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gxldenflower · 3 years

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Sitcoms: The #1 Cause of Fatigue (Jimmy Woo x Reader)

Summary: FBI agent James E. Woo is a surprisingly good binge-watching buddy

A/N: Hello everyone! It’s finally here!! I really really hope y’all like this! Jimmy Woo was a really fun character to write and I plan on writing for him more in the future! I’m rambling rn but please enjoy!!

Warnings: FLUFFFFFFF, swearing, cheesy clichés and Jimmy Woo being one of the best MCU characters, very very minor wandavision spoilers (I don’t think there’s any spoilers but just in case)

Word Count: 1,364

Tags: @madame-rat, @bisexuaivalkyrie (for some reason I feel like I’m missing someone but I don’t think I am. If I did miss you I’m really really sorry i have a very bad memory dkafjdsklfj)

Gender Neutral Reader

Watching and analyzing a fake sitcom starring two Avengers (one of them dead) was not something you had planned for this week. Or ever, for that matter. Yet, here you were, eyes glued to an old box television with a pencil slowly slipping out of your hand.

Doctor Lewis had commanded asked you and Agent Woo to continue keeping an eye on the TV as she went to work on something else. You’d agreed, and were now slowly starting to regret it.

Sitcoms were never your thing in the first place and the fact that it was all some sort of an alternate reality made it even weirder for you. These were real people with real lives, and they were being forced to act in someone’s fucked up dream world.

You sigh heavily, leaning back in your “chair.” Your “chair” was actually a hard wooden bench that barely fit two people. You close your eyes, finally letting the pencil drop out of your hand and onto the floor. I’ll just rest my eyes for a bit, you think to yourself. Because that always ends well.

***

You’re awoken by someone gently shaking your shoulder. You flinch away from them, startled. It takes you a few seconds to realize what had happened. You look up at Agent Woo holding a cup of coffee, looking down at you with concern etched on his face.

“You alright, Y/L/N?” He asks you, tone matching his expression. You nod, rubbing your eyes as Agent Woo sits down on the bench next to you.

“Shit, yeah. Sorry,” you mumble, brushing a few pieces of hair out of your face.

Woo shakes his head. “You’re fine. I won’t tell anyone if you won’t tell anyone about how I accidentally short-circuited a laptop with a cup of coffee.” You stare at him blankly for a few seconds, when the hell had he done that?

He breaks eye contact with you and stares down at his shoes. “You didn’t know about that, did you?” Woo whispers in what you can only describe as abject horror.

You have to bite the inside of your cheek to keep from laughing but, despite your best efforts, a small smile forms on your face. You shake your head slowly, “No, I didn’t.”

Agent Woo clears his throat, straightening his back. You sit in silence for a few minutes, staring at the old tv blaring the fake sitcom. “Oh! I got this coffee for you since I don’t trust myself with hot beverages and electronics anymore.”

He holds out the coffee for you uncertainly. You take the cup from him and smile. “Thank you, Agent Woo.” He smiles back shyly.

“You can call me Jimmy if you want to,” he says scratching the back of his neck, nervously glancing over at you like you might attack him at any second.

You smile again, face burning almost as hot as the coffee in your hands. “Alright, Jimmy.” You turn to face him and hold out your hand. “You can call me Y/N.”

Jimmy stares at your open hand for a few seconds before clasping it and giving you a firm handshake. You hold hands for a moment before you both burst out laughing, letting go of each other.

Neither of you can seem to contain your laughter. You weren’t sure whether it was the stress or sleep deprivation that was getting to you, but tears were starting to form in your eyes.

“It’s not even that funny,” Jimmy wheezes out, accidentally knocking his knee against the table. Which causes another fit of laughter between the two of you.

Eventually, you both settle down and are reduced to just an occasional giggle when you make eye contact. But, when Jimmy hits his knee on the table again, you’re thrown back into a laughing fit.

It probably would’ve gone on for the rest of the night had it not been for a stern glare coming from an ARMY personnel that you hadn’t seen before. But, the look was enough for you and Jimmy to quiet down and sink into your seats like a couple of second graders.

But, despite the awkward moment, you settle into a comfortable silence, scanning the tv for anything out of the ordinary. Ordinary being a fake sitcom, obviously. Every once in a while you sneak glances at Jimmy, who has his full attention on the screen in front of him. He looks incredibly cute when he’s concentrating on something, you think, suppressing a smile.

It goes on like that for God knows how long, with you glancing over at him sneakily and occasionally trading notes with each other. You’re not even sure what time it is when Jimmy finally drops his pencil onto the table.

“I’m starting to understand why you fell asleep,” he mutters, stretching his arms upward. You hum in response as Jimmy lets his arms drop back down. He cranes his head toward the ceiling.

“Why the hell does S.W.O.R.D. have the fan on if it’s raining outside?” He asks himself. You look up at where he was staring. You had noticed it when you first arrived at the base but hadn’t said anything, having more important matters to attend to.

You’d eventually gotten used to the cold temperature, but you were still chillier than you would’ve liked to have been. And as soon Jimmy points out the fan, you let out a series of sneezes, ending with a sniffle and an involuntary shiver.

Jimmy looks over at you, concerned. “Are you cold?” He asks and you shake your head as you once again shiver involuntarily.

You sniffle. “It’s the-uh fluorescents.” He raises an eyebrow, unconvinced. “The fluorescents make my nose itch.” As if on cue, you sneeze once more into your elbow.

“Right…” Jimmy trails off, and you look over at him with a guilty look in your eyes. “Are you a mind-reading vampire too?”

You laugh, caught off-guard by the fact that he understood your reference. “You got me there, Jimmy. I am actually a 117-year-old vampire.” You hope your joke distracts him from the fact that your body has suddenly decided that you’re in the North Pole instead of just a room with an uncomfortably chill AC.

“You should take my jacket,” Jimmy tells you, and before you can protest he’s pulling it off himself and wrapping it snugly around you. After a moment of shock, you grab the edges and pull it even closer around you, trapping in the heat.

You look over at him shyly, face burning as hot as a stovetop. You smile softly. “Thank you, Jimmy,” you murmur. He smiles back, meeting your gaze before looking away in favor of his shoes.

“Of course.” You lean back, tucking your feet under yourself and doing your best to focus on the tv in front of you. But, your mind keeps getting distracted by your racing thoughts. Oh my God, he gave me his jacket. It smells so nice. That means he smells nice. That means he smells like vanilla. HE SMELLS LIKE VANILLA-

Eventually, you somehow calm your brain down enough to understand what was happening on the TV. Which was eating dinner by the club pool, apparently. Nothing important so far.

You sneak a glance at Jimmy, who seems to be about half-asleep. His notebook was long forgotten in his lap and he seemed to be staring anywhere but the television.

“You still alive?” You ask him quietly. He makes a grunting sound and gives you a thumbs up.

“Yeah, unlike you.” You chuckle at his response, but it’s broken up by a yawn. “We should get our replacements and take a break,” Jimmy says.

You hum in agreement. “That sounds like the responsible thing to do,” you reply as you rest your head on Jimmy’s shoulder. Almost immediately, he wraps an arm around you.

“We’ll get them in a few minutes,” he reasons.

“Yeah,” you whisper, closing your eyes.

***

“Y’know, normally I would be mad, but this is just wayyyy too cute,” Darcy mutters to no one in particular as she snaps pictures of you and Agent Woo together.

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spiltscribbles · 3 years

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Prompt: remus and lily as siblings or half siblings or biological family in any capacity pls 🥺

Oh God!!! Baby!!!🥺🥺😭 This is such a favorite AU of mine!! I’m literally— sorta— writing a To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before AU right now and they are the bestest siblings in that!!! They share a little sister and they are just so cute!! And Petunia is conveniently off in university oaiwefjoiaswejfiogreghoij And I just love Remus and Lily both so much it hurts!!! And so I wanna spit out a bullet point Ficlet at you! And I’m not even sorry just because I love you so endlessly for tossing this into my inbox foiwaeifmkaeoirfgjieoarujoidkioweajgh

So like in my head, becs that Voldy bitch doesn’t know how to actually world build, the Muggle born children who get their Hogwarts letters, are also invited to join this like support group for ordinary folks with magical children. It’s like a thing that’s held in the Ministry of magic over in London once a month, and the parents are taught about the Wizarding world while their children kind of go to this separate room to intermingle and read Hogwarts; A History with one another, and just vibe, because pure bloods and those close to that have always sorta known one another and such, so this is a nice way for the Muggle borns not to feel so excluded.

So the thing is, obviously Lyall was a wizard, but also we all know I don’t fuck with him lmfao. So I picture that after he leaves for the final time when Remus is around nine, and finalizes the divorce with Hope, she— being the bad bitch that she is, just marches to the ministry with her half-blood, werewolf son, and demands to learn everything about the world he’s part of, because she refuses to let him be deprived of anything.

Eventually she becomes one of the tutors for the adult section because she’s such a quick study— being a professor herself back in Cardiff and just being an all around bombshell tbh. So one day, in February of 1970, there’s this ginger haired, northerner who stumbles in with his daughter who looks so much like him that it’s crazy— dimples and smile and upturned nose. Though she has her mother’s eyes, who had past away when she was only seven from a freak car accident.

