Saw a young cuckoo.

Celebrated Songkran with our local Thai and monastic Buddhist community 🙏❤️

Too good 😂

FINAL FANTASY 14 - Krile Baldesion cosplay! Shauni is in a yellow jacket with red cat ears poking up, brown boots, brown bag and holding a Pictomancer brush cosplay prop. All handmade!

FINAL FANTASY 14 - Krile Baldesion cosplay! Shauni is in a yellow jacket with red cat ears, hair up in a ponytail, brown boots, brown bag and holding a Pictomancer brush cosplay prop. All handmade!

My Pictomancer Krile cosplay is complete! Very excited to wear this to MCM London and Fanfest Berlin later this year! ❤️

Really happy with how it's all come together 😄

Got all my jobs out of the way early this morning, so I can relax, watch Solaris guilt-free and do very little.

I've got a new HAIRNET.

Sciatica is no joke, sorry to hear you’re going through it. I hope it eases soon with the little exercises.

Amaze, amaze, amaze!!

This is Brandy. She practices self-care by dissociating in the bathtub. 13/10 honestly no notes (TT: monkeyshinekennel)

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Happy Birthday @snowkitten.bsky.social! We hope you have a lovely day celebrating 🎉🎂

It was gorgeous, Robin always does a lush roast dinner. Had beef for the first time in years and it just melt in my mouth. Unreal

Enjoyed spending time with my in-laws yesterday for Easter 🐣

I hope the last meme I see before I'm vaporised in a nuclear blast is a good one.

In summary, I can be dedicated to something if I have the tools in place to help me achieve, so with that in mind, this will be a springboard to cutting sugar completely, and only dipping into social media when I want to.

But that's not the end of things, I have to adjust to this, ask for help when I need it and be transparent with my needs and boundaries.

I have become acutely aware that over the last 6-8 months, my health and life have changed since having pancreatitis and my gall bladder being removed. I need to plan my life around the side effects of that and when I am feeling particularly poorly, it makes me feel "too disabled" to function.

I have realised that I may need to rely on people more than I have done in the past, I don't need to shoulder everything on my own and people are willing to help if I ask.

In the times where I have felt introspective, I have thought long and hard about what dedication, discipline and sacrifice mean to me. I have been actively engaging with therapy with my works EAP and continue to keep a diary to get my thoughts down.

From week 3 onwards, I didn't miss social media at all, actually the break from the constant feed of accounts was actually quite a relief. It's made me realise I don't really need social media at all.

The second week I felt a lot more disconnected in a negative way, I felt like I wasn't up to date with people and their lives, therefore I felt out of the loop, but it wasn't enough for me to break the commitment I'd made to quitting it for Lent.

I have felt better without using social media, I don't doomscroll anymore and I am not using my phone as much. The first week was hard, I would pick my phone up habitually, but as I'd uninstalled the social media apps from my phone, I was engaging more with other apps like Memrise, Letterbox'd.

I have felt that having that one treat to look forward to has kept me on track. Plus the numbers really do help keep me accountable.

I have also found that I am not snacking as much and I only eat when I feel the need to eat. I am not completely restricting myself though, on a Friday I have my usual from my local Italian restaurant and a bottle of alcohol free wine.

There have been some real positives to my Lent experience this year. Firstly, my blood sugars have vastly improved, my diabetic nurse has been very impressed with the progress that I have made and quite frankly the numbers don't lie.

Well I've done it, I have successful abstained from all things sweet and social media related for the duration of Lent (18th February - 2nd April 2026). That means I have not had a single piece of chocolate, a biscuit, a pastry, or cake. Nothing, zero.

Lent begins tomorrow, and with that in mind, I will be abstaining from sweet treats and social media. I hope those who will be observing Lent and Ramadan enjoy this time of reflection, community and spiritual growth.

From tomorrow, I will not be active on social media. I'll see you on 2nd April!

Wish you were here because I still love you.

How lovely my friend!!! nothing nicer than that! pleased you had a lovely day.