lolz i hope yawl understand i only give my content out in order to help with financial stuff , im not an idiot.. i’m a straight A student with a 4.0 😭 & only doing this to help with school & transportation LOL. over sharing but oh welll
here’s a little comparison for people who say engagement hasn’t gotten that bad and anyone who complains is ungrateful.
these are two posts from my first go round on tumblr circa 2014-2017, my most popular gifset of all time
& a text post
notice how the ratio is about even on likes to reblogs?
here’s from this go around, my most popular gifset
and my most popular fic
do you see how that’s discouraging?
i love being on this site. i love the little community i’ve found and the people who follow me and the mutuals i’ve made friendships with and the mutuals that i’m still getting to know. i love it. but at a certain point it’s hard to justify spending so much time on works that get bad engagement.
reblog, comment, send asks. without them, this site doesn’t work.
Omg they’re so derpy, but like also super cute?! I had always thought the aesthetic direction of inscryption would translate well to relief prints and I’m glad to say they do! They aren’t quite as perfect as if I had taken the cards directly from the game and had them printed by a card-making company, but they’ve got a lot a character. and something about making them reminds myself of a disheveled old forest man hand-making cards of the animals he photographed that day so he can torture some poor unwitting soul later by oversharing about his favorite animals and weaving nonsensical yet evocative tales involving them like Darwinian Barbie dolls
Slow down: Always pause and think before you speak
Consider anything you share with someone who hasn't earned your complete trust or whom you have a transactional relationship with to be a PSA; Don't trust anything to be confidential with someone you don't fully trust
Reflect on why you overshare in the first place: Do you use it as a tool to soothe social anxiety or pauses in a conversation? Are you lonely or feel like it's a struggle to feel heard/seen/appreciated in your everyday life? Start journaling and/or go to a therapist to work through these very valid emotional wounds
Give yourself a "do's" and "don'ts" list on topics you will and won't discuss at work, different social events, with certain acquaintances, family members, etc., and stick to it
When you feel yourself starting to overshare, take a pause and ask the other person about themselves – it makes you show the other person you're interested in connecting and gives you time to think/reflect on what you should or shouldn't say