Shining Silhouette

Silent Gatherer. Who gathered all sorts of nefarious/admirable items. Silently, of course

Notwithstanding, I'm totally down! This seems like an awesome idea! I don't really have these kinds of groups elsewhere, so this is amazing!

Orodal stared, mind whirling. The audacity of this woman shocked him; his very ideals had been quaked by her words. But he was a man who stood for his principles, and he refused to let them go."I-" he started, then paused to collect his words. "Let me tell you, young woman, I've been places. I've done things. My life hasn't been easy, but I've used every single storming resource that I've been given. I've built up myself, worked hard to make myself strong, and yes, I do see myself as the main character in my own story. Who else would I be?" he let out an uproarious laugh. "A sidekick in my own story? Impossible!" he bellowed. "Maybe it is all in vain to do these things, but it's my decision. Maybe there is a higher purpose out there somewhere, but I haven't found it yet" @SymphonianBookworm

When you force your sibling to listen to Sanderson whenever you're forced to drive them places (oh how the tables have turned ) When you get four different cousins to read sanderson and have a group facetime about what the heck is going on in the cosmere When you play "Spot the Hoid" in a Sanderson relisten with your dad

Silent gatherer watched silently and waved a greeting while gathering pineapple shells

This is a really really sweet title. It makes me remember when I was a child and my parents would help me fall asleep by telling me stories, and how they would finish by telling me that they were "never gonna give me up". One of my favorite stories was the one about the little engine that could...this one has inspired me all my life. Here's a link to the pdf, @Robin Sedai https://www.thisworldthesedays.com/thelittleenginethatcouldcompdf.html 10/10

I love that book!! It's a beautiful story and Fredrik Backman always hits home with his novels. For me, these kinds of books really change my perspectives and make me think about the world in a different way

Welcome to the shard! We're glad to have you here What's your favorite magic system?

The hard part about all this is that emotions feel so similar sometimes. It's unnerving when you're not entirely sure exactly what you're feeling and you don't know what to do about it. There's not really a guide to your own emotions, right. Is that kind of what you mean?

I was soooo tempted to just reply with Is there honesty anyone who truly understands their emotions? What's up, Emulaton?

*sputtered laugh*

This is awesome! Amazing work!

Thank you so much! This is excellent and gives me a great idea of what to look forward to!

Anytime, Elf! Happy to help! Let us know if you ever figure it out!

I've spent too long reading through this thread since I found it and woahhhhh... I love it Your writing is very emotional and I can tell you have a deep connection with stories. I find myself thinking back melancholy at things I've read in these scenes, and for me, that's how I know I've been impacted. Keep it up and keep writing!

What's the environment like on the discord server and how does it compare to the forum? Should I join it? What's your favorite thing about the sanderson community? Do you have a favorite moment on the Shard? How do you feel about jazz?

I had the same issue for a long time until last summer. Last year, I attended a habits for life program based on Sean Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. I'd always had major goals and life aims, but I hadn't ever put much work towards them. This camp made me question how much I really wanted to change my life in order to achieve my dreams, and so as soon as I got home I started to do several things: 1. I set one major goal that I wanted to achieve (for me, it was scoring at the very top score band of a standardized test). I wrote out half a dozen reasons why I wanted to achieve this goal and I put it above my mirror where I would see it often. Next, I wrote out a specific plan of some of the things that I would do to attain it (not vague promises like just "to study", I created a schedule to practice the different sections of the test on different days at a specific times). I did this in the front of a new goal journal and I saw it every day when I updated my progress 2. I set supplementary goals such as improving my 5k time and practicing my piano technique. Once again, I wrote specific plans of how I could achieve these goals. I wrote out my motivations for these and put them on index cards below my big goal on the mirror. 3. I started to organize my time by making a rough plan of the week every Sunday and then every day in the morning I would plan out what I would do that day, down to the half hour. This wasn't as intense as it seems as many days I plotted out a lot of free time for myself, but it was the structure that helped me. One thing that I noticed was that whenever I planned out my free time I had more fun in the long run because my planning let me choose activities that seemed awesome to me and place them wherever I wanted them (such as marathoning LOTR with my sister and going to see a concert with my dad, but also finding time to enjoy Anna Karenina). 4. I set daily goals to focus specifically on what I would do that day. This went along with my day planning, and I set goals for things I wanted to accomplish that day, whether it be to run a 5k under a certain time or to complete a practice test or be nicer to my siblings, it helped me to have a daily focus that assisted in accomplishing my bigger goals. 4. I renewed myself every day. In the mornings, when I did my day planning, I spent some time each day thinking about where I wanted to be in life. I also spent time praying (as I'm religious, but to those that aren't, meditation is a wonderful way to renew yourself) and spent this time re-anchoring myself to my goals as it's really easy to lose sight of what you want if you don't think about them often. 5. I reflected on what went wrong. Each night, I journaled how I did with my schedule and whether or not I completed my daily goals. I had a lot of failures, but then again I also had a lot of successes. The more I did this, the better I got at rectifying my mistakes and becoming the person I wanted to be. I felt myself changing and my life took on a different trajectory. Anyway, these are the things that have helped me to accomplish my goals! Good luck with yours!

Nice to meet you too! I've pretty new, but I've loved being here the last couple months Misting gawked as the samurai expertly sliced the army of pineapples as they fell. That must've been like a 36-fruit combo! he thought, amazed. "Watch out for splotches! It's top-notch hopscotch!"

Misting watch in awe as Ene materialized before his eyes. "Why, do I spy an ally? Aye, my eye not lie, for nearby is the samurai dignify" apparently you're a samurai now, couldn't think of any other rhymes Misting dived under a concave half pineapple shell as it fell

really

Pineapples, massive

*vanishes into thin air* Can you?

At my first dance ever (I was like 14) a girl asked me to dance for girls choice and after some conversation I found out she was a graduating senior that year (!). I think I was an incoming freshman....but anyway for that dance I was actually a "incoming junior". Very uncomfortable moment I think it depends and that it makes sense to wait a little to feel out the situation a bit. Though at times it helps to go for it. I hate that. In that situation the person should only say it if they really mean it. Because otherwise that's just showing a blatant disregard for others' feelings (even if it spares them a teensy amount of awkwardness in the moment), and it's selfish