LaughingPuffinღ

If you know what you'd have to do to solve a problem, but you just don't want to do it, your main problem isn't the problem itself. Your problem is figuring out how to get yourself to do the solution.

If your problem is not eating enough vegetables, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make vegetables stop being yucky". If your problem is not getting enough exercise, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make exercise stop sucking ass". You're not supposed to just be doing things that are awful and suck all the time forever, you're supposed to figure out how to make it stop being so awful all the time.

I used to hate wearing sunscreen because it's sticky and slimy and disgusting and it feels bad and it smells bad, so I neglected to wear it even if I needed to. Then I found one that isn't like that, and doesn't smell and feel gross. Problem solved.

Lyoko Warriors - Submitted by jeremiebelpois

people keep calling it the “sad” route, like it’s some kind of punishment or lesser choice. like staying a spawn means you failed him. no. you don’t get it.

spawn ending is the only one where astarion refuses to become the thing that hurt him. he doesn’t kill hundreds. he doesn’t ascend. he doesn’t take the power that was used to destroy him and turn it around to destroy others.

instead, he chooses himself.

he chooses the long, painful road of recovery. he chooses to feel. he chooses fear, and weakness, and uncertainty — because at least they’re his.

he’s not a pawn. not a weapon. not a monster in someone else’s image. he’s just Astarion. for the first time in 200 years.

and yeah, it hurts. yeah, it’s messy. yeah, he’s scared. but healing isn’t pretty. healing isn’t clean. healing is quiet mornings and shaky hands. it’s learning how to live in your own skin. it’s learning how to be without needing to win.

Atlantic Puffins. The adult puffins return to the cliffs around 21:00 to bring food back to the nests, and the golden hour light is perfect for photographs.