Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love.

No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.

This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.

So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures.

I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me?

#creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness

INTRODUCTION POST!

Originally jorsh@lor.sh

Jordi Sharpe
Aka RaineLionheart

Location: Sinixt Territory (Krestova, British Columbia, Canada) 🇨🇦(Pacific Standard Time)

#HeavyMetal Maniac, #MyLittlePony fanatic and perennial weirdo. Proud #Cat uncle to one #FIV Male (Zen) and one Semi-Feral rescue Female (Cerium), and #Snake uncle to one female #BallPython (Cali/Snek).

I've been #Sober since January 19th, 2015. #ODAAT

Please don't DM me unless we know each other. Which means we've interacted beyond mere greetings and follows. My following you is not an invitation to DM me. This is your one warning.

#Astronomy #Animals #Music #Photography #Nature #Comedy #Absurdist #Random #MentalHealth #2SLGBTQIA #BLM #ActuallyAutistic #NeuroDivergent #RecoveryPosse #SoberLife #AdoptDontShop #StevenUniverse #DevinTownsend #NeverConservative #FanFiction #AltText #Ace #Aromantic #AroAce #Asexuality #Scrobbler #CurrentlyListeningTo

Stay #Metal.🤘

So you’re telling me the modern “indie artist” workflow is:

1. Write the lyrics

2. Produce the track

3. Mix it so it doesn’t sound like a 128 kbps LimeWire download

4. Take a “moody but mysterious” cover photo

5. Design the cover

6. Become a full-time marketer, promoter, merch manager, social media strategist, and part-time therapist for the algorithm

.. then tease a 12-second clip on TikTok and Instagram for 6 weeks straight until everybody is sick of it. Like: “Should I release this?”

.. and if I’m not completely burned out by then, I can finally release the song?

Counter-proposal:

Make music you like.

Release it.

If other people like it too, that’s a bonus.

Keep your sanity. Reject hustle culture.

#Music #Artist #MentalHealth

So you’re telling me the modern “indie artist” workflow is:

1. Write the lyrics

2. Produce the track

3. Mix it so it doesn’t sound like a 128 kbps LimeWire download

4. Take a “moody but mysterious” cover photo

5. Design the cover

6. Become a full-time marketer, promoter, merch manager, social media strategist, and part-time therapist for the algorithm

.. then tease a 12-second clip on TikTok and Instagram for 6 weeks straight until everybody is sick of it. Like: “Should I release this?”

.. and if I’m not completely burned out by then, I can finally release the song?

Counter-proposal:

Make music you like.

Release it.

If other people like it too, that’s a bonus.

Keep your sanity. Reject hustle culture.

#Music #Artist #MentalHealth

🥕 Need a little more motivation to get a vegetable garden going this summer? How about better mental and physical health?

Katherine Alaimo, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University says

✅ "...when you grow more produce, you eat more produce."

✅ "...gardening also connects people with nature, provides a sense of responsibility and accomplishment and encourages sharing harvests with friends. All of that can contribute to reduced stress, lower blood pressure and higher energy."

Who doesn't need all that?

More here: 🥬 🫛 🫘
https://apnews.com/article/backyard-vegetable-garden-climate-food-grow-08b528aea0eefda7a7517507f4683e60

👉 Don't forget, you have many experienced, friendly, and exceptionally helpful gardeners in the Fediverse.

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #MentalHealth #Health #Wellness

🥕 Need a little more motivation to get a vegetable garden going this summer? How about better mental and physical health?

Katherine Alaimo, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University says

✅ "...when you grow more produce, you eat more produce."

✅ "...gardening also connects people with nature, provides a sense of responsibility and accomplishment and encourages sharing harvests with friends. All of that can contribute to reduced stress, lower blood pressure and higher energy."

Who doesn't need all that?

More here: 🥬 🫛 🫘
https://apnews.com/article/backyard-vegetable-garden-climate-food-grow-08b528aea0eefda7a7517507f4683e60

👉 Don't forget, you have many experienced, friendly, and exceptionally helpful gardeners in the Fediverse.

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #MentalHealth #Health #Wellness

Listen to “treasure in the sand” and let your mind wander. #Pop #Music #SingerSongwriter #Bandcamp #MentalHealth https://escape-tones.bandcamp.com/track/treasure-in-the-sand

Listen to “treasure in the sand” and let your mind wander. #Pop #Music #SingerSongwriter #Bandcamp #MentalHealth https://escape-tones.bandcamp.com/track/treasure-in-the-sand

I do not remember who posted this (maybe about 1 year ago), and I can not find the original post now, but I think about it often, and it is true.

(grateful for any pointers as to who posted this)

#MentalHealth #ADHD

I do not remember who posted this (maybe about 1 year ago), and I can not find the original post now, but I think about it often, and it is true.

(grateful for any pointers as to who posted this)

#MentalHealth #ADHD

Like other detainees,🚨Ramsingh spent sev weeks in the camp before his #deportation -said: btw cleanings the rooms, restrooms & showers were often filthy & infested with insects -detainees stole others’ food bc everyone is💔hungry due to the small & sometimes inedible meals➡️led to fights, &💔the conds took a toll on his #MentalHealth.

He heard a sec guard talking about bets made over which detainee🚨would be next to💔die by #suicide.

#DeathCamps #ICE #Torture #Protest #USPol
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70702102/ice-facilities-horrors-associated-press/

Like other detainees,🚨Ramsingh spent sev weeks in the camp before his #deportation -said: btw cleanings the rooms, restrooms & showers were often filthy & infested with insects -detainees stole others’ food bc everyone is💔hungry due to the small & sometimes inedible meals➡️led to fights, &💔the conds took a toll on his #MentalHealth.

He heard a sec guard talking about bets made over which detainee🚨would be next to💔die by #suicide.

#DeathCamps #ICE #Torture #Protest #USPol
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70702102/ice-facilities-horrors-associated-press/