And when he first shake’s Hope’s hand, he’s like kind of mind boggled over how beautiful she is, and thinks that maybe all wizards just put on some sort of charm to look unearthly, till he finds out that she’s as Muggle as he is towards the end of his visit. And he is just entirely love struck tbh.

And for the next couple months or so, he kind of just yearns from afar, and then spends the ride home to Cokeworth listening to Lily’s excited chortling about her friend Remus who’s apparently a half blood and who likes the same treats as her and knows how to draw things so amazingly, and it isn’t until like May, when he ambles to the other room and realizes that Remus is actually Hope’s fucking son, and he already knows that she said she began this group after separating from her husband who was a wizard himself. So Lily’s father— Nate— quite literally just shoots his shot and asks if Lily would like to get ice cream with her new friend since Petunia won’t be coming back from there Grams’s house till late, and Hope sorta smirks from over the kids’ heads because she sees exactly what he’s doing and is impressed that he’s finally done something for fuck’s sake.

And like obviously they fall hard for one another, and they probs get married like Lily’s second year at Hogwarts.

Wait, just Lily’s you ask??

Yes my beautiful duckling, because plot twist!! (We lovee plot twists!!!)

In this AU i picture that McGonagall kind of visits during the summer months leading up to the children’s first year at Hogwarts, just to give them some supplementary readings and answer the questions for their future schooling, and when Dumbledore tells her about Remus’s full situation with his lycanthropy and all, she does some research, and figures out how Beauxbatons is much, MUCH more accommodating to “dark” creatures, and she’s already pretty chummy with Hope and knows that she’s actually a French citizen herself, the daughter of Algerian immigrants. So Remus technically has the possibility to attend Hogwarts or Beauxbatons, and so Hope and Remus talk on it long and hard, and she knows he’s already become fast friends with Lily and their thick as thieves with one another, but it’s also just so much safer for him.

So the week before Lily is set to go off to King’s Cross, they fly over to France and they get Remus settled in his dorm abroad.

I think while they’re away, Lily and Remus actually somehow become closer, because their parents are still dutifully dating and neither of them are all that familiar with their surroundings, so they send one another so many fucking letters through that first term, that the owls of their schools always give them the dirtiest looks lmfao. And they really catch on like a house on fire, like it’s one of those relationships that is just innate? Like you know when you have a best friend you guys kind of just slip into one another lives? Like even when you don’t talk for a while or whatever, it’s just natural<3 <3

So neither of them ever spend the hols of winter or spring in Hogwarts/Beauxbatons, becs that’s when they really get to vibe.

They tell one another the different cool charms they’ve learned, and hate that they can’t show them with their actual wands yet. And they watch all their favorite films and almost adopt this secret language that’s only the quirk of their brows and twitch of the lips, and Petunia hates how freakily attuned they are with one another and sneers at them for being such freaks in all aspects. Also in this AU Lily fucks off from Snape wayyyy sooner, because instead of having to deal with that nasty, bigoted, slime ball she has the cutest and funniest and most amazing bestie in Remus!

And before Hope and Nate exchange vows in the winter of their second year, the little family of five go to this tiny park that’s all lush grassland and a shiny jungle gym and a pair of swings tucked away by trees, and they sit at this picnic table, and Hope— with her steady, ever buoyant voice, explains to them why she and Remus decided to send him to Beauxbatons instead of Hogwarts, and Petunia is like gawking in fright, and Nate looks sort of distressed, but Lily just cocks her head and shrugs her shoulders, because it’s still Remus— her closest companion Rem— and nothing could change that. So she takes his hand from where it’s fiddling with a splintered piece of wood on the tabletop and she squeezes it tightly, watches him glance up at her with the late summer wind billowing in his tawny curls and the fear in his honey eyes, and she simply tells him that it doesn’t matter. And Lily will never forget the way his features spasm at that, going suddenly loose and bright and thankful, and then Nate probably tousles his hair and kisses Hope’s temple and shyly asks how they should accommodate once they move in with one another.

And that park becomes sorta special tbh.

It’s in that alcove with the swings and trees where Lily and Remus go when things are becoming too much, or they would just like to escape the world by one another’s side.

It’s where they tried their first cigarettes that Remus had gotten from an older bloke in Beauxbaton’s when they were thirteen and feeling adventurous. And where they go to listen to the releases of their favorite albums, and when Remus told Lily that he’s gay for the first time before leaving to both their fourth years and it’s like one of those spots they both think of and feel golden.

Oh God! Imagine how cute of a celebration that Nate and Hope hold for them both becoming prefects!!! Hope and Nate definitely insist on some sort of summer todo! And they invite their friends and all that jazz and OMFG what if Lily’s wearing some sorta powder blue sundress that matches Remus’s oxford shirt and they both are grimacing in all the photos and are just not thriving foieajfoierjgiearfoijsdkgxh But like they would be doted on rotten that whole day! This is so cute! OMFG! And this probs means James became Prefect as well and so Remus gets to tease her when he sends her some sort of congratulations letter and she’s totally blushing and trying to hide her grin, and Lily retaliates by kicking his ankle tbh bahaha

Okay also now I’m thinking of like Lily’s like fifth year, and her Muggle studies class is doing some sort of seminar to see if these idiots can actually survive in a totally Muggle area without a lick of magic, so like it’s spring hols, and guess who she’s partnered up with???

Cookies for you because we all know she had to work with James and Sirius lmfao!!!

And she’s totally still trying to hide her crush on James— who’s nearly always leering and winking her way— and she might actually punch Sirius’s face simply because he’s such a smug bastard, and being from a working class family like herself, she’s like always ready to fight preppy rich boys tbh

So James and Sirius decide to plan out the simulation in her house that’s right outside Cardiff and Remus is cackling the entire morning before they’re set to arrive because she’s so pissy about it lmfao

Okay so like obviously the boys end up taking the port key and land in front of her place and it’s Remus who answers the door, still painted with humor because Lily was just screaming about “if Potter brings that insufferable snitch here I’ll bloody shove it up his arse” and James is immediately on the defense because Lily’s only ever talked about her sister and brother who live with her at home, and this dude is golden where she’s pale and has curls over her straight hair and just, obviously they’re not related by blood at all. And for his part, Sirius is like *Oh! Oh! Oh! Pretty!!! Pretty boy!! Muggle boy? Pretty Muggle boy!*

But Remus obviously knows who they are straight away, so he like waves them inside before rounding to the stairs and calling for her to stop clogging the toilet or something else mortifyingly embarrassing, and Lily promises to put like pickles in the next set of face masks that they do because she knows how fucking allergic he is to them, and she wants her chuckles damn it!!

“Potter— Black,” is how she greets them with a derisive sort of glower that Remus can completely see through, so he has to excuse himself while laughing over to the kitchen. “You’ve met my delightful brother I see.”

And James’s entire posture relaxes and he’s back to grinning like a dope, and the only weird part is that Sirius has got on the very same face, *Pretty Muggle boy is Evan’s brother* So like they are both scary levels of elated, rip.

But sucks to be Sirius because Remus leaves after that to meet up with a friend from town who’s also the best dealer tbh, and so he has to deal with James’s awful levels of flirting with Lily while they scrounge up their itinerary to send their professor for the seminar type thing, and he doesn’t even have a pretty distraction XS

But Lily does force Remus to come along with her on the trip to London because “On God, if I spend a day alone with those bellends by myself I will punch a wall”

And it is literally the worst, but best double date/first date that’s full of Sirius and James fucking up with everything— including asking some poor Tesco employee where are their fudgeflies and giving a homeless man a hand full of galleons and James’s snitch somehow ending up in the meaty hands of some kid at the tube. But also tbh it’s hella cute when Lily lets James give her his jacket when they’re walking along the Thames and it’s getting chilly, and when Remus lets Sirius share his stick of cotton candy and they both sorta stare at the sugar on each of their lips.

But then they go to some tiny museum, and while they’re looking at a impressionist piece, Sirius is totally trying to show off to Remus and is explaining how he could turn the bench their sitting on into a really nice bouquet of Lupins, and in the middle of his stupid showboating, Remus lightly corrects him on some facet of Gamp’s law, and Sirius freezes— shocked still— and he’ sort of gaping like an idiot, before Lily stops his blustering with a scoff “He’s a damn wizard also you arse.”

And Sirius is floundering for the rest of the evening, and he has so many questions, but they all die on his lips every time he glances over at Remus and he’s just smirking at him with this electric glint in his golden eyes

So obviously when they’re back at Hogwarts he pesters Lily every second of every day about Remus, and why he’s not at Hogwarts. “None of your fucking business.” And asking where Remus goes instead. “Beauxbatons, thankfully far away from you.” and he asks her about a thousand other questions that Lily either scoffs at or simply cuffs him around the head for daring to even try getting his address.

And she pokes fun about the situation to Remus and tells him how much more of an idiot he’s acting like, and how hilarious it all is. And she’s shocked when he responds to her letter merely by saying, “Hah- he’s cute.”

