I’m so shocked. I have gone my whole life not knowing there was a second part to the saying “Jack of all trades master of none.” I’ve literally used it to be self depreciating because I thought it was suppsed to be a dig on lacking skill, focus, perserverance and dedication. So imagine my shock to find out the second part is “Is oftentimes better than a master of one.” Like what?
My whole life I’ve been lied to. It’s like that moment you learn “Blood is thicker than water.” Is actually “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” But like on steroids. I never used to say or think blood is thicker than water but I used Jack of all trades all the time!!!
Since we’re not seeing trailers left and right, let this be our warning.
Please please PLEASE do not sleep on this. They only made this series because it kicked major booty in the box office, but they aren’t promoting it so it will fail and they can go back to their normal paint palettes.
Do. Not. Let. Them! Please do not let them shrug off a group who is called a minority but really isn’t minor in representation!
Let them see that there are just as many people who love T’challa and Zuri as there are fans of SpiderMan and the Hulk watching!
Here is the trailer! It looks awesome btw. It Premieres TONIGHT PLEASE WATCH IT LIVE, or STREAM IT ON THE DISNEY NOW APP. Don’t forget to tweet about it, and have it trending. Disney XD tonight September 23 @ 8c/9p
for real, though, why do recipes consistently tell you to use less herbs and spices in than you should. fuck your “two cloves of garlic,” fuck your “half teaspoon of cinnamon,” and you can absolutely go to hell with your “dash of black pepper”
I’m pretty sure that the only time I’ve ever actually managed to overseason food was when working with balsamic vinegar, which is the most overpowering motherfucker of a sauce known to man
i appreciate the energy and anger in this post, which is righteous and just
YES!
but also salt. never underestimate the power of salt. I mean I always salt my stuff so much that other people gape at me as if I was crazy and find it too salty and almost can’t eat it but for me it is like idk chill it’s good I know what I am doing and I LIKE IT I need it! so use salt sparingly especially when cooking and seasoning for others and not only yourself and just let people salt their stuff themselves because everyone tastes salty stuff differently.
It also depends on how long you’ve had your spices. That giant Costco sized vat of cinnamon? After awhile, it loses potency and you are going to need WAY more for appropriate cinnamon flavor. Of course personal taste makes a difference, (which was probably OP’s point), but fresh herbs vs dried and jars stored on the open counter vs in the cabinet away from sunlight will effect their potency
“you’ll never amount to- well, i’m doing alright, i guess.”
ever heard the phrase “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”? that applies not to just to others but to yourself as well. it’s better to think neutrally or not at all than negatively. and once you’ve got into the habit of that, it’s much easier to move to uplifting yourself!
this is EXTREMELY hard to do when you hate yourself.
Cause it’s like, there’s these two separate people in my head and one of then hates the other SOMUCH that given the chance, it would kill the other, literally murder it
but it can’t
so it just HAS to say as many bad things as it can cause it’s the only outlet
I see where you’re coming from, but it is extremely hard.
Of course it’s hard.
If it was easy we wouldn’t need to do it.
If it was easy we wouldn’t be giving people tips on how to do it.
If it was easy we wouldn’t be struggling with the monsters in our minds, day in and day out.
Why wouldn’t it be hard?
That’s WHY we have to try. That’s WHY we have to keep fighting. That’s WHY you keep pushing and working with it. Because if you do, it gets a little easier. If you do, you path the way for your future self, if you do, you start to see why we have to do it.
Of course it’s hard.
Do you know how long I’ve hated myself? Do you know how hard it was to start doing this? Do you know how hard it was to put down the knife and the pills and pick up the phone, pick up my soul, three separate times in six years? Do you know how many more times I had to lock myself away to try and fight off the demons and the monsters?
Of course it’s fucking hard. But that’s not a reason to give up. That’s the reason to keep fighting.
If it wasn’t hard, we wouldn’t be ill.
If it wasn’t hard, we wouldn’t be tired.
If it wasn’t hard, we’d all do it.
But hard isn’t an excuse. It isn’t a reason.
It’s why we have to try.
I hated myself for twenty fucking years. I am finally starting to like myself. I’m finally starting to be able to pick up myself and go “no, this isn’t a big deal, I can keep going.”
So of course I see where you’re coming from – you’re coming from where I was, two years ago, three years ago, four years ago, five, six, seven, eight years ago.
And that’s why I reblogged this. That’s why I believe in this. Because honestly? No matter how much that little voice says “you’re worthless”, you can keep saying “i’m all right, i guess.” and eventually, that starts to work. And it can take months, it can take years, but fucking hell it works. Because you find these teeny tiny reasons to live, to find worth, to enjoy yourself.
You find reasons to breathe and reasons to get the rest of the help you need.
Of course it’s hard.
If it was easy, it wouldn’t be calling “battling mental illness”, after all.
What helps me is to reword it.
“I’m so lazy, fuck, why didn’t I study? Stupid!”
Instead, just say what happened: “The test went poorly”. Try not to even include “I”.
“Ugh I’m so gross, I have no clean clothing because I’m a fucking gross, lazy loser.”
This becomes “the laundry isn’t done”.
They’re just statements, with no inherent good or bad connotations. And you’re not included either.
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