#Striving to Do Less

[keanuestrada]

Cal Newport: “Generate more value from the small number of things you commit to go after.”

#Workforce #Working class #Aziz Ansari #Tulips #Nature #2022 #Striving to Do Less #Comedy #Beauty #Cal Newport

[theswedishpajas]

The man truly can’t take a genuine compliment 🙄

#my art stuff #digital art #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #astarion ancunin #this is part of a series I like to call “I’m never settling on a singular detailed artstyle” #I have no consistency in drawing realistic people/characters other than my shapy cartoon style #but I truly don’t get enough opportunity to properly shade anything with art in that style-!!! it always looks weird to me-!!!!! #I think some rude lil worm in my brain is wriggling around telling me it’s a futile attempt at still doing realism #cus I’m one of those “gifted” artists that grew up promising his parents he’ll end up among the big names or whatever #constantly training to become better at art but with realism oil paintings as the goal #you know how it is 😔 #I wanna shade my lil funky designs but they never feel good enough to really put energy into or whatever so I compromise with stuff - #- like this where I try to draw characters more accurately while still stylizing them and shading them however I feel like it #which is great and all but I should really learn to give my more relaxed and less perfectionist art a chance #I deserve to enjoy the process and the result without working myself dead #it’s so much easier and rewarding to copy cartoon styles - stylizing realism makes me too anxious of doing it “wrong” #at least cartoon styles give me a goal to reach or a reference to strive towards #man I really should just cut myself some slack altogether #either way - this man is a flustered mess and he’s embarrassed about being called adorable in public or something #being teased in an affectionate way about his sweeter side and stuff #don’t ask why he’s shirtless - anatomy is just a lot more fun for me to draw sometimes #tasteful nudity and all that is extremely gorgeous to me #i need to practice anatomy more cus I just kinda did some shit and went with it this time with a BIT of consideration for muscle structure

[feline-evil]

Lasso-fill experiment (and left-handed again) Because i've never tried this method before IT'S PICKLES!!!

Tbh i was real tired and exhausted by the time i got to the bg so here's a version w/o it too lol

#metalocalypse #pickles the drummer #dethklok #my art #lasso fill rlly fun to make human faces n shapes w but NOT FUN TO MAKE A DRUM KIT WITH. I WAS IN HELL #results of experiment: it helped me feel less self concious abt how slow and wobbly my left handed work is #and made me realise instead of striving to draw the same as i do right handed #i shld find how i uniquiley draw left handed. as its unlikely i will draw the same w my non dom #but that doesnt have to be a bad thing!!!!! maybe i can learn how to draw and love it all over again <3

[kingfinfat]

My body and my experience as a transman are my own. They are not up for debate. My level of transness and my experiences are valid.

Gatekeepers, terfs and truscum do not interact.

#Im content with my body and myself as a person #of course I strive to better myself and learn more every day and do my best to help others as much as I can #The small amount of dysphoria I do have do not make me any less trans or more trans than others #our experiences as trans people are our own experiences and nobody can take that away from us #trans day of visibility #tdov #furry art

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Will Ms. Piggy go out for her first Halloween?

likely not because i will not be leaving the house either <3

#maybe ill do a cute little photoshoot out back For The Hell Of It #its not like i have anything planned! #except for crocheting some pumpkins #i only have one and i need More #rambles from the bog #im also going to strive to find a sheet to wear #howdy style! i have nothing else that would serve as a costume! #just to answer the door with - there are some kids in the neighborhood and i have a bowl of candy #and it would be Criminal to open the door costume-less #unless i chicken out and just place the bowl outside! #with a little 'happy halloween' card sticking out of it of course! #but yes me and miss piggy will be inside. probably doing nothing #might watch some spooky movies. saw movies. other movies. #OHHHH ILL REWATCH THE FRIGHTENERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS #now That was my childhood horror movie! #i loved it so much but it made me scared of mirrors for a few months

[solradguy]

Good morning I was going to make a post about how Granblue robbed us of yet ANOTHER big sword dragon man that could have had lizard eyes but doesn't (SOL BADGUY GUILTY GEAR STRIVE), but then I kept scrolling

They at least glow :) I'll take it

#textpost #Sol's eyes glow SOMETIMES in Strive. If you Heavy Mob and catch it in the right lighting on the right frame you can see his pupils #light up first before his eyes go entirely solid yellow. It's really cool actually #I learned about the perpetuity ring today after seeing the ring icon on my one friends' Azusa and googling it #You can marry them.... #SOMEHOW I do have exactly ONE perpetuity ring #I don't have Siegfried though lol I also STILL don't know his lore the entire way lmao #But I know Siegfried Nibelungenlied's lore and I can't imagine it being toooooo different from that #The other knights' lore seems to more or less align with their source material #Going to be so soooo so upset when I get to Gawain and it's not Sir Gawain & The Green Knight Gawain #(it won't be. it's never that gawain because honestly why tf would it be rofl there are so many other gawain stories) #It should be the Gawain from that Latin language story that has the functional recipe for Greek fire in it /s #(De Ortu Waluuanii Nepotis Arturi) #*opening granblue fantasy and pushing everyone else out of the way* Show Me The Knights

[0809sysblings]

ok but can we talk about how being willing to kill your children is a sign of faith and love according to the story of Abraham and Isaac. and what that means for Amane and her abuse/torture.

ngl that story is so fucked up to tell to children. like. "your mommy and daddy have the right to kill you if the Lord so desires that ^w^!!!". and you just have to kinda live with that information for the rest of your life and not feel any negative feelings about it either or else youre being a bad Christian as well as a bad kid.

