Ok normally I hate the edgy “what if everyone in this children’s show was actually DEAD and in the AFTERLIFE” type thing but. Total drama island is DEFINITELY set in Hell
when you find someone else who says they like yugioh and they launch into a complex discussion of deck composition with you but you’re an idiot with no head for strategical anything who’s just here for those kids with the wild hair
Something I found so so important in my days when I’m most productive is that I put away my phone and block distracting tabs on my laptop. I make a promise to myself at the start of the day to only use my device for work and when I’m not working, I’m not on my device. This lead me to creating more art during my study breaks and my days feel longer. I have more time to get things done and in the evening once I’ve finished all my work I can enjoy an episode or two on netflix guilt free and happy with how I spent my day.
(the real answer is all of them if you’re not a coward)
mr. spider - literally just a big spider what are yall doing what are you trying for here?
distortion - can you fuck it? yes obviously. but just fuckhandsmcmike is called fuckhandsmcmike for a reason and dying from blood loss isn’t sexy kids
nikola - again, can you? probably. should you? i mean? it wont kill you but her body is literal plastic and there is nothing to put anything in to or to really grind down on considering its all smooth surface. smooth plastic surface.
jane - yall know that before canon confirmation we called corruption filth right? like can you? yes? should you? do you want 1000000000 infections?
peter - could you? physically? yes. emotionally? imagine the cost. (at least he’s rich)
elias - could you? should you? do you like being the third wheel? do you like being ignored while he whines about how jon doesn’t respect him and the eye loves him so much? do you want that? is that what does it for you?
jude - are 3rd degree burns hot? is having her literally melt on you hot? idk what you’re into but have you heard how horny she is for desolation? you’ll die but you’ll have a great time doing it
jared - absolute unit and a boneturning good time 10/10 would be literally cannibalized again. (does he do that he’s a flesh avatar he probably has eaten at least one (1) person)
mike - he probably wont kill you during and some people think getting shocked is hot so like? live your best life. you’re not scared of heights right
not them - literal shape shifter????????? will emotionally manipulate but really????? literal shape shifter.
piper - i know he plays the pipe but he’s probably good with his fingers and his fingers wont vivisect you so really the only thing you’re losing is your ethics and judging by your ask you dont have them in the first place
dont let any of this stop you though, disappoint jonny at your own leisure
please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future.
Sometimes people hit a place in their life where things are going really well. They like their job and are able to be productive at it; they have energy after work to pursue the relationships and activities they enjoy; they’re taking good care of themselves and rarely get sick or have flareups of their chronic health problems; stuff is basically working out. Then a small thing about their routine changes and suddenly they’re barely keeping their head above water.
(This happens to me all the time; it’s approximately my dominant experience of working full-time.)
I think one thing that’s going on here is that there are a bunch of small parts of our daily routine which are doing really important work for our wellbeing. Our commute involves a ten-minute walk along the waterfront and the walking and fresh air are great for our wellbeing (or, alternately, our commute involves no walking and this makes it way more frictionless because walking sucks for us). Our water heater is really good and so we can take half-hour hot showers, which are a critical part of our decompression/recovery time. We sit with our back to the wall so we don’t have to worry about looking productive at work as long as the work all gets done. The store down the street is open really late so late runs for groceries are possible. Our roommate is a chef and so the kitchen is always clean and well-stocked.
It’s useful to think of these things as load-bearing. They’re not just nice - they’re part of your mental architecture, they’re part of what you’re using to thrive. And when they change, life can abruptly get much harder or sometimes just collapse on you entirely. And this is usually unexpected, because it’s hard to notice which parts of your environment and routine are load bearing. I often only notice in hindsight. “Oh,” I say to myself after months of fatigue, “having my own private space was load-bearing.” “Oh,” after a scary drop in weight, “being able to keep nutrition shakes next to my bed and drink them in bed was load-bearing.” “Oh,” after a sudden struggle to maintain my work productivity, “a quiet corner with my back to the wall was load-bearing.”
When you know what’s important to you, you can fight for it, or at least be equipped to notice right away if it goes and some of your ability to thrive goes with it. When you don’t, or when you’re thinking of all these things as ‘nice things about my life’ rather than ‘load-bearing bits of my flourishing as a person’, you’re not likely to notice the strain created when they vanish until you’re really, really hurting.
Almost two weeks after reading this, and I’m still kind of blown away at what a ridiculously fruitful definition this is. Like I had no idea that load bearing things were a thing that needed to have a word for them, but now I’m like holy shit I’m so glad that there’s now a word I can use to refer to this really important class of Thing.
This is astounding. Load-bearing. Forget spoons, this concept is wonderful. I’m going to update my Spear Theory with this.
