#my life aspirations

[markscherz]

You are everything I aspire to be

If parenting has taught me anything, it is the importance of getting down on your hands and knees and teaching not just facts, but love and enthusiasm for the natural world.

This is my son Q and me. I have dozens of photos like this by now, even though he is just two years old.

Every chance I get, I will kneel down with him and show him the little creatures all around us. Especially when they are frogs. He loves frogs for some reason. No idea why.

It is important that we all see this together. It is beautiful. It is magnificent. We are here. It is improbable to the highest degree. It is fleeting, but it is everything we get. And we can get so, so much of it. If we just get our faces into it and really absorb it.

So that's what l'm trying to do here, I guess. Get all of you to join me in the reeds. And I am so happy to have so many of you along for the journey.

#tumblr #lifestyle #advice #life #nature #animals #answers by mark #anon #anonymous #yes the tumblr scientist named his child Q what of it #also you should not aspire to be me #or like me #at all #I am a hot mess #totally chaotic and extremely stressed #months behind on my emails #and badly overcommitted #but of course when all you see are cute frogs I understand why you would feel that way anon #just letting you know that I am struggling just as much as the next person #though of course as a very privileged person it is substantially different than most #my troubles are largely of my own making #anyway thanks for coming to my TED talk

[bees-with-swords]

I love how Discworld's mentor characters are all deeply flawed actually. Tired of old people having everything right, I love how these ones set up the next generation with room to grow and be idealistic, even if the mentors themselves are deeply rooted in the old practices of the system they've already changed so much. Pratchett really said we should revere our elders but also seek to push past their limits

#thinking abt jackrum AND Vimes AND granny Weatherwax #they all make great progress #but also facilitate the younger generation to make further progress #even if they don't fully understand what the next phase of progress entails. they are helping the kids get there gdi #it reminds me a lot of the elders in my life #who can't fully disentangle my naiveté from my aspirations #there's confusion #everyone deals with new frontiers and new ideas differently #but the best mentors will encourage you to push on even if the type of liberation they fought for is mostly already won #cause they aren't built for the next step but you could be #discworld

[knifearo]

seeing all those posts from ppl ab how miserable they are without a partner like sorry can't relate. i'm doing great and in fact i hope i die alone 🖤

#THIS POST IS ABOUT NON-PARTNERING AROMANTICISM #like unironically! i hope i die having been by myself my whole life!!!! #in a romantic/traditional partnering sense. in the way that people usually mean 'die alone' #to me there is such poetic beauty in my life ultimately being about myself. #and also i think saying that i hope i die alone fucking rocks. #fuck you and your societal standards. i am going to aspire toward the worst thing you could imagine for yourself #and i am going to hold such joy in it. your worst nightmare is my perfect future. my jubilation. my victory. #i'm going to be by my fucking self and it's going to be my decision and i am going to be deliriously happy. #SO fucking excited about it. looking forward to a long and fulfilled life and i hope i fucking die alone :) #new favorite phrase so obsessed with it can't stop saying it. i fucking hope i die alone!!!!! #i might be so lucky!!!!!! #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #aro positivity #aspec #talking

[wildfloweronwheels]

The fact that Taylor was working on the TTPD section of the tour for 8 or 9 months means she was ideating and creating while literally on tour already doing a 3.5 hour show night after night. As if that wasn’t enough she was also releasing re-recordings, planning album rollouts, directing videos and actively recording stuff. Most creative people would be hard pressed to juggle more than one of those things at a time and she’s doing them all at once not to mention we know for a fact her output isn’t slowing down anytime soon thanks to rep & debut tv + directing a feature film like!!! the size of the creative bandwidth in her brain needs to be studied.

#taylor swift #eras tour #the tortured poets department #ttpd #I aspire to be even a tenth as productive as she is #such a role model for my own life and the spaces I want to occupy #AND she has a thriving social life & was peak girlfriend™️

[clownery-blog]

I have vague memories from recent dreams of being a clown in a circus and some of going to a clown convention and I can't remember anything from any of those dreams, It makes me so sad :•(

#clown #aspiring clown #aspiring clowns #clowns #circus clowns #circus clown #real life clowns #circus #my nightmares are vivid but these dreams i cant remember #sad clown :•(

[internetforthesociallyinept]

“Best friends, companions through life, like, actual soulmates”

