Evening Child

Important note- You should take rest if you need it! We as a society need more rest than we can afford under the current system. That being said, I wanted to encourage us to live our best lives, spend time meaningfully, and achieve our goals in the short-term! Sometimes the activities I thought were restful like lying on the couch and scrolling on my phone didn’t actually make me feel any more rested. When I got up to go for a walk or pulled out a hobby even when I was tired, I ended up having way more energy than I expected at the start.

I’m the biggest advocate there is for rest and self care- we don’t need to be productive or push ourselves so hard, but it’s also good to balance that with motivation and doing the things in life that matter to you. You may never fully feel 100% ready or rested, so let’s practice being brave and not being afraid of our tiredness! ☺️✨

Obvious disclaimer that you shouldn't have wild animals as pets.

But like, cheetahs are the only large cats that keepers will do free contact with. Hell, even most small cats don't get free contact. (Because small cats can be VICIOUS. They'll have a baby pallas cat wearing thicker gloves than when handling an owl. Because small cats can just be vicious.)

Like I think the only other cat at our zoo where I've seen free contact with was servals? Because I know they've used servals in shows to demonstrate their natural jumping ability. But I know servals can sometimes have a mean temper as well. Meanwhile they'll do the cheetah run and afterwards put the mic by the cheetahs and it's just like an engine with them purring. It's fascinating to watch when the message in every other large animal is "no free contact because it's dangerous even when they're born in captivity".

“hana” means flower in Japanese, faucet in Finnish

“kana” is a word for the Japanese writing systems and also a girl’s name (I think?), means chicken in Finnish

“risu” means small twig in Finnish, squirrel in Japanese

“sora” means (among other things) sky in Japanese, gravel in Finnish

“kasa” means umbrella in Japanese, pile or heap in Finnish

“himo” means string in Japanese, lust in Finnish

“kutsu” means shoes in Japanese, invitation in Finnish

“aho” means clearing or glade in Finnish and is the last name of a former Prime Minister of Finland, idiot in Japanese

“Henna” is a not-entirely-uncommon Finnish female first name, means weird in Japanese

the two names above have been combined and cause hilarious results