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jimin wearing jungkook’s shirt and it’s a little too big on him
RM1 is coming
Why do you use tumbrl as your main social media? Is not a bit outdated and filled with weird ppl?
Very much so! It's definitely outdated and filled with weird people. But I'm afraid it has some downsides as well.
to celebrate the start of Jimtober
finally finished painting my shoes ! what do you think ?
jk sketchie
i always felt the urge to share any drawing that i made as soon as it was finished and i was kinda fishing for compliments about it cause i was proud of doing what i like but then after showing it I felt bad and insecure about it, and like it should have stayed only for my eyes and not be a tool to have the appreciation and admiration of my friends and family. Reading this made me feel better, art is made to make me feel better, if I appreciate what I'm doing, then it's enough.
🌕 god Jimin x ☀️ god Jungkook
Inspired by this fic
tell what u think (there is a version with a waist chain, maybe I’ll post it later 👀)
The Best JiKook Fics
For the past 2 years, I’ve been scavenging the best of the best. It’s been a hell of a ride going through so much stories and reading everything an author has put out. But through this journey, I’ve found such amazing writers, some of which I sometimes even go back to read because they are that good. These people really need to be applauded for putting such beautiful effort and time into these stories. Their words are literal magic. Chefs kiss for real.
Anyways, I’m still in the process of looking for more amazing fics. This is just the small list of my absolute favorites :)
These are not listed in order of favorites! Some are chapters! Feel free to also recommend some fics to me!
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✨ Love as Fast as Light - annie_vi
best friends to lovers, singer!jk, yoga-instructor!jimin, fluff, pining, hurt/comfort, smut
✨ Drop Like Confetti - annie_vi
ceo!jk, university-student!jimin, strangers to lovers, age swap, age difference, fluff, smut, light angst,
✨ bad habit - eaden
rock band au, singer!jk, manager!jimin, smut, fluff, indie music
✨ Hey, Baby, I’ve Got My Ion You - jeonify
college au, chemist!jk, fluff, angst
✨ Park Jimin’s Guide to Good Housekeeping - Ashlyn17
magic, enemies to friends to lovers, mythical beings and creatures, slow burn, bureaucracy
✨ The Lesser Evil - Rose_gold715
mafia au, angst, police brutality, smut, non-graphic violence
✨ Inevitable Us - eaden
time travel, age swap, hurt/comfort, smut, fluff, established relationship
✨ Blind Switch - Charmander
farm/ranch au, horse racing, enemies to friends to lovers, jockey!jk, spoiled park jimin, hurt/comfort, emotional abuse (from shitty parents), smut, fluff
✨ Don’t Take Me For Granted - tiffs_scribbles
brothers au, older-brother!jimin, older-brother!taehyung, younger-brother!jk, maknae line, angst
✨ What Does It Mean To Love? - tiffs_scribbles
college/university au, drama, mentions of drugs
✨ CAMELLIA - SUPPLEMIN
unrequited love, emotional hurt/comfort, supernatural, horror, psychological drama, human trafficking, organ theft, tragedy, one-sided relationship, angst, major sad
✨ Winter Flowers - annie_vi
strangers to lovers, florist!jimin, nurse!jk, falling in lover, romance, fluff, smut
✨ gossamer in the light - islandbreeze
fake/pretend relationship, strangers to lovers, slow burn, flirting, vacation, humor, fluff, smut
✨ Training Wheels - jeonify
pining, lots of pining, angst, onsided taekook, childhood friends to lovers
✨ tell me why my gods look like you - paeri
aged up characters, taehyung&jimin are siblings, aged down jimin, whipped jk, fluff, smut
✨ i still do - xxbluedust
college/university au, angst, hurt/comfort, slight unrequited love
✨ 30 Minutes- rhythmsextion
bon voyage, no plot at all, smut
✨ We Bloom Until We Ache - jeonify
hanahaki au, flower shop au, temporarily unrequited love, pining, angst, sad, slow burn, hurt/comfort, jungkook&seokjin are brothers
✨ Finally - Rose_gold715
alpha/omega/beta dynamics, alpha!jk, omega!jimin, angst, wolf pack
✨ Falling for you again - Rose_gold715
temporary amnesia, memory loss, car accident, angst
✨ a slow, steady love - naturallyvante
married life, domestic, established relationship, aged up characters, miscommunication, angst, smut, emotional
✨ shine a light through the dark - fatal (cumrich), jonghyunslisterine
alpha/beta/omega dynamics, singleparent!jimin, firefighter!jk, fluff, humor, light angst, smut
