#life tip

[1000-life-hacks]

#car #cars #auto #automotive #life hacks #life tips #life tip #tips

[will-o-the-witch]

Life tip: if you ever run into a professor who teaches a subject you're really interested in but can't take the class for whatever reason, ask them for their syllabus! They'll probably be happy to share it with you and now you have a list of great vetted academic resources on the subject organized by topic.

Alternatively if you don't "run into them" but you know of them, shoot them a polite email. :)

#life tip #rabbit blabs #witch tip

[erraticprocrastinator]

Pro tip for befriending writers: Help us with the weird shit. Meeting up for coffee is nice and all, but if you offer to spot me while I practice collapsing in different ways for my WIP, you'll literally be my person, no questions asked. Listen to me talk about all the random and oddly specific things I've learned through my research? Best friends. Let me use you as a human Barbie doll to visualise my scene? I will die for you.

#my best friends may or may not have done all of the above #and more #writeblr #writing community #erraticprocrastinator #writers #writing #fanfic writers #writers of tumblr #ao3 writer #writing mood #writing tip #life tip #writers life #writers on tumblr

[winwin17]

Life tip: Using your phone's flashlight becomes much more interesting when you imagine you're using the phial of Galadriel.

#lol #lotr #life tip #lord of the rings #galadriel #the phial of galadriel #lotr humor

[haruharuz]

Mindset Challenge: Week One

I’m an effort to improve my mental health (as it is kind of horrific) I’m doing a mindset challenge. I’ll post one of these every week so you can follow along.

Reframe your thoughts: Change the first thought in quotations to something similar to the second thought as often as you can. Follow up with an ACTION (A).

“I should have done more” : “I cannot bring back past time, but I can do more in the future.” A: Do one thing for a goal without procrastinating or use a pomodoro for 30 minutes

“I wish I would have-“ : “I didn’t do something I wanted, but I will do that soon!” A: Make plans to do something you think you’d WISH you’d done in the future. (Go out to eat, color, concert etc)

Feelings & Solutions:

“I’m so behind!” = feeling overwhelmed, demotivated, anxious. Solution: “What can I celebrate?” + Write/Say 5 things you did that were productive in any way today.

“I’m never going to make it.” = feeling tired, unoriginal, demotivated, and uncared for. Solution: “It is okay if I do not, but I will try.” + Write down two positive thoughts about your version of “making it” + 3 minutes of yoga or more

Stop Obsessive Thoughts:

That thought isn’t helpful right now

This is irrational I am going to let it go

I should not be making myself suffer, I deserve to feel good

Shadow Work Journal Prompt:

What was one time you royally fucked up? How did you respond? What did you learn from this? How do you feel about this now? Write down three things you need to hear in regards to this situation.

Other:

Go one hour per day with no social media. This is the perfect time for working on goals or relaxing

Do at least two yoga sessions per week that totals up to 1 hour.

Mental Health Checklist:

Have you eaten a meal? Have a meal or a snack.

Have you had water? Drink a glass.

Is your space messy? Tidy it for 5 minutes.

Did you brush your teeth/hair? If not, go do that.

Are you still in pajamas? Change into comfortable daily clothing.

#sunny rambles #mental health #motivation #depression #anxiety #therapy #adhd #actually adhd #bpd #bipolar #ocd #actually neurodiverse #neurodivergent #self help #self care #shadow work #journaling #wellness #pro tip #life tip

[she-is-ovarit]

Life tip: Date the birthday, holiday, etc. cards you give to people!

I started doing this after my dad wondered what year he got cards from, what birthday it was, and so on. It makes it more special when people are able to trace back what year that card was given.

#life tip #life hack #shitpost

[screamingfromuz]

Small tip for activism, or project managing in general:

know the limits, you have limited amount of time, and if you are not available to do something properly, just don't. In those kind of things you prefer someone who can take it to the end. Don't take too much or everything will fail.

#activism #project management #life tip #even if you think you are the most qualified person #if you will not be able to commit yourself #just don't #this came because I was asked why I don't take more responsibilities as I clearly know what I'm doing #and I had to explain that I know I won't be able to commit to more and so I just don't

[oasisr]

You are allowed to do something without being an expert. You are allowed to start an amateur podcast. You may be a beginner writer or poet.

