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Gradation (Series)

gra·da·tion | \ grā-ˈdā-shən , grə- \

Definition: 1a: a series forming successive stages 1b: a step or place in an ordered scale 2: an advance by regular degrees 3: a gradual passing from one tint or shade to another

–Source: Merriam-Webster

Pairing: JJK x Fem!reader

Rating: M (🔞); NSFW

Genre: BF2L; FWB; slow burn; fluff; angst; smut

Word count: 101,772 words

Status: Completed ✅

Warnings: *additional warnings included in individual chapters as well* marriage; long-term relationships; established friendships; engagement; OC is left at the altar; lots of fluff; excessive angst; excessive cussing; thirsty thots; smut; oral (mutual); FWB; protected sex; feelings of sadness and depression; anxiety; lots of crying; alcohol consumption; psychotherapy; some light physical threats but nothing actually happens; light crack; drama; hints of toxic relationship; unprotected sex in a committed, monogamous relationship

Summary: On your wedding day, your fiancé leaves you at the altar. While reeling from the embarrassment and heartbreak, your best friend, Jungkook, wants to do everything that he can to help you heal.

Navigation:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 3.5 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 6.25 | Part 6.5 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 9.5 | Part 10 | VDay drabble

➼Cross-posted on AO3

Taglist:

The ability to walk away

The ability to manage your time

The ability to remain consistent

The ability to self analyze

The ability to learn how to learn

The ability to understand others

The ability to listen

The ability to express your thoughts and feelings

The ability to break down tasks

The ability to adapt

The ability to control your mind

The ability to ask for help

there are things you should be doing now to prevent yourself from starting to look like 🥀

Why does it matter? Future you would like to avoid the pain, limited motion, and fall risk that goes along with worsening posture.

What’s the focus?

1. Keep the flexibility in your spine

2. Stretch the muscles in the front

3. Strengthen the muscle in the back

Here are some simple things you can do daily while sitting and when you get up to go into the bathroom or the kitchen

Keep the flexibility by doing these repeated movements: 10 repetitions several times a day

The goal is to give yourself a double or triple chin. Keep your nose pointing forward, don’t let it tip up or down

Thoracic extension- use a chair with a seat back that comes up to the level of your shoulder blades. Try to bend back over the top of the chair without arching away from the seat back and without extending your neck. If the pressure from the top of the chair is uncomfortable you can place a towel there

Stretch the muscles in the front by using a door frame. This one will feel good afterwards

If this isn’t enough of a stretch you can do one side at a time. If you have the right arm up step forward with the right foot and turn slightly to the left. Then do it on the other side.

Strengthen the muscles in the back by squeezing your shoulder blades together for a count of 10 and then repeating 10 times. You can do this several times a day Hint: Don’t lift your shoulder blades up

There are lots more exercises for strengthening your back muscles but this is a good starting point and easy to do. I like doing it while driving

Tips:

Do the best you can

If it hurts stop

best of bad buddy: tropes edition | pat & pran

The one you are waiting for is...me.

I'm probably the last to notice this, and it hit me like a freight train a couple of days ago:

Pat has been waiting for Pran to come back to his life without even realising it.

And P'Aof is telling the audience this in the second episode of the show, when we already know about Pran's crush and Pat's obliviousness, but before they both were fully aware of that fact.

The fact that their time together started when Pat gave Pran his watch back after Pran saved Paa.

The fact that Pran kept their time going when he decided to wear the watch after Pat returned it to him.

The fact that, when Pran was transferred, he left the watch at home, thinking that what he felt for Pat was an impossible dream. So their time stopped while Pran was away. But the watch stayed in his house, next to Pat's, as if waiting for them to reunite again, freezing their relationship for 3 long years.

The fact that, the moment Pat and Pran saw each other through their homes windows again, Pran took the watch from the box where time had stopped while they were apart and later, when they had agreed to help each other, set the watch to run, allowing himself to hope once again.

The fact that Pran kept the watch on him for the rest of the show, even when they fought, even when he left for Singapore. He took the watch because now they had to be apart again, but it was in their own terms, in their own time. Physically apart but emotionally closer than ever.

Pat was waiting for Pran, and Pran kept the time running for both of them for the whole show.

Under the read more is a huuuuuuuge (70+) list of free resources I’ve compiled during my time studying Thai, with some resources on Isaan and Lao as well. I’ve organized it by alphabetical order for Tumblr but you can view by level, format, and content on Notion (you don’t need an account to view btw). Since I’ve been using Notion to organize and keep track of all these resources that’s also where you’ll find more notes and future updates. This list focuses on resources meant specifically for language learners and does not include native content made for native speakers.