxiety #or why those situations give me anxiety in the forst place #1. i'm just a very introverted person that doesn't like going out #2. crowded places/closed spaces/places where there's not enough ventilation/loud places (be it people talking or just music) overwhelme me #3. all said in 2 + flashing lights give me huge migraines that can linger for over 3 days #4. i am very much a night owl and i'm forced to live in a society where that isn't fucking acceptable apparently and i'm called lazy for -#- not being productive in the morning when the only reason behind it is that i am a lot more productive at night #but no one ket's me do that bc 'why are you doing stuff when you're supposed to be asleep?'#i have been the same since i was little. literally nothing has changed #and people where always like 'oh she's just shy'#but idk wtf changed #maybe it was that i became and 'adult' or maybe the fact that i started therapy and they told my parents that i have social anxiety. idk #but suddenly every single person in my family is worried about it and they're genuinely making me feel like there's smth wrong about me #i mean. i have my problems i'm not gonna go telling you that i'm perfect bc i'm pretty much not #but is there really smth that wrong with me that i need to fix #or is society just a bitch that doesn't understand that there's different kinds of people and everyone is different & IT'S COMPLETELY OKAY #have they ever thought about the fact that maybe these situations cause me anxiety bc i've been forced all my life to do them #even if i don't like them #instead of thinking that i don't like them BC they cause me anxiety??#i mean. i know i have to go out more and that there's tons of things i can do ofc #but you can't just force me to do things i don't want to and put on a good face while doing it *every.fucking.day*#aaaaand i could add a lot more things but i'm once again reaching the tag limit so i shoukd just shut up #it's just driving me crazy bc i know they're trying to help but it really is not helping at all.............#ranting

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mitamicah · 3 months

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I see a lot of people have made covers of the snippet of Everybody's Waiting (the new JO track)

I may do it too but at the same time I am hesitant given that I am 90% sure they won't see it (since everything else I'd ever made have never been noticed by them - Bojan's big share yesterday included) and if by chance it is getting seen I am not sure how I'd feel having the first thing noticed by them be just another cover

I am probably overthinking things again

#so here's the t in the tags (aka me ranting)#I have not felt great about my art or my contribution to the joker out and käärijä fandom recently #I have honestly felt like an art block is coming #the few things I have been able to create just doesn't feel good to me #and I don't get the same satisfaction of sharing it either #Ik I should be grateful for whatever faves and views it gets but I cannot help but feel underappreciated #which in turn doesn't make me feel motivated to make more #the last few days I have actually been more drawn to playing my guitar and writing songs than creating artwork #so that is what I've been doing #in that regard creating a little cover would maybe be fun #and yet I fear I'd fall into the same trap as with the art #that now I might make something to share with the fandom it has stakes #and in the end the stakes will be too high since I cannot help but compare what I make #and so I will lose interest in making music as well #honestly I feel kind of lost #I have had days I just stop working for half an hour to several hours #falling down an unproductive rabbit hole where I just stare out into the blue or at a youtube video #I don't want to be here #I want to love what I do and love sharing it with you again #but after a pretty productive and somewhat decent january #I now feel meh about it all #thank you for reading my tag novel #I will go now #micahs thoughts #micahs foolery

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lookninjas · 2 months

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So I went ahead and watched the new Crow trailer

Yeah, it's exactly what I thought. Simultaneously too clean and yet extravagantly gory. The villains lack any kind of the weirdness we got from Michael Wincott and Bai Ling, who were both so spectacularly deranged. Going to be a lot of CGI (which -- absolutely, yeah, use it for the shooting sequences, please, but if the original production could afford some ravens, you can afford some fucking ravens). Not a fan of them making it so the attack on Eric and Shelly appears to be targeted, as opposed to the random violence of both the original comic book and the original movie. And using a line from the original trailer that was voiced by Brandon Lee is probably just an unwise move in general. (Edit: actually, I'm pretty sure it was the girl who played Sarah who said that line in the trailers. Still not a great way to set yourself apart from the original.)