#these two #even before any coming out #became my aspiration for a life partner one day #as I’ve said a hundred times #I just want whatever it is they have #phan #my heart hurts #dan howell #danisnotonfire #dan and phil #phil lester #amazingphil #phandom #dnp #dnpg #dnpgames #dnp gifs #dapg #dapgames #yasuhati #mine

[crimeronan]

i'm mostly over Representation In Fiction Feelings but i DO still get kind of emotional about raine having pre-T and post-T voice actors. not even in a seeing myself represented type way (i am not on T and don't currently plan to be), but just bc. it's such a lovely reflection of the space we live in. a decade ago it was revolutionary for kids to see same-gender parents on TV and go "oh, some kids have two moms," and now in a very similar way kids get to grow up learning that some people have high-pitched voices in adolescence and low-pitched ones when they get older. parents explaining "your older cousin might sound a bit different when they come for thanksgiving this year" and a kid just going "oh, like raine!!" that..... that Does get me. wah.

#also raine is so hot thank god they are so cool and have such a fun arc. but this specific detail gets me #toh #raine whispers #i said this in a stream during rewatch but ive been thinking about raine all day so it gets its own text post too #similarly appreciate masha being a human using they/them to reflect that it's not just non-humans! human nb people are around too! #that matters Less to me but is still lovely. portland has an extreme level of trans visibility so it's just like my day-to-day life #for me it's the world i live in now for others it's aspirational for everyone it's cool. thanks owl house.

[neosatsuma]

Do you guys also compare Hannibal to Santa Clarita Diet or is this just a pirate show thing

#SORRY but this is so silly I'm bjdhdgdechde #black sails #ofmd #like. black sails? life-changing prestige drama. one of the best shows ever made #ofmd? a romcom #and I ENJOYED ofmd. i normally hate comedies but i enjoyed this #so they did something right #but Y'AALLLLL lmao #they aspire to COMPLETELY different things #cannot stress enough that ofmd is not Trying to do almost anything that black sails does #anyway let's do 'This is Spinal Tap' vs 'Music and Lyrics' next <33 #my nonsense

[medicalunprofessional]

:3

#caligosto loboto #dr loboto #psychonauts #blood tw #trainofthought #hope your having a good day!!!!)!!!!!!! #current mood feelings aspirations etc #literally me right now #my life is so full of sillynedd snd joy!!! Yippppeee!!!!!!! giggles #this isnt rlly anybting sorry #im seriousl ive rlly been :3ing all day #my cheeks hurt from smiling and being joyously silly

[indydrawsstuff]

Little something inspired by @sansofficial's ficlet. You should definitely check out Duty of Care on AO3. Got some good angst, and the characterization is phenomenal!

geez i wish i had a scanner my phone makes these look worse

can't help laughing at myself for drawing Sans being comforting like this twice in a row oops

#my art #IndyDraws #IndyDrawsStuff #undertale #Sans #Toriel #Soriel #love their dynamic #whether they are shipped romantically or otherwise #it's the kind of friendship i could aspire too #Tori is totally rocking a floral dress and a cardigan #oh give her a break she's had a rough day #but no one could rock those things better than goatmom #oh uh and she does kinda look like falcor oops #the life and times of Indy who never draws anything consistently

[fidgetspringer-art]

✧ The Ardal stars ✧

#artists on tumblr #art #illustration #digital art #digital drawing #dnd #dungeons and dragons #homebrew #original art #my art #my ocs #Setting: Heim #I drew these a couple of years ago now i think #but since i'm drawing stuff for this setting again i'm reuploading with updated information cause the last one is outdated #I will say right off the bat however #If you compare my designs to already existing IPs i will block you on sight #the last time i posted these they got compared to a piece of media i really dislike #and that comment alone made me fall out of love with this setting for almost two years #so please. do not. it's rude and unnecessary #These are the artefacts my setting and its story is largely centered around #Tethry is credited with creating them (Even though he didn't) #They were gifted by Tethry to each of the largest cities in the world to serve as power generators supplying arcane power to the whole city #immediately pushing the four sister cities into prosperity and progress. leaving literally everyone else in the dust #which caused some understandable tension between countries that already had a bit of a strained relationship to begin with #There is SO MUCH to these little trinkets and their link to Tethry and how finding them essentially fucked up his whole entire life #You'd think becoming the world's most renowned arcanist would be the best thing that ever happened to an aspiring caster #but to some poor dude just trying to study arcane language. stumbling across the magical equivalent of the demon core #was very much not on his wishlist #especially not dealing with the consequences of trying to make sure no one actually realises how nasty they have the potential to be #which. someone inevitably does

[mobius-m-mobius]

so which visionary is gonna make this happen (x)

#could've just inserted both links but the lemon tart story is so important to me and also my new life's aspiration #sign me up for this collab asap bc i'd planned a haunted mansion / sympathy for the devil double feature except the latter didn't open here #and yeah i never thought about it but there's actually a huge resemblance to dennis hopper!?? love that #owen wilson #nicolas cage

[astraystayyh]

"And We Love Life"- Mahmood Darwish

And we love life if we find a way to it.

