#make it fun

[dzhfaer]

Interaction with people #1

Okay fellas, shits about get serious.

You know the rules. Starting with orange

#art #digital art #digital #naruto #fanart #naruto fanart #if u say naruto #fck swear to god #could be literally anyone #ill draw them in orange #sakura in orange? #kakashi in orange? #orochimaru in orange? #cmon guys #make it fun #gay

[moradach5]

My new workout routine💁🏼‍♂️

Beat Saber🤣

BUT I'm wearing a 30 pound weight vest...8 pounds of leg weights(4 each) & a special sweat undershirt.

About an hour a day. Gonna try to do twice a day✌🏼️

#beat saber #oculus #meta quest 2 #workout #workout routine #games #make it fun #fun workout #10x #10x results

[turkeydinner-jpeg]

yes college sucks and i am constantly worried about submitting homework and the system of academia under capitalism is inherently flawed but at least its cool enough outside to wear my cozy jackets and my long ass scarf and i get to take my tasty drink with me to have a nice time doing math practice with my cousin on campus and i can say hi to people i know and i have my thrifted leather briefcase full of resume and laptop and notebook and coupons and playing cards and extra spoon and pocket knife and broken keychains and i can listen to whatever music i want on my earbuds and in the car on my drive home.

so its not all bad.

#you must learn to find joy in the mundane #it is all you have #big joy and little joy yeah? #make it fun #these years are stressful but they are not forever and i will look back on them with joy because i learn so much and also nothing at all

[0verthinking1t]

Roll for initiative!

Good morning mental health blog! Yesterday I talked about my task menu and Megaboard, and the ridiculous system I have for organizing tasks. I'm happy to say that so far, it's working pretty well! It's been especially helpful keeping track of the tasks I ended up wandering off to during the day— it helps my self esteem to realize that I'm still accomplishing a lot, even if I can't see it on my to-do menu. I don't have to feel bad or argue and justify to myself why nothing got done in a day.

Today, I want to share something I call Random Encounters! I got this idea from How To ADHD on YouTube, and I decided to call it something fun and D&D related to gameify it and make it fun. It's pretty simple.

all it takes is a D20 die, some phone alarms, and a place to write/type a list. I wrote out a list of 20 small activities I can do without effort or planning, with a focus on physical movement and changing my environment. It's important to be REALLY specific; "do 3 squats" is a lot less paralyzing than "do squats", so I'm more likely to just accept it and do it right away, and "throw a juggling ball for 5 minutes" is less likely to distract and throw off my whole day than "throw a ball". Being specific helps quiet the brain fog voice that says "but that could mean anything, what's even the point? Will just throwing an object once or touching my toes for 5 seconds really even do anything??" And empowers me to actually do the things, because I know they're quick, effortless, and will definitely make me feel healthier. Some of the activities are more complicated or more sustained than others, but having to take the chance of rolling them adds to the fun. It's like playing a game with your friends where you could end up drinking a shot of pineapple juice with sugar OR straight lemon juice; the fun is in the chance that you could get a challenge instead of a treat.

To keep myself accountable and make sure I actually use the tool, I set 3 alarms at slightly weird times through the day. Times like 11:13 and 2:20, when I'm less likely to get into the rut of expecting it to happen. I also used a ringtone app to set the noise to JoCat (A Crap Guide videos on YouTube) saying "clickity-clackity you're about to get attackity" for a little added D20 fun 😛 every time JoCat tells me to roll for initiative, I roll the D20, check the list, and do whatever activity I landed on. After, I'm free to continue whatever I was doing, or use it as a refresh point and pick another Menu item to accomplish.

And that's it! It's just a fun little way to break up my day a bit and get me doom scrolling a bit less, and the bonus is that it helps my awareness of time. Here's my Random Encounters table, in case anyone wants to use it or take inspiration from it:

5 toe touches

Hang off my bed upside down

Go to the living room for 5 minutes

Put some ice in my waterbottle

Look for Blyth (he's very good at hiding)

Bug my roommate's cat for 5 minutes

Play with my roommate's cat for 10 minutes

Go to the porch for 5 minutes

Move to a song - you only have 2 minutes to pick one!

