#just don’t want burnout

[mdmszee]

neighborhood kid pt.2 …

making progress! rlly like how illuminating this cas lighting is on sims, and love how it transfers to live mode on the sim profile in gameplay @vyxated <3

gonna edit a few of the kids/teens in @ratboysims save file (even tho they already look amazing, I’m just enhancing them a little with some skin details) !

once I’ve done enough, maybe I’ll put them up for download! cuz it rlly is a struggle to give your child sims some friends unless u have a diverse save file yk?

#ts4 wip #save file wip #just remembered the kids have to have parents #nooooo #help lmao #I’ll try to create a few #just don’t want burnout #maybe I won’t create a lot of kids #like 6 or 7 tops #simblr #sims 4 cas #rb

[doodledrawsthings]

I'm sorry if this is of any inconvenience but I was wondering how do you have the courage to post your art online cause iwant to do it to someday but I just can't find the right drawing though I've tried I can't figure it out like how do you do this wonderful stuff without worrying about hate or anything?

The main advice I can really give you is just. Don’t. worry about that.

People online will be mean, sometimes. Sometimes accidentally, sometimes with an understandable criticism, sometimes just for the sake of getting a response. Take it all with a grain of salt and curate who you follow and who you see on your dash and in tags if you’re that worried about it. I think when you post your art or anything you do online, that’s just something that has a possibility of happening no matter what you do.

Also I just really think it’s unlikely that anyone’s gonna just send you anon hate because you posted some drawings, unless they’re, like, objectively offensive for the sake of being offensive, or something.

Just try not to take social media too seriously, IMO. When I started posting here I posted grainy iPhone camera doodles of Transistor fan art from my school notebook cuz I liked the game and wanted to see if other people liked it, too. I wanted a place to put the things I drew and a place where I could track my progress as I posted my art over the years, and maybe even meet people. If that’s what you want your eventual art blog to be, then that’s all it really needs to be.

If it’s something more practical you’re looking for: when I was starting out, I would load up the post I wanted to make, hover over the post button, and count down from ten. When I hit one, I just post it, no matter what. If I really didn’t like the post, I could just delete it.

#I don’t mean to sound blunt or make it sound like it’s so easy #like I get it #I’ve gone through stuff like this as well #I still have my highs and lows of managing anxiety depresssive episodes burnout etc #it’s hard. especially if you use Twitter or something and are constantly seeing people yelling at eachother for whatever reason #but if I were you I’d weigh out the pros and cons: #is showing off your work worth the risk of having to deal with the possibility of people being mean to you online? #it’s ok if it is or if it isn’t but no one else can decide that for you #ALSO ALSO #like I said: posting REALLY REALLY does NOT have to be a big deal #post whatever #post a scribble you did of a dog you saw at a park #just make sure it’s what YOU want to post

[verkomy]

I feel like my art is regressing and I want to scream

#I’m gonna be honest with you #I’ve been struggling with art this year so far #like I’m drawing things but it doesn’t bring me much joy #and I don’t really feel inspired #I try to power through it but it just makes it worse I feel #is this burnout? #I just want to sleep #artist struggles #text

[danothan]

tough pill i have to swallow is realizing that “getting better” doesn’t mean “getting to do more things,” getting better for me means taking better initiative in protecting myself. and THAT means making sure i do LESS things