And so obviously she shoots back a reply that’s a letter of all his worst traits, mainly that he’s an arrogant toerag, and that he’s a posh idiot who could probably live off his inheritance for three lifetimes without blinking, and about how he doesn’t date anyone for longer than a couple months, and how he’s practically brothers with James bloody Potter, and yet again, Remus just tells her, Hah- he’s cute, before mildly moving to talking about his latest charms paper and how he’s been asked to be their DADA’s professors TA next year, and how Andrew keeps trying to try again with him but Remus would rather poke his eyes out with a spork.

So Lily is totally fuming when she recognizes that she’s lost and begrudgingly gives Sirius Remus’s info, after telling him lowly and with her most menacing glower, “IF you fuck around with my brother I will murder you without a flinch.” And she’s quite literally five feet nothing to Sirius’s broad, six-foot frame, but he knows that she could do it with a snap of the finger, and he promises that it’s not just a gag on his end. And Lily actually believes him.

So Remus and Sirius begin writing to one another a sickening amount, like so steadfastly that it gives Lily a complex whenever she finds Sirius waiting at the Owlry every Wednesday morning for the bird that arrives with two letters tied to it’s leg, one for each of them.

And God, one time, right before they let out for summer hols, Lily accidentally takes the one marked for Sirius— and holy christ!!!, She did not need to know just what exactly her brother has been getting up to in the sex department of things— like she legit contemplated using a memory charm on herself JFC

And Sirius probably ends up on their doorstep again in late July, with James at toe, and somehow their is a small harmony painted between the four of them, and it’s by Christmas of sixth year when James and Sirius begin talking about how amazing it’ll be when they’re actually in-law brothers, and Lily blames Remus for everything when she’s pretending to be cross over it, but then James puts his arm around her shoulders, and she sees how gentle Sirius is when he twines his fingers into Remus’s own, and it feels good, feels right.

It feels like something that can be forever.

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vidalinav · 3 years

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Queen of Queens: Prologue

Summary: Post ACOSF fic (so contains spoilers); in this chapter, Nesta dreams strange dreams

This fic starts in the weeks between the ending and the mating ceremony and then goes beyond. Some chapters, especially in the beginning will feel like one-shots but they’re not. They all connect eventually to the main plot which is Koschei, Nesta’s power, the Mother, the Courts, other countries, fate and so on and so forth. Eventually I hope to have other character’s POV, but that is a challenge in itself.

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Sometimes when Nesta closed her eyes, with the hum of Cassian’s breathing rumbling down her back, the darkness took her quickly. Other times, she’d have to count, her mind like feet racing to climb the staircase of the House of Wind. One step after another. 200. 500. 700 and up again… except she could never reach the bottom and she could never get to the top. The stairs would crumble before her, her handprint still firmly burnt into the stone as night swallowed each step.

Nesta didn’t dream often anymore, a testament to how far she’d come…

But on night’s like these, Nesta dreamed.

On night’s like these Nesta had a hard time even closing her eyes. But sleep always took her eventually. A thief in the night. A small death to the ever-present life she’d be afforded in the morning. Nesta hoped she’d make it to the morning… because sometimes she couldn’t tell.

Sometimes when she closed her eyes, she was already floating in that darkness. The moon beamed down at her, one single eye blinking as she blinked, letting that darkness ripple with light as if she were setting out to sea. She might have had a lantern in her hands, or maybe she was carrying the moon itself. She could never tell… or maybe Nesta just couldn’t remember. All of the details becoming foggy like the mist that surrounded her.

The worst part of her dream always came to her unexpectedly, which always seemed off to her for it was always the same dream…

Nesta would look around her, peer out into that wide open space of a glittering, black sea and the boat would start to shake. She was in a raft, she thought, or a canoe, or… perhaps she was floating on her back. But hands would reach up from the night. It would grab on to her boat—her canoe—her raft. The hands would grip the nightgown of her dress, whichever one she was wearing that night. This night, a pale blue with lace at the sleeves.

And the hands would pull her under.

Pull and pull and pull.

Until it didn’t matter if she was in the cauldron or the sea. It only mattered that she was drowning.

Nesta liked to say she fought against the tide, kicked and screamed and did whatever else she’d learned in training. But truthfully, she never fought that hard. Not after all this time. Truthfully, she was tired of fighting.

Instead, she would let it pull her and she would let herself sink. Let herself breath. Three… six… nine… She never made it to ten… Ten is when Nesta started to scream.

Perhaps not aloud, since Cassian never woke her and she seldom ever seen him wide eyed when she woke up panting.

But Nesta screamed, and the hands still ravaged, and she still sank, and she still didn’t fight back… And just when Nesta thought she wouldn’t make it to the morning, a golden hand would reach out from above.

A golden hand would cease the screaming, would grab a hold of her own, outstretched, waiting for the inevitable burning that always came, and a sweet voice, a feminine, soft voice would ring in her ears until her eyes drifted open.

Nesta would never forget the words—the details of the dream, maybe—but not the words that came on harp strings and trumpets roaring.

Oh no, she’d never forget what the voice called out, and Nesta would start asking questions to match that answer she’d received. She thought she should’ve known what it was.

Would she die today?

Would the cauldron come calling to claim the rest of its power?

Would they be plunged into another war?

Would someone steal the trove out from under them?

Would they finally realize she was as scared as before?

Would she go back into that city today and become who she always was?

Would they…

Would she…

Would someone…

And, Nesta would drift back to sleep with all these questions floating in the space between dreams. The darkness claiming her once more until she woke up, Cassian beside her asking her how she slept.

She never gave him a response, only kissed him, snuggled closer, ridding her skin from that horrifying cold with the warmth of his body.

But still… Nesta could never forget the words.

Not yet, the voice would sing.

~ I feel I wrote this in a weird way but my writing style changes constantly, and this creepy dream-like stream of consciousness sort of thing came out, so we’ll see if that stays or not. Or even if you thought that.

Obvi, if you want to be tagged let me know. I forget all those tagged, so sorry, so I’ll just put you on the individual fic masterlist tag so I can just copy and paste. Of course, if you have a recommendation of something you’d like to see or just a topic that might fit in let me know and I will see. This fic will be interesting for me to write. It will definitely be different to anything I have written before. Hopefully you did not hate this prologue, but next chapter is wayyyy different anyways. So we’ll get into it.

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v-hope · 4 years

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Hi, so I hope this isn't weird or inconvenient but I start my law classes on Monday and I was wondering if you had any advice or tips to get through this semester..? My professor told me I'll have to expect about 12 hours of homework after each class, and I'm ✨stressed✨ already But of course you don't have to answer this I just don't know anyone else to ask for advice on this 😅

hey, it’s okay! i’m adding a read more to this bc it turned out to be wayyyy longer than i expected and i apologize for it oof.

tbh if you don’t have a studying habit from high school already it might be hard to adapt to the amount of stuff you’ll have to read/study once you enter law school (it happened to me, i used to study only the night and morning before a test in hs to get good grades and now in uni i need at least three full days before a test 🤡), so i’d just say to take your time at first and try to find your own pace and what works best for you when it comes to studying, because not everyone needs the same time or learning methods when it comes to it.

as in for the amount of homework hours and stuff i’d say don’t stress too much? like idk how things work in your country/uni, but at least in mine we rarely ever get any homework, and when we do get homework it’s just a few cases we need to solve so we can understand better what we see in class and then discuss it with the teacher and correct our mistakes. what we do get a lot, however, are textbooks. not entire textbooks at once but like, from page 1 to 50 for one day, then from 50 to 80 for another one (sometimes they´re like 10 pages so don´t worry thinking it’ll be a lot all the time), and so on. sometimes you’ll have to read two or three different bits from different textbooks for one class and i know it seems like a lot at first but as time goes on trust me, you’ll get used to it. like i remember in second year my friends and i started laughing once bc we went to print our stuff for an upcoming class and it was only 30 pages and we sighed in relief and went “this is a short one, we can read it during recess” and it was like???? since when??? is that short?? but yeah ksñajs.

so, back to the “don’t stress too much” part, my point with only having to read stuff most of the time, is that (depending on the teacher) you can read them at your own pace whenever you want. there will be a few classes you’ll need to read beforehand bc your teacher will ask about it or straight up explain other things assuming you already read the texts, so you won’t get it unless you did. on the other hand, there’s teachers that explain the exact same thing the textbooks talk about and for those it won’t be as necessary to read everything before a class. what i do, are three things:

ask around about the teachers to students who already took classes with them. if you guys have a fb group for the whole career or something it will be easy, just make a post asking about them and you’ll get your answers 🤧 i always ask about what their exams are like and if they focus more on the classes or textbooks. if they focus more on the classes then congratulations, you can skip the textbooks (unless you’re really interested in the class and want to learn more ofc) and dedicate that saved time to another class you’ll need to read everything for sure.

i read every text once and make a compendium (or take notes? idk how to call it lol) about the most important things. so, i’ll have a general view of the whole text and then i can just read the compendium and study from that for the exams (because you don’t want to study 200+ pages for each one, trust me).

