Nostalgia Bench

Raw Diet Challenge!

Challenged to try this out for a week! Raw food only! (I'm including sushi too) I did a small plan to write down everything i eat to maintain it raw XD It's for a week only. Im5not sure how this will work out, but i hope well... Trying out new things would be nice once in a while~°•○☆

I am congratulating myslef for reaching 3000 Words.. Do you see how happy I am having inly 1000 words left? I WILL BE FREE TO DRAW AS MUCH AS I CAN WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY! And also sleep and eat like an average human..without having to feel guilt..

It has been a while on tumblr♡ This is my classroom :')

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- Kuro Fes - Fujimaki sensei’s comments on each character

Kuroko: nothing more to say about him. he’s like my other self.

Akashi: original Akashi has returned after being defeated by Kuroko & Kagami, though insane Akashi has not completely vanished. perhaps he makes appearance.

Takao: to be frank, I was drawing him just like another minor character at the beginning. Then he climbed up the ladder to success like Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Midorima: whether good or bad, it is no exaggeration to say that he is the one who solidified the direction of this Manga. In a way, he is the biggest piece.

Kise: he is in fact losing almost entire match. He is a sad guy who became an outlet for jealousy that Fujimaki nurses against Ikemen.

Nijimura: there was an idea, which make his hair colour rainbow. Glad i didn’t.

Kagami: Since i found his stance, which is to play for comrades, i’ve grown   strong attachment to him. He is one of my most favorite characters now.

Aomine: a former Kuroko’s partner.Therefore after beaten, he’s been  actively participating. if you ask who explains about the ZONE, he is the one.

Murasakibara: during the game, i exaggerated his size i was nearly disoriented the balance.

people should view reading as a developed skill in the same vein of artistic ability. i think most people on this website understand that artistic ability is cultivated - it’s largely a skill. a trait that is the consequence of effort and practice. not some mystical gift of innate talent bestowed by the gods upon certain gifted individuals, rigid and unmalleable.

attention span and reading comprehension are the same!! they are malleable. and you just have to consider, which way are you molding them? and are you doing so purposefully or inadvertently?

you are not unique in having an attention span destroyed by social media. you are not unique in having adhd. or many other extenuating circumstances. and this is good news! this means that you too can improve and develop your attention span, via deliberate practice. successive approximation and clear contingencies work for people, too.

try reading just one page a day. or just one article a day. or listening to an audiobook for ten minutes a day. or whatever! ANYTHING that helps strain the muscle of your attention span, anything that gets you consuming heftier chunks of information than a tweet or tumblr post. set a small and achievable goal, and create a strategy to get yourself to do it. and then incrementally increase the goal.

consider how you can arrange your environment and antecedents for success. you can have a specific spot where you sit solely to read. or you can relegate a delicious drink to when you read, or you can have a special scented candle you only burn when you read. read a page or an article while you are waiting for the kettle to heat up or the microwave to ding. schedule it for the same time each day. whatever specific iteration works for you - whatever encourages you and creates a clear contingency.

you know how dogs can learn, “this is my walking harness,” and “this is my pulling harness,” and so on? so that they know what to expect and will easily fall into the practiced ritual? WE ARE THE SAME… you just have to choose and condition yourself to a contingency (and the options are beautifully customizable), and over time it gets much much easier.

personally, i focus better when both my hands are occupied. specifically, when they are both grasping the book, or i’m clutching a pen for underlining. i don’t know why, i just know that this is so. it helps me when i am reading a book to have my phone in a completely different area. it helps me to sit outside (though Happy is not always helpful when she interrupts my concentration for a ball throw).

when i read ebooks, it helps me to sit in a hard chair and have my phone propped up in front of me (and thus create a dissimilar situation from when i scroll social media). or to pace as i read. i read an article on my phone when i am brushing my teeth and it is hard to scroll. i rotate among books. coffee drinking is relegated to reading for me. i like to save and share quotes from what i’m reading, and discuss it with friends. the social aspect creates a further layer of motivation for me.

those are just my specific contingencies! while my attention span isn’t where i wish it was, yet, i’ve gotten much better than i used to be. i used to struggle to stay focused for a page, and now, time permitting, i read a couple hours every day. it is WORK to develop your attention span - it is a muscle like any other. but by straining it regularly, your endurance and ability WILL increase.

if you are not consuming in-depth information, you can’t have in-depth understanding. when you get most of your information from bite sized chunks, it creates a real danger you are being told what to think! vs actually understanding and agreeing with concepts yourself - developing your own takes and opinions. not to mention, you are missing out on SO MUCH. the world is just BETTER when you are engaging with in-depth information.

i truly believe it is damaging to accept “oh i just have a shitty attention span” and use that to justify forgoing any deeper interaction with material. it is a disservice to yourself! you may have to set goals so small they seem silly. you may have to brainstorm and testrun concentration mechanisms that are odd. but the average person on tumblr and twitter can ABSOLUTELY raise their focus. i have faith in you.

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Bought The first Volume of Yana Toboso's Manga "Kuroshitsuji" last weekend. In German. From Bocchan to Mein Herr. And some free mini magazines.

Q//////Q I'm happy I found the 2nd song... I love it♡ Thank you for uploading it!

My Time With You by Vanilla Acoustic

Fill You. Erase You. (Feat. 5urprise) by Tearliner

Cheese in the Trap OST Part 4!

First song from Ep 3 when Jung was following Seol.

Second song from Ep 6 the ending song.

Note: Youtube keep taking down OSTs videos so I’ll change the video from time to time every time its taken down. :D Don’t worry. ;D

LOOOOL This is hilarious tbh and so true

now that i’m older and understand how absolutely fucked the housing market is, all those horror movies that take place in nice houses where the family refuses to leave make sense. if i had a 4,000sqft vintage home you’d need to kill me before i ever moved out as well. fuck the ghost. charge it rent.