You can do anything. You don't have to begin with expensive equipment and years of experience. That will all come later.

Just watch famous YouTubers first videos and see how much they've grown. That can be you too.

#YouTube #YouTube channel #YouTubers #career #hobbies #advice #pro tip #life tip #starting out #university #College #artist

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Do you have any words of advice for leo's in 2023?

I try to maintain what I like to call the "Tiny Baby" mentality.

It is hard, because it is a philosophy that is often not followed by adults, and as a general rule, you do not have to follow adult rules.

But it is a philosophy: the goal is to make decisions you care about, and not to worry about what anyone else will think.

That sounds easy, but sometimes it is easy to be too involved in one aspect and not pay attention to other things.

#life tip #lightningbugzz

[ao3screenshotss]

#life tip #title: #the phantom guardian #author: #missingn000 #ao3 #ao3 funny #jujutsu kaisen #getou suguru #okkotsu yuuta

[courtingwonder]

"It is harder to fight against pleasure than against anger." —Heraclitus (Greek Philosopher, c. 535 BC - 475 BC)

#quote of the day #quote #quotes #philosophers #anger #philosophy #living #life tips #life tip #psychology #ancient greece #greece #5th century BC

[wermking]

Adhd Life Tip #3

Do you lose consumable items a lot? Or forget to use them?

Buy multiples of them!

(It isn't wasteful! so give yourself permission)

For example, I sometimes forget to put on deodorant in the morning. SO I don't just have 1 stick in my bedroom. I have an extra stick downstairs that I can easily use when I'm getting ready to leave. I also keep a stick at work! It doesn't go bad & it all gets used up eventually, so instead of judging myself for forgetting, I choose to be proud of my ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 & 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* that ensures that I always smell okay around my students.

#adhd #life tip #adhd life tip #tmi? maybe. #adhd help #neurodivergent #add #life hack #adulting

[springbloggy]

Springys guide to finding new songs (spongs)

I was inspired by @pastamansta's post on finding new movies and according to my last fm account I have 24,576 scrobbles which is quite a bit. So I will give some tips on how to find new stuff as well as general tips to listening to music. Note I am more of a songs guy than an album/disography guy but I will try to give tips for that kinda stuff too.

Finding new music

Spotify

Most of my music discoveries come from spotify, so I will list tips for that first.

First, don't limit yourself to discover weekly/that weird AI DJ thing they have now. Find some more playlists to listen to! Here's ones I have saved on my discover folder, for example.

As you can see, not only do I have spotify's Discover Weekly, but I also have three based on record labels, one based on a random radio station I once found, two reddit ones (rip reddit), and one based on a music review website I like.

There's also websites that can hook into your spotify account and make your music discovery more interesting.

Skilley is a website that has sadly locked a lot of their functions behind a paywall over the years. But the functions that are still free are very good, most importantly, the search function to find new songs based on old favorites.

Obscurify is a website that checks how obscure your tastes are, then recommends a few songs based on your tastes. Pretty fun.

Radionewify is a website that claims to find new songs you haven't heard yet based on your tastes. I think its pretty accurate.

Sort your music is what I use for my discovery playlists. I like to first make things alphabetical, use sort your music to make each alphabetical playlist go from most energetic song to least, then save it all in one big playlist. Because I'm too organized for my own good.

Spotify dedup finds duplicate songs in your playlists so you never have to listen to a duplicate song ever again.

I also suggest making one playlist for your "top favorite songs" to add and remove from over time. This has helped tremendously in my discovering.

(Online) radio stations

Sometimes old school is cool! If you don't know where to start listening to radio, see if you can listen to your local college's radio station. Somehow, colleges tend to have the best stuff.

But if that isn't an option, online radio stations are your next bet. There's a ton of databases where you can search and gain a ton based on your favorite genres. A lot of them are local radio stations!