#sounds kinda obvious but i only just realized it lmao #feels like i have to grieve a lot of my goals now but no one said the healing process would be easy #danbles #and for anyone else that has a disability that prevents them from doing smth #or trauma that makes certain triggers limit their opportunities #or neurotypes that make it harder for them to love smth like they used to #or whatever else #i don’t want to make it sound like you have to give up on the things that make you happy #I’M certainly not going to #but a huge value of mine has always been experiencing everything life had to offer #and everytime that backfires (whether it’s burnout; triggering a flashback; triggering an episode; putting strain on my body; etc) #i always just thought to myself ‘it was bad timing’ or ‘i haven’t gotten better yet’ bc the endgoal was to always get to that point where #i could experience it. i want to try new things all the time. i want to feel normal and be included in everything #but if smth keeps Making Me Feel Bad then maybe there isn’t a version of myself that can take it on #it’s not resilience to put yourself in harm’s way #idk how well i’ll be able to put this into practice tbh. i rly rly like exploring different experiences #even negative ones are valuable to me #but the least i can do for myself is recognize that i might not always be the problem #maybe i’ve already hit the limit on all the self-work i can do. maybe it’s the environment or situation itself that’s the problem #fuuck guys ​i feel like i’m going thru a stage of grief here why is this shit so hard 💀

[choface]

for hs4 rollout I would like to manifest sudden, surprise drops

#🕯️🕯️🕯️ #want to wake up one morning to a photoshoot a single and the album release date and tracklist #I don’t want to scour the internet’s html coding for clues #meaning no eroda or you are home scavenger hunts #maybe it’s swiftie style burnout too #i just don’t think harry needs that kind of marketing anymore to get us hyped #we are hyped already but #we’re old and tired and impatient #im going to approach this album era differently in terms of fandom consumption #because i really struggled with fandom and burnout during Harry’s house #anywayyyy just thinking about hs4 and how my blog will navigate #hs4 is coming

[mochiwrites]

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#delete later #hi I need to scream into the void again #that ask couldn’t have come at a worse time jfc #I am. tired man #socialization is hard #burnout is kicking my ass #I can’t connect with people #at this point I just want to waddle around to different friend groups and ask to be adopted /srs #but I would feel guilty if I did so I just don’t #but I really want to #would anyone even want to drag me into their group #;-; #between the month I’ve had and the day today has been #and that ask I’m just #*lays on the floor* #I want to stop existing thanks #I’m sad and lonely and no matter how hard I try to fix that nothing works #I’m so close to just giving up man #2024 has been pure shit so far #and I hate it

[clambuoyance]

I’ve never been so obsessed with a character so bad that I literally can’t do anything else I’m like the squidward meme watching SpongeBob frolic outside the window stretching a hand out to all the pretty paintings and animations and comics I see in my head but being unable to feel any motivation for it . If only i could use the energy spent to create 20 kon doodles to sit down and concentrate on a single finished full piece I used to be able to make like 5 page comics what happened to me

#sighs yes before anyone says anything IK it’s probably adhd related 😭 #BUT ITS GOTTEN SO BAD I CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IN MY BRAIN HOW DID IT GET WORSE #it’s probably a mix of burnout too but I don’t get tired of drawing ? #it feels like when u get dizzy or change glasses or so #and it’s either everything is wayyy too in focus and you can see literally everything clearly that it hurts ur brain #which doesn’t help given how saturated w information the world is always #and simultaneously somehow everything is blurry or out of focus and I physically have to strain myself to hone in on one thing #I JUST WANNA READ COMICS AND FINISH A DRAWING AND HANDLE WORK AND SCHOOL AND TALK TO MY FRIENDS #ALL IN OME DAY #BUT MY BRAIN IS LIKE. TODAY IS ONLY FOR COMICS. YOU CANT DO ANYTHING ESLE #😫🫶 I’m deleting this later I’m just ranting LMAO #I’m highschool it’s crazy bc I did okay and then honestly i just think my ability to concentrate has deteriorated as the years have gone by #free me!!! #either way I want to lessen my social media and just pick One bc girl I have an Instagram a tumblr and a twitter this is horrible for me . #honestly I’ll probably pick instagram and just post on tumblr when I have art #I already do that #I mean when I have Good art. #IM RAMBLING IDK

