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“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass

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Watching AOC playing Among Us with other streamers is something i didn't knew i needed. This is wholesome content

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Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Others TBD Characters: Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, …or does she actually fix it, More tags to come as the story progresses Summary: Hermione explores Hogsmede and meets an unexpected person with red hair and startling green eyes.

After a disastrous battle of Hogwarts, Hermione knowingly launches herself into the past to make things right, but instead of going back two years, she goes back twenty. Her plans change and, with the help of Professor McGonagall, she vows to dismantle the plans of two great wizards: Lord Voldemort and Professor Dumbledore.

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Writing and editing time! ✒️ Chapter 5 was posted today and chapter 6 is being edited. https://www.instagram.com/p/CECXQ60ltqQ/?igshid=18almhsvgudte

The Traveller: A Hermione Granger and Minerva McGonagall Fanfiction

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Remember: This Will Pass!

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Harm Reduction

160,000 are dead. 

Our nation is descending into full blown fascism. 

Progress takes time. 

I wish we could flip a switch and have an army of AOC and Bernie style progressives running things. But it’s just not realistic to think we can get there overnight. But I do believe we can get there eventually. 

I’m voting for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I am done complaining about the things I don’t like about Biden and Harris. I know they are not ideal. So I’m going to advocate to change Biden’s mind and push him towards policies I like. I’m going to advocate for better congressional candidates. I am going to advocate for better local officials. 

This “Kamala is a cop” rhetoric isn’t going to help with anything. This defeatist “they’re all the same” attitude isn’t going to help anything. This isn’t even the “lesser of two evils.” Biden and Harris are worlds away from the evil that is Trump and the GOP. It’s like saying a paper cut and decapitation are basically the same. The paper cut isn’t the lesser of two evils. It’s annoying and you want to get rid of it eventually, but at least you still have a head. 

I don’t want to die. I don’t want my parents to die. I don’t want my chronically ill friends to die. I fear if Trump gets reelected we will descend into even more chaos. Social Security and Medicare could be at risk. Both things I need to live. Things my parents need to live. 

I’m done shitting on Biden. And I’m not going to start shitting on Harris. I am going to support them and advocate everyone vote for them. They are the only viable alternative to Trump. 

I hate that he lost too, but the mourning period for Bernie is over. He supports Biden for president. We all should too. 

And, no, not voting is not an option. Don’t be that person. Perhaps you have good health and would be able to survive more Trump. But there are many who would not. Please think of them. Think of the people suffering in ICUs right now. Think of RBG fighting to stave off death.

Being sick for 20 years I know sometimes harm reduction is the only option. It always feels a bit like giving up and compromising. Because it is. But it keeps you moving forward. It allows for the chance to improve things later on. 

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You deserve a conscious lover. Someone who will not only know your favorite color or flower, but when to offer words in your rage, or the strongest embrace when no words will do.

You deserve a conscious lover. Someone who will not only work with you but for you. Work for your happiness when you’ve forgotten how to create it.. work for your smile when your lips won’t curve.

You, my dear, deserve a conscious lover that couldn’t imagine being anything else.

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Kamala made Brett cry.

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Historic. Progressive. Biden-Harris. Let’s go

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self discipline tips

here are tips I discovered very recently:

something is better than nothing. 5 minutes of work are better than zero. Just because you missed something on your schedule doesn’t mean you can’t still work on it, even for 5 minutes. Grow and build on this.

second drafts / reviews can be done after.

Don’t think you are going to do your very best work on the first try. Take the weight of perfectionism off your shoulders.

don’t think about doing it. just do it as fast as you can.

build on your productivity, not your failures.

If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once.

if you have a set of different goals to accomplish, begin with the most important one. Wait until the rotine of working for that one settles in (you feel productive and comfortable-ish), and then begin with the next. Repeat.

this way you’ll be building your way up and not juggling everything at the same time, hoping everything works out.

be patient with yourself, you’ll get there!

set smaller deadlines for your goals

have monthly and weekly-ish deadlines

e.g. if you are doing a project, due 22nd Feb, set personal deadlines, like have Introduction written by 2nd Feb, have Methods written by 10th Feb, have project complete by 18th Feb.

take them as seriously as you possibly can, don’t miss out on yourself.

write realistic daily tasks and don’t stop until you finish them. after them you can do whatever you want

on writing realistic daily tasks, the secret is knowing you can only do so much in one day, but trusting you can accomplish everything in the course of any period of time (a week, or 2 weeks or a month, etc.) because you will combine the work from all these different days.

it’s very tempting to write down all the tasks you need to accomplish in one day to just get over with it, but the real deal is you won’t accomplish half of them. You’ll feel very unproductive then, wich leads to demotivation.

spread daily tasks in the time necessary.

have a consistent sleep schedule.

if your mind isn’t ready everything will fall apart.

have one rest day per week where you plan nothing, do whatever you want except studying. this can be harder than you expect!

(don’t forget these are effective only if you actually put them into practice! good luck babes!!)

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— …This place…is weird.

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no idea if this is true, but it feels true