can’t speak much now, site is in five-alarm fire mode for obvious reasons. things are going good though, thank you for using the site, hopefully this week will chill a bit
I just started painting and drawing again and couldn’t be happier with it - I use it to meditate after a long day at work and usually just before heading off to bed! Hope you all are doing great!
Little stressed out. Pregnant wife just tested positive for COVID, I’m in the clear so far and my daughter seems to be, too. Gotta head to the store to get some more tests though, but we’re pretty strapped for cash until tomorrow. I’ve been in the dumps lately but actually today I’m feeling pretty good all things considered. Weird how that goes!
Not great. Struggling a lot with my mental health. Trying my best to get through this.
It stinks to hear you’re struggling friend. But it’s good to hear you’re trying your best to make it through. ❤️🍁
❤️thanks
Had to put down a 21 year old cat, spent $1700 at the mechanic on my car, and a power surge killed my elliptical’s electronics. I’ve had better weeks.
I had a cat that lived to be 21, too. My sympathies; I remember how hard it was to lose him.
Whenever one of my cats has died, I always end up thinking of a passage from May Sarton’s The Fur Person:
“They did not love him for his glossy tiger coat, nor his white shirt front and white paws, nor his great green eyes, no, not even for the white tip to his tail. They loved him because he was himself.”
Sorry about all that, I feel you. I had to put down my 20 year old cat a couple weeks ago and learned my dad has cancer the day before that. This week I spent a ton of money to update our home electricals and then just learned the washer is now broken. Stay strong and hang in there and we’ll get through all this!
I got my laptop back from the repair shop. They said I really needed to replace the internal keyboard and touchpad components, but I just disabled them and stuck on an external keyboard and mouse.
Then I played Sims 4 for about four hours. Fun!
Super stressed out, honestly. It sucks a lot, because dad & I took my offspring to a cabin trip & all I can think about is my current situation. I don’t wanna go too deep into it, but I’m having trouble with my place of care. Not sure about the correct terminology in English, but basically, I’ve filed a complaint & am awaiting their response.
That said, I’ve been enjoying Beehaw a lot & I’d like to wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week!
A bit better than usual lately, which is nice. Getting some PR photos today to finally get my IDs updated since my name change certificate arrived! I will finally be rid of my dead name!
Also started working on my first leather working project this week. While it’s rough and I’m missing a couple of tools to finish it well, I’m happy to be learning a new skill.
All in all, a good week, which is a nice change of pace.
Overall good but the nice weather is tanking my work motivation… I’d rather be outside in the woods than in front of a computer tbh, but what can you do?
Keeping up with Lemmy/Beehaw is fun! I’m definitely posting more frequently than I ever did on reddit tbh.
I just flunked out of what I thought was going to be my career (physics) I’m not sure if this is the correct term but I failed at my bachelor’s? I’m thinking of doing an engineering degree instead.
In future you may look back and see this as an important turning point in your life that you’d never want to change.
I switched out from my original degree and went into an entirely different field and if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t have anything like the life I’ve got now.
You failed at doing what you weren’t meant to do. You succeeded in moving in the right direction. You got this
Thanks my friend, not gonna lie I actually cried, I thought I had it I studied hard for the final exam but it still wasn’t enough. Whatever it is I enter next I’ll make sure to change my studying habits.
I was on the same boat, man. I was doing really well in HS, always thought I was going to be a scientist, etc… college years hit me hard, not only in the materials difficulty and studying habits, but also had a nasty incident which gave me PTSD on top of that.
Long story short, I also dropped out of Physics after years of trying and pretending I could. I couldn’t. I also cried. First to myself and then others.
After that… it took many years but I eventually got back to college for that degree in Comp Sci. I am already working as a programmer, so it helps me focus in my path to follow.
If you’re following up with an engineering degree, that’s actually a solid choice. A lot of scientists are engineers too, both are STEM so there’s a lot of compatible subjects if you’re still eyeing on the physics path. You could get a bachelor’s in engineering and then a masters in physics or astronomy, for example, or simply follow where your heart or money is.
Don’t pressure yourself too much on dropping out. Yes, it’s a failure and it will serve well to retrace the steps and identify what made us fail, but it’s never the person themselves. You made a mistake, but you are not the mistake or the failure. That means you can and will be better.
Sorry for the long rant. Hope you get better man.
Thanks for the kind words stranger, your story rings so many bells to me too, I basically cried internally once I knew it was all over and then to my family, I am thankful that I have a lot of support at home so I was able to process it in peace.
I have been placing a lot of pressure on myself for this but it’s in the past all I can do is learn from it and do better which is what I am planning to do.
I hope you find a lot of success in your life my friend! Thank you for your words.
I know that I did a good job of things this week more than I feel I did a good job of things this week, if that makes sense 😅 I can always envision more getting done better than I’ve done it, but given my abilities and level of support I did very well. I’m recovering from work and looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow
Just getting started, but I’ll be starting my holiday in Lanzarote on Sunday. I’m looking forwards to it of course!
I’ve had an observation that it seems like there are two groups of redditfugee here in the threadiverse. One group is excited to have a stronger sense of the kind of “intolerant of intolerance” moderation some instances have and another group who’s excited about the Fediverse to be a lot like Reddit without all the pesky moderation.
got a lot going on, an important job interview, studying, trying to help a friend going through a tough time.
I’ve had a stomach bug (i think) all week so it could be better.
Going good! Started putting together a little digital garden to keep some of my favorite saved posts from reddit before deleting my account.
This digital garden is intriguing. Is that essay your own or are you just sharing the concept. It looks super interesting.
Not my essay! It’s just the best summary I’ve seen so far. My garden is still under construction, but I might share it here when it’s done.
Edit: if you’re interested in the specifics of how to make one easily, I’m using Obsidian, a great free notetaking app with a paid Publish feature (there’s a student discount on Publish too, so that’s a plus). There are some guides on the specifics of making one there, like this one.
