Don't forget the baked in bigotry. Keystone of anything Lincolnshire.

I did both because too bisexual to make a decision.

Thank you! Just put out here with the hope it resonates with some folks.

Oh *hell yes*

Thank you for articulating something I've felt for about 10 years growing steadily worse that I've just not been able to figure out how to word. This. This. 100% and emphatically this.

If you make something from nothing, that's the definition of magic. Adding 'just' is wilfully reducing it to less. Are you 'only' a person? If you wouldn't take it from someone belittling you, don't take it from yourself.

Sit with yourself, give yourself this. You deserve that kindness. I'm already feeling the benefit of it. I'm aware this is very deep for war dollies adjacent thinking but it really has helped me, and I hope sharing this helps you a little too. Anyway, back to orks. Waaagh. (10/10)

So if I can offer any advice, any at all, ask kid you "What do *you* want to do?" as kindly and with as little pressure as you can. Be gentle, be patient, and if the answer is different to what you're doing now? If it doesn't impact your health, your wellbeing or your relationships: honour it. (9/?)

"But what if I lose momentum? What if I can't get back on it? What if I let this one doe like I do with all my other projects?" I can tell you now the sure fire way for me to make that happens is to grind the gears and push myself until I burn out and I make the thing I was loving into a chore.(8/?)

and an exercise in starting to break down my shame and guilt for having ADHD (and most likely being autistic) all my life. If this ramble serves for anything of a point it's this; I know it can be scary, particularly for neurodivergent folks, to let go of the project you 'should' be working on (7/?)

and my granddad's pocket knife and old airfix supplies looking at the Gorkamorka books and realising nit only can I build the stuff with the instructions, these are my little guys and I can make the stories and mix it up how I want. So yeah. This project has been an olive branch to little me (6/?)

Trench Crusade projects because I gave myself this mental reset. Making ork stuff is the next layer of the 'coming home' feeling I get from minis. The lack of wrong answers and any pressure in making goofy ork stuff is so comfy to me. I'm back in my grandparents' living room with an old tray (5/?)

It really is as simple as wanting to do it and doing it for that reason alone. We can get trapped so easily in what we think we have to do and turn our hobbies and creativity into jobs and chores. I can tell you now, I'm enjoying and getting more out of both my cosplay and (4/?)

I'm having fun, nobody will die because I miss the deadline to enter the cosplay competition, or if my minis for the next event are only half painted. Letting go of that in favour of turning to kid me and saying "Hey, little bud. what do you want to do?" and honouring the answer. (3/?)

There's a hundred other creatuve projects, some with closer deadlines, that I should be doing and I'm fully aware this is an ADHD sidetrack. The difference is that this time? I don't care, and I refuse to blame and admonish myself for following what I want to do. (2/?)

#orks #gorkamorka #kitbash #conversion #warhammer #40k