Spin in my desk chair for 3 minutes

5 lunges

3 squats

Stretch my arms and shoulders on a doorframe

15 calf raises (tiptoes)

Throw a juggling ball for 5 minutes

Change a piece of clothing

Hang from a doorframe

Plank for 10 seconds

Put one thing away

Wash 1 dish

Ironically, my Random Encounter alarm went off as I was writing this post. I rolled a 3 for going to the living room, and then realized I haven't had breakfast yet, so instead of timing it for 5 minutes, I decided to use the excuse to change my scenery and have breakfast in the sun 😊 because of that random encounter, I'm eating a meal, taking my meds, got to say good morning and pet Mars, and I got to see another human as one of my roommates was on his way out for the day. Promising myself to be accountable for at least the bare minimum has already made a major improvement to my day and my health.

#personal journal #personal experience #adhd #adhd coping #adhd hacks #mental disability #mental illness #mental health #little things #take breaks #youtube #gameify it #make it fun #life hacks #coping strategies #d&d #d20 #roll for initiative #random encounter #how to adhd #jocat #a crap guide

[baby-blue-octopus]

Fun gift idea for that fun loving Amma and her grandchildren. ✨🧡

This design is available on t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, phone cases and more.

Take a peek at the link.

#artists on tumblr #icelandic #redbubble #newdesign #findyourthing #amma #grandma vibes #grandmother #grandchildren #grandma #funfashion #make it fun #little things

[elvenblade]

@staff are you aware that there's an infestation of porn bots? Just thought you should know

#can we get rewards for reporting them? #make it fun

[oldmagpie]

number 2: engagement

I will deal with tumblr writing and engagement in a future post, that mess of angry rats that it is. Let’s talk about the bigger fish first, Archive Of Our Own.

I have some fantastic news for you all. Readers aren’t getting paid to read, right? Remember that from the last post? But guess what, writers aren’t getting paid to write, either! So how well a fic does... quite literally does not change your life in the slightest. You don’t get more money, or more publisher offers, or more awards. You just don’t, which is why writing because you just want to has to underscore all the other things always.

What about in fandom though??? It must have some effect on that!!! Well, no, not really. See, on AO3 there’s no algorithm to change how many people see your fic based on your engagement. That responsibility falls to tags, timing, and tags again. Yeah I said tags twice. They’re important, I’ll cover them at some point separately. Admittedly yes, there are ways to game the system a bit, to make sure you’re seen as much as possible, or increase your likelihood of engagement, but why? Really, truly, why? What do you actually benefit from the constant focus on making your stuff get bigger numbers? Are you improving your writing? Are you making more friends (which you might be, and if that’s the goal then maybe just have a think about quality over quantity and whether you actually want friends or just fans)? Are you cripplingly insecure and the only positive serotonin in your life comes from a 1000+ hits total? Which soon becomes 2000+, 5000+, and goes on and on forever until you’re never satisfied. 

But I want to become a Big Name In Fandom and be successful ugh you suck... Becoming a Big Name just ups the stakes on all of this, it never actually rewards you. The ‘success’ you are chasing is like being a popular kid. It won’t help you in your day to day life, it won’t make you money, it won’t make you a better person. It adds stress, and gives you a marker to never be able to fall under for fear of feeling unsuccessful. Which isn’t a thing. You can’t fail at fandom, but you also can’t win.

Engagement is addictive. Serotonin is addictive. Dopamine rushes are addictive. And if you live off it, pretty soon what gave you that rush isn’t enough anymore. And guess what, you fucked yourself. Because you can’t physically force people to engage, only optimise the conditions for them to choose to do so, and when your happiness is tied to the whims of hundreds or thousands of other individuals out there in the world living their own messy, unique lives, engaging or not engaging for any million number of tiny reasons on a given day, then you’re going to find yourself unhappy a whole lot, just by sheer statistical probability. What’s the betting slogan? When the fun stops, stop. When you aren’t being delighted by the fact that a single whole individual read your story, and perhaps even kudosed, and perhaps even commented, then have a break, have a kitkat, put the stats remover skin on and get over it. 