i record the classes. now careful with this one bc there’s teachers who don’t allow this, but at least all mine do. and now that we’re having online classes they’re obliged to record them and send them to us so it’s a win for me 🤧 SO, this is honestly just me overexterting myself, and not everyone does this nor is important to study/pass a class, but one of my besties used to record every class back in the first three years lol and he’d send them to me and it’s honestly sosososo helpful bc there’s things you miss during class either bc the teacher speaks too fast or bc you’re straight up not paying attention lol, so being able to go back on that and take quite good notes is great when you have to go back to them to study! and also idk about you, but listening to the things i have to learn instead of just reading helps me a lot to understand them better.

now, i’m telling you this bc it happened to me and i don’t want it to happen to you, please please PLEASE, no matter how much you have to study, please listen to your mind and body. if you’re studying late at night and want to go to sleep, go to sleep. if you’re reading something over and over and can feel yourself growing frustrated and about to cry, close your books and go do something else. take a nap, call it a night, go spend some time with your family, eat a snack, drink some water, watch tv, exercise, anything, but please do not overwork yourself bc it will only do you wrong. also find a hobby (mine’s writing lol) and take a break each day to do just what you like, don’t let the career consume you because it’s so easy for it to do it. one of my teachers used to say this all the time, that even if you feel guilty bc you’re “losing studying hours” to do something you like or take a break, you’re not losing hours but recharging yourself instead, and after doing just that you’ll be able to be even more productive once you go back to studying. and honestly he was right and i thank him for giving me that mindset.

i think that’s it? if i remember something else later i’ll add it, but i hope this is helpful. so don’t stress too much and just go to class the first week and try to find what works best for you. although there’s a lot to study for, this career is really interesting and fun! you’ll find yourself seeing every little thing in life from another perspective once you enter it, and understanding things said certain way is great tbh, i really like it ksñaks. i hope everything goes great for you, bubs! you can do it 💕

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kkulmoon · 3 years

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MY FAVORITE PERSON ON TUMBLR IS BACK!!! YAY WELCOME BACK BBY!!! I MISSED YOU

I'm sure you did well on those exams 😤 you're amai!! Ofc you would do well!!

As for me... i caught covid over the winter break LOL thought i might die, but! I've recovered and is alive and kicking. Other than that, i just kinda spend like 90% of my times on genshin impact over the break so nothing really happened LOL

And I lived in the United State, what new year??? It's still December 46th 2020, there were a coup not too long ago so that was fun, i hate it here. I have half a mind to learn every languages in Europe so i can yeet myself out of this country.

On a brighter note... GOT7 IS FREE!!! my bby is free and i'm happy. Also BTS new samsung pic 😍😍😍 i----- boi they should be illegal.... AND JK WENT BLONDE HMMMMM SIS I NEARLY HAD A STROKE WHEN I SAW IT

How about you, lovely? Anything interesting or you wanna rant about?

Question of the day is... if you have 1 week left to live, how would you spend it?

NOOOOO YOU ARE MY FAV PERSON ON HERE 🤧 THANK U SO MUCH BBY, IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK AND I MISSED YOU MORE, LIKE A LOT MORE I SWEAR!!

let’s hope so, I’ll keep your enthusiasm and hopefully it all goes well, I’m only really nervous about one of the tests the rest went quite well, you believe in me wayyyy to much but i’m flattered lol

ohhhh no bub, i’m so sorry about that ;(( but i’m so glad to hear that you’re doing better now and I hope that you soon recover fully 🥺

i had to google “genshin impact” like the non gamer that I am 😓, it seems like cool game though, love the visuals, is it your favourite game? i haven’t played a video game in probably 4 -5 years or so 👀 i honestly feel like i’ve forgotten how to play lol

“DECEMBER 46TH 2020″ I AM SHRIEKING T^T, no but honestly the situation in the us is a real mess, just thinking about it makes me drained, i hope that people don’t gloss over the whole thing and sweep it under rug like it never happened because it benefits a certain group of people 👀

OMG YES!!!! OUR BABIES ARE FREE AND THEY GET TO FLY WHEREVER AND HOWEVER THEY WANT 💚💚💚💚💚i cannot wait to see what they do 🥺

hun we don’t talk about samsung adverts here like it’s actually sick!!!, did you see how big joon was 😳, i nearly pulled a “learnado dicaprio bites his hand”, the phone was barely visible ksjsksjl and even it were visible we would still have been looking at bts anyway

if we don’t talk about bts x samsung then we don’t THINK about blonde jk. NOT. ONE. BIT. NO NO NO like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i’m having a big revelation soon so you’ll understand why i’m at the end of my wits when it comes to jeon jungkook, that on performance with the blonde hair and the harness, I WAS LEFT DEDDDDDDD even while watching on like 480 def 🤡

hmmm the only think I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is what I want to gif now that I am back, honestly feel like I lost the little skill I had 😭and my idea bank is literally empty but I’ll hopefully manage *sigh*. also i am really curious if netflix’s “sweet home” and “the school nurse files” will have a second season cause I am OBSESSED!!!! the first one is just horror and straight up gore and the other one is just a really quirky and interesting series imo, other than that not much to rant about. any rant material on your end?

oofff 1 week?! huhhhhh, I mean I would probably try things I have yet to do, like adrenaline inducing things, most of which involves jumping 🤪otherwise I think I would be quite chill, reread as many of my favourite books, watch my favourite movies and then spend time with my family 🥰 and maybe write about my last days cause why not.

i’m coming in with the generic question but I feel like it needs to be asked, do you have any new year’s resolutions for 2021 👀??

#valley's lilies 💞#anontrail #asktrail #ooohh held onto your message for a while cause i wanted to give a good answer and just because i wanted to cherish it some more uwu #🥺

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prorevenge · 5 years

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"You're gonna regret that winky emoji"

Buckle down, because if this was a rollercoaster it'd be the Tower of Terror. It's also very long, TLDR at the bottom, if you can find it..

Now, just as a little disclaimer, the person involved may not read reddit but her son very well might. So, I've changed names, places and specific details, and I'm not going to describe the person's appearance. I will however, be telling you of a revenge that started off petty in nature, has since had a pro outcome - and is still ongoing.

I'm a University student (f,19) in *Canada*, studying *history*. Since September, I've been struggling with both my physical and mental health. The problem with a free healthcare system is that sometimes there is long waiting lists for mental health services and despite being put on medication, my condition was worsening. I'd gone to a member of staff, who we shall call PC, to explain the situation. Initially, she was helpful, giving me extensions on assignments and special considerations for my exams. I passed the first semester with a whopping 62%, impressive given the fact I hadn't really been into any lectures.

After the Christmas break, my mental health was so bad that I ended up in hospital. I also struggled to get back into lectures as planned and submit much work. I was seeing the student support team the university had supplied, and the mental health team the hospital had provided. I have a personality disorder and sometimes find it hard to control my emotions, and PC is well aware of this. However, she is going -above and beyond- her normal duties and it's starting to get a little distressing. She'd offer to come to my GP appointments with me, constantly email me (3-4 separate email chains a day), and then got my personal phone number off the university system and started texting me. Being naive, I thought that having her phone number would be useful, as I check my texts significantly faster than my emails.

What. A bad. Idea.

What was confirming attendance for meetings quickly turned into "hope to see you soon", and asking how things in my personal life were going. The event that knocked me for six was when she turned up at my GP surgery after I had told her my appointment went badly. Luckily I was on the other side of town by this point, but she sent me a string of four texts starting with "I'm at the GP, where are you?" and ending in "I'm not going to nag you" before ringing me 3 times despite me hanging up IMMEDIATELY the first time.

(Side note at this point, she very obviously cares about me, but she's incredibly overbearing).

I had gone in for a routine procedure at the hospital to try and sort my physical health out (a cystoscopy, if you fancy a cringe), so she sent me a text asking how it had gone. I'd been put on the same antibiotics as I was before, and when I tried to explain to the consultant that I was already on them and that the pain hadn't stopped in months, I started getting a little angry and upset. Not enough to cause a scene - but enough for them to firmly tell me to leave. I explained this to PC and she replied with "stop arguing ;)". Now, given the nature of the procedure, the position of responsibility PC has and the fact it's coming from her personal phone number, I found this extremely inappropriate.

This kind of behaviour went on for a couple months, I'm trying to keep her at arms length - I still need her in terms of getting assignments in and stuff, but I don't want her reaching in to my personal life - but she keeps trying. She's told me repeatedly that I will have a "fit to work" procedure put in place due to the lack of assignments put in, which would decide my future at the university - and that the options would be getting suspended or getting expelled. This added a load of anxiety to my life and ultimately destroyed my mental health, so after a *not so helpful* session with the mental health team, I submitted the worst essay I've ever written with a sarcastic note at the bottom (still got 18%, success!). In hindsight, this was probably the worst way of trying to get back at her, as PC called me in for another meeting, but not before ringing my boss and my mental health consultant asking to attend my therapy sessions, and then telling me I'm "making it more than it needs to be".

This meeting was hell.

She started off by stroking my knee - not sensually, but wayyyy too close to be comfortable - which put my back up immediately.

She tried to get me to cancel the submission, which I wouldn't, and then told me I'm going to get her fired or reprimanded if I don't. (hello, emotional blackmail).

