If you have yellow wallpaper anywhere in the house, I might have some unsettling news.

Knowing this is still a thing is the shot of hopium I needed to soothe the insomniac brain, think I'll take a trip to B&N this weekend

Then do something for Future You. Then, not only are you healing yourself, but you're doing good things for THREE people! That's triple the people pleasing *with a side benefit*!

Cognitively separate yourself into three people: Past you, Present you, and Future You.

Past informs how the Present acts, but is *disconnected from* Future. Present is a filter.

Spend some time as Present telling Past no (gently!), and explaining why that is bad, & that it wasn't their fault.

Progress! Feelsgoodman

Reject football, embrace handegg.

I mean, it *was* pretty thinly Veiled. :>

Absolutely Radiant!

Steve got pegged, but not in the way the fandom wanted.

Second Sanabi recc, one if my most pleasant gaming surprises of the last year! And the story was *fantastic*. This is how I find out the DLC is out thank you!

Fulfilling different character tropes in different situations though, and knowing when which is appropriate--*that's* character growth. (All this to say, agree!)

Tropes are generally tropes because the depict a character at a specific point in thwir own journey to self-actualization--to use B99 as an example, I can relate to every member of the NINE-NINE! because I've been through similar things at various points in my life.

Final Fantasy XIV, for too many reasons. 🧡