THE SCIENCE GUY???

Hi Neil ❤️

What's the secret of happiness?

Don't have any social media.

FUCK.

LATIN.

NO.

Your honor, I plead the fifth on the things @swamp-lemonade and I call Ansel Elgort past midnight.

I would never call Apple Ecla- FUCK

Reminding myself to try this, bc I was enjoying the little details till my now ex said talking about them annoyed her and honestly, I deserve to find the little things in life beautiful.

✨ Romanticising your life ✨

If your life seems boring and mundane, this is the mindset you need! You don't need expensive clothing, beauty products or other items for this as it is purely a switch in your thoughts and the way you view the world.

Here is my two cents on how to best do it:

Gratitude journaling Take some time at the end of the day dedicated to journaling. Have a segment on what was good that particular day. Write down small things that made you happy. (e.g. sunrays falling onto your pillow in the morning, birds chirping as you go to work, buying a new fountain pen and using it for the first time etc.)

Write a list of aesthetic moments Either match this to the aesthetic you're trying to achieve or just generally admiring moments you find aesthetic. Go over this list and look for these things and opportunities to incorporate into your day-to-day life. A list for the "that girl" aesthetic may look like this: waking up to the first sunrays of the day, the feel of a new journal, making a pretty-looking breakfast for yourself to look at only, being the first person in the gym in the morning, ink stains on your hands after journaling, pretty colour-coordinated study notes, the smell of a new book, seeing your breath in the air on an early morning run, ...

Take photos or short videos of romantic moments in your life When you have collected a number of these, make a collage or a short video to summarise all the memories. Try to look at the finished product through the eyes of a stranger. It's only a snippet of your life, viewed through this romanticised lense.

Move into the new mindset Once you have realised how many beautiful little things your life consists of, try to notice them conciously in your everyday life with or without recording them. Find the beauty and special-ness in the details and moments that pass in the blink of an eye.

At the end, don't forget that sometimes life is ugly and bad things happen and that's okay. If you can't find special moments in some or even most days, that's fine too. Sometimes our mental health just makes us blind to what's positive and some people's lives just aren't that pretty in their current circumstances.

This whole idea is only a mental exercise for more positivity, gratitude and appreciation in your life and is in no way, shape or form mandatory.

Love, M

Oh absolutely!

Side note, absolutely insane that we both added Sherlock Holmes to the hyperfixation list at the same time.

I was thinking about it for a moment like wtf, LOTR person I followed for the hyperfixation casually switched gears with me.

So uh, if I started an 18+ Sherlock Holmes/John Watson discord, would anyone be interested in joining?

Pippin: knocks a bucket off a ledge

Moria:

I LOVE GELT. SO MUCH

Whimsy

It's like I have a

Dragon hoard

(Me and who)

loose, foot loose, put on your fuckin foot loose, feet, foot feet, dance on your fucking feet

Oh hey it happened again

Here ya go, champs

I would consider pippin a horrid lil silly man

pov: you showed him The Board

(does this qualify for rtober? I hope so. Even though I’m not gonna be able to do all of rtober, I’ll still try :D)

also bonus, I made a blank template! feel free to use this as you wish!!! :)

Challenge: draw this as your favorite blorbo, bonus points if they’re a horrid little sillyman