#magpie's pet fandom peeves #look I know there's an argument about being very 'good at fandom' leading to publishing deals or whatever #but if that's your goal then writing fanfic should be an aid - not the career path #write fic to improve but fanfic is unpublishable so you'll be rewriting it all fresh down the line anyway #just start there and have fun with fanfic #make it a hobby #make it fun #make friends #and make light of it or you'll quite literally ruin your own mood and have only yourself to blame #the end

[kitschtarot]

Sample of 💌 MESSAGE FOR ME GAME 💌 card here

Credit will be given of course 🙏🌵

🍽️⛪

All games list

#Call for submissions #Free images #Help to create #Cards #Card game #Games #Make it fun #Make it interesting #Kitsch tarot #Message for me game #human interaction #advertisement

[brightlotusmoon]

#humans are a fun species #good for them #master splinter would approve #for the city #humans will always make gods out of the absurd

[batshit-auspol]

Australian Federal Election 2001: Pranksters follow around Prime Ministerial contender Kim Beazley in an attempt to sneak fake microphones into news footage

Follow for more Batshit Moments in Australian Politics

#australia #auspol #history #fun facts #funny #country journalists make do

[emilnikos]

I need non autistic people to realise meltdowns are a real debilitating thing that has a serious effect on your mental and physical health NOWWWWW!!! The way its been trivialized and lessened pisses me the fuck off. It's not a tantrum and it doesn't come from "being too weak-willed" it's painful and it's embarrassing AND MOST OF ALL IT'S INVOLUNTARY!! Don't claim to be an ally to autistic or disabled people and then make fun of people who have meltdowns. Literally get the hell out of my sight

#i can't believe i have to day it but autism /is/ a disablity. its disabling. meltdowns are part of that. #'oh this is a lukewarm take' you dumbshit fucks have been throwing the word neurodivergent and meltdown around so #casually they have both been said at me with the same disdain as a swear word. you guys will accept making fun of autistic people #if someone jn your circle who is 'cool' does it first. at your big ages. shut the hell up

[william-snekspeare]

This is so real

#unbeweevable 😔 #I want to be totally clear I am NOT making fun of this person I think they’re totally right #not snakes #reddit #weevils #bugs #insects

[koddlet]

personal rules for winter ❄

#this was fun bc i didn't intend for it to be kind of cryptic #i just wanted to make some reminders for myself about winter cuz i never learn #especially the back cover which i guess isn't really a rule but still stands. i'm in a rural place so when it gets dark it's Dark #and its hard to want to do anything #zine #mini zine #illustration #nonfandom #analogue art

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

#ra speaks #piracy #media piracy #pirate to make hondo ohnaka proud #obligatory ‘don’t fucking pirate small authors/artists works wtf dude’ statement. #anyone who’s seen my media bitching before knows I’m a hype man for indie films this ain’t about them #this is about corporate streaming services killing physical media bc sales numbers are less impressive than number of streams #edit: USAmericans stop telling me to buy DVDs and blurays at Walmart. think outside your borders for a hot sec. fun thought exercise. #your experiences are not universal #edit: WHO GOT THIS TO 100k. I JUST WANT TO TALK (this post is my second to hit 100k woahg.) #in other news: fix your fucking posture. drink some fucking water. and go the fuck to bed if it’s late bc it’s for me rn. peace and light.

[jamjoob]

Screencap redraws for fun

#these r so fun to make cuz i don't need to think #also the sudden height difference???? #gobbled that up #marshall/marcy shorter so tru #adventure time #fionna and cake #bubbline #marceline #princess bubblegum #my art

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

#My art #One Piece #Nico Robin #Sir Crocodile #Y'all the OP brainrot is BAD #According to an SBS Crocodile would absolutely spoil his child rotten if he had one. *We all know how Robin's childhood went* #Scary mofo who does not know how to parent a child but boy does he have the spirit + Child who has never had proper parent in her life #They'd make. An absolute disaster of a duo. This AU concept is so fucking funny to me okay #But also sad because I would fucking die for baby Robin she deserves the fucking world #This poor girl has never been spoiled in her entire life AND NOW PAPADILE IS HERE TO SPOIL HER #You know it's funny. I know 11 yo Robin should LOOK older than 8 year old Robin. But Crocodile is a fucking giant so she's still baby sized #Also I just had too much fun drawing Robin looking as pathetic as humanly possible lmao #She's a like a wet kitten in the rain 😭