Quick Drawing Of Cas With A Bee! Thought It Was Time For Something Cutesy After Yesterday’s Post

Deciding not to go forward with any higher education after high school was honestly one of the best decisions of my life.

I've always done quite well in school when it comes to grades etc, but for the past 5 years of it I'd spent every day exhausted and depressed, and I can't honestly say I retained ANY of the information I learned the last 3 years.

Most of my friends are currently studying, and every time I see one of them work with school stuff I just feel so relieved that I'm never going to have to do any of that shit again.

The only reason this was a hard decision for me, is because my entire life it was so ingrained in me that further studies was just what you did (especially here in norway where education is free). In the 10th grade, we applied for schools in class. It wasn't an option to just not apply, even though school after the 10th grade is optional in Norway. And then towards the end of 13th grade we had classes focusing on seeing different universities and different courses we could take, which for people who, like myself, were properly struggeling to get through each day at that school, was very demotivating. Just the knowledge of never being done with classes, studying, and tests.

My parents had a very hard time accepting this choice, being completely convinced that I'd change my mind some day, but what they somehow don't realize is that my biggest dream is working in a book store. I don't want an office job where I sit in meetings or at a computer all day, and I have no interest in taking on any more responsibility than that. I enjoy helping costumers in the store, and for a lot of people, that is the job they have for their whole life, and that's totally fine!

I am very lucky to be living in norway, where the minimum wage is an actual liveable wage (at least if you don't have kids, which I have never wanted), so I understand not everyone, especially a lot of disabled people who can't work a "normal" work-week, are able to just opt out of higher education if they are given the opportunity, simply because they wouldn't be able to survive on the money they'd get from such a job.

But for people who live in countries where it is possible to live a good life without higher education, I truly feel like it should be more normalized to just work at a place for joy, and not just as a stepping stone to a "better" position with more responsibility and a higher salary.

(Not to mention the fact that there are way too many jobs now that you seriously don't need higher education to do, but that for some reason requires it anyway)

Tourettes syndrome makes you neurodivergent

And not a lot of people know this, but sensory issues, extreme emotions, rage outbursts, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, a different way of thinking than "normal" people, and a BUNCH of other shit, are all common and unsurprising additional challenges with tourettes syndrome

It has a lot of overlap with autism and adhd, not necessarily enough for a diagnosis, but enough to make day to day life more challenging.

i think when some of you say "neurodivergent" you just mean adhd and autism

Funfact about Norway's universal healthcare

Not all kinds of treatments are covered. I have a bunch of back problems from my tourettes, so I see a chiropractor once a month, he is amazing and fixes everything in like 10-15 mins. But, Norway doesn't believe in chiropractic treatments, so I have to pay privately (or my mom pays). What treatment could I get covered? A fucking massage... I have tried it, yk, state funded massage, and it does not help at all whatsoever, and takes waayy longer, and leaves me needing a shower after cause they use oils and shit

I do find it kinda funny that the state is willing to pay for a treatment that does not work at all, but are unwilling to sponsor a treatment which works absolutely amazing every single time, and likely costs less in the long run

Castiel saving Dean from hell

Some small parts of this drawing is not included in the timelapse as I did them in photoshop rather than procreate, and I didn't record photoshop...

WRONG, I'll infodump to anyone, you aren't interested? Too bad, I have trapped you in the customs of our society and you now have no choice but to listen

born to infodump forced to constantly worry if the other person actually cares or if im making sense or if i said something wrong or if im embarrassing myself or if they want me to stop talking or

Dean rescued Cas from the empty and they had a tearful reunion in the rain, no, you can not change my mind.

A big thanx to @i-have-doubts 's amazing comment on one of my older pieces for the inspo (even though it was hidden in the tags)

Just started rereading a book I really liked some years ago, not even that long ago, it was defo not before covid so probs like 2020 ish, and I have been hit with the devestating realization that the mc, who I saw as a rather well established ADULT the first time I read the book, is now in fact;

YOUNGER THAN ME

(He is 20, Im almost 22, pretty sure I was like 18 the first time I read it)

Living my life and almost exclusively surrounding myself with queer people os such a healing experience tbh.

It's so freeing to never have to censor myself or my queerness in my day to day life, because the people around me are the same, and understand, without me having to explain anything.

The problem with this however, is that I do tend to slightly forget straight people and homophobes exist. Which creates some interessting moments at work. (I work in a bookshop)

So if someone asks me to recommend a romance book, I forget that this person might be after a straight romance, and every single book I recommend ends up being queer.

Tbf I am so visibly queer that I think they should expect my book recs to be the same tho

Here’s my take on hbo!dean, that may or may not have taken me 8+ hours to make...

alright gang we're taking "perfection is the enemy of done" into the new year and by GOD im going to be finishing some creative projects