As far as it being "inspired by the comic book, not the film" -- I mean, okay, it looks like they have the Skull Cowboy? Which did get cut from the 1994 version due to Brandon Lee's death. But again, the whole Shelly backstory thing is very different. The villains look very different. What the fuck they're doing in the whole scene when it looks like there's a prison and everyone's in pink -- I don't know what that is. It wasn't in the comics. This wasn't a girl who saw some stuff that a billionaire crime lord was doing and then they came after her and her fiance. This was a random, senseless killing out of the blue.

And that actually matters, right? Because James O'Barr lost his fiancee out of the blue, to a drunk driver. The Crow was his response to that loss. Changing how they died really does change everything that comes next. It can't be helped.

And it just looks like extruded comic book product. It's like... again, everything's too clean and everyone seems kind of vaguely rich for no real reason but there's also this really cartoonish violence with armies of NPC characters, and it's just extruded comic book product.

Which is unfortunate, because I do get the sense that Bill Skarsgård is legitimately acting his heart out. But it just isn't enough to make this feel like anything but a cash grab on the part of the producers with at least one good performance.

He deserves better. This whole story deserves better.

I just don't think it's going to get that.

#the crow #the crow 2024 #even if they'd just changed the names and done it as a sequel it wouldn't be this bad #there's so many crow sequels and crow stories #we could've let eric and shelly alone #and honestly in this context this would've been pretty good compared to the other sequels!#but as an adaptation of the first story i just don't think this works #(i also question the wisdom of thinking you can separate that original from the first film given how the theme of senseless loss continued #(into the production of that film and the loss of brandon lee #(i think they're just too intertwined to be separated like that)#(and then of course in that you cannot stop the comparisons and the original film was so fucking specific #(and the modern style is so fucking hyper-generic #(it's just the wrong lessons learned here i think)

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masquenoire · 10 months

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That feel when your muse is capable of committing the nastiest, most horrific deeds but simultaneously can be wholesome af. Roman would absolutely be the type of parent who'd stop in the middle of torturing somebody just because his child woke up crying due to a nightmare, clean himself up and go comfort them until they fall back to sleep again before heading back to the torture chamber and picking up the scalpel while being all "Sorry about that, remind me again where we left off?" as though nothing happened. 🥲

#💀 || musings #!shitposting #Just a silly thought that popped into my head while at work this evening #I am absolutely blaming optimisticrobin for this btw #And honestly because it's something Roman actually would do #His parents abandoned him constantly leaving him to be a very emotionally neglected child #Pretty much everything they did was how NOT to parent #So Roman would actually be there for his kid even if it's something as stupid as a nightmare #tfw I crave the cursed content but also wholesome #Roman is so fucked up it's not even funny but at least he'd be a decent dad to his kid #torture tw #torture cw #ANYWAYS I HAVE 2 DAYS OFF #And I plan to spend them productively #If I don't do at least a couple of responses tomorrow pls kick my ass somebody #There is so much to do and I can't just keep saying I will do it when I don't #Feeling better in all areas though!#Should be semi active at least tomorrow #Housekeeping is paid for snacks are bought

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aro-culture-is · 1 year

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aro culture is just having to think about the fact a majority of one of your fandom's fan-media is shipping with not much general 'characters vibing' media to balance it

