Brave Study

Hi, Hello, Jell-O

I'm 22, she/her, and not exactly new to the writeblr community. Sinbad Reis is my penname, but (discord) friends know me as Luce. I'm currently studying to become a middle/high school teacher, which has been a lifelong dream for me!

I write fanfiction, (urban) fantasy, science-fiction, paranormal, romance and magical realism. I've only listed the big names but I mostly love the sub-genres (dark academia, historical romance, etc)! I don't like horror or contemporary.

I like tag games, aesthetics, moodboards, story and character intros/posts, and curated playlists. My friends used to call me Memelord and Vinemaster but tbh I haven't been keeping up with the latest shitlords these last months.

I write mainly NA, although sometimes the line is blurred and I slip over to either YA or Adult. Poetry butters my croissant.

My Nanowrimo is: Braves.

I love brainstorming and worldbuilding. I have a lot of wips, some recent, some I've been working on for years. I tend to jump from one wip to another, I follow my heart mostly. It's something I also do with fandoms, social groups and what sort of media I consume. I just can't stick with one thing for very long.

Nice to meet you all! Yes, you can tag me. Yes, you can dm me about your wips. Yes, you can dm me just to chat!

I'll be posting about my wips really soon, so stick around if your curiosity was picked while reading this longass intro!

Here’s a true story about studying for finals.

The culprit:

general mathematics spread! this week was about math in finance. the classes for me were just like reviews since I learned this back in senior high! ☀️

A look inside my messy moleskine

At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.   At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.  At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.  At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career and landed his first movie role at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first major movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first major movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award for Best Director when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78. Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow. Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. 

Never tell yourself you missed your chance. 

Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough. 

Early mornings at empty libraries are my favourite!😻📚📝 Long day ahead… making sure I’m caught up and ahead of the game after my first week back in classes.

- do more things that make you forget about your phone

- do not compare yourself to other people: trust that you are progressing in your own way

- keep your heart soft, remember that there are genuinely kind people & good things in the world

- finish what you start

- be consistent, and do not be swayed by temporary moods or criticisms from people who don’t matter.

- smile more often

- be okay with being bad at something

- do not blame yourself for people who make you feel unworthy. find new people to talk to and don’t isolate yourself even if you feel awkward or unlovable. don’t convince yourself that you’re better off alone.

- go outside more often and find beauty in small things

- read more books

- be the kindest person you can be

- be so busy you have no time to be bored or dwell on the past

- learn to be patient. don’t rely on instant gratification, wait for the sense of accomplishment after completing a daily goal or achieving a long-term goal

- see bad days as a chance to start again

with 2019 just around the corner, here’s a collection of buzzfeed articles with things you can do to start your year off positively.

alternative ways to spend new year’s eve

a more or less definitive guide to showing up for friends

books for anyone who’s had a tough year

chill things to do on new year’s eve instead of going out

friendship tips that will make you say “oh shit”

how to be less judgemental 

hobbies for people who have no idea where to start

little ways to be a better long-distance friend in 2019

mood-lifting habits you can start now

people share the habit that changed their lives in 2018

people share the advice that changed their lives in 2018

tips that’ll help you be on time for everything

tiny ways to keep your long-distance friendship strong as ever

things to do alone if you ever get the chance

things to do during the week between christmas and new year’s

ways to understand yourself a tiny bit more

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