I repeatedly tried to explain I was struggling, and it's a case of mentally having to fight myself to get out of bed in the mornings, let alone research and write essays, do complex maths and attend 12 lectures a week. She kept shouting me down with things like "Just because you have a mental health condition doesn't mean you're special" and "it took me 3 years of intensive therapy to sort my head out, so you should be fine by August".

Eventually I was frustrated, sobbing and bent over, head to my knees in the chair. This cut off the circulation to my legs after 40 MINUTES of feeling trapped in her office, so when I finally got the courage to leave, I physically couldn't. I made it halfway across the room before stumbling. I didn't fall, I had hold of the table. PC shot up from her chair like she'd just won the lottery and HELD ME FROM BEHIND. I got out as quickly as I could. She later sent me a text (at 22:50) telling me that "it was really valuable".

Finally, the revenge;

I was so angry I decided I was going to come down on this woman like a ton of bricks. I spent 8 hours collating the year's emails and texts, annotating them all and putting them in a folder alongside evidence I was actively seeking medical help - a condition of the university for students who are ill. I affectionately called the folder The Brick, because if all else fails I'm going to hit her with it. This folder weighs at least 5kg, just to give you an idea of the amount of trees I had to kill for this. I submitted a complaints form for 3 separate issues (emails and texts/blackmail/physical contact), as well as a designated form for harassment. This would normally go to PC, but since I was complaining about her, I took it to THE DEAN. Phase 1 complete.

Phase 2 was the picking apart of her emails and making a case for mistreatment. The fit to work panel I attended (after 5 months of being told that it would happen), were going to expel me completely, until I whipped out The Brick and showed them 8 cases of unprofessionalism in ONE EMAIL. My "sentence" was reduced to only suspension, meaning I still have access to my uni email address, and student union services. Useful for phase 3.

Phase 3 is taking my case to the University Legal Team and holding this over the Dean's head until a satisfactory outcome is achieved, or I'll take it to court. I'll keep you updated.

And so, dear redditors, after successfully enacting phases 1 and 2, I can confirm PC has gone on 6 MONTHS of "sick leave". Let me tell you exactly why she's not on sick leave and has in fact been suspended - she was supposed to be on my fit to work panel, 3 DAYS after going on this sick leave; the whole department has been told not to contact her and if they have an urgent matter, they must send it to a different person through an online reporting system which will be "more closely monitored". We were also told that she would not be replying to emails because she's "ill", which made me laugh because she'd been wanting me to write 5000 word essays despite the fact I am genuinely ill. Given the nature of PC's role at the university (handling sensitive information, dealing with vulnerable students), this will be a major blemish on her record at the least, and could well cost her her job and prevent her from getting a new one in the same field. I have since left the university for health reasons, no doubtedly made worse by the actions of PC.

TLDR; tutor at the university harasses me in more ways than one, causes a severe decline in my mental health. I complain with 8 months of evidence and get her suspended/nearly fired, potential legal case pending.

(source) story by (/u/archercolne)

#prorevenge #by /u/archercolne #pro revenge #revenge stories #pro revenge stories #pro #revenge #last10

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nikatyler · 6 years

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It’s been a while since my last replies! Anyway, my summer holiday has started and life is great. Well...I had a major gen 4 crisis, but more on that later.

Speaking of my legacies, something new and exciting is starting this week! It might even be my favourite save to play right now...I mean, it’s most definitely the most fun thing I’ve ever done in ts4. Prepare for mess. Like a lot of mess. Double portion of the usual simmeronnie mess, and trust me, it only gets worse.

I also finished gen 3 of Ravens and I’m planning gen 6 of Roses. I think I’ll start it focusing on the quads, then I’ll switch to the twins...and most importantly, to Regan. I already love this generation so much and I have a good feeling about these guys.

Anyway, replies now. By the way, I just know my activity feed isn’t showing them all. I can see some of them are missing. I remember reading some more. Rude, tumblr, very rude.

lalunebleue replied to your photoset “Tyler: “Huh? I’m glowing…wait a second. Wait, no. This is not fair. I...”

Not Tyler! :(

I honestly had a feeling he would be the first one, because this game is mean. I mean, technically he was not the first one, but still.

dandylion240 replied to your photoset “This is where I completely lost it.”

Now I'm going to cry ��

Trust me, I cried real tears. I didn’t expect them all to drop dead at once.

amixofpixels replied to your photoset “Grim: “I spared him, yes, but that is not happening again. I will take...”

GRIM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS IS RUDE!!

simsandthensome replied to your photoset “Grim: “I spared him, yes, but that is not happening again. I will take...”

wtf grim. rude!

I was hoping they would get saved too...but it looks like one pet can only save one sim. It was sad. Either take them all or let them all live, Grim. Don’t pick your faves.

darlingmk-blog replied to your photoset “16th October 2016 - 19th May 2018 While the whole dying mess was...”

I'm so sorry! =( I hate when a sims dies, especially when they are young. She was so pretty!

I wonder what the legacy would be like if I had picked her to be the heir...she’s such a cool, strong character.

darlingmk-blog replied to your photoset “16th October 2016 - 19th May 2018 I…can’t believe this has come after...”

I completely feel you on everything you just said.

This legacy broke me. Like, literally. That was not part of the plan.

alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “You tried, Felix. You tried.”

Points for effort

This is why he still doesn’t have a girlfriend. But he definitely did his best! Keep trying, Felix, and maybe one day I’ll ask someone to create you a beautiful future wife.

pixelbots replied to your photoset “Felix: “Seriously, has no one taught you about personal space?”

HAHA XD

I keep saying I have a good feeling about gen 6 when in reality all it has been so far are fart jokes and quads peeing themselves. Yeah, this is the golden age of the legacy. I have reached my final form as a sims storyteller.

alfalfalegacy replied to your photoset “I thought I would be prepared this time. I was not.”

PAIN

I was hoping he would get saved again. I was ready to start making Supernatural jokes about him coming back to life over and over again.

Now that I think about it, I should have made him a detective all that long time ago. Then I would have references for all of SuperWhoLock. I’m a nerd.

pxelatedtrash replied to your photoset “Great. He’s on fire again.”

Your game keeps getting trying to kill him!

Dear game, let me tell you something

I write sims not tragedies

Okay, okay. I’m leaving. I just...P!ATD, man. Love it.

plumboblures replied to your photoset “I say it every single time but she’s hella adorable.”

she looks cute with that smile omg

She’s so cute I want to cry

Literally the only thing that keeps me away from making her the heir alongside Regan is the fact that we would have yet another redhaired heir and I want some change. I don’t have anything against redheads, my hair actually looks kind of red now because the dye washed out...and I’m considering actually dying it red because it’s not so bad...but this legacy has wayyyy too many redheads already!

#replies #lalunebleue #dandylion240 #amixofpixels #simsandthensome #darlingmk-blog #alfalfalegacy #pixelbots #pxelatedtrash #plumboblures

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buy-me-a-color-tv · 3 years

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hello ✨

i‘d really like to continue our conversation but i can’t think of anything else except that interview. i‘ve been trying to wrap my brain around how the royal family is so full of elitist and racist assholes and how there were literally only ever two good people in that family, diana and her younger son. i just know she‘s looking at them from up there and that she is proud of harry and meg!! jesus. i watched a short synopsis of the interview this morning and it left me speechless, seething, shaking with anger. i feel so so sorry for meg and i have a very strong urge to burn down buckingham palace and i feel like every single person on tumblr would help me. jesus i just - there are no words. fuck lizzie and her entourage.

anyway

i hope your dinner went well!! i‘m adulting very hard right now as well, had a practical course the last two weeks about histology and identifying different types of cells like cancerous growths and i LOVED it (was very exhausting tho which is why i‘m only just writing you now). plus i got to see my friends and even with masks and distance, we were all so happy to see each other!! it‘s been a while since my whole life was pure happiness but the last two weeks definitely were!

i‘m sure you‘ll do just fine with your bachelor‘s thesis - even better probably!! i decided to wait until the next winter semester since i‘m still short a few credit points and i don‘t want to overwork myself too much - especially since most of my lectures have already confirmed to be online next semester too and this is something that drains me so much, i can‘t even say. i have never studied so much and retained so little information than the last two semesters. it‘s been a whole ass nightmare and i dread doing it again (and again, who knows?)

i feel you so much! winter blues? who is she?? the sun‘s been shining almost everyday where i live with temperatures up to 20 degrees celcius so i even studied on my balcony a little which was AWESOME.

the situation with covid is a bit of a mess right now. the numbers are going up but restrictions are going down and i‘m kinda angry about it. i don‘t get it. why couldn’t they have waited until mid april or so because by then at least half the population should have had their first vaccine shot but well, old white men in places of power, y‘know?

i found out that surgical masks, especially the ones with the metal pieces on the nose work best to avoid fog!

aaaah i‘m so happy for you!! congrats on passing your exams!! i am really proud of you and i‘m crossing my fingers that you‘ll get your thesis done well and find an excellent well paying job ✨✨ you absolutely deserve it!

oh jesus, my posts from my first tumblr years would just make me cringe, i‘d rather not look at them 😁 i was just a heart broken little baby teenager with parent-issues and lots of insecurities and i‘m SO glad i left that little dude behind. they were a mess and while i still adore them for making me who i am, i‘d rather not see all the shit their brain came up with 😆

i‘m once again off to study because as you might know, uni never rests and exams just keep coming 🙈

wishing you a good week full of happiness and good vibes!! take care of yourself 💕

yours,

🍫🍫

Hi there 💗

Oh god yes I feel exactly the same. The sad thing is nobody is really surprised by any of this not after how they handled Diana and also how they didn't speak out against the press 2 years ago. I'm just so happy for H&M, they can start a better life now and I wish them all the positivity they need.