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#sleepy--girl--101 #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #honestly i fucking adore fics from the POV of like #non-main characters living through the events of things #especially if it's a character that is canon and got fucked by the author or production or smth #like. brain foggy so please excuse the hp example:#my boi percy weasley deserved to get like #actual fucking acknowledgement for so much. yes he's kinda an asshole!#he's also a middle child who clearly is seeking to have any sense of control in his own life and struggles with perfectionism #and he tries pretty damn hard to do his best in ways that he absolutely shouldn't have had to #so like. fics exploring 'hey what if we got that boy some healthy relationships and/or therapy' or 'what if literally anyone gave a shit'#are really neat to me #in terms of like. fanfics overall i just really like when people do character studies or just... try to really flesh out characters who #were written in ways that reflected the author's prejudice / assumptions #and try to see what could be done from there #like... part of why i mention HP is that i specifically was trying to reference an old fanfic in a discussion recently #to discuss like... trends in tropes and the ways in which healing from trauma is treated by fandom #and i came across a fic that had a bigender cedric while trying to find that one #and honestly like. god. media - even fanfic - that has a bigender character? i never see it :/#as in: i want to see more trans characters who aren't strictly one (1!) of binary trans or nonbinary #but they're so hard to find #like. sometimes i find genderfluidity in fics but 90% of the time it's like. 'hi this guy likes fashion so we stan a genderfluid queen'#and like! more genderfluidity in fics is great but please. can i have 1 representation #like just 1 character even whose genderfluidity is not just 'woman with she/her or man with he/him'

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ashmuka · 11 days

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why was 2010 such a good year for vocaloid albums i should have been out listening to music instead of being 3 years old

#vocaloid #i honestly think shikisai no hoshi is a perfect album and i wish i could get a cd without paying exorbitant shipping from japan #also it is out of production so it is pretty hard to find #its rough out here

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chirpsythismorning · 1 year

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Insisting that all byler evidence is reaching or coincidental (at best), when there's just certain evidence that would honestly be way more impressive if it were just a coincidence? Like, I would seriously want to get the Duffers checked for sorcery because there's just no way coincidences like this happen to these extremes.

One specific example of this, which again, I think would be a lot more impressive if it was a coincidence and not intentional, although I know even most bylers struggle to believe this one, is the CGI hearts in Mike and Will's eyes during the van scene.

Because when it comes to deciding whether a theory is plausible or not, there's obviously reasoning that goes into what determines that.

In this case, the first question one might ask is, what's the context of the scene/what's happening?:

Will hands Mike a painting. In this painting, Mike is holding a shield with a heart on it.

Okay, fair enough. But still not quite on the nose enough...

Why don't we look at the literal dialogue and see if that might support the possibility of CGI hearts:

'--It's a heart. And I know it's sort of on the nose but, that's what holds this whole party together; heart. Because I mean, without heart, we'd all fall apart--"

Then there’s the Cali poster(s):

The fact that they had individual character posters for each storyline, with the two heart palm trees visible in the Cali character posters, only to make sure both of the palm tree hearts were visible for the main byler duo poster, which was used out of maybe 6 different ones overall (1/3 couple posters), to watch Stranger Things on Netflix??

The fact that the palm tree hearts are the exact same image, just reflected horizontally???

Oh and that tweet the ST writers posted while writing s4 (the same season with the van scene):

Oh and how the first shot we got of byler in the s4 trailer was directly following the lyrics 'Here we stand, worlds apart hearts broken in two, two, two…'!!!!!?!??!:

And thats not even all? There's more and arguably even more we still have yet to discover.

Either this shit was intentional, or the Duffers are literal wizards and managed to create coincidences that even God himself would be envious of.

Because like ... WTF?

Anyways. Case closed.

#stranger things #byler #heart eyes #cgi heart eyes #palm tree hearts #'a couple hearts from me to you'#the duffers literally said lighting played a big role this season #and not only that but it took them a whole day to get the angles right for the van scene...#and so...#them playing with the artificial lighting (they set up) reflecting in mike and will's eyes #in post production #to look like hearts at times?#is that really so hard to believe?#bc honestly this is just one of those 'coincidences' to me that read as more impressive as coincidences #like I would be fucking shocked if ALL of that was a coincidence and would be way more impressed than if it were intentional #therefore I can't help but feel like it was intentional #and it just makes all the byler doubt from bylers and the denial of the ga that much more hilariously epic #knowing that when s5 comes out and byler is endgame...#they're gonna be laughing in everyones faces like... it was actually pretty on the nose...#no but literally we put cgi hearts in their eyes you guys were hopeless #will's cgi heart is a lot more prominent #while mike's tends to come and go and burst and twinkle at certain points when will says things or isn't looking at him #mike's heart tends to be showing when will's is not showing #it's incredible #also #twelvegate #owens: i relocated you guys far from hawkins bc i thought you would be safe #BOY IF YOU DONT SHUT YOUR MOUTH LEAVE THE WONDER TWINS ALONE #IM ONTO YOU

