Me In Planning Stages Of Writing: This Fucks. This Is Gonna Be So Fun.

me in planning stages of writing: this fucks. this is gonna be so fun.

me the minute i sit down to write: language is an unwieldy cudgel we use to beat the human experience to death in an attempt at ever communicating fully with another being. i wish intelligent life had never evolved. i want to go back to the cell stage like in spore

Ever wondered what a Sooty albatross sounds like? Gough Island Restoration

i always need to hear this T.T

I feel some may need to hear this as much as I do.

You need sleep

Based on your messed up sleep schedule

"You poor thing," I mumble as I, the author who has full control over the narrative, put my characters through turmoil.

One of the most life-changing things I ever learned came from Mythbusters, where they tested and proved (with cognitive testing puzzles and reaction time tests) that lying down and resting with the intention to sleep STILL provided significant mental benefits over just staying awake, even if a person couldn’t fall asleep in the amount of time they had. 

It helps me to actually sleep to know that just lying down with my eyes closed is still doing me some good, and helps me to not freak out/beat myself up when I stay up later than intended. Any amount of rest is better than no rest!

So if you didn’t know that…now you do