My dinner went very well - and wow that sounds super interesting! I'm glad you loved it as well! And yeah I feel you with the friends thingy. I wish I could see mine but a lot of them live a bit further away and it's harder to meet during lockdown when nothing's open and all you can do is take long walks 🤭 but one of them made the journey two times during the last two weeks and I'm supper happy she did. We had a good time, cooked and watched a lot of football, so it was really nice ☄️.

God yes. Studying online over the last year was exhausting and draining and you're absolutely right I feel like I haven't retained any information so far. At least not anything useful. Thanks to a calculation error I've actually got all the credits I need so I'm really just missing my thesis right now 🙈 but there's news on that as well. Sadly the professor I initially asked doesn't have any spaces left for this summer semester, so right now I'm back to trying to find a new one while simultaneously gathering more information about my topic and writing a rough summary.

We've got a lot of cold sun in the last weeks and it's been pretty nice so far. I tried to go for a walk or run nearly everyday so I get some fresh air and movement which also helped a lot. 🦋 And speaking of covid, yeah it's been messy here too. Numbers going up and down and shops slowly opening - I don't think it's time for that yet but god I am tired of staying inside my flat the whole time. So yeah I went shopping this Wednesday, but it was super weird so I didn't stay long at all - it feels kinda wrong to just go back to 'normal' after such a long time. So more staying at home until I get that vaccination 🤭😅

I just went back to not wearing glasses 😂 sunglasses are fine but with my normal ones I guess I'll always struggle. But the ones with metal pieces are definitely working the best so far!

I'm super happy as well 🥺 just glad I got all of them out of the way now! I don't know if you remember but I told you about that lip infection a few weeks ago right? And I thought with antibiotics it would get better and dissappear in the end? Well no 😩 it got worse again and in the end they told me that it's a cyst that doesn't seem to go away, so on Wednesday they had to cut it out. It took wayyyy longer than expected because that thing was also bigger than they thought. I've got stitches inside my lip now and it's super annoying because they hurt and I still feel tired from the anesthetic. Sleeping and eating are also hard - so I'm being miserable since Wednesday 😂😪 I just really really hope that after next week I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Anyways you didn't ask for any medical information but it's been exhausting around here 🤭 I also have a kinda love/hate relationship with my past self? That girl only felt alone and needed somebody who would tell her that's everything is going to be alright and that questioning one's sexuality is absolutely okay - even if it takes you years or it never stops 🤍 but in the end it worked out and I am grateful as well. And I like to think my younger self would be damn proud of who I am today!

I wish you a wonderful week, lots of sunshine and good vibes ☀️☺️ and I apologise in advance for all the f1 content on this blogs but winterbreak is finally over 😅

🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

#🍫 it's the chocolate anon tag #If anything doesn't make sense I just blame it on the anesthetic #Bc boy oh boy I'd didn't even tell you about the meds I need to take 3 times a day #So yeah #Pain medication high incoming 🤭#But once again thank you for listening 🤍🤍#Missed you a lot

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bigbrothereclipse · 4 years

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EPISODE 1 - “I’M KINDA MAD I DIDN’T GET HOH, BUT I’LL GET IT NEXT TIME FOR SURE.” - ASHLYN

HOH - ELIJAH

POV - FROSBY

EVICTED - ASHLYN / 13-2

FROSBY - https://youtu.be/3J7_Nd8O57M

SARAH G - https://youtu.be/m-nPTenfhdM

JULS - https://youtu.be/U2RI53y6qgI

ELIJAH - https://youtu.be/IeEiggUn3f4

BROOKE

Night 1 is done and I just want to express my thoughts on my fellow housemates.

Ashlyn- I’ve reached out to her and got two words back and now no response so I’m not quite sure what to think of her. I’m not sure if it’s just me or if she’s gonna be the ‘Chloe’ of the season, which is not a bad thing, just a bit more difficult.

Bob- We go wayyyy back. I’ve played with him in like January and completely got fooled by him. I’m definitely going to be cautious of him but also try to align myself with him. On top of all that, I got best rivalry with his brother, Joe last season.

Cheatham- I’ve had a good conversation with him and would love to align with him.

Elijah- We’ve bonded a lot by being in the latest timezone (in America at least) and he’s even mentioned meeting in person since he’s only like a 6 hour drive from me. I can see Elijah becoming my ride or die and I definitely do feel like I could trust him.

Frosby- OMG FROSBY IS BACK TOO! We tried to work together last season, but it failed when we both found ourselves on the block on Drew’s HoH. Frosby was quick to use screenshots against me, so I will definitely be cautious knowing that about him.

Gabe- Gabe was the first one to ask me about my daughter. I definitely see him becoming an ally and a friend outside this game. He was asking me questions about Saphire’s father, therefore probably knows the most about me on a personal level.

Gigi- I’ve talked to her a little bit. I know I’m not supposed to judge people by their photos but she looks like someone who wouldn’t even hurt a fly. I feel like she will surprise me as I am not painting her as big of a threat as I probably should.

Indigo- I talked to them a little bit as well. We bonded over being lazy and loving to sing, but I don’t really see any potential in the long run.

Jacob- He seems nice. I’ve talked to him a little bit, but definitely need to talk to him more to get a full read.

Jordyn- I’ve reached out to her and have yet to get a response.

Juls- I played with Juls once before but that season didn’t go well for me. I would love to get to know her more.

Mackenzie- Okay, I know this is the same Mackenzie that took over my HoH in another game and I’m still a little unhappy about that. (I hold grudges, what can I say). Anyways, she thinks I forgave her but I will stab her in the back the first chance I get.

Nick- I haven’t talked to Nick enough to get an opinion on him, but my gut is telling me he could potentially be a backstabber.

Rodney- We talked about BB22 a little bit and bonded over that, not enough of a bond to make me want to work with him though.

Roxy- I’ve talked to Roxy a bit but don’t see them as an ally.

Sarah G- Omg where do I even start with Sarah G? Okay well she harassed and threatened me in the black hole last season (as a punishment). I still get PTSD from pings. I told her I don’t hate her, and that is true but I will NOT work with her unless my life depends on it. I will make it my goal to get her out ASAP.

Wren- I’ve talked to Wren a little bit and she seems like such a sweetheart. Definitely someone I might be willing to work with.

Right now, my thoughts are to form a 6 person alliance with 3 solars (Frosby, Bob, and Elijah) and 3 lunars (Gabe, Cheatham, and myself). Frosby and I agreed to meet up again after assessing the cast and we’ll go from there. With this twist in place, I think having 3 from each group would be a good idea.

ASHLYN

Elijah and I haven’t had much of a conversation, im going to continue trying to stay under the radar and let Elijah make enemies of his own. I won’t attempt to ally with him, for fear of being seen as a suck up- I’ll just try to be kind to him and pose not as much of a threat. My bet is he will nominate the other two highest scores, either that or someone he particularly dislikes. I’m kinda mad I didn’t get HoH, but I’ll get it next time for sure.

GIGI

So the HOH came down to Gabe and Elijah. Before it was announced, I was lowkey praying for Elijah to win over Gabe just because I have connected more to Elijah than I have with Gabe. He and I talked a little bit last night but I feel like that wouldn’t have been enough if he were to win. I’m hoping I’m good with Elijah because he seems really chill and he’s definitely someone I’d want to work with moving forward. I’m kinda hoping he nominates people from the other side because I do believe that team has more threats (just based off of first impressions).

As far as who I’ve been connecting with, I have basically talked to everyone on the cast with the exception of a few, but I’d say I’m more connected to Rodney and Roxy. Rodney and I have a little secret that no one else needs to know 😏 and that’s that we know each other! I met Rodney through a game we’re currently playing (OBB) and he’s been my number 1 ally in that game since week 1. We’ve become so close that we were talking about wanting to play another game together. He’s the one that actually sent me the app to this game so if it weren’t for Rodney I would not be here rn. He is 100% my number one ally in this game. And I want to make it far with him. But with this twist, it makes me so scared because we are on the same team and whoever wins hoh has the possibility of having to nominate from their own team. I hope he and I can survive and make it very far in this game together. Anyways I’m pretty sure like half of this cast knows each other and have some sort of pre deals going on anyways so I don’t feel bad. 🤪 I just don’t want to openly make it seem like we know each other so we don’t become targets, so RODNEY WHO??? Haha jk. They better not come for him or come for me bc it’s gonna go downnn😈. (Lmao)

With Roxy, it’s so easy to carry a conversation with and I feel like me and her are similar in a lot of ways so we kinda have gravitated towards each other.

I’m hoping to make more connections obviously as the game progresses.