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rorybluez · 8 months

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correct me if i’m wrong but i’m pretty sure the french version is the original version? since the movie was produced in france

Hmmm, I think movie's entire animation and visual effects were produced in a French studio, yeah, but the film itself is American. Almost in every wiki pages and info sites, The Lorax is said to be American. All the original demos of How Bad Can I Be were written and sang in English, and the dub was released months after the original movie hit the cinemas (American release: March 02, French release July 18)

They're talking about Despicable Me here, but The Lorax was made in pretty much the same conditions soo I think it's safe to assume the Og version is the American one

#anonymous #ask #the lorax #at least it explains the pretty animation #honestly prior to this i had no idea france was anyhow involved in the production of lorax #no wonder this dub's a banger

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youremyonlyhope · 21 days

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why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up

#i'm overthinking something that i did and was told off for doing by my director #and on my way home i was thinking when was the last time i was even talked to like that during a production #and then i remembered the costume experience from hell of only a couple months ago that i've already began blocking out #but the thing is that that person was someone i knew i'd never have to work with again #i mean at first i thought i would have to work with them more. then they announced they were moving away immediately #so i only had to deal with them face to face for another weekish after that point and anytime they yelled at me #i was like 'cool. i'll do exactly what you say to do. and nothing more.' but then of course me being me #i did some extra stuff and they initially were like 'oh that's pretty' and then days later told me to cut everything i added #and like sure i get that the show was frozen but girl. that costume was unfinished. i was trying to finish it. it was frozen but looked bad #anyway. whenever they yelled at me and had actual malice in their heart i was like whatever. i was hurt. but i didn't care as much.#but this time it's someone i've worked with many many times before and it was about a habit i have that i know isn't great #but at the same time the thing that prompted it wasn't even me doing this habit it was something else #but she interpreted it as that habit and said that i can't do that on a production she's directing #and that if i couldn't stop then i could pull out from the production and there'd be no hard feelings between us #and honestly i think her reassuring that she knows i'm valuable and that she wants me there while also telling me not to do this thing #and the fact that she's someone i like working with and will continue to work with just made it all hurt so much more #especially since she referenced another past production we've done where i didn't even realize she had noticed that i do this.#and i found myself in near tears. and still am kind of in near tears. i can't decide if i need to cry or not.#and i had NO sleep last night so i was looking forward to sleeping tonight but now i'm just overthinking EVERYTHING #and like. i know everything will be fine. if i just stop inserting myself and stick to just my specific tasks. it'll be fine.#but this is one of the ways my ocd manifests. i feel like i have to personally fix something i notice going wrong. or it'll be bad.#because every single time i choose to sit back and not be nosy when i notice something it ends up bad in a way i could have prevented #if i just inserted myself in a situation i technically wasn't part of but knew i could help or fix. so i just need to not do that.#but then i feel guilt if it does go wrong in the ways i immediately assumed it would and in a way i could prevent.#and i've been trying to work on this for like 6 months and aaaahhhh it's hard and being called out on it from her just really really hurt #i still may or may not cry. i don't know. the irony of me telling my therapist THIS MORNING that it's been a while since i last cried.#and the universe being like 'i took that as a challenge' and handing me this situation for me to spiral over.#i need to leave things alone. i need to stare straight ahead. and ignore whatever isn't specifically for me to do. but ahhh i want to help #and then of course my mom has this same habit and it annoys me when she does it yet i do it to other people and ahhhhhhhh #brain please just shut up. i need to sleep. i have to work tomorrow.

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