Local Artist Cryptid

me at 2 am:

We are doing a Peebles Preesh art week for Amy’s Birthday! Spread it around, but it’s a seeeeeecret until it starts!

It starts on Sunday May 17th and ends on Thursday May 21st (her birthday). The daily themes are 

Day 1 - May 17th: Space 🌠

Day 2 - May 18th: Pottery and Plants ⚱️🌵

Day 3 - May 19th: Western 🤠

Day 4 - May 20th: Henry 🐕

Day 5 - May 21st: Happy Birthday! 🎂🎁🎈

-gotta have eat first

-gotta sleep enough first

(seriously so many days i’m like “i have all afternoon I’ma Do a Thing” and then i just kinda buzz around and do Nothing and think “WHY” and then i’m like “oh yeah i’m really fuckening tired”)

-gotta be Excited About It (ADHD brain only does things if they’re Literally the Most Interesting Thing Happening Right Now) (so like, hype yourself up to work on a project, or think about how happy you’ll be with a cleaner room/all those chores done)

-gotta have small, doable first step (like, “get cloth from fabric drawer” or “open google docs”

-FUCK distractions (computer is in drawer, phone is Off)

-Engage the Senses (if task needs Brain, play vague background Music, if task needs No Brain, listen to audiobook/podcast)

-maybe set time limit so i don’t get lost??? e.g. i have a little egg timer that i use because the ticking isn’t distracting but is enough to remind me that Time is a Thing that is Passing Right Now

-gotta have Self Awareness and Thinky about the Moment (get into the habit of Consciously Noticing what you’re doing at the moment, so you’re more likely to go “wait, this isn’t what i wanted to be doing” and be able to redirect)

-be willing to redirect and try to do something else if whatever you want to do Just Isn’t Happening

-DON’T beat yourself up for only doing part of something, or failing entirely- all that does is make your brain associate “trying to do stuff” with “well that SUCKED”. Which means you don’t want to try again. Tell urself u did good for trying, and if it didn’t work, try again later, or figure out why it didn’t work and try a different way. Reward yourself for trying

Solatium in tenebris.

You are valid as all hell. Everyone goes through rough times. Even myself on any given day!!

This does not make you bad, an annoyance to those who love and support you, or even a shit person for needing to heal and take space from loved ones to work on yourself!

Because guess what?

You may not feel or look the same after you take steps to heal- this doesnt make you any less wanted or stunning as an individual.

Breathe. Unclench your jaw. Roll your shoulders-- even if youre in mid breakdown- take a breath- let it out. Scream silently or loud into a pillow, or flood my inbox with what you need to say off your chest. And know- you are not alone. If you are feeling some certain way, its okay to feel it. But you dont have to bottle it up.

Yes, you!

The wonderful being reading this!