#rambles #Amane #amane hours #tw child abuse #tw religion #if i need to tag anything else pls tell me 🙏 #i. hope this isnt getting too morbid. #its hard to know where the line is when her story is just. so fucked up #i wish i could commit arson #and so much emphasis is put on how GOOD of a believer they were for being willing to sacrifice/be sacrificed #like wow! how noble of these two! this is the amount of faith and fear (biblical definition) we should ALL strive for!! #or less sugarcoated: you should be WILLING to do anything and have anything be done to you in the name of ~God~ #and the less hesitance you have the better of a person you are #I Wish I Could Commit Arson.

[starheirxero]

i NEED to get weirded about tsams. i need to draw it with more weirdly religious themes. i need to draw it with more grief. i need to draw it with more wires and machinery. i need to incite the feeling of bright angels and the unfathomable divine. i need to incite the feeling of sand between your fingers and a heavy weight in your heart. i need to incite the feeling of fragility and looking at something you're not truly supposed to see. i NEED TO GET WEIRDER ABOUT THIS SHOW!!!!!

#xero says things #ITS SO HARD TO DO BC I'M A PERFECTIONIST BUT I NEED TO DO IT REGARDLESS #I NEED TO BE LESS SCARED OF BEING WEIRD 'BADLY' SO I CAN EVOLVE INTO THE KIND OF WEIRD I STRIVE TO BE #the path to drawing a tarot card-esque picture of lord eclipse wrapped around a praying (and crying) sunvant is first drawing weird shapes- #-and bad anatomy. the path to drawing solar missing his sun is first drawing awkward poses and slightly off expressions. the path to- #-drawing lunar with all their internals exposed is first drawing kinda boring oversimplified wires and components. #i WILL learn and i WILL get weirder. amen

[prans-micellar-water]

Fucking in love with Mercedes Lackey for making Dirk, the soulmate love-interest of the main character of the novel, just shit ass ugly. Nearly repulsive to look at. I can’t think of many authors today who have the stones to make their characters gross looking

#When did we as a society stop making a big deal about loving people even if they’re ugly #I remember as a kid that it was drilled into me that personality was always more important than looks #while nowadays there’s such a focus on ‘everyone is beautiful omg 😍 even if you think you’re ugly you’re beautiful omg’ that #we’ve forgotten that being beautiful shouldn’t fucking matter. Like 1. ‘Ugly’ and ‘beautiful’ are such subjective concepts that we should #do away with them completely and 2. Ugly people deserve love and happiness #like. No one is going to be able speak society’s beauty standards away in our lifetimes so we might as well strive to simply care less #Mercedes Lackey ily you did more for ugly/weird-looking-people rights in one book than the whole entire body ‘positivity’ movement #arrows of the queen

[gamethecry]

#jeez. i wont say much there's a lot of emotions behind this for me for numerous numerous reasons that i won't get into too too much #so i put it in the tags how i feel in this moment of clarity yet also somber #i am going to miss matpat in ways i do not believe i can express in words and i know that sounds like a lot to put into some guy #some guy on youtube no less; but he has helped with through so so much turmoil and sadness that would not have been pushed through #had it not been for him and the way he is genuine and kind to his fanbase #im sad ill never have met him in person; he is by far one of my favorite creators from my wee ages to now and a huge inspo to me to do what #i love and not want works; but to strive to be a better person and to make a difference where i stand. #this blog means a lot to me and is in my own way my little child that i was sad to part with time and time again #i think this is my sign to mayhaps retire this blog fully; but who knows! i wanted to post something funny and acknowledge this was happeni #because it honestly hit really hard all of a sudden #sorry for rambling and thank you if you read all of this! #▇ 🌟┊🎮 ❝ isucc ❞ 🎮┊🌟 ▇ (isaac murmurs) #▇ 🌟┊🎮 ❝ just an adoring fan ❞ 🎮┊🌟 ▇ (ooc tag)

[selvepnea]

