Alex Strohl

˗ˏˋ playlists to study/vibe to ˎˊ˗

dark academia - acoustics n lots of hozier for that classical literature aesthetic 

cowboy music - western-sounding indie music for ppl who don’t like country music lmao

8tracks indie - if you’re one of the OGs who used 8tracks, these are the songs that were in like every single playlist

rainy - lots of oldies! i kinda imagined it as cafe music during the post apocalypse hehe 

soleil - warm-sounding songs!

surf rock - the sort of music that’d be in a summer indie film soundtrack

moomin! - it’s cottagecore, babey!

oranges and honey - lo-fi

she hasn’t met him yet - if you like boy pablo and happy indie this is 4 u

Writers: Your Skills May Need Time to Catch Up to Your Vision

Are you endlessly frustrated with most things you write? Do you find writing difficult, nay, impossible? Do you get the most fabulous ideas, only to find that executing them is incredibly challenging? That’s actually a good sign.

If you’re a new writer, and you have good taste, ambition, and originality, it’s going to take a while for your skill set to catch up to your vision.

If your story is difficult to write, it’s not a sign that you should quit or change your idea. Keep writing, keep reading, keep practicing, keep studying, keep learning, keep writing, keep writing, keep writing.

I repeat: If writing is hard for you, it does NOT mean you are a bad writer. If your story is difficult to write, it does NOT mean your idea is bad.

It means you have a complex vision and you haven’t developed the skills you need to pull it off yet.

Many times, you’ll gain those skills in the very process of writing your story. Other times, you’ll have to put down that story for a few weeks, months, or even years until your skills catch up.

The process can be slow, but your abilities will catch up with your ambition if you keep writing. So keep going forward. It’s cool if you get discouraged: That’s part of the process, too. But please don’t quit.

One more thing: Don’t throw away or delete anything. Keep all your writing, including ideas and first drafts that went nowhere. I have stories I started five years ago that I’m just now able to carry out as I had originally intended. If you get that you didn’t have a bad idea, just a skill you haven’t developed yet, then you’ll be less tempted to throw away your writing in frustration or shame. And in the future when you develop the skills you need, you’ll be really glad you have them to go back to.

The Laskett, Herefordshire, home of Sir Roy Strong and his wife Julia Trevelyan since 1973.

Awkward Sibling Hug

“Look, I’ve been thinking about it. I won’t be gone forever, okay? I’ll still visit you at home, and we’ll chat online. We’ll make it work.”

“I don’t want it to work… I just wish summer could last forever.”

“But it can’t, Mabel. Look, things aren’t gonna stay frozen this way. It’s part of growing up. Things change. Summer ends.”

This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy grew up believing that he’d never truly be happy until the day he met “the one.” The girl did not share this belief. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. 

                             This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know                                                           upfront, this is not a love story. 

bedroom cool: relax & kick back

Milk - Samia

Call - WENS

HEAVEN - Troye Sivan ft. Betty Who

Ghost of Mine - Kailee Morgue

Chasers - Bahari

Party - Audrey

Feels - Anna Of The North

Rebels - Royal Cinema

Sick of Losing Soulmates - dodie

Cherry Lambo (Stripped) - Evalyn

Idle Town - Conan Gray

please don’t - mxmtoon

Spacing Out - beabadoobee

2 Hold U - Clairo

Locket - Crumb

Just Add Water - Cavetown

Make My Bed - King Princess

Would You Be So Kind - Dodie

Faking Bright - Saski

If - WENS

say anything - girl in red

Listen Here

things to do more:

take a journal and camera everywhere I go.

write down lovely words that people said to me, poems, ideas, and quotes that inspire me.

plan fun itineraries for weekends and bucket lists for seasons.

eat fresh fruits.

don’t let my insecurities stop me from enjoying things.

do everything I want to do that takes daily practice, patience and some discomfort.

collect recipes to make.

tell people i love them and compliment what I like about them.

watch classic movies.

hug people tightly.

let myself calm down and relax.

break tasks down so I don’t get overwhelmed.

drink tea or fruit infused water.

put on my favorite perfume, even if i’m not going out.

don’t wait for the perfect day to start a new thing.

make plans with friends and actually follow through.

give myself permission to not be perfect, and remember something is better than nothing.

make my bed in the morning.

tidy my desk and remove things and tabs i don’t use often.

go to inspiring places like gardens, art museums, old cafés, oceans or forests.

make playlists or write to cope with emotions.

take photos of everything i love.

// baymax.