#if you can help it

[lacewise]

Do NOT ever take professional stuff like professional criticism online personally if you don’t have ironclad evidence it’s personal. People WILL remember and tally it! There’s a v limited number of times you can try it before it becomes permanently connected to your professional branding.

#either laugh it off #debunk it #or ignore it #do not uwu sad baby it #if you can help it #I’ve seen people rightly upset torn apart by the masses for it #which is another conversation entirely #bc depending on the circumstances and surrounding context #the odds are any given person is just upset #and not ‘justly’ upset #by uwu sad baby I mean post through it #it will almost never garner sympathy #going back to make all my wording clearer bc I did treat him like EM #which was probably an overreaction on my part

[soryualeksi]

At the pharmacy, ordering two different things that are pretty much pressed plant juice that REALLY blasts through your sinuses (as it should be).

Pharmacist: "B-Both? Together?"

Me: "... should I NOT do that? It's how I've been doing it for a while now."

Pharmacist: "... Well, if you don't get sick from the combination...? Some doctors prescribe it like that, I guess...? If you want both of these together it SHOULD be fine...?"

Scaring the pharmacist with first thing in the morning, it seems. (Also yes, actually my doctor initially prescribed it as a combination attack lol.)

In related news, I checked my bank account history and it turns out that since I had Covid in October, I paid some 200€ for let-me-breathe-again medicine because I've truly been offering to take in EVERY damn bug that comes my way. :))) This is fine.

#since october/november one month covid and post covid bronchitis i haven't NOT had some level of cold a single day #when one goes away the next one comes like a wave #fuck covid #don't get covid y'all #if you can help it #soryuchan's personal issuss #blasting my sinuses with concentrated eucalyptus and every other aggressive plant #under doctor supervision lol

[courtney-deserved-better]

something ab the fact that over a third of the pahkitew casts names start with s just pisses me off

#but then again im a writer who believes you should never have multiple characters w the same first initial #if you can help it #so idk #BUT ITS LITERALLY LIKE 36% #total drama pahkitew island #pahkitew island #total drama #td #tdpi

[alottanothing]

Guess who gets to run the snack counter by herself on the busiest league night because my help is either out sick or has to work at their other jobs? Oof I’m gonna be in a rotten mood tonight. 🙄

#work problems #sigh..... #if you can help it #don’t work in the food service industry #it’s not worth the trouble #I had three customers bitch about how long it was taking to get their food out to them #I’m the only cook #and we are a SNACK BAR. #we only have the equipment to do snack bar amounts of food #at one time #and yet everyone eats like we are a restaurant #I’m under staffed #without the benefit of enough kitchen equipment to keep people happy

[dreamofyouandi]

Hi i dont answer spam messages

#i mean the like #''do x and then send this to 5 other people" #i dont like those please stop sending me them #if you can help it #ferr says aaaa

[seeing-ants]

My domain is in all that is of no importance.... Until it is.

#be careful #not to forget #if you can help it

[retrobrat]

You’d save 100% if you wouldn’t buy the shit you don’t need.

#dont be in debt #if you can help it

[betterbemeta]

always be on your own side

#if you can help it

[hello-lamppost]

Still no pay rise!!!! Fuck this fucking agency!!!!

#nobody! work for an agency #if you can help it

[hellyesconceptart]

Kind of stinks that sometimes when I try to reach out and connect and network with other artists I admire or just want to be friends with I usually get  kind of shrugged off, ignored and passed over. Like hey, I understand if people are busy or overwhelmed with their own lives as it is but every now and then shouldn’t we be more open to each other?

I tried reaching out to an old classmate I regarded as a friend to ask how they were doing, compliment their art and ask about their experience with the entertainment side of illustration and if she would like to include me in future collabs with friends, alert me to events I should attend, introduce me to people and give me any kind of endorsement…. that’s what friends do right? Help legitimize and encourage each other?

half the time I hear about people’s jobs it’s always because they knew person X they met person Y and got to work with person Z and now they work together and recommend each other for jobs!! To pave your own path it usually starts with, or helps to have, an established connection that brings you into that world.

I had gotten a rather luke-warm response, some advice to strike out on my own and seek conventions, construct my own social media forumula, reach out to new people and work harder, as if to suggest I wasn’t working hard. But wasn’t that what I was doing? In that instant I was reaching out to someone, that was the whole point! I’m generally a shy person and don’t like to throw myself at people or initiate, but I knew I needed a change. I wanted to be that change. So to start, rather than bothering another stranger, I tried to better connect with someone I was already familiar with. There was no excitement to help, no offers of introductions and inclusions, even after 2 years they still never followed me back and there was no comment or interest in my artwork…. the whole interaction felt… off. a self-implosion.

Was this too demanding? Do they think I’m just being manipulative? Are they evasive because they think my art isn’t so great? Maybe my art IS bad…but am I wrong for even trying to reach out or was it just an freak interaction and eventually I will get a more positive reception if I persist.

I can’t really say but that’s why I’m talking out loud in the first place

I don’t think people should be fearful to put themselves out there and I don’t think they should be punished or admonished from it either. A little kindness goes a long way

#probably will delete this #don't know if anyone's going to agree with this or not #don't reblog #if you can help it

[astral-glass]

Aesthetic board requests

So I want to do a few of these! Not sure how many yet, so please don’t be too bummed if I don’t get to your’s but!! here we go! I will either do mood boards of SHIPS or mood boards of CHARACTERS Please go through my aesthetic board tag and see which ones I have already done. I may not choose by first come first serve if there is a ship I don’t want to do Feel free to add 1 (one) other element to add to the boards! (ex: yellow, seashells, birch trees, etc)

#you can request on this post or via ask! #just not messages pls #if you can help it #these aren't drawings btw #and preferably no ocs

[itsnotacarepackage]

In case no one has told you: you are who you're meant to be. Whether you like girl, boys or it doesn't matter to you. Whether you speak your language properly or slang. Whether your tall or short. Fat or slim. Two legs or one. Ten toes or twelve. Whether you walk, hop or wheel. Whether you remember everything or struggle to remember anything. Whether you have a doctorate or barely graduated high school. Whether you feel like a walking dictionary or have dyslexia. Whether you rarely need a calculator or have dyspraxia. Whether you watch TV or not. Whether you read books or can't read at all. Whether you're blind, deaf or have no sense of smell. Long hair or short. If you're bald and young. Brown eyes, green, blue, red, mismatched. Whoever you look at in the mirror and know in your head... That's who you're meant to be. Don't let anyone make you feel like you're abnormal. If you confide in someone and they make you feel wrong the know this - THEY are the problem. THEY are the one that is in the wrong. THEY are not worth YOUR time. YOU are exactly who you're meant to be and never forget it.

#I'm so done #someone killed themself #she was bullied after confessing she liked girls #please don't let people hurt you #if you can help it #you are perfect #if you need to talk

[anna-mator]

everyone around me: why are you whoring yourself out sm??

me *leans in close to the mic*: Ṽ̶̧̮͙̰̓A̴̲͉̙̤͚̿̕L̵͎̹͊̒I̴͙̣̓̎̎̓͝D̵̢̨̩͖̠͒A̷̧̤̥̓̀̑̈̕T̵̟̹̘͓͂͘İ̸͙͍̣́ͅỎ̴̭̗̬͓̾̒̿͝N̵̰̞̓͌̽

#personal #don't follow me on twitter rn #if you can help it #lmaooo