✨ walking worlds - worldcouture
fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, puppy jimin
✨ tell me you’ll come home (even if it’s just a lie) - spudcity
spies & secret agents au, con artists, humor, private investigators
✨ JIKOOK AU #1 - chinatea
soulmates au, with a twist
✨ nobody’s like you - fatal (cumrich)
college/university au, hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, angst, jealousy, unresolved romantic tension, love confessions, mutual pining
✨ I already know but tell me again - Rose_gold715
alpha/beta/omega dynamics, alpha!jk, omega!jimin, fluff, angst
✨ Like You Because - Rose_gold715
college/university au, insecurity, one-sided attraction
✨ sun and moon - NaHe
mental health issues, anxiety, fluff, angst, break up, making up, hurt/comfort
✨ A Glass of Water - Rose_gold715
college/university au, namjoon doesn’t know
✨ thoughts on friends (and loving friends) - egbuns
high school au, unrequited love, angst, happy ending
✨ as long as we’re together (does it matter where we go) - daegust
high school au, best friends, bullying
✨ Do Not Tread Gently on My Lovelorn Chest - annafeu
historical au, regency au, drama, angst, smut, master!jk, servant!jimin, abuse, sadism
✨ Ocean Eyes - Yanyiu
college/university au, heavy angst, pining, hurt/comfort, rebound, unrequited love, eventual romance, insecure
✨ the time i’ve loved you - busanpjm
established relationship, heavy angst, smut, married life, happy ending
✨ Imagining you - melodrunkcherry
fake/pretend relationship, strangers to lovers, romantic comedy, light angst, fluff, tattoo-artist!jk, mutual pining, smut
✨ Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked - Charmander
smut, police-officer!jk, street-racer!jimin, some humor, whipped jungkook, smut
✨ sinful, sweet & everything in between. - naturallyvante
police au, detective!jk, police-officer!jimin, strangers to lovers, smut, pining, age difference, jungkook is older than jimin, hurt/comfort, light angst, happy ending
✨ Red String of Fate - sweetmxchi
college/university au, light angst, fluff, hurt jungkook, hurt jimin, childhood friends
✨ The Adventures of Jikook Boyfriends - insideimasadrainbow
fluff, cheesy, smut
✨ parallax - gangbang
magical realism, post-breakup, angst, memory vignettes
✨ Seeking Alpha - Charmander
alpha/beta/omega dynamics, alpha!jk, omega!jimin, fluff, smut, online dating
✨ once upon a timeshare - namakemono
college/university au, rom com, tension, post break up
✨ Celebrity Crush - Polkari Seuta (VeritasEtVira)
fluff, humor, jealousy, established relationship, hurt/comfort
✨ It’s Still Beautiful How You See The World - SOFTAGUSTD
college/university au, whipped jungkook, asshole jimin
✨ baby, love me hard and hold me tight - MyHope (CutesyMe)
arranged marriage, dance-major!jimin, businessman!jk, CEO!jk, smut, slow burn, misunderstandings, miscommunication, light angst, fluff, smut, forced marriage, strangers to lovers
✨ 30 Days - staycute1234
cheating, marriage, divorce, angst
✨ can’t pin me down - busan_brat
pop-star!jk, aged up characters
✨ You’re My 3am Thought - loust
drunk dialing, drunken confessions, post-breakup, angst, getting back together, depression, happy ending
✨ Tonight You Are Mine - plvtoe
modern royalty au, college/university au, slow burn, romantic comedy, prince!jimin, mutual pining, angst, happy ending
✨ miss you (like the moon misses the sun) - cheeks
fluff, established relationship
✨ International playboy (don’t answer) - blt_prf
texting, wrong number, dancer!jimin, model!jungkook, college/university au, enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn, smut
✨ feeling like a summer breeze - cheeks
fluff, humor, college/university au
✨ expensive lips - flitter
sephora, makeup, strangers to lovers
✨ Dive - fleckle
modern royalty au, prince!jimin, bartender!jk, secret identity, fluff, smut, mutual pining, humor, late night adventures
✨ Leave a Light On - annie_vi
modern royalty, prince!jimin, prince!jk, childhood friends, friends to lovers, arranged marriage, light angst, smut, slow burn, fluff, mutual pining
✨ The Dreaming of Escape - annie_vi
ceo!jimin, photographer!jk, strangers to lovers, major fluff, smut, light angst, airplane
✨ Walking Through a World Gone Blind - annie_vi
blind character, disability, lawyers, light angst, fluff, smut
The good shit.
starters for enemies (to friends) to lovers/hateships
some of these can be platonic, a lot of them are inherently romantic or sexual. cw: nsfw, toxic relationships, alcohol, violence.
