I was searching for some pretty Hanukkah gifs to schedule a post tomorrow wishing my Jewish followers Happy Hanukkah and I found a fit/shape/body building site that posted this
And I thought to myself, I simply must show my Jewish followers fit Menorah Man
The funniest thing about talking to other professional writers is when they learn about my freakishly high daily word count. They inevitably ask "How do you manage to put out 1500 words a day?" And I get to say "I spent roughly six years practicing an 175 year old form of self-hypnosis that was originally invented for seances."
It's called Automatic Writing. People say that they can write without consciously thinking about it and I don't think that's true, but I can 100% say that it's possible to induce trance states that let your subconscious flow better.
People who've played Jackbox games with me can vouch for me. My words-per-minute rate is significantly higher than most people's.
@esotericecology weighs in:
could you perhaps drop a lil tutorial on how to achieve this trance state?
1) Sit down at your computer or desk with a blank document ready
2) Set a timer for 5 minutes
3) Start writing, and do not stop, no matter what. No eraser. No backspace. No thought. The key is to overcome any hesitation. Do not look at the screen or page if possible.
4) The next day, increase the timer by another 5 minutes.
Just keep doing that until you can enter a trance state. Then practice maintaining the trance. I can keep it going for five to six hours.
[it helps to have some sort of gesture or trigger that you use to mark the start of writing. I put my hands together in a specific way and take a deep breath. I reverse the gesture when I'm finished. ]
Additionally, if you have a history of dissociation like I do, keep something on hand to ground yourself if you start to feel yourself slipping. A warm drink, something spicy to eat, a glass of ice cold water. I'm fond of simply biting into lemon slices.
Additionally, this took a while to be truly useful. It was a fun exercise for me for the first year or so.
How do you tell the difference between trance and dissociation?
Psychographic Trance feels kinda like a calmer hyperfocus or a soft flow state. Dissociation feels numb.
Senpai says you’re welcome
Reblogging again because I just realized that if I had this advice in high school I would’ve never made a tumblr account.
Also works for most of those news sites like WSJ or NYT that only let you read a little bit, or block adblockers. Also some disable the scroll bar but if you go to the right side of the console after hitting F12 and look for the CSS element “overflow” and change it from “hidden” to “visible” then you can continue scrolling for free. Might have to click around on different parts of the page to find it, but it should work.
ok I take back what I’ve said about contemporary art. This is amazing.
satosugu brain rot — f. scott. fitzgerald // hishaam siddiqi // atticus finch // mary renault, the charioteer // edna st. vincent millay // richard siken // love in five minutes // taylor jenkins reid
JOHN CONSTANTINE ↷ CONSTANTINE 1.09: THE SAINT OF LAST RESORTS PART 2.
marvel pride, but it’s just affronting the unspoken HORRORS only queer people with queer siblings know about (twitter) [ID in next reblog]
[ID: David Alleyne asks Billy & Tommy, "hey did you guys have the same queer awakening?" Billy scoffs, "Just because we're twins? Come on! I mean, we didn't even grow up together! We didn't like, watch the same stuff or-" Tommy tries to steal Billy's pizza, who elbows him off and uses his magic to keep the slice away from his brother, "Fuckin- get off me, you harpy!" Tommy pleas, "What's your's is mine, dear brother-" "My foot is about to be in your ass-- Besides, out tastes are disparate."
Tommy agrees, "Yeah. As much as I want us to be indiscernible from each other-" Billy grumbles, "Stop saying that. People are going to think you're serious." Tommy plows on, "We sadly have very different types. I'm not as into boy next doors' in mid range denim." David presses on, "So, you don't think you have the same first gay crush?" Billy shakes his head, "Lord, no. Besides, mine is pretty weird." Tommy nods, "Mine too, tbh. It's-" Both boys admit at the same time, "-Tony Shalhoub in Spy Kids."
The boys heads spin around to stare in shock at each other. Tommy gasps excited and Billy looks mortified. They start bickering instantly- Billy insists, "I don't know who told you about that-" "Nobody, brother, we just are truly connected-" "It was America, wasn't it!?" "We are one, brother, give me your liver!" David gestures determined, clearly confused, "Oh, okay! So we're just moving on from the Tony Shalhoub thing that quickly, huh!?" Teddy looks a little insulted, muttering, "Mid range denim?" /END ID]
"I loved her to the point of invention" is extremely fucking raw and I adore it.