Been thinking about my body a lot

#Sel talks #Listened through Fat Talk by Virginia Sole-Smith which talked a lot about how bodies are tools #And the way she talked about how thin-ness shouldn't be something we strive for #And I can't help but draw parallels between my own desire to go on t? I don't know. Been having too many thoughts stewing #I keep coming back to isabeau's line of “maybe it was easier to change into someone I could love than to learn how to love how I was” #And I had drawn both hrt and diet culture back into this; but. Neither of them are from self love? #It's. Idk; a friction? On how you perceive yourself and how the world perceives you? #Or. Idk idk. It's hard to articulate now that I'm trying to get it down #If I remember right; one of the messages of fat talk was how bodies should be for function first and foremost; and should hardly-if ever- #Considered for aesthetic. And yes- trying to loose weight is one of the most damaging aesthetic changes you can do- #Idk! I feel like I'm looking too far into it #Something something you're not happy with how your body looks/is perceived so you want to change it #Whether that's influenced by society; loved ones; or something biological; it's still a desire to change your body #Although one is vastly more accepted than the other #Trying to become thin is trying to make yourself more comfortable in a vastly fatphobic world; to placate the people think they have say #Over your body; make yourself more palettable to the world around you. #Which I guess is an important distinction #Becoming the person you want to be even through everyone telling you that it's wrong or disgusting #But a part of me can't help but think a part of the reason I want to do hrt might have something to do with our male centric society? #I'm too tired to elaborate any further but I feel less busy now that I have it out

[dankovskaya]

Another Xrd screencap redraw technically but this time I just do what I want 💗

#One thing I do prefer about his previous designs is that. the blondeness is less extreme. #myart #axl low #guilty gear #gg #guilty gear xrd #ggxrd #ggst #guilty gear strive #yeah yeah yeah on and on and on #unfortunately noncanonical guyliner and nail polish #Hire me to be in charge of Axls design forever please. Daisuke. I know you're reading this. #This is also proof that I can still do hard ink lineart and a reminder of why I strongly dislike doing that.

[mzminola]

Petition to replace the second half of “do you / are you ____, or are you normal?” with “Or are you chill?”

#how do i internet #fuck 'normal' #no I am NOT normal nor do I want to BE normal #I feel this gets across the actual sentiment better #'are you enthusiastic about X or are you chill' is less judgemental of the enthusiasm #while still being part of the Fandom Joking About Its Own Enthusiasm #and 'do you do X rude things about X group of people or are you chill' #leaves room for the fact that #you know #most of the fucking time bigotry is ubiquitous in mainstream shit #in 'normal' attitudes #whereas 'chill' is what we're generally striving for

[unicarcass]

i just dont get how i feel more boring these days, ive tried everything. coming back from the brink of death, substance abuse that we kept on the down low, getting poisoned through substance abuse,

#dave.txt #this is a joke btw im just verbally illustrating to myself that weve been going thru it #and 'people like us less because we dont draw or do other interesting things as much now' #is a ridiculous notion that even if it were true in some fashion why should i give a shit. im not made to be 'interesting' #i dont need to strive for some invisible shifting goal of 'approval' and i dont need to live like im afraid of what people think of me

[villainsidestep]

also. unrelated to anything. past!rival fawn would be a killer

#gideon shut the hell up challenge #bc we were thinking abt it and honestly we’ve said before that overall they have a completely neutral view towards killing when necessary #like they wouldn’t go out of their way to do Murder or anything. but they’d be less apt to go out of their way to Save people #it’s less ‘oh I’m actively trying for deaths’ and more ‘if a few people die in this event I’ve accepted those losses’ #canon fawn v much strives to get back to hero days even as fate has other plans but #if their hero self Was who they had a problem with…. yeah no they’d be fine w death bc it’d further their villainy #canon fawn relies heavily on ‘this is not what heroes do’ and ‘the rangers wouldn’t want this’ mentality #whereas their Actual instinctive training falls under the ‘do whatever’s necessary’ umbrella (which ofc allows a few causalities) #I don’t think they’d kill blaze tho. they Would consider it !! but overall he’d be deemed as possibly beneficial #they’d let him live but keep it in mind that if he ends up playing Against them at a further point they can hunt and neutralize him

[qasian-tech-support]

It really hurts when friends you've had for years hurt you and then when you try to talk to them about it, they decide that you aren't worth it as a friend anymore. When they decide that they don't want to resolve things like adults. When they turn everyone against you like they never mentally left high school.

#i try not to vent on here anymore but I'm in so much pain #i thought that we were close but i didn't realize that was conditional #i should have saw the signs in how he treated other people. how he turned on a dime. how foolish i was to think he wouldn't do that to me #i will survive. i will not pick fights. i will not turn others against him using gossip. i will continue to live my life #but the stained glass mural in my heart now has a couple of shattered panels #we were supposed to be like analogs. equal and opposite. i didn't realize the extent of that truth. #i strived to grow and confront my problems but he only ever ran away from his. i wanted conversations but he only ever wanted the last word #i just wish it weren't so painful #i wish i could care less but my heart aches #i want to keep a record of this though. for myself. i can forgive but i can not forget. i can let go but this is an important lesson #vent post #tw vent #Zer0pal's pen