If I’m honest, the whole “love in every stitch” saying for fiber artists does not apply to me, like. I’m trying to get this fucking hook into stubborn yarn and I’ll be stabbing it like it owed me money. Is that love because I hope not 😭💀
normal: your knees/hips starting to twinge after climbing a big set of stairs
not normal: climbing stairs is hard for you, and you start to feel pain after a couple steps
normal: you wake up feeling pain after doing a lot of exercise the day before
not normal: you wake up feeling pain regardless of your activities the day before
normal: you are usually a zero on the pain scale
not normal: you cannot imagine what a pain scale zero would feel like
normal: when you experience pain, there is a direct reason for it, and it is able to be fixed with over-the-counter drugs (such as paracetamol)
not normal: you can’t figure out why you’re in pain, and taking over-the-counter painkillers doesn’t always work to fix it
normal: you do not spend most of your time in pain
not normal: you’ve spent most of your time in pain for over three months
if you experience pain regularly and for seemingly no reason, go to the doctor! you are not supposed to be in pain, and you deserve to find out what’s going on with your body!
Running is also not supposed to be a form of torture
Covid bonus: You shouldn’t be out of breath after climbing a normal number of stairs, or any amount of normal household chores.
Trying to get rid of my inhibitions and just have at it with the mushies and herp shapes. That first one in particular…gonna revisit that and make it Big.
media: walnut ink and nib pen on mixed media paper, 5x5″ each
I find myself getting less and less ambitious the older I get.
When I was graduating high school I wanted to do great things and be super famous and change the world. Now I just want to hang out and not bother anybody.
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years” just chilling hopefully
I always struggle with naming my pain #. After going through a couple occasions of 10/10 pain, I compare everything else to it. Even if my pain is very distressing there’s this strange resistance/guilt to ever naming my pain above a 3 or 4.
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