u/blueberry_pan

So I have been in the sport for a looooong time. I used to have severe target panic a few years ago and now am somewhat better. But recently I started underperforming at tournaments. I mess up as soon as I start to score.

2 days ago at a club tournament, I was in perfect form during my sighters. Shot 4 yellows. But the moment the judge said "now scoring", I started hitting blacks and blues.

The moment I know I'm scoring, my brain just scatters. All concentration gone. I always had this since I got over my target panic, but recently it has become worse. I know this is also a branch of my target panic

I also know where this is coming from. Self doubt. I've always been somewhat of a less confident person. But lately I have started doubting my shooting skills so much. I know I'm really good. I get high scores when I score during practices. But the moment I stand behind the line during matches, my brain keeps telling me that I'm gonna mess up. And idk how to fix this. I meditate and do breathing exercises. They only help with concentration. I need to stop thinking on the line all together

Please help out a fellow archer. I need to get over this as it's really affecting my performance and rankings

I take pics of my arrow groups on my target to keep progress records. But I also like to take some cool pics. And idk which angle would make them look good. Drop yall's aesthetic target pics

Basically, I would prefer to be in academia (or research) involving Astrophysics. But I decided to do a Data Science Bsc. I love that field as well but astrophysics has always been my passion.

Is astrophysics still possible for me or should I just focus on going somewhere with data science? If I still have hope for Astrophysics... What can I do after my Bachelors to get there?

Anyways whatever I do, I prefer acadamia or research.

Basically the title. I'm gonna colour my hair today 'cause I'm feeling irresponsible. I just wanna know what to expect 🤪 (pics r appreciated)

Basically the topic. Im a competitive archer and am planning to do a Bsc at Leipzig. Does the uni offer facilities for an intermediate archer? If not what are good archery ranges I could use nearby? (I have my own bow. So looking for coaching and ranges)

I'm a girl. And I lwk like a guy. We met very randomly and we will prolly never see each other again after this week. I wanna ask for his insta (I lwk already found it. But don't wanna creep him out by following him out of the blue)

Since I'm a girl, would it be weird if I asked him? ('cause SL...) Or should I go for it? Or should I give up?

If I should go for it, how do I initiate it? (I'm super awakward btw) Is it even worth the shot?

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He doesn't even know my name. We had a brief conversation once and that's it. (THIS PURELY BASED ON VIBES)

IDK if he has a gf or even if he's actually INTO girls. I coincidentally found his name cus one of his friends called it out loud. Help out a fellow awkward person pls.

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Also am I a creep? If I am infact coming off as a creep, I wouldnt ask for him and forget about this. (u r bound to lose some 😔)

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P. S. - I only have one more day to pull this off. If I miss that day it's bye-bye forever.

OK first, no hate to the series. I genuinely enjoyed reading the books. They were fun reads with great romance.

But as I continued through the series, I started to realise they were all just same idea in different fonts? And the only couple that slightly went off script was Troy and Harris. And of course sequels like "The Long Game" don't count because the couple is already established.

So basically the whole foundation of the romance is:

Hockey player meets normal dude (or another hockey player) . Hockey player can't come out cause the League is homophobic. They have sex with no strings attached. They keep having sex but eventually start liking each other. And they go back and forth with the sex before confessing to each other.

And like I said, Troy and Harris are a bit different 'cause there is a mutual emotional attraction between them before they go to town.

And I know I sound like a backward, conventional whatever whatever it is. But I wish more of them had romance and emotion or atleast something other than sexual attraction before the smut. I know the main point of sex is physical attraction. But in Game Changers, it all starts as a strictly sexual encounter.

I'll break it down what happened in each book, that I've read, before the guys start to boing boing

1. Game Changer : They just find each other hot

2. Heated Rivalry : They find each other hot and want to hookup without the risk of being outed

3. Tough Guy : There is SOME emotion involved cus they had crushes on each other in high school. But Fabian is helping Ryan to explore gay sex. No strings attached.

4. Common Goal : Kyle is helping Eric to explore gay sex. No strings attached.

5. Role Model : Mutual emotional attraction before smut begins

Do yall see a pattern? Or am I trippin'? 'Cause I feel like the book was too eager to do the deed. I know it's a trope or whatever but does every book has to be like that? (Except Role Model ofc) I would love to read more mlm books from Rachel Ried, with different dynamics. She's genuinely good at writing romance.

I guess I just don't find the uncertain period of "just sex" appealing... Maybe it's a culture thing? (I'm Asian)

Also, pls don't hate me for this but, I feel like the books are trying to highlight smut because people like to read smut. Idk how to explain it. Like they know people would buy it if there was smut involved so they take every possible opportunity to include a smut scene? Or am I the problem? But not in a way that ruins the story tho (thank god)

Again, no hate because I loved the books. (Can't wait for Unrivaled to come outtttt.)

I'm shooting Olympic style recurve and idk how to tune my bow. Currently I don't have a coach so I need to find a reliable Yt video or a tutorial site to learn how to tune. Can someone pls provide me with a reliable source? 'cause I don't wanna mess up my bow...

I never learned how to tune my bow and I currently don't have a coach to teach me. Can someone pls provide with a reliable yt video or ur own tutorial on how to? I'm scared to pick a random tutorial and mess up my bow

So I shoot Olympic style archery (20F) and I've been doing it for almost 7 years now. I've shot 70m at national level so I'm pretty old to the sport. Currently I am pulling 42lb.

My problem is I cannot string or unstring my bow. NOT EVEN WITH A STRINGER 😭💔

I can string lighter poundages (upto about 20 without stringer and upto 34 with stringer) but I'm physically unable to with MY OWN BOW. Ajskakskskakzkaks. 😖

My coach always does it for me so I never bothered to train myself to string heavier bows. Now I find it lowkey embarrassing to ask for help when I have been doing archery for so long.

And I only do fitness and endurance training. I don't lift weights so I don't think my body can learn it overnight 😭😭😭

AND I'm moving soon so I might have to temporarily shoot at a convenient range without a coach at the new city. And asking for strangers to string MY bow which I SHOOT kinda feels embarrassing.

I just want someone to reassure me that this is normal and it's not embarrassing to ask for help to string and unstring your bow. OR AM I GONNA BE THE WEAKLING WHO CAN'T EVEN STRING HER OWN BOW????? 😖😭

I've been losing sleep over this. I will be grateful if the seasoned archers can let me knowwww (I overthink as a living)

So I shoot Olympic style archery (20F) and I've been doing it for almost 7 years now. I've shot 70m at national level so I'm pretty old to the sport. Currently I am pulling 42lb.

My problem is I cannot string or unstring my bow. NOT EVEN WITH A STRINGER 😭💔

I can string lighter poundages (upto about 20 without stringer and upto 34 with stringer) but I'm physically unable to with MY OWN BOW. Ajskakskskakzkaks. 😖

My coach always does it for me so I never bothered to train myself to string heavier bows. Now I find it lowkey embarrassing to ask for help when I have been doing archery for so long.

And I only do fitness and endurance training. I don't lift weights so I don't think my body can learn it overnight 😭😭😭

AND I'm moving soon so I might have to temporarily shoot at a convenient range without a coach at the new city. And asking for strangers to string MY bow which I SHOOT kinda feels embarrassing.

I just want someone to reassure me that this is normal and it's not embarrassing to ask for help to string and unstring your bow. OR AM I GONNA BE THE WEAKLING WHO CAN'T EVEN STRING HER OWN BOW????? 😖😭

I've been losing sleep over this. I will be grateful if the seasoned archers can let me knowwww (I overthink as a living)