[semiferalstreetcoyote]

studying cú chullain and thinking about how one crime committed as a youth can steer the direction of your life forever. the dehumanization of being called a dog to replace the one you slaughtered yet wearing it like a badge of honor. the achillean knowledge of your fate and the bold race to meet it. the final taboo to commit, the blood of the hound, not being so far off from what began it all in the first place. also my personal opinion that he’s a werewolf given his thematic ties to dogs and the gaelic emphasis on shapeshifting and the fact that sometimes in battle he turns into a horrible ghoul but mostly the other stuff i said before

#cú chulainn #cúchullain #irish folklore #i’m ngl i don’t have any cultural ties to ireland or the mythology so there’s a chance im way off and if so that’s my bad #i just think it is. very neat #wanting to draw werewolf cú chullain is eating at me rn but the artistic burnout is real

[candyheartedchy]

I keep trying to get back into drawing my self ships but I still feel empty and conflicted about shipping with certain characters now.

#like the one with the possible canon x canon ship still bothers me #but also I just feel like all my ships don’t bring as much joy like they use to #where some f/o(s) I still have strong feelings for but at the same time I feel embarrassed??? #like I’m being judged #and I’m trying to take breaks here and there #but then I get nervous because I’m not drawing #which sucks because drawing is my outlet #and then I get frustrated because when I do sit down to draw it feels forced #like I’m losing my passion in art #I want to say it’s probably still burnout I’m dealing with but idk #also sorry for the negativity lately I’m trying to get better #💬 chy chatter 💬 #vent

[khytal]

also sorry I’m kind of taking an art break it’s not because I’m out of ideas but I drew a lot last year and I feel like I haven’t given myself time to do anything other than draw

plus a break will be good for me 👍

#khytal.ks #I want to recharge before I experience actual burnout #which has only happened to me once before #I mostly just don’t really want to render anything rn slfhksxhsj #so I may still have some doodles but for now no finished pieces

[fraberry-stroobcake]

how do you artist friends work around.. making dozens of doodles hoping to actually work on smth and make smth good or at least for a good sketch and everything turning out awful.. i’ve spent hours just now and it’s making me exhausted it’s so draining and i don’t know what’s wrong with me or my art or how to go around it.. i hate it

#frabrant #is it burnout; is it smth else? #is it that one thing from an earlier reblog where your skills don’t match your knowledge or smth but then what the heck am i supposed to do #UGH i hate it :((((( and i don’t know what to do with it #just when i wanted to open commissions too…… ;-; #genuinely making me feel miserable with thiis..

[kurakuradonn]

tfw you really want to say thank you to a nice comment on your art but you overthink on how to respond (and it’s been 1 week/month since they last left said comment)

#victor frankenstein #kura’s frankenstein #shitpost #🛎on queue. #I just overthink and don’t want to seem like I’m choosing favorites/gatekeeping/ignoring others in some way #or fall into a social burnout/get in a bad headspace with anxiety 🥲 #but seriously I do read the comments and I keep little screenshots of them for motivation sjsjsj #so I’m very happy to see them #🦋musings #insania scientia #kura’s sketches #kura’s art tag

[doodledrawsthings]

Do you plan on there actually being a story for soss

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe, most likely a comic.

#I have been in a several months long episode of burnout which has fundamentally #changed my relationship to my enjoyment of making art #I’m mostly just trying to get that enjoyment back rn #I’ve been getting better I think #and I’m slowly slowly putting together what I might wanna do with soss together #but the motivation to start it is absolutely non existent rn #so for the time being I’m just trying to enjoy drawing stuff again and drawing for me #while exploring the characters before I get around to feeling like doing comics again #sorry to people looking forward to when I finally get my ass in gear and hunker down to make something #truth is I don’t know when I will actually do anything with soss IF I even get around to it by then #but right now I’m just trying to prioritize my brain and right now all my brain wants to do is draw loose pretty doodles of #my OC’s hanging out

[dreamings-free]