“So what if I kissed them? You’re the one who keeps insisting we’re not exclusive.”
“Listen, I know we’re supposed to hate each other, but I really wanna kiss you right now.”
“I’m pretty sure this is our six month anniversary. So much for one night and act like strangers.”
“All this doesn’t mean a thing. Just so you know.”
“I’m not here because I like you. You’re just the only person as fucked up as I am.”
“Y’know what’s crazy? As much as I hate you, I think you’re my best friend.”
“You want my tragic backstory, you’re gonna have to pick up the tab and get me drunk. Cause I sure as hell don’t trust you sober.”
“Can we please just fuck this time? None of the feelings, none of the trying to figure out what we are to each other, just mutually getting off.”
“Of course I don’t forgive you. Still miss you, though.”
“No. We’ve been doing this for too long to keep hiding from each other. Who are you, really?”
“You say you don’t like me, but we both know you could have anyone you want. So why me?”
“I know we had a deal, but… I think I’m falling for you.”
“Cut that out. Not in public.”
“You gotta stop wearing my clothes. It’s giving us away.”
“When the lights are off, you can do whatever you want. But that’s a different world. That’s a different us.”
“Hit me. Please. Hit me, or say something awful, or… I don’t even care what. Just let me hate you again.”
“Yeah, you could kill me. But we both know you won’t.”
“I’m gonna make it so you can’t walk. Whether that’s a threat or an invitation is up to you.”
“I don’t know who I am without you. And the worst part is, I don’t think I want to.”
“Be gentle with me, okay? You can hate me again in the morning.”
“Whatever you do, don’t go easy on me. Give me everything you’ve got. I can take it.”
“I know I should be scared, but honestly, I’m just kinda turned on.”
“Would it kill you to care about me? Oh, who am I kidding. I know it would.”
“Facedown. And stay quiet, so I can pretend it’s not you.”
“You’re not you anymore. What the fuck happened?”
“Does it hurt? Knowing that I love you like no one’s ever loved you, and my love is a lie?”
“I could learn to love you, I think. But I could never hate you any less.”
“I don’t want things to be okay between us. Life would be boring if you liked me.”
“Who the fuck did this to you? Nobody gets to hurt you but me.”
“We’re the same, y’know? Don’t worry, it’s as much of an insult to me as it is to you. But it’s also the truth.”
“You don’t hate me anymore. Not really. I can tell.”
finally finished this piece and i love the way it turned out ^^
Cardan and Jude from The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
this print will be available on my redbuble shop xoxo
hope you all will like it ^^
hey so i'm hoping to get some writing advice about creative burnout? like i seem to write in fits and spurts. some months i can churn out a oneshot or chapter everyday and some months i can do one (1) creative thing only. so i'm wondering how to prevent creative burnout and how to just create more smoothly <3 thank you!
Creative Burnout & How To Ward Against It
First, I’d like to preface this all by saying you’re definitely not alone. You probably already know this, but sometimes it’s nice to be reminded.
I know from personal experience that creative burnout can leave you feeling hopeless, detached from yourself—the kind of identity crisis no one needs in 2020.
So buckle in, folks. It’s a dosy.
I. The Symptoms
Not to be the local WebMD page here, but signs of burnout can include:
Procrastination (more than usual)
Dreading writing and feeling stuck or overly perfectionistic when you try
Physical tiredness and/or irritability
Feeling like everything is monotonous
It’s more than just writer’s block. It’s a physical and emotional exhaustion response to something that goes deeper than a simple lack of inspiration. In my experience, and from a bit of research, I’ve found that what your brain is really looking for is dopamine.
Dopamine is essentially your brain’s chemical reward system for doing something interesting or exciting to you. As someone who is diagnosed with ADHD, I have chronically low levels of dopamine, so this is a constant struggle for me—but it is absolutely made worse by creative burnout.
