A group of ferrets can be called either a busyness or a business. Relatedly, can one teach ferrets to set up a business? Because PUNS.

(A lot of animal group names are like that. Such as "bobkitten", a baby bobcat. And if a group of kittens can be called a pillow, which they can be, can a group of bobkittens be called a bobpillow?) 

Did you know that Norway knights penguins? Sir Nils Olav III is the current king penguin who is the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard, although there were two before him. Go look up pictures of him, he's so cute :)

Here's something really nice to do when you're stressed: tell yourself with Utter Firmness that you will NOT think about whatever's stressing you for the next few minutes. Then put on some super-relaxing music, lie down on your bed with a blanket (or not, if it's hot outside) and just imagine that you're in a scene that has to do with the music. For instance, if you're listening to guitar music, you could imagine that you were sitting in a tiny sidewalk cafe in a little town in Spain, with a street musician playing the guitar nearby. If you imagine it so vividly that it feels like you're really there, it's super relaxing and a good way to escape the pressure of the real world for a little while. Or you could always just kind of zone out and listen to the music without imagining anything. It really works; it feels as if the music is a river, and you're drifting with it and everything that's worrying you has faded away.

Some of the relaxing music I like to listen to includes:

-Adagio en mi pais, by Alfredo Zitarrosa; super soothing and calm, with a slow, beautiful lilt to it

-classical guitar music

-The Bird Woman, from the Mary Poppins movie

-All is Found by Kacey Musgraves (from Frozen II)

-Nada vale mas que la libertad and Virgen de la soledad by Paco Padilla - harmonious and beautiful, with lovely instrumentals and melodies

-Most importantly of all, Gregorian chants. I literally cannot recommend Gregorian chants enough if you need something soothing.  They're songs that used to be sung by monks in the Middle Ages, and they're really, really calming; the ones I like best have this effect of making everything stressful seem suddenly unimportant, until only peace and tranquility remain. Idk how, but they do :)

On a different note, I ate some chayote today for the first time in three years!! yay!  (Chayote is a vegetable that's a little like a squash?? But without the seeds and the pulpy bit in the middle. I don't know how to describe it, but it's more like a fruit than a vegetable, and it's so good :D)

here's a couple suggestions that i implemented in my life! 

whenever u feel like u've done something wrong, think about something you've done right, then go back to improving 

when ur arguing w someone, talk not to rebut but to learn ! 

if ur ever feeling frustrated, just go outside, sit down, close your eyes for a while and soak in the sunshine 

read books! esp fiction ones, they genuinely seem to bring u to a different place. if u want suggestions just reply with @th3mysticw0lf, i'll see it hehe 

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