Hi, do you know if this true? https://www.tumblr.com/awesomefringey/736084928800964608/hmmm-do-you-know-anything-about-this-some-says?source=share

hmm I don’t know.. just like op of that post, I have no knowledge of who he did or didn’t (un)follow. and most of louis’ band and management still follow him.. but I agree it is weird how he seems to have left very suddenly. I think the last time we saw him with louis was lisbon.. and then he was just.. not there for the rest of europe? he wasn’t even there for louis’ huge milestone moments on the uk tour leg which seemed very strange after how long they’ve been working together 🙁

#anyway even if he quit doesn’t mean there was any drama.. #JD also seems to not work with louis anymore at least not regularly #but I just assumed he wanted to stay in the US near his family and focus on local jobs #i mean touring is exhausting #so maybe both joni and JD just decided to stop doing these long tour jobs other people on louis’ crew have done the same #both krupa and tour manager mark brightman have quit extensive touring #(mark is now the festival director of AFHF) #there could be all sorts of reasons joni would take a break or quit altogether #that doesn’t involve any falling out with louis and/or his team #like if he’s stopped working due to stress or burnout he might have unfollowed everyone to not be spammed with tour content every day.. #we don’t know but him and lou go way back and seemed to care a lot for each other #so I can’t see them suddenly having some big falling out but who knows… #but yeah I miss him 🥺 #anon asks #hi joni #lt team

[munningham]

Chrissy lives AU - what comes next Part 2 (this ended up just being Christmas Break)

Part 1 here

After the night where Chrissy showed up on his doorstep at midnight, Eddie starts sneaking into Chrissy’s room every night once her parents go to bed. He makes her laugh and lets her cry and paints pictures with his words of the amazing life they’re building in Chicago. There’s a lot of hilarious mornings of Chrissy frantically trying to hide Eddie under the bed, in the closet, behind the door, before her mom comes in.

Eddie hears it all though. How Mrs. Cunningham talks to a Chrissy, the endless stream of backhanded compliments and criticisms and always always always comments about her body. Eddie knew Chrissy had it rough and eating disorders are no joke, but actually hearing the monologue that Chrissy has been listening to every day for 18 years.....it takes everything he has to not lose his shit and start screaming. Conformity really is killing the kids.

After the first morning he promises that he won’t leave until after Mrs. Cunningham has done her morning wake up call. He sits with Chrissy after her mom leaves the room and quietly has her repeat her therapist’s affirmations. You are loved. You are enough. Your body works just the way it is. You are strong and capable. She’s a stupid mean old bitch who never deserved you. (That one is Eddie’s).

They exchange gifts Christmas Eve night. It’s unconventional, but there’s something so beautiful about the two of them sitting on her bed with just a small light on, with the moon lighting the room through the snow falling outside. The first gift Eddie gives her he swears is not her real gift, but it makes her burst out laughing. Carefully wrapped in a box is Eddie’s old Black Sabbath tshirt. “I mean, it’s already yours, I hardly get a chance to wear it anymore, I figured we should just make it official” he forlorns, putting on a dramatic show of huffing and sighing like seeing Chrissy in that tshirt isn’t the hottest sight in the universe. Eddie’s next gift is a new necklace. It’s a crystal wrapped in gold wire, on a gold chain. Eddie made it himself, twisting the wire in spirals and swirls and carefully wrapping the ends so there would be no sharp edges. “This stone, it uh, it reflects light. It’s not a flashlight or anything but I just, I liked that it could give you light. And tell me if it’s too heavy, I don’t want it to be uncomfortable.” Chrissy kisses him soundly and wraps her arms around his neck. “I love it Eddie, it’s perfect. And no, it’s not too heavy.” It is weighted, but it’s a comfortable weight. Like it grounds her, she feels its presence when the world starts spinning out of control, like Eddie is there with her. She tells him it’s the best gift she’s ever gotten, but Eddie shyly hands her a third small wrapped box. She instantly takes back her words when she sees what’s inside: a mix tape of Eddie covering her favorite pop songs. George Michael and Cyndi Lauper sung by Eddie’s earnest, raspy voice with his guitar is the most beautiful music in the world. This gift makes her cry.

