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You drown yourself in music, movies, writing
And what does it get you, dear one?
A short while of escape, of forgetting
The house around you is silent and still
Devoid of life and movement but for that
Which you create yourself to drown out
The madness of silence.
The distractions fill the void for a little while
But in the end
You are still alone
Sunday. I finally gave loulla (my ukelele) her fix in the neck. And yes I have an exam tomorrow
99 Distractions for when you need them
Drink a cup of hot tea
Wear soft, comfortable clothes
Take a bubble bath
Take a long shower
Get a massage
Get a manicure
Read a magazine
Wash your hair
Wrap up in a blanket
Give yourself a facial
Colour a colouring book
Play with Lego
Blow bubbles
Light candles
Read your favourite children’s book
Make a snack
Have a nap
Watch a funny video
Watch a good movie
Read a joke book
Watch the clouds go by
Play with a pet
Drive with the windows down
Braid your hair
Do a crossword puzzle
Research a topic
Complete a maze
Play a word game
Organise something
Listen to a podcast
Visit your local library
Plan something
Write in a journal
Talk a walk
Wash the dishes
Stretch
Dance around your room
Iron your clothes
Water your plants
Go to the park
Cook a nice meal
Hoover the house
Drive to a new part of town
Hula hoop
Practise your yoga
Play tennis
Rearrange your bedroom
Go for a swim
Run through the sprinkler
Wash your sheets
Ride a bike
Go bowling
Weed the garden
Call a friend
Make a gift for someone
Write a thank you note
Write a letter
Meet up with a friend
Visit a nursing home
Message someone you love
Invite someone to go shopping
Bake bread
Send an uplifting, kind anonymous message
Doodle
Invent something
Paint
Play an instrument
Make an instrument
Draw
Create a video
Draw yourself as a cartoon
Visit an art museum
Watch the buskers in town
Do a craft project
Try out a new recipe
Plan a new outfit
Decorate your room
Meditate
Pray
Listen to guided meditation
Download a new game
Level up in an old game
Take photographs
Compliment someone
Call your parents
Play with your siblings
Find new blogs to follow
Give yourself a pep talk
Moisturise
Tidy your room
Update your blog theme
Make a smoothie
Design your dream house
Paint your toenails
Clean your makeup brushes
Write a story
Clean the fridge
Organise your wardrobe
Watch a full season of a new show
So before Mario Kart 8 came in and stole all of my time, I was working on a pseudo-speedrunning mappack for Mari0 called Retrush. It involves time gates; the number on the gate is how many seconds the player has to reach the next gate. Hopefully I'll get back into it soon.
My math scrap paper usually looks like this: (artists do you relate?)
Life Tip #47
it’s the official one year anniversary of the truculentlife blog and i’m about to share some of the best advice i can offer!
1. if you’re gonna cheat, you better do it off of someone good. like god, if you’re a dumbass who can’t pass, what makes you think jackson, the sk8ter boy with long hair and no textbook is gonna be any help? you better sit your ass next to phillip who uses six different color highlighters in his notes and reads psych books for fun when testing or else you’re both book stupid and street stupid!
2. throw your phone in a ditch!! actually don’t, but when you have an entire day full of chores, pUT THAT PHONE SOMEWHERE YOU’LL BE TOO LAZY TO GET TO!! i literally just put it on the very top of my closet where i can’t reach it at all without getting a stool from another room which is so?? much ?? work?? as much as i love this site, that bitch is a distraction and i become a million times more productive without it!! imagine,,, getting rid of your distractions to get shit done? amazing.
3. if you wrap yourself up in three million blankets, you might be able to pretend it’s the heat of the warmth and love of the universe, though i suppose that’s really hard to imagine. universe, why are you so mean.
4. use hAPPY PLAYLISTS TO GET YOURSELF HYPED IN THE MORNING!! if you aren’t blasting “eye of the tiger” and that one really peppy song from trolls at five a.m. are you even living correctly??
5. cover your entire mirror in sticky notes talking about how amazing you are!! that’s right bitch, you’re fUCKING FANTASTIC! and those flaws? welp, can’t see them because you covered the entire damn mirror in sticky notes, too bad
Side-eye. I wonder how many times he's been playing and just caught glimpses of weird stuff at the corner of his eye and his subconscious is just like "keep singing, just keep singing, don't mind that, it was nothing, just keep going" 🤣🤣
I've been trying to clip we coded for an hour... #chocolatecat #mocha #annoyingcat #distractions #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram
Let me think about this for a moment?
Time
more time
more time
more time
greedily grabbing it
just to throw it away
i need more time
i don't have time
things are piling up
i look the other way
just runnin' away
runnin' again
what's your address
i'm just up in my head
my eyes follow the blaring screens
noise drowning my thoughts
before they can breathe
the music's loud
i don't even understand it
avoiding my language
so the lyrics don't get to me
i don't wanna feel
anything; it's too much
my eyes are glazing over
my mind's gonna explode
it's all too much
so I shut it off
shut it off
just get stuff done
but off I go
cause I've found another one
another distraction
it's pulling me in
everything's great in my head
the real world briefly flashes
before my eyes
until I face another screen
and pay it no mind
complaining about time
till I have none of it left
now the consequences
of my actions
they're chasing me
but I'm runnin' again
runnin' away.