The twist:

The twist is pretty cute ngl but it can fuck up my game 😫😫 which I don’t like. The fact that my own teammate can nominate me just doesn’t sit right with my spirit. I’m hoping I can avoid the block but we will see. 🥰 I’m so curious to know who Elijah is gonna nominate. Gonna try to find out where his head is at.

Anyways that’s all for now, sorry for writing so much <3

WREN

so.. i’m not very close to eli.. but we talked abt trees!! idk how promising that is. i’m trying to hang low, but i might’ve screwed up. what if people target me because they think i’m just a waste of space? i have to win the next comp that comes around.. or i need to get some “special power”.. either way, i have to get out of the shadows if i want people to see me as a game player.

BOB

I don't really mind Elijah winning, but at the same time, I haven't connected to him all that much so far so maybe I'm at risk. Who really knows? However, I have made my immediate connections with Frosby and Brooke that give me allies on both sides of the house immediately. Frosby is wary of Brooke, but that's dumb to worry about this early---everyone will want to stay safe. I get on super well with Rodney as well, loveeee talking BB with him so much. I'm trying to mend fences with Mackenzie, just don't have the energy for it lol. As far as the twist is concerned, I like the idea of it and I feel like it's not an overarching twist that will take away from gameplay so I see it like this: normal weeks as an option is great, but every other week it probably benefits me more to work with the other side. If you are going on the block by your own side, then you need the other side's votes. If you are going up at their hands, then you need to have good bonds with them. If they are getting nominated by either side, who friggin cares because it won't be me! I guess there are some benefits to maintaining relationships on my own side, but strategically, you cover more bases by cozying up to them.

WREN

so eli wants to make me a pawn against jordyn.. and that slightly worries me. she’s extremely inactive, so maybe i wouldn’t be kicked off. but everyone knows pawns go home a TON. i don’t know how i feel about it.. but if it wins me an one on one alliance.. it’s worth it. especially such a strong player. this can backfire or help me a ton.

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KZK Discord Digest 6 - Week of Jan 18 - Jan 24

BLAU NOTES:

We had a snafu with the second database earlier this week. Kat tried to manually alter an entry and it got submitted before he was done writing, thereby accidentally overwriting all purchase logs in that DB with garbage entries. IT IS NOW FIXED. We had a quick response from our host and they got it rolled back. Vendors were taken offline for a few hours while they worked. We had to manually re-enter some entries that got lost during the rollback, so if you get a redelivery from that timeframe that says ADMIN SEND, that’s probably why! If you made a purchase on that database (Stone Pillar / Direwolf) between Jan 17 and Jan 21 2019 and you can’t get a redelivery please contact Sylver Bu. This did not affect our primary database. I put up a crystal in the mainstore near the Direwolf vendors that gives info for how to get creator files for em. This does not directly sell you the devkit or anything like that, and is meant more for folks who do not use Discord or follow group notices. Got friends lookin for that stuff, point em to that.

The deadline for getting the Direwolf Devkit Preorder discount has ended. Also, neat news! If you made a Direwolf purchase before or on January 20th, you qualify for the preorder bonuses!

Our plans for the first half of 2019 or so (no dates set in stone unless mentioned): 1. Direwolf v1.01 update. The preorder bonuses (Direwolf plushy av & rezzable objects; two exclusive skins) will likely ship around the same time as the update rolls out. 2. Elemental Kirins Round 3: Ragnarok, Nova, Aeterna, Teknika (Destruction, Creation, Time, Technology respectively). 3. KAT - Con Crunch for TFF. Aiming for a spot in the Artist Alley. 4. KAT - Moving cross country. Will likely be limited availability for about a month. Likely happening in April. 5. New server & database setup. Aiming to launch late February / early March at the absolute earliest. This’ll allow us to combine our vendors & have a more robust back-end to prevent any more potential database weirdness. Bit more info below. (Kat already spoke to someone at Caspervend about their system. They don’t support the way our vendors are set up & the sheer number of items we sell.)

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Jan 18

Blau Last Friday at 7:50 AM @everyone forgot to mention here, but I put up a lil crystal in Okarthel by the Dire vendors that you can click and get links/info for the PSDs/Devkit stuff. I'll update it as links change / new stuff comes out. So if you have any friendos wondering where to get resources to make stuff, point em that way :smile:

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Jan 19

Blau Last Saturday at 8:39 AM @everyone Morning! Smol clarification, you don't buy the devkit from the crystal, you still have to contact Kat / Sylver Bu. The crystal just pops out that information. More for folks who don't pay attention to Discord or Group Notices. :3

Kat Last Saturday at 6:17 PM @everyone Attention artists, new and veteran. I know a great many of you preach by Gimp, or paint tool sai, or clip studio paint, which are all great programs, but, something I learned very recently is that you can get Adobe Photoshop CC for just 11$ USD a MONTH. No, this isn't an ad, but I know for many of you the cost of Adobe's subscriptions are often too much. Thanks to a helpful tipster on twitter, if you go into adobe's website and sign up for/switch your plan to the 'Creative Cloud Photography' plan, it includes Photoshop CC for only ~11$ a month. again, not telling people to ditch their free software, but this info is useful for those looking to get their hands on Photoshop. Please don't take it the wrong way.

KatLast Saturday at 6:32 PM @everyone To Clarify (as I have a bad habit of using the wrong words), I recommended PS strictly for 3D applications--If you're a budding 3D artist, or want to get into doing texturing for 3D models, most software is configured out the gate to work with PS, making for better streamlining. Not to mention native support for PSD and PSB(obviously) means you don't have to worry about files not opening in other software (as sometimes happens). PS is by no means a true 'art' program, in the vein of krita, sai or medibang, ect, so for art, stick with the freeware. but for 3D, i can't recommend PS enough. its 3D feature takes some getting used to, but can really help you quickly block out markings and ideas, all with the support of Photoshop's

@everyone Please stop advocating piracy. Seriously. its not funny. KZK is not the place to promote breaking the law. I don't know how many times I have to say this. Fun fact, kzk almost got shut down because I was a stupid fuck like 10 years ago and built everything using a cracked copy of zbrush. I got busted and their lawyers hit me with a nasty cease and desist. So I saved up, bought a legitimate key and play nice like a responsible business owner. Kat's lesson for the day, do with it what you will.

Blau Last Saturday at 6:43 PM @everyone Subject jump, but, tomorrow is the devkit/fatpack discount deadline. Can grab the Fatpack & Devkit combo for 9kL$, or if you already have a Fatpack, just get the Devkit by covering the difference for 3kL$. After tomorrow the offer expires! (Folks who have worked on contacting Kat prior to the deadline - sorry if we missed ya! As long as we hear from you before the deadline we'll honor the discount)

Kat Last Saturday at 10:57 PM @everyone So.. Some uh. bad news. We'll call it that, in favor of 'Oh shit I might've just fucked up real bad'. Novice mistake, but I basically nuked our second database. And the real kicker? Apparently when flame and I set up the second database back in 2015, something went sideways with the backup automation. We have no backups of either database at this point. As of right now, my only hope is that my host will see my support ticket ASAP, and rollback my server to the 18th, to before I fucked it all to hell. This means I will be losing ALL SALES DATA for the 19th, 20th, and 21st. But that's preferable to losing 3 and a half to four years of sales data. This is the BEST possible outcome, The worst being that its completely and totally gone. Please wish me luck. I'm trying not to freak out right now. I really am. and please, for all you code monkies out there, please keep any 'humorous' anecdotes to yourselves. I already feel like a piece of shit for literally putting the database down like Old Yeller. However if you have any ideas that might help us recover the lost data, I'm all ears. Thanks.

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Jan 20

Kat Last Sunday at 12:48 AM @everyone Got a quick response back from my host, and its looking like I'll only be losing purchase data for the 19th. I can manually restore that data once the database is restored (assuming they succeed.

Blau Last Sunday at 8:44 PM @everyone Heyo! Our host is working on getting things fixed. Until they give us the all clear we're pulling ALL kzk vendors down to prevent them from trying to update and breaking things over. We'll send notices/announce when it's all done! Thanks so much for your patience :heart:

Kat Last Sunday at 9:19 PM @everyone Good news everyone! Our host was able to successfully roll our second database back to an image of the 17th. So this means we're missing effectively 3 days of transactions, BUT between Second Life and the server's emailed receipts, I can manually rebuild those missing chunks. Now, that said, we're already hard at work backing up the system, and discussing plans to update the system to avoid this again. And for those of you suggesting caspervend--I already looked into them. The owner told me himself that his system can't do what I need it to. THank you for your patience. I'll bring the vendors back on in a few hours.

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Jan 21

Kat Last Monday at 3:40 PM @everyone So it'll take me a fair bit to finish combing through emails, local chat logs (as I get an inworld message from the server for each sale), and cross referencing them against offline emails received to avoid any duplicate purchases, but I should be able to manually restore most if not all missing purchases. I say most because there's at least a couple hundred entries effected by the data loss, so a couple are bound to slip through the cracks. Once the seas settle, i'm sure well come across the missing entries and restore those over time.

