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The way so many of the characters this episode had story beats dealing with their inner child was something so powerful to see:

Roy receives an endearingly childish shirt from his niece, which he wears and is then told that he looks happier than ever in it — and then proceeds to tell Keeley how he feels in said shirt

Rebecca is about to have a panic attack, visualizes her inner child in her place, and then works herself through the anxiety, choosing to go to the meeting because that child deserves to stand up for herself

Nate looks through his childhood things, plays the violin, and learns that all along his dad was really proud of him and just wanted him to be happy — and then he does a kind gesture for Will

Keeley reminds Rebecca that all of the men in the meeting were once little boys, and like the mirror scene, this allows her to appeal to the boys inside all of those men as she stands up to them

At one point or another, each of the characters were just kids who had all these hopes and dreams, but life happens and we all deal with shit, but by confronting the wounds they faced in their childhood and healing their inner child — the characters are allowed to grow and move on

tom is just like me (tired)

I’m sweating they are coming to me

MANIFESTING Barbie Movie having a horrifying Truman Show-esque plot twist. I want this to be our generation’s The Planet Of The Apes’s Statue Of Liberty Moment. Give me a Matrix plot line

I want Barbie 2023 to be fun and glittery and silly and to give me nightmares

In honor of Luca returning to theaters:

New Luca Art dropped from Kenna Jean Harris (story lead on Luca and director of Ciao Alberto):

“i had a whole sequence in mind of Luca and Alberto reuniting for four summers in a row, culminating in a kiss.”

so my super religious and republican family member finally unfriended me on fb and i was trying to figure out which post really put her over the edge and i think i figured out which one it might be...

Literally forgot how to be sad for a moment

I smile every time I think about it (:

how to be productive masterpost

here are some of my tips that i use but also ones i’ve gotten from the internet to help with productivity!!!

1) listen to music!!! when studying, i like to listen to instrumental music but if i’m doing math, i like to listen to music i like to help keep me going!

2) put your phone on do not disturb (or the equivalent). this will ensure that you won’t get any of those notifications that you always want to check

3) turn off notifications for certain apps. i completely got rid of notifications from snapchat and instagram so i’m not as tempted to go on those apps that suck time away from me lol

4) sit at a desk or table. if i try and do homework on my bed or my beanbag, i’m sooooo tempted to not do anything and just take a nap. don’t do that. 

5) drink water!!! gotta stay hydrated my friends!!! this’ll give you the energy you need to get all that stuff done!! 

6) take breaks. reward yourself after doing a lot of stuff by taking a break to watch one youtube video, or read a chapter of a book. but promise yourself to not go overboard and return to what you need to do. 

7) write a to do list and break it down. to do lists are my life savior. it’s so satisfying to cross things off and it makes me want to do more because i’m physically able to cross off the task. 

8) ok you’re gonna hate me for saying this one but, get up early. this doesn’t help with coming home from school but this is specifically for the weekends! getting up early gives you sooooo much more time to do what you need to do. and then, when you get a lot of it done by noon or 1pm, you feel SO much better about yourself. 

9) take a break when you get home (eat a snack) and then start working. try not to postpone your work, thinking it won’t take you very long because most of the time, it’ll take you a lot longer than you originally thought. just try  and get it over with so you don’t have to worry about it later. 

leave your productivity tips down below to help all of us!!

best of luck in your endeavors :)

xo- gg