Chapter 1699
Added 2021-03-12 06:04:21 +0000 UTCComments
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699! (Sorry, just had to quote Amish Parricide there.)
Jemini
2021-05-21 20:57:24 +0000 UTCLife doesn't have to be big to get in the way either. Small things build up just as surely as a large road block. Daily inconveniences like traffic or an irritating habit from a significant other or even just unsatisfying breakfasts can cause a small bit of chatter(machining term) that builds up over time causing large waves that smash everything not just the drive to work. People can build resilience to small things and even very large things but that takes time and cannot be done when they are burnt out. Self talk is a part of that. Saying things like "I will push myself next time" can be helpful when you feel that the last thing you did was well within your boundaries. If however it is a criticism of your previous actions as if they were somehow insufficient or a failing then it reinforces the negativity and actually hurts your future efforts. One thing I have heard from several burn out coaches and therapists is "Don't rehearse negativity." This isn't about not seeing things as they are but simply about not spending brain power on thinking up things that increase stress. In the context of the story you are writing here Rand sees these dead moons and is infuriated by the sociopathic destruction of lives that the nexus inflicts on others. This is a truth. But if he spent time going from world to world looking at all the dead people that would not move hims forward in his goals. Even if he didn't do that and just spent time ruminating on the rage it caused him he would focus too much on the rage and perhaps his retaliation against the people he perceived as perpetrating those wrongs. You already put in Nevaeh asking him to find his humanity or at least his happy place with the idea that he needs to look past the defense of earth or the destruction of the Nexus. He might also not look at the consequences of his actions to the world as it is because he only sees the one goal. Sure the Nexus and its System are a terrible blight on the universe but if he murders hundreds of billions of peoples when attacking the cost seems higher than the gain and the final result might not actually be any better. His rage would blind him This theme gets used a lot in books but is actually fairly relevant to daily life. People aren't all fighting against Nazi occupation or genocidal governments but they all can be equally blinded by whatever fight they are currently facing. Living life is complex and hard and it can be easy to get trapped in a loop of negativity even if it seems totally justified. You don't have to deny reality to break out and I won't say that positivity will fix any particular thing but it can help you find perspective and make shifting your attention to the areas that need it easier.
Alexander Dupree
2021-03-12 17:02:04 +0000 UTC@puddles keep up the good work. Taking breaks is necessary good luck with it. Scheduling in slow downs even if you feel like you aren't really pushing yourself is good and actually improves your productivity later. Making it a goal to feel what schedule you are currently working as easy helps with resilience. Once it is easy and you don't feel like you have to worry about the next deadline then you can push yourself a bit more to see if that is easy. Each slow step up should at most feel like a bit of a stretch. If you are suddenly not hitting your goals or feeling like those goals are interfering with your wellbeing then you take it back several steps. People can easily push themselves to the breaking point because life is more complicated than just whatever particular job or project is their current focus.
Alexander Dupree
2021-03-12 16:34:57 +0000 UTCMost of the people on earth are dead at this point. So yeah probably.
Alexander Dupree
2021-03-12 16:28:24 +0000 UTCAnyone reckon Rands mom was part of them? She still hasn’t been found that I know of
R. R. Quan
2021-03-12 12:41:34 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapters!
David C
2021-03-12 08:28:04 +0000 UTCYeah, but that’s a mindless meteor, colliding with Earth randomly, rather than a directed force, slaughtering countless trillions so that a handful of individuals can keep their power or grow stronger. You wouldn’t blame a hurricane for the deaths it caused, true, but you would blame the Nazis for all the people they killed.
David C
2021-03-12 08:27:38 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapters
nethernight11
2021-03-12 08:03:08 +0000 UTCtormenting ant -> tormenting ants
Konrad2
2021-03-12 07:34:09 +0000 UTCI know it is shitty but I would probably see it as a natural disaster. I mean the dinos got whipped out. No one is to blame the universe is cruel.
Chris
2021-03-12 06:56:57 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter.
Joshua Little
2021-03-12 06:36:52 +0000 UTCIs it weird I’m hoping he finds a balance instead of the at any cost mentality? Thanks for the chapter
Kemizle
2021-03-12 06:31:42 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter!
Connor Bruha
2021-03-12 06:14:14 +0000 UTCCorrections
PuDDleS4263
2021-03-12 06:04:38 +0000 UTC