Now, on to the topic of avoiding this in the future: A brief overview of our systems: We have 2 vendors because we have 2 databases. Naverous 1, when flame wrote it wayyyy back in 2009 (in fact the system officially turns 10 years old in a day or two, I think.), it wasn't built to last as long as it has. We'd expected to be able to put together a worthwhile successor far sooner but life got in the way. This scare was the final nail in the coffin and we've already discussed internally plans to completely overhaul the system. All new vendors, new server, new database, the idea being that ALL avatars we sell will be in ONE vendor (With the exception of the one-off stuff like we've already got inworld). Once done, the old databases will be called 'Legacy'. The crystals for those will remain active, but all new purchases will be relegated to a new database with better redundancy to avoid data loss and better memory to handle the large quantity of items we sell. We'll keep you up to date on that, thank you.

Kat Last Monday at 3:48 PM @everyone Apologies for the notice spam lately, but lots to say: Current plans: First up, Direwolf 1.01 update. Fixes, improved resources for user customization, the 2 freeby skins, and the direwolf plush preorder bonus. once that's done, I'll get the last 4 Kirins done: Ragnarok, nova, Aeterna and Teknika. And then I go into con crunch for tff, prepping everything I'll be selling there, assuming we get lucky and get a table in the artist alley lottery. Then, i'll be moving cross country. that'll probably take up a month or so of my time, between packing, moving, and unpacking. after that, I can start talking new stuff, By then it'll be may, so I'm looking at what I want to do for the summer. I'm heavily leaning toward something awesome, but it depends on whether or not I can get it done in a timely fashion (Lesson learned from the direwolf). the new server won't be available til late feb, early march at the EARLIEST, but we're giving that plenty of time under the hood so eveyrthing works correctly. Thanks.

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Jan 24

Kat Today at 1:34 PM @everyone So, in this, the year 2019, our lord and savior Tetsuya Nomura has finally blessed us with a new Kingdom Hearts game. It launches today in Japan, so we'll no doubt start to see more posts regarding plot and spoilers on the web. I've already had a huge issue with youtube putting leaked footage in my recommended videos. I shouldn't have to say this, and while it isn't KZK centric or even important to the operation of the business as a whole, its something I'm very passionate about--Whether its KH3 or any other game, movie, or title that people are VERY excited for, DO. NOT. POST. SPOILERS. I will personally hunt down anyone who posts even minor spoilers and introduce them to the ground, and in the words of Android 17, Your relationship will be intimate. I know myself and MANY people who grew up with KH are super super stoked about 3 and getting it spoiled would seriously ruin the day. :heart:

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lenaglittleus · 7 years

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How I Found a Better Work-Life Balance

When I started The Healthy Maven, I could have never dreamed I would one day call it my job. It was 100% a passion project that I started in order to connect with like-minded people and share my love for health and wellness to a community that I *hoped* might be interested. I also not-so-secretly hated my job and needed an outlet where I could express my creativity and feel productive at the end of the day.

A simple decision to start sharing my journey on the internet completely changed the course of my life. Did it come without struggle? Definitely not. But after 4.5 years of THM and 3 years of running it full-time, I’ve managed to sort out a thing or two. One of the hardest parts about running my own business and also having an extreme personality is my inability to STOP working. When I’m passionate about something, I want to throw myself into it completely, sometimes at the cost of my own well-being and social life.

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored conversation written on behalf of The Quaker Oats Company. I was compensated for my time; however all opinions expressed are completely my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that help make THM possible.

In the past, I used to eat up the messages and the people promoting the work-hard, hustle-harder culture. I used their words to validate my own overworked schedule, even though I knew there was a better way to manage my life. In the end I ended up with some pretty bad burnout and some not-so-happy people in my life, myself included. I had built a business I was proud of, but I couldn’t say the same about the person behind it.

I knew that when I was too busy helping other people lead a healthy and balanced lifestyle to have time to sit down and eat a real meal, and instead found myself eating popcorn for lunch and scrolling Instagram at 10:00 PM that it was time to make a change. The last year of my life has been precisely this.

What I’ve discovered is that “hustle” doesn’t mean working all.the.time. You can be passionate about something and still live your life. It just requires some commitment and a lot of practice. Even if you don’t work for yourself, many of these tips apply to you too.

I committed myself to finding a better work-life balance when I wrote this post last year. Here’s what I learned along the way:

1. Boundaries

I couldn’t start this list without first talking about boundaries. Whether you work for yourself or for other people, it is imperative that you determine your personal boundaries. I love my job, but I don’t want to be working on it 100% of the time. That meant creating a work-schedule that was structured and manageable. I think a lot of people are surprised to discover that I don’t work evenings or weekends. Of course, I’ll pop in to say hi on Instagram or upload a video every now and then, but for the most part, once 5:00 PM hits or the weekend rolls around, I’m OFF.

Determine what your personal boundaries look like. At my old job, I refused to give out my personal phone number or add email to my personal phone. This allowed me to focus on my life when I wasn’t at work and not let my personal life distract me at work. It may seem extreme, but if you’re a workaholic like me, sometimes you need to take extreme measures.

2. Stop Pressuring Yourself

Don’t overcomplicate your life! You can’t do everything, you just simply can’t. While I’d love to wake up, have a gourmet meal, be active on Instagram, write 5 posts and record a podcast and video at the same time, it’s just not possible. Stop having unrealistic expectations of who you want to be. You will always fall short. And I can attest to the fact that this is a pretty crappy way to live.

Things like implementing the 80/20 rule (more on that below) or simplifying your meals can save a ton of time and make your day a lot more enjoyable. Quaker asked me to chat more about this topic as they’ve released their new Overnight Oats. All you have to do is add milk or your non-dairy option of choice to the single-serve container the night before, stir, place the top back on and let it cold-steep overnight in the fridge. They’re all about making your mornings easier and hassle-free!

Each single-serve container features a blend of oats, fruits, quinoa, flaxseed and nuts – giving you the nutrition you want to help start your day. I’m getting my whole-grains, fiber and a nutritious breakfast without any added colors or preservatives. Time hacks that don’t sacrifice flavor or nutrition are totally my jam!

3. Remember the 80/20 Rule

Otherwise known as the Pareto Principle, this rule states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. That means that rather than trying to do EVERYTHING, focus on the 20% that will yield the highest result.

In the past I’d do things like comment on other blogs, drop links in share groups and post 6 days a week. Even though I felt like I was doing something, the reality is that I was taking my precious time and investing it into something that brought little return. It’s not just about simplifying, but about determining which of the many activities we have to do will actually deliver results.

4. Invest in Yourself First

I can’t even tell you how many times I’d look at my to-do list and realize the last thing on the list was my own self-care. Last year I flipped that idea on its head and I made self-care a priority. And not just “ooooh I think I’ll end the day with a bath” kind of self-care, but “what exactly do I need to do to feel sane today?” kind of self-care.

You are the only resource that matters when it comes to your work. If you’re burnt out, you won’t get any work done so it’s important to take care of your finest resource, you. Some days that means I wake up earlier to meditate, or stop what I’m doing to do a yoga session. Sometimes it means sleeping in because I’m exhausted or putting my phone away while I eat. It may look different everyday, but stop putting yourself last!

5. Get in the Flow

Similar to above, it’s not only important that you invest in yourself, but also in your work environment. I absolutely must have a clean space before I get anything done. I’ve also learned that I need to get dressed and put myself together before I can even consider focusing. And then it’s about making your space more enjoyable. I love diffusing an inspiring essential oil blend, making a cup of tea and listening to music while I work. Making it more fun actually helps me focus better and not avoid the things that I find myself procrastinating…ahem…emails.

6. Move Around

Work is not just about sitting in one place and twiddling your thumbs. Move around! I probably move 4 times throughout the day. I like to start my morning on the couch, move to the office, get creative in the kitchen before settling on our bench at the end of the day. Changing your environment can refresh your brain and inspire new ideas. Sometimes I like to work from coffee shops or even in a park. Don’t think that you need to be sitting at a desk and staring at a screen to be working.

7. Know Your Value

I’m so passionate about this topic that I wrote a whole blog post on it. If you find yourself swamped with work, ask yourself if the stuff you are working on either a) pays your bills or b) helps get you closer towards your goals. While there are tons of projects I’d love to do everyday, I’m strapped for resources and until my landlord takes payment in exposure, I simply cannot commit my time to projects that don’t pay my bills or fill my soul.

Once you clear your schedule of the things that don’t matter, you will find yourself with way more time to focus on the things that do.

8. Live a Little!

The best decision I ever made for my business was to work less and live more! Living my life inspires my creativity, let’s my body reset and actually reap the benefits of my hard work. It also means that when I am working, I’m actually able to be present and focus. I used to work wayyyy more and get wayyyy less done and it’s simply because I felt like I had to be working 24/7 to be successful. Do I work hard? Yes. When I’m focused, I’m incredibly focused but when I’m off, I’m off.

I now know that the only way I can be consistently successful at what I do is to respect my own limitations and embrace those moments when I’m not working.

It’s not always about working harder, but working smarter.

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If you’re interested in learning more about Quaker’s new Overnight Oats, you can check out their website here. They’re currently available in four different flavors:

Blueberry Banana & Vanilla Bliss | Toasted Coconut & Almond Crunch | Orchard Peach Pecan Perfection | Raisin Walnut & Honey Heaven

Do you feel you have a good work-life balance? What tips would you add to this list?

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