Chrissy also gives Eddie three boxes. The first is a new set of guitar accessories (slide, clamp, new strings, and a tuner that actually fucking works). She teases him that it’ll take all the fun out of watching him try to tune his guitar by ear or banging his old piece of shit tuner on the coffee table. “Veronica is gonna be so spoiled” Eddie grins. The second small box is a set of shiny black dice with silver numbering. They’re not the cheap dice Eddie’s been using since middle school, they’re really fucking nice. “Where the hell did you find these?” Eddie asks. Chrissy grins. “I asked the guys from the store in Chicago. They gave me their catalogs and let me put in an order through the store.” Eddie is impressed the store employees were even able to have that conversation with her - as loveable as those guys were, they were completely inept at pulling two words together in front of a pretty girl. The third box has a framed collage. It looks like a shadow box for a sports team, but it says “Hellfire Club”. It has the yearbook photos dating back to 1981, where a sophomore Eddie Munson stands grinning with a bunch of other freaks and rebels. Over the years the other kids in the photos change, but Eddie is always there, grinning with his tongue out making devil horns. The last photo Eddie doesn’t recognize. It’s not a yearbook photo. He looks closer and sees Henderson, little Wheeler, both Sinclairs, along with the new faces of Will Byers, Max and El, posing in the theater, proudly wearing their Hellfire T-shirts. “They actually kept it going?” Eddie softly asks. Chrissy grins and nods. “Every other Friday after school. They weren’t thrilled about taking a photo until I told them it was for you. You built something Eddie, you should be proud of it.” Eddie stares at the shadow box some more, with a wide smile on face, until he finally looks up. “You’re amazing Chrissy. God I love you.” “I love you more Eddie”. “Not even possible, princess”

Eddie has to go back for work after Christmas, but Chrissy’s break lasts until the end of January, so he calls in reinforcements from The Party. Between Christmas and the end of January, the Cunningham residence experiences a never ending stream of calls and visitors. Steve drops by to visit some afternoons and charms the pants off of her parents (“You know Chrissy, he’s going through a rough patch right now, but the Harringtons are such a good family, you should ask him over again”). Steve and Chrissy have definitely had very similar experiences, they have some heart to hearts about not living up to expectations and finding your people.

Steve’s presence is also not the worst thing in the world because Jason is also home for Winter Break. Jason stops by one afternoon, but when Steve opens the door and gives him a look, Jason leaves without ever coming in. Chrissy thanks him and then awkwardly tries to explain that Jason might think there’s something going on between them, and don’t get her wrong Steve is a great guy and would be an amazing boyfriend for someone, but she really loves Eddie. Steve smiles and shakes his head and cuts her off.

“Relax Chrissy, I know. Don’t think for a second I don’t see those eyes you and Munson make at each other, Jesus it’s disgusting. I also really don’t feel like being axed or stabbed or whatever these freaks do to guys who hit on their girls.”

Chrissy opens her mouth to object, then sees the smirk on Steve’s face. She lets him continue. “Jason’s an asshole. He’s one of those assholes who’s only ever going to think of girls as property. So, unfortunately that means he’ll only back down if he thinks another guy has “staked his claim” or some other macho bullshit. So if I have to swing by every so often and eat your mom’s sugar free cookies to keep him from bothering you, that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

Chrissy smiles and gives him a warm hug. “You’re a really good guy Steve Harrington. You really don’t have another girl you’d rather be spending the holidays with?” Steve just hugs her back and doesn’t answer.

Robin and Nancy take Chrissy out during the day as much as possible. Nancy is also struggling with college and the pressure to live up to her own expectations and how do you find a normal when you sleep with shotguns and keep flamethrowers in the closet? Even with going to college with Jonathan, it’s still rough. Robin is living her best lesbian life at Smith. The 3 of them have lots of talks about finding yourself and being yourself and what are we supposed to do in this fucked up world anyway.

