Alina-> SDCC 1229 / GenCon 1237: Listen, everything feels like it's on fire right now and it kinda is. But you gotta keep living and keep taking care of yourself. So do something for yourself today. Sit in the sunshine for a few minutes. Read/write some indulgent fanfic. Doodle a silly little dude. Whatever makes you happy

Listen, everything feels like it's on fire right now and it kinda is. But you gotta keep living and keep taking care of yourself. So do something for yourself today. Sit in the sunshine for a few minutes. Read/write some indulgent fanfic. Doodle a silly little dude. Whatever makes you happy

I drew a silly little picture of my silly little character from the Cypher System game I play in and it makes my happy to look at it

OMG I love this!! ^_^

tea!

An important addendum to this, though: Recharge. Refuel. And then KEEP WORKING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER

I asked roo if she wanted to go outside camping with mommo & this was the immediate and enthusiastic response 😆

Roo is the best 🩷

Doggie campouts are the best!

This a 1000 times over. Thank you

Indeed, everything IS on fire at the moment and it's healthy — nay, imperative — to step away from time to time and focus on sources of happiness. We'll all go mad if we don't.

I got D&D hopefully tonight where I get to do one of my favourite things, introducing new players to my own way of running dungeons : D but yeah, things are rough right now so we need to remember ourselves in all of this. Comfy socks, sharing a post with someone that is very them, using a nice soap

OMFG I needed to hear this thank you forever

I was about to have a long shower, work on the trashiest thing I've ever written and drink wine, and now I feel emboldened ALINA.

HELL YEAH if I have enabled even one person to write something incredibly trashy then I feel like I've done my part today

damn I'm gonna write another trashy chapter in my trashy story too

Thanks...been a rough week and I kinda needed to see a message like this today.

Hang in there!! It's a lot right now

I whacked a bunch of weeds, transplanted cucs and squash to a raised bed, and watched the Leafs win tonight. The last part is only good because they’re playing the bruins.

I ordered egg rolls and a banh mi for lunch from one of my favorite places.

It’s called ear pods and dancing like no one’s around.

Thankfully I don't have this feeling at the moment, but your advice is very sound, it's definitely important to sometimes step away and give your yourself a moment, or two, or three... 🙂 Hope everything "cools" off for you! ❄️

I honestly think if I hadn’t started drawing comics about my D&D characters the state of things would be severely hitting my mental health.

thank you

I could use some more of this kind of advice! 👍

Thanks for the reminder 🙏

Thanks Alina. Good idea.

you cannot cannot change the world but you can change YOUR world, and grow it a little at a time

Good advice. Modern life can seem overwhelming, especially when you are 'hooked into' fast information channels.

Thanks. I will. I decided I’m finally doing the big ski trip on Saturday, that I’ve been wanting to do for years

Thank you!

Good advice. 🙏❤️🙏

Fuck that. Do something for someone else. The whole reason we are in this mess is because people are doing things for themselves.

I’m producing a reboot of the film Secretary. I got Polly Purebred to replace Maggie Gyllenhaal. Just trying to keep my mind off of how twisted the world is right now.

I clearly remember being 20 years old & feeling deep despair that the f*cking war would never end. Then Saigon fell. Everything changed, not always for the better, but looking back, it taught me that if you're lucky, life's a long game. Blessings to you 🙏

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