We dance in between martyrs and raise a minaret for violets or palm trees between them.

We love life if we find a way to it.

And we steal from the silkworm a thread to weave a sky and a fence for our journey.

We open the garden gate for the jasmine to walk into the street as a beautiful day.

We love life if we find a way to it.

Wherever we settle we grow fast-growing plants, wherever we settle we harvest a murdered man.

We blow into the flute the color of far away, of far away, sketch over the dirt corridor a neigh.

We write our names one stone at a time, O lightning brighten the night for us, brighten the night a little.

We love life if we find a way to it.

#this poem always makes my heart clench #just because Palestinians are willing to die to protect their land #doesn't mean they don't want to live #doesn't mean that they don't have dreams and aspirations and goals #that they don't have families and friends and interests #doesn't mean that they don't love and laugh #doesn't mean that they aren't humans who should love life too #whi should find a way to love it #who should have the heart to love it #don't be desensitized to the murders of palestinians #don't get used to the numbers of deaths #IT ISN'T NORMAL #call for a permanent ceasefire don't stop talking about Palestine PLEASE #mahmood darwish #poetry #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #gaza #gazaunderattack #gaza strip #gaza genocide

[theluciddragonfly]

You say you hanged your beautiful wings on the self. I know you intended to set them aside while you partake in his world. I’m here to tell you if you can’t walk through hell with those radiant wings still intact. Then the underworld is no place for you at all.

#writerscreed #writerscorner #writers on tumblr #black poets society #love #new writers on tumblr #poetry #poets on tumblr #re bumbleblossoms #spilled ink #life quote #literature #poems on tumblr #aspiring writer #quoteoftheday #quotes #quote #writercorner #beautiful quote #my writing #writerscommunity #writing

[thestuffedalligator]

I’m always thinking about the Monster Mash. Bobby “Boris” Pickett accidentally made the most iconic Halloween jam of the 20th century and he decided to go all in on it for the rest of his life. The man spent the rest of his professional career wearing a lab coat and singing goofy Halloween novelty songs. The Monster Swim. The Monster’s Holiday. Have you listened to The Monster Rap? You have to listen to The Monster Rap. It’s about Frankenstein’s monster learning how to rap because Igor went to DJ school.

#monster mash #halloween #happy halloween yall #bobby boris pickett #i aspire for an *ounce* of the artistic satisfaction bobby boris pickett felt #man said ‘i have my one thing and i’m happy to do it for the rest of my life’ #he also wrote a stage musical called ‘i’m sorry the bridge is out you’ll have to spend the night’ #which i admit i haven’t watched but i’ve listened to the titular track and it’s a bop #Spotify

[clotpolesonly]

mister impossible chapter 10 i am kissing you with tongue

#might be my favorite chapter of anything honestly i owe it my firstborn child #tags by me #TRC #TDT #the Dreamer Trilogy #Mister Impossible #Declan Lynch #and his complicated relationship with his family and the absolutely PEAK brother dynamics #buckle your seat belt do you really wanna die in connecticut #why did i have to go through puberty lmao #there are fuckfaces out there #how does it FEEL to ask for something reasonable and be completely ignored???? #Niall had made Declan a liar Aurora had made him an orphan Ronan had made him a nag but Matthew had taken Declan's youth #goodbye whatever Declan Lynch would have grown up to be #mary pls strike me deaf until the state line #Declan had put his identity crises on hold multiples times for the greater good Matthew had only been asked to do it once #Declan wanted to hate Niall. for being a bad father. for having favorites. for having favorites that who weren't Declan. #Declan said he hated him but it was aspirational #Declan's relationship with the criminal underworld was the longest and most stable one he'd had in his life #LITERALLY THE CHARACTER OF ALL TIME DO YOU UNDERSTAND