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Jumping in the deep end

alt title: spontaneity other folks have already sung the praises of learning to appreciate the mundane, and they're right but there are probably some obvious ways you can circumvent mundanity in your day to day – you know you better than anyone; what does your heart yearn for? what do you wish was a more active part of your life? then just fucken go out there and do it. do it in the scariest way possible. lower the barriers you've constructed around yourself to keep you safe and comfortable, because those things are what define mundanity. reduce the friction to do medium-challenging or medium-scary stuff by doing big scary stuff. then do it again. and again, and again it's going to be exhausting, there are going to be lulls between the times when you do the big-scary-thing that opens doors, but the more you do it the easier it gets and the more momentum builds from initial pushes november 2023 i was taking djing lessons, and i had made some progress but had never dreamed of actually playing for people (or at least not like, any time soon.) after a lesson i saw an instagram post about an open decks that very night. i forced myself to go – and absolutely fucked up my ~15 minute set. but a year later, i was invited by one of the hosts to play another open decks. then a month later, my friend asked me to dj vinyl for her birthday. two weeks later i got booked for a party, and a week after that i got asked to play another party where they recorded my set and put it on socials show up to a pottery studio and ask them about their course offerings, go to an open mic and perform something you've been sitting on (or just pull something out of your ass), just step off the ledge and lo and behold, you'll be in the water

@alaiyo

Feb 1, 2025

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Submitting writing

feeling the fear & doing it anyway ! yolo you know ?

@natashaa

May 23, 2024

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doing something you don’t know how to do

the trick here is to imbue yourself with total confidence that within you is a kernel of mysterious wisdom that will grant you the ability to do any skill passably the first time you try i do not recommend trying this with things that involve high stakes i.e. flying a plane, surgery

@hundrednamed

Feb 27, 2024

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leaving if you arent having fun

trust me, dont stay just bc u think it might get better, listen to ur body <3

@hera

Apr 26, 2024

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making the most absurd analogies in order to remember something

i do a lot of theatre and my choreographer always labels the moves as something like “take a shit!“ or “fart and smear it around!” she’s the best and we all remember the choreo. the more absurd it is the more likely you are to remember it so have some fun

@hera

Apr 30, 2024

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In person shopping

the department store music playing overhead - extra points if its jazz, warm interactions with other shoppers, befriending the cashiers, finding those treasures you never would have found online, going out for coffee after your shop, feeling so pleased you can support these local businesses because they make your day that much better

@hera

Apr 27, 2024