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You must get this a lot but I just wanted to say thank you SO much for making Lord of The Rings accessible for me. Being as ADD as I am Tolkien’s work has always been just too dense to get through. Thank you so much!

Ahhh, my absolute joy and pleasure! It’s truly my honour. 

(Speaking of accessibility, I should get to PDFing the last few chapters and getting them up onto Drive for those who can only use e-readers, and need better font options than AO3 provides. I gotta get onto that!!

I’ve been thinking of making a print-only version in a different font, also – one that is easier for those with visual processing or reading difficulties! I should investigate.)

So. I’m rereading Sansukh, because it’s been a while since I read the whole thing through. and. chapter 19. I just. ” “You didn’t ask to be sick, Thorin. He didn’t ask to be sick either. Nobody asks to be sick. It wasn’t your fault.” I just. I think I really needed that this month. so, thanks.

*hugs very tight* Nobody asks to be sick. You didn’t ask for this, it happened TO you.

(I have a lot of feelings about that.)

I’m glad it helped, Nonnie. I’m so sorry you’re having a shit month. I hope that tranquility comes back soon, and that you can find your equilibrium again. I know that I, and many MANY others here, are all behind you, 110%. You’re not alone, you’re not at fault, and you are very very cared-for. Be kind to yourself, and stay safe. 

Hey Dets. I have mocks week next week and I can’t find anything to motivate me to do revision/ want to do well – any tips (even nerdy motivation is greatly appreciated) :) ty.

Hey Nonnie, good luck with it all! 

Motivation is an odd thing, honestly. Particularly when it comes to studying. Here’s a nerdy one for you: it can help to think of a favourite nerdy/scholarly character or real-life person – like Bilbo Baggins, for example, a scholar and writer and poet – and think ‘YEAH GONNA BE LIKE YOU, GONNA WRITE/KNOW ALL THE THINGS, LOOKIT ME GO [character/person’s name]!’

Sometimes it can just be short bursts that are easier and more manageable, and not an all-out slog. I’ve used the Pomodoro study technique with some success before. You study for 25 mins, and then you have a little break, and then you restart another 25 mins. It works for me because I get a breather in which my brain can go ‘PHEW’. Here’s a site with a tomato-timer on it!

On occasion I disable my internet access, too. Because it can be VERY DISTRACTING, and contribute to my ‘meh, why bother???’ feeling. 

Now for some inspo stuff!

Here’s a quote from William James, one of my faves:

“to change one’s life:

1. start immediately.
2. Do it flamboyantly
3. No exceptions.”

And here’s another from Elanor Roosevelt:

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

And another from Benjamin Jowett (these and more besides are all written on my wardrobe door in my study, by the way, in red and black pen):

“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”

One by Betty Bender:

“Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death.”

And lastly, a great one from Joseph Conrad:

“Facing it. Facing it. That’s the way to get through. Face it.”

Debbie hit the GBR too? Fuck damn it. My friend’s been calling it the ‘soccer mum from hell’ and I think I might be starting to agree. Hope you and yours make it through this okay

‘the soccer mum from hell’ – LMAAAAAAAO oh my god, PERFECT.

Yeah, just read it on the Brisbane Times – it got the GBR, apparently. Because destroying people’s homes was apparently not enough for Debbie.

(I’m still trying to get over the idiots who went surfing during a cyclone, are they SERIOUS)

You too, Nonnie. Stay safe, stay dry, all the best to everyone out there watching the sky piss down on us. I’m off to pick up my Dwarfling from daycare now.