This Is The Beat Of My Heart

A song that altered your brain chemistry

A song that makes your soul ascend

A covered song that was better than the original

A song that summarizes you as a person

A song that has been a favorite recent discovery

A song you didn't immediately like at first

A song that puts you into a creative mood

Favorite song to workout to (or that you could imagine yourself working out to if you are a conscientious objector)

Favorite songs for a nighttime drive

Favorite song(s) to play air guitar to

Favorite song(s) to play air drums to

Rotation of four desert island songs

Song(s) you wish you could hear for the first time again

A song you have to be in a certain mood to listen to

A song you are obligated to rewind if you did not fully appreciate it the first time

A song you wish you could tell your younger self about

Favorite song from a genre you don’t usually enjoy

Short song(s) you wish were longer

Song(s) you wish you could hear again for the first time

Song(s) that must be fully appreciated with headphones in

Favorite song from the year you were born

A song that, in your opinion, encapsulates a certain decade

A song you wish you could hear live

The song that introduced you to a new artist

Another favorite by an artist considered a one-hit wonder

A song you want to sue for emotional damages

A song you never skip when it plays on shuffle

A song that you made your entire personality for a bit

A song so deeply personal you rarely let it see the light of day

Song(s) that sound ahead of their time

Song(s) that you were obsessed with for a time but haven't listened to in a while

Song(s) that would be required listening for your children

A song you think would kill a Victorian child

Four songs that would be featured on the soundtrack of a movie you directed

The first song you'd share with the aliens

The final song you'd play while the world ends

If your health bar were blinking, this song would revive you

If you were a siren it would be this song you sing to lure sailors to their death

"You'll know I've been cloned if I ever forget the lyrics to this song"

@introvertsnation

buy a pack of chapsticks and put one in the pocket of all of your coats and jackets because you always forget to bring one and chapped lips is sensory hell

leave important things where you can see them. if they go in a box or a drawer you will forget they exist

put any appointments or deadlines in your phone calendar As Soon As you get them. set a reminder for a week before, a day before, an hour before, as many as you need as often as you need them.

when that little voice in your head says "i dont need to write that down, ill remember it" that is the devil talking!!! write it down anyway!!

plan for down time. have a few hours at the end of every day to just do fun stuff like engage in your hyperfixations. even if you didnt get all of your work done that day, have the rest anyway. you probably spent the whole day beating yourself up for not doing what you Should be doing, so you still need the break.

if you never eat vegetables because its too much effort to chop and cook them, get the frozen or canned shit. it doesnt go off for ages and you just have to microwave it. theres no point buying fresh vegetables if they just keep going off and being left to rot in the bottom of your fridge

if you struggle to decide what to have for dinner every day, take the decision out of it. choose a set of meals and eat those on rotation until you get sick of them, then choose some new ones and do it again.

Re-creating my first webcomic from 12 years ago, "Hair Expectations vs Reality."

I can't help but feel all kinds of emotions after re-visiting the original comic: the one that started it all. A lot has changed since then, and I feel so fortunate to still create art and tell stories for a living. Thanks for your support, and sticking around for so long ❤️

Check out the other versions:

2014 (OG)

Outlive the orange

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