The Wheelers is still the place to hang out, so Eddie calls their house as often as he can without being annoying so he talk to Chrissy. Nancy runs interference when she needs to. (“She’s not here right now but she’s okay, Eddie, I promise.” “You don’t know what her mom is like Nance.” “I know, I know. I’ll call her after dinner tonight to check on her.”) Chrissy tells Eddie that Jason came by, but Steve scared him off. “So he’s going to uh, just like, “have a presence” I guess, to keep Jason away.” Eddie is not crazy about pretty boy Steve Harrington half-pretending to date Chrissy, but he also knows how dangerous Jason is, and Chrissy is there alone, and the whole damn town is rigged to back their golden boy, and honestly Steve is probably the one guy in Hawkins that Jason won’t take on. That doesn’t stop Eddie from calling up Steve and having a little chat with him, thanking him for helping with Chrissy and Jason but also, “just keep your fucking shirt on this time Harrington.”

#Jesus you just wish these kids had cellphones #I picture Mrs Cunningham as being like Lucille Bluth or Mother Adler from Wil and Grace but not funny #like all of the snark and comments and digs but without the love #and Jonathan took the photo of the Hellfire Club for Chrissy during break #it is quite OOC for Eddie to really not have kept in touch with Dustin or any of the kids during those first 5 months #but I really wanted this moment between Chrissy and Eddie #I’m sure they talked but just about other stuff #I don’t think Steve has a thing for Chrissy I just don’t know who he likes #some of the gift ideas are from other writers - a couple of fics have Eddie singing pop song covers for Chrissy #and someone on here did a thing where Eddie gave Chrissy a heavy dice necklace #I just forget who #and the gift of the old rock tshirt is from the og burnout and the cheerleader couple #the one and only Hyde and Jackie #eddie x chrissy #eddie munson #eddie and chrissy #eddissy #st4 #chrissy cunningham #steve harrington #nancy wheeler

[taehyungfirst]

I think the problem with the fandom is only going to continue. Because yes, there will clearly be a comeback and group efforts. That's the whole point of enlisting together. But there is also no way they are going to give up on their solo activities. They want to continue in their own individual endeavors, which are not only unique from each other but from the group. And that will be hard to navigate with a fandom this splintered and dysfunctional. There will be clear pressure points. And like we are seeing now with Tae and JHope, when members activities overlap or seem competition, the dysfunction shoots through the roof.

There is likely the most potential for that when it comes to JK's solo efforts. His sound and his goals (mainstream/Western pop success) are in most direct competition with the group. JM solos are bonkers but committed. So they will keep streaming and crying about how persecuted he is. And while Tae clearly has challenges when it comes to the company and the fandom, I do think he has one of the strongest long games because he has spent this time wisely establishing his unique sound/approach and continuing to build not only his immediate support network but his broader one.

Hi! I agree it’s going to continue but they will have to wait some time when they come back for other solo content. I believe they will be immediately rushed into working on the bts comeback, then the tour, and after that (2 more years?) they will resume again their individual projects. Or else they’re gonna be overworked and exhausted. In the meantime, they’re gonna have to interact with group content and I hope that stan twt will grow a backbone by then and bully off the akgaes. Or at least don’t be intimidated by them? 😭

When projects overlapped, for awards season, they always said to vote it for the member who was leading, what changed is that they get jealous when it’s the member they don’t want to lead, so they should drop the ot6/ot2 mask.

Jk is being recognized by the gp so he could get that push, Jm I feel is strictly connected to bts and still didn’t make a name for himself (must be the sound? I feel like he’s still navigating), Tae is being smart and building his loyal fanbase so we will see how things go.

#i don’t want them to drop solo activities i need them to be individual artists too so that they can continue to pursue #their genre/passion or else they’re going into burnout just like black swan said #thank you for sharing your thoughts :) #ask #bts #fandom discourse