I curated a bookmarked folder of some databases/stations, so I will list some links of ones I checked out and can confirm have good stuff.

tunein | jango | accuradio | streema | radio.net | laut.fm | onlineradiobox.com | somafm

Now you may wonder "why not iheartradio/siriusxm"? I can't tell you to not listen to those, since I tend to default to iheartradio when I am doing chores and I am unsure what to listen to, but their selection tends to be extremely limited compared to the indie stations you can find online. Plus they are huge companies, so it's good to branch out and listen to the smaller stations.

Listen to some stations! You may find some songs you love, or at least have an interesting experience by the end of the day.

Youtube/Xite music

What the hell is xite music, you may ask. Well my friends xite is...vevo's app on roku. Why they renamed their app is anyone's guess. Besides iheart, when I am cleaning, and don't know what to listen to, I default to Xite and have found some good stuff from it. They tend to repeat a lot of the same songs, a ton, but also come out with the occasional surprise.

TV Shows + the shazam app

TV series writers know their BOPS. I found so many songs off of shows it's insane. Even my guilty pleasure America's got Talent got me some bops. Rarest event of all 4 of these those.

Listening Tips

Don't be afraid to admit you no longer like a song/artist/genre

As I get older, I realize I like a lot of songs/genres/artists a lot less than I did when I was younger, and that's ok! For example, I used to be really into vaporwave during 2018 - 2019, but now I can't stand most of it. I wonder why I liked it a lot of the time! There's still some vaporwave songs I still cherish, but most of it is not for me, and that's okay!

2. Don't be afraid of getting outside your comfort zone

Initially, I stuck to only indie/alternative/pop music, but decided to branch out to other genres I knew very little of and found myself surprised by how much I either liked what I found or how much influence those genres had onto other genres. Try to find music from different eras and different genres, you may like what you hear, or at least learn more about the music you do like from the experience.

3. Don't be afraid to take "music breaks"

It's okay to not listen to new music for a little while to relisten to old favorites or listen to things that aren't music such as podcasts, youtube videos, tv series, or nothing at all! Sometimes I have troubles with this mindset myself, but I found taking music breaks makes me more excited to find new music later on rather than feeling like I have to like it's my "job".

4. Spice up listening to albums to make it more fun

When discovering new albums or relisting to old favorites, find ways to spice it up to make it fun and invigorating each time. My favorite things to do are take walks, do chores, or mute a movie or tv series and see how that album syncs to what's on screen. I found it a lot more fun to listen to albums this way than to scroll mindlessly online and listen to them. Plus it helps add more perspective to the activity your doing while your listening, especially if its a movie/TV series. I am not sure how, but it helps me find little details or figure out weak spots in movies.

5. Don't be afraid of being a "songs guy" like me.

I love songs more than full discographies most of the time, and that's ok. If you find discographies tiring like I do, don't feel left out because everyone's doing tier lists and stuff. Instead share your favorite songs with others, talk about them, and maybe if you have enough songs that share an artist, then try to see if their discography is worth it. If you decide you like their hits more than their whole, that's okay! At least you gave it a decent chance, and hey, maybe some of their fans might agree.

So there you have it. Feel free to ask me if you have questions. I will try my best to answer, usually I am not this wordy, but I like songs lol.

#music #music discovery #guide #springy thoughts #yeah #q #long post #life tip

[banger-quotes]

Build basic systems to support your goals so that you don't have to rely on pure willpower to move closer to them, especially on days when you're struggling.

#By yepicurus @ instagram #quote #quotes #Tip #Life tip #Productivity #Motivation #positivity #hopecore #hope

[thegirlwhowritesfics]

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Huge shoutout to those on tiktok who share life tips.

I saw one girl who said to buy a fake engagement ring for when you travel so if you lose your ring or get mugged its not a big deal.

I got a fake engagement ring for like $15 and it definitely makes me feel better, because I wasn't even going to take my ring because I was scared I would lose it or damage it.

I also plan on getting a tattoo on my ring finger while we are away so I wouldn't be able to wear my ring anyway. but not having my engagement ring for our wedding felt a bit wrong.

#ivy rambles #life tip

[this-could-be-a-dream]

Pro life tip: do not do your work appraisal on your period, it is not the time to be realistically and fairly evaluating yourself

#adulting #life tip #work tips