II. The Problem
Studies have shown that the more we do A Thing the less that thing will give us dopamine (unless a component of the activity changes regularly). This is because eventually our brains desensitise to the stimuli provided by the activity, and subsequently, we become disengaged.
But it’s not necessarily The Thing (i.e. writing) that becomes boring. Actually, more than a few factors could be at play here, and the first step to finding a solution is to identify the problem.
1. ENVIRONMENT LACKS EXCITEMENT/CHANGE—
Sometimes, the monotony of everyday life can feed creative burnout. This becomes especially applicable in quarantine when you’re not leaving your house.
What we don’t realise is that even something as small as the variables of driving to and from work, or interacting with passing coworkers, gives us dopamine. So if you have the same routine every day that does not involve any added variables, your brain will begin staunching that dopamine supply.
2. EITHER TOO EASY OR TOO CHALLENGING—
In 1975, Hungarian-American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, coined the term “flow”, which refers to a heightened state of creativity and concentration on an activity. Csikszentmihalyi posited that if your skill level is equal to the level of challenge in any given activity, you will experience this state of flow.
The chart below is taken from Csikszentmihalyi’s own study on the subject of flow and motivation. It examines “your skill level” on the x axis in relation to the “challenge level” on the y axis.
Essentially:
Too much challenge + not enough skill = anxiety, worry (which might lead to procrastination and perfectionism)
Too much skill + not enough challenge = boredom, apathy (which might lead to monotony, irritability, and other depression-like symptoms)
Skill level = Challenge level = Flow
3. NOT ENOUGH “ACTIVE” STIMULATION—
When it comes to dopamine seeking, there is a distinct difference between active and passive stimulation in the brain.
Active stimulation is any form of activity that you have to actively engage in. For instance; exercising, doing a crossword puzzle, or reading a book. These kinds of activities not only give you dopamine, they also facilitate critical thinking and problem solving thought processes, which act as catalysts for creativity.
Passive stimulation, on the other hand, comes in the form of television, social media, and YouTube. It’s anything you can consume without having to actively engage. Passive stimulation will indeed give your brain dopamine, however, it won’t activate your creativity.
The problem also lies in the speed at which you receive the dopamine from passive activities. Passive stimulation is so easy to access that the more you consume, the harder it becomes to pick up active stimulation. Your brain expects a hit of dopamine just by picking up a phone or turning on the TV—it becomes addicted to the quick fix of a Netflix binge.
III. The Solutions
Based on the problems mentioned above, I am going to list a few solutions. Keeping in mind that not every solution will work for everyone, these can act as both preventative measures and remedies for someone who is currently burned out.
1. CHANGE UP YOUR ENVIRONMENT/ROUTINE—
Aim to do at least one thing per day that will add “variables” to the monotony. This can be as simple as going on a long walk, dressing up in that bold outfit you always wanted to wear to the office but never did, or sitting at a different workspace in your home.
Anything you can do that’s simple, but might provide an extra variable to your day to spice things up. Note: this shouldn’t be the same thing every day.
2. CHALLENGE YOURSELF MORE—
If you find yourself bored by your work, try challenging yourself more. This could mean setting goals for yourself that go a bit beyond what you’ve been doing.
For example, if you’ve been writing 500 words per day, see if you can beat your own word count every day for the next week. If you’ve been writing mainly fluff pieces, switch it up and do an angst piece. See if you can write a book in a month, or start a blog where you don’t write fiction at all!
Anything you can do to add a little kick to your workload. Note: Beware of challenging yourself too much! This can lead straight back into burnout.
3. CHALLENGE YOURSELF LESS—
If you’re on the flip side of that coin, and find that you are anxious, procrastinating, and perfectionistic when it comes to writing, fret not. Just because you’re experiencing any of these things, doesn’t mean you’re incapable of doing the job with your skillset.
It just means your perception of the job needs to be shifted.
Procrastination, at its heart, is a fear of failure, which results in actively avoiding the negative emotions associated with the task that causes this fear. Perfectionism is a type of procrastination that is a combination of a fear of failure and a fear of success (or, more accurately, other’s critiques of your success) all at once.
Neither have anything to do with your actual skillset, but they have everything to do with your perception of your skillset. Obviously, this is a harder thing to fix, as it has to do with deeply ingrained levels of self-esteem.
