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I didn’t have the happiest of childhoods - my dad physically abused me when I was young (7-8 years old), I was sexually abused when I was around 10 y/o (a stranger) and my dad was also very strict while I was growing up, including throughout high school. I didn’t really have friends, I was very focused on my school work and lacked much social interaction - no parties, no going out. Also, we weren’t really well off as a family and that lead to a lot of conflicts and problems. I was very soft spoken, not independent at all and did everything that was asked of me, because i thought that by doing that, at least I tried to keep things floating.

Books became my escape. I was safe in their pages, I could lose myself and I could block out all the nasty things that were happening around me. I could press pause on reality and go somewhere where things had a happy ending, have adventures and most of all, have friends. 

Tumblr doesn’t have verified checkmarks. Tumblr doesn’t have an algorithm to you show ❝The Best Stuff❞. Tumblr doesn’t display how many followers you have. Tumblr isn’t obsessed with subscriptions. 

Tumblr is an even playing field compared to websites like Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Which means its up to us, the users, to spread the word of people we enjoy-- the way the internet should be.

When creators say they’re discouraged from creating because their posts get no notes, they don’t mean they will refuse to create unless their last edit reaches at least 1k notes. What they mean is that the effort they’re putting into creating something purely out of inspiration and the need to share their passion and creativity with the world is being consumed and forgotten, just like it is on Instagram. Tumblr has changed from having an even reblog-like ratio, or even twice as many reblogs as likes, to being another social media where users consume content instead of sharing it.

We’re not trying to force you to reblog everything or want you to fill your blog with things you don’t like. But Tumblr is built on reblogs and likes. This is not a fast-food company where you can order something, consume it, and then throw it away. The very base of this website is sharing, as opposed to Instagram. Here, likes don’t give our posts exposure, reblogs do.

I know there’s still a way to go, but can I just say how happy I am that the ‘medicine should be your whole life’ attitude is declining in medicine. Firstly, there’s the reduction in hours, although it can still be tough sometimes. Still, I’m 5 months into being a doctor and the most hours I’ve worked in a week was 66.

Working overtime used to be expected, and ‘part of the job’. I work on surgery at the moment, which is supposedly one of the most toxic and workaholic areas of medicine, and when my registrars leave they always say ‘make sure you leave on time!’ to me - sometimes they’ll even text to check we have. When I was on haem and my senior found out I’d been coming in early to do the list, he was outraged and said he didn’t mind if the ward round starts 10-15 mins late, I shouldn’t come in early.

We’re actively encouraged to exception report to the hospital, if we’re often having to stay late (which means we either get paid back in money or time off for the extra hours we did). 

And when I was at an academic day, someone tentatively asked if it would be frowned upon to take a year out and go travelling etc. And the professor was like ‘30 years ago we’d have probably said no. But now, we want you to actually have lives outside of medicine and be well-rounded people! Yes, go on holiday!’

Tumblr doesn’t have verified checkmarks. Tumblr doesn’t have an algorithm to you show ❝The Best Stuff❞. Tumblr doesn’t display how many followers you have. Tumblr isn’t obsessed with subscriptions. 

Tumblr is an even playing field compared to websites like Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Which means its up to us, the users, to spread the word of people we enjoy-- the way the internet should be.

When creators say they’re discouraged from creating because their posts get no notes, they don’t mean they will refuse to create unless their last edit reaches at least 1k notes. What they mean is that the effort they’re putting into creating something purely out of inspiration and the need to share their passion and creativity with the world is being consumed and forgotten, just like it is on Instagram. Tumblr has changed from having an even reblog-like ratio, or even twice as many reblogs as likes, to being another social media where users consume content instead of sharing it.

We’re not trying to force you to reblog everything or want you to fill your blog with things you don’t like. But Tumblr is built on reblogs and likes. This is not a fast-food company where you can order something, consume it, and then throw it away. The very base of this website is sharing, as opposed to Instagram. Here, likes don’t give our posts exposure, reblogs do.

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Breathless stood the travellers of the dawned night

Ten feet they ran

Now no one had any other soul in sight.

Individually each traveller walked and gasped.

Who knew breathing was such a task?

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All those hours spent walking away

And all the night changed

Was from inky to murky grey.

The new day shadowed by the dusty dark

Maybe they should've escaped

Before waters crossed their mark.

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The earth's spherical

Hence the deeds tend to come around

So, the decision of simply abandoning the smoke cloaked cities

Wasn't very sound.

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The clouds followed them wherever they went

Those angels of death and destruction didn't seem God sent.

The creators of their own destiny

Needed some clean breath desperately.

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The flowing water too had gone all black

The number of lives lost, it was hard to keep track

So when the rains came

Each one saw his own redemption.

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The dusts burnt and washed away by the acids

This wasn't the end the glories could have predicted.

But how wouldn't the life end up in smoke

When each traveller believed that planet's upkeep was a joke.

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~ aranya

Yay!!!

I want to do something but no one every talks to me on this blog, so idk. I’m think about taking some requests? Maybe doing drabbles, having a prompt list, short imagines, etc.

Yay!!!

I want to do something but no one every talks to me on this blog, so idk. I’m think about taking some requests? Maybe doing drabbles, having a prompt list, short imagines, etc.

Hello! Since I'm a relative new studyblr (waking from hiatus), I want to spice up my dash! It's sadly empty. ~

Reblog this is you are / do the following:

Medblr

Studyblr (uni)

Booklr

Lit analysis/review

Writeblr

Bujo

Resources (uni)

Academic facts/memes

Funny/Geeky facts

In this post, a faerie is asking for ‘your’ name. The way he is wording it, however, and the accompanying beckoning motion, makes it seem as though he is asking for you to physically hand your name over. Which, because of how some faeries operate, he is.

In this instance, saying your name aloud to the fae would be literally giving your name over to him, the exact consequences of which are left up to the imagination–usually, a fae even knowing your name gives it some measure of power over you, but giving something your name would likely let it completely take over your life.

You recognize him instantly. It is the Fæ whose influence your village is under, the one the elders have told you and your friends to be wary about, for the people who have been seen walking away with him have never come back.

You don’t know what he does to them. The villagers have never dared to confront him about it, never dare to address to him at all. He is not evil: he sometimes speaks blessings upon the cattle, talks the horses to calm after a storm, ensures a good harvest for the farmers, makes the flower bloom in spring even when the weather is still too cold. He is, simply, a Fæ, whose ways humans cannot understand.

What I’m looking for (like/reblog if):

Writeblrs that post about their original work not just reblog advice/other writeblrs (no offense meant at all, I just don’t need more of the same stuff).

Booklrs that post things other than aesthetics and engage with the community

Witchblrs that are heavy into Tarot and Kithen Witchyness. Bonus points if you’re a jewish witch.

History blogs that post a lot of art/neat stuff!

I’m a writeblr/booklr/witchblr/aesthetic blog which means I post mostly art.

Just like/reblog this and I’ll check you out I dunno!

Weekly Bookish Question #144 (September 1st - September 7th):

Number of pages - 827