the headlines have been pretty bad this week, huh?
I have decided that I really need to get better at networking if I’m gonna get anywhere in life. Problem is I have social anxiety and zero clue how to talk to people.
Do you think it could help your social anxiety if you were playing a character different from yours?
I’m thinking about honing your networking skills under the guise of being in cosplay and in character at conventions. Once that went well a couple times, you could slowly transition to less and less cosplay character and more your general self? Just spitting ideas while on the toilet at work hah
I’ve reached the conclusion that networking events are society’s practice setting for becoming more sociable, since you sure has hell aren’t ever hearing back about an opening. It’s performative bullshit theatre; treat it as such (relax) and find amusement in those taking it seriously.
I really like that perspective actually. I’ll try and keep it in mind.
it was my birthday weekend!
- had a slumber/pajama/movie party
- my partner got me new boots to replace my old ones
- saw petey at a sold-out show; he was great!
- found an excellent deal on a used salsa journeyer bike, and the seller even swapped out the stem for me and gave me a birthday discount ($1 for each year)
- a friend gave me an awesome new hat
- had the most amazing ramen i’ve ever tasted
and i kept up with my word count for nanowrimo! 🙌
Happy belated birthday!
General week has been alright, news not so good between the UK government going after Trans people again as well as the Internet being a bad place to be publicly out I’d say that’s the bad side of things.
Started the week with kidney stones so it’s probably only getting better from there. Looking forward to ditching the ureteral stent.
This is my first post. I lost my apartment key, so OK week so far.
Oh dear, I hope you have a spare?
Pretty good, how about you?
I’m in DC for a slew of meetings, all of which were cancelled. So I got to spend the day cruising the Smithsonian and vibing in a coffee shop
Well, it has just started, but I cannot complain. I think my depression and my anxiety both seem to be somewhat stable; it feels like my nervous system is finally getting used to my new circumstances. I also haven’t had any thoughts about self-harm in 3-4 days, which I think is a major accomplishment, so I’m proud of myself.
Work is stressful; the news is stressful; parenting is stressful; trying to stay healthy is stressful…
Ugh.
At least one thing is bringing me joy right now: listening to the audiobooks of The Lord of the Rings on my daily walks with my dog.
Which recording of the audiobooks? I’ve been enjoying the recent Andy Serkis ones, but I hear great things about the earlier versions as well.
Oh it’s been the Serkis ones for me too! They are absolutely fantastic.
Took part in a work provided health check, and was pleasantly surprised. My cholesterol levels need to be better, but other than that I’m actually in pretty good shape! It’s nice to get some good news once in a while.
Other than that, I’m in a general good mood. Feel like I’m a bit more in sync between my internal and external self, if that makes any sense :)I’ve been pretty depressed by the current political atmosphere in the US, lately, and living in a more conservative area of my state makes it even more alienating. Today, I went to a left wing book fair at a city I’m considering moving to, and it was an amazing change of scenery.
I hope you can move there! It’s important to find your people.
Eh, could be better. Just today I saw that the bakery I often go to won’t open on Saturday due to some tragic loss. I haven’t seen one of the usual staff there in a while. I don’t want to ask about it and she is/was(?) somewhat young so it could just be a coincidence and she found a different/better job and that PSA wasn’t about her.
It’ll be my birthday soon. Hopefully I will be happy on that day :)
happy early birthday!
Thank you :'D
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Is there any timeline on said version? The two options being minimal content (subscribed) or unpleasant firehose was an astoundingly poor choice as a starting point. Serendipity without the bullshit is juuuuuuuust right.
Soon, probably. Been in beta for a while. But I subscribed to a lot of communities back when I was using Lemmy federated, didn’t really have minimal content.
This week is going well! Work week went smoothly, and I have a three day weekend, which is shaping up nicely. Yesterday I had a much needed mostly lazy day and met up with friends for beers in the evening. Today I’m going to a drumming workshop this morning and then a burlesque show tonight. Tomorrow is a walk and lunch with a friend.
ooo! A drumming workshop sounds fun, what happens in them? Really want to learn the drums, it looks so freeing, trying to master solo playing on guitar rn tho hah
It was with a teacher who’s originally from Ghana but lives in the US now, showing us how they approach drumming where he’s from. It was a great workshop, I wish it had been longer!
aw that’s so awesome!