What I can offer you is a tactic to trick your mind into thinking you’re capable.
If you have a task, big or small, and you are feeling overwhelmed by it (like you might go curl up in bed and scroll Tumblr), immediately break that task up into smaller tasks. Keep breaking up the smaller tasks until you have the smallest possible part of the bigger task without doing nothing.
Then do that smallest possible thing.
If your goal is to write a 2000 word one shot, a small part of that task is writing half of it. An even smaller part of that task is breaking the one shot up into “scenes” and writing one scene. For instance:
Jude wakes up to a sore throat, a runny nose, and a fever.
She tries to go to work, but Cardan, being the mother hen that he is, threatens to never make her another grilled cheese sandwich (her favourite food) ever again if she doesn’t stay home.
Jude agrees begrudgingly, and Cardan sits her down in front of the TV with a bottle of Gatorade. He leaves to go get medicine from the store.
When Cardan comes back, Jude is worse than before. He makes her soup and saltine crackers and spoon feeds her.
She complains the whole time and, in her feverish state, threatens to never buy him another bottle of wine (his favourite food) ever again if he doesn’t let her feed herself.
Each bullet point represents one “scene” of about 200-400 words each. Obviously, there will be more details that you work out as you write. But with these five smaller scenes, your goal is no longer writing the 2000 word one shot. Your goal is writing the first of the five scenes.
If you complete the smallest possible task, you can stop, and you’ll still feel like you’ve accomplished something because you can cross off that task from your list. But chances are, by the time you cross off one task, you may have inspiration enough to keep going.
4. ENGAGE IN ACTIVE STIMULATION—
Since active stimulation has been proven to turn on the creative “tap”, try incorporating more of these activities into your daily routine:
Exercise: As the resident couch potato, I hate to say that exercising is good for creativity, but it is. Even if it’s just going on a short walk, so long as you’re moving.
Reading: Sometimes you have plenty of ideas, but no words to fit those ideas. Fill your well of words by carving out an hour or two each day for reading a good book.
The Creative Process: In the writing world, the creative process is a process of about 20-30 minutes that the writer partakes in every day before they start writing. This process should be creative, but also have nothing to do with writing. You can try colouring in a colouring book, painting, organising a page in your bullet journal. Anything that is creative but does not make you think about everything you have to do that day. Think of it as creative meditation.
Listen to music: Having APD, I personally can’t listen to music while I write. However, studies have shown that if you listen to at least ten songs per day, it will significantly benefit your dopamine levels and overall mood. If you’re like me and prefer to work in silence, maybe stick on a couple songs during your creative process. If you can manage music and writing together, get out those headphones!
5. KEEP A REGULAR SCHEDULE—
I know this is the most cliche point in the book, but it’s valid. This doesn’t mean do the same thing at the same time every day over and over, because ultimately we’re looking to avoid monotony.
But having pillars of structure to bolster the excitement can definitely work to keep you from slipping into burnout. Going to sleep, waking up, and having your meals at relatively the same time every day are good examples of this.
Feel free to change up the things you do between breakfast and lunch, but make sure you have those pillars of consistency so your brain knows that a break is on the horizon and doesn’t get tired.
6. PACE YOURSELF—
This is particularly difficult for those of us who are coming out of a creative burnout, but I urge you to pay special attention to this one. If we are suddenly hit by inspiration and the writing is flowing and flowing and flowing, eventually we will hit the point of highest dopamine capacity for writing.
Not putting a check on the flood of inspiration coming out of a creative burnout, I’d argue, is actually a guarantee that many of us will experience burnout all over again. It becomes this vicious cycle in which we are trapped.
While it feels great to write non-stop and receive immediate validation for that work, try to limit yourself to how much you’re writing and how immediately you post your writing (if you plan on posting it).
Whenever I finish a one shot or a chapter of something, I like to allow at least one day for editing before I post. This timeframe is important, because it acts as a buffer of rest between writing marathons.
You can take however long you need for the editing process, but definitely make sure you have a set amount of time in place. Otherwise, your brain might not have enough time to come down from what is essentially a writing high, and you will always need to reach greater heights in order to achieve that same level of dopamine.
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Overall, the most important things to take away from all of this are:
Change up your environment
Keep your brain actively stimulated
Have pillars of structure between which you can run about chaotically to your heart’s content
PACE YOURSELF!
Hope this helped. Happy writing!
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