You’ve heard of “don’t monetize your hobbies”; get ready for "don’t master your hobbies".

Your hobbies are here to help you decompress and have fun. They do not have to be disciplines you toil over for expertise, unless that is something you genuinely enjoy doing.

It’s okay to enjoy language-learning without ever becoming fluent, or even conversational. It’s okay to like playing guitar even if you only know a few clumsy songs. You can read books and never finish them, bowl without ever scoring even halfway to perfect. We’re here to explore and play, and we cannot do that if we’re chasing perfection in everything we do.

how would we feel about little alec hardy stickers

vct emea stage 1 d-1... fnc pls 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

my esports pookie everyone

YAY!!!!

David Tennant's unique driving style (getting his feet in on the act)

I know that realistically you can only fit so many movies into a list of approximately 100, but I cannot take that "How many of tumblr's favorite movies have you seen?" list that's been going around seriously because there are some truly egregious omissions.

Some of it is very clearly recency bias, which makes me wonder if the op truly wasn't on here in 2013 or so, but you're telling me you made a list of "tumblr's favorite movies" that doesn't include Pacific Rim or Mad Max: Fury Road? Because, like, I was there, Gandalf.

I'm a ridiculous human and genuinely couldn't sleep until I tried my hand at a better, more balanced list -- though of course, I have my own biases when it comes to what corners of this website I've lurked in over the years. For what it's worth, I did consult the last several Years In Review, while also drawing on the fact that I've been here for over a decade. But if there's anything that truly doesn't feel like it should have made the cut, blame my mutuals for putting it on my dash all the time.

(And apologies, but I couldn't seem to find Goncharov among the website's listings)

David Tennant at 21, already knowing he was going to be a time lord 11 years later!

what I think will happen if I message my mutuals

the image was making me really sad so i drew the little guy being taken care of

maybe David Tennant was right all along. you don’t need prestige to roles (Alec Hardy, Des) to get noticed by big awards you have to get yourself cast in the most camp show you can find and then commit to being utterly pathetic (Crowley, Tony Baddingham)

vct emea stage 1 d-1... fnc pls 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

my esports pookie everyone

David Tennant’s BAFTA nominated mouthwork

reverse gaslighting where i pretend to know exactly what you are talking about

academic conferences

Work meetings

Interviews

Auditory processing disorder

conversations with my cats who are yelling

Me letting that little kid with their hyper fixation tell me every single fact they know about it

Goncharov (1973)