Ive been taking care of some hexbears IRL this week, and some over the phone (not naming names but its been discussed by them in other recent threads).
Seems like a lot of people have been going through it lately, so im sending my best wishes and love to all you comrades, and if you need anything, holler at me. If you’re local, I can offer you shelter, and if you’re not, im well versed in addiction and can be a supportive ear.
That’s all i guess, just hoping yall are doing alright.
Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.
Who keeps us well? We keep us well.Things are inching along very slowly. We got an empty lot in town for some experimental building/gardening, and will hopefully be making a land trust to put it in. Work is down to 24h/wk and most of the surplus has gone to covering for roommates.
The beginning of June was an emotional roller coaster, not only was there some family that I saw for the first time in too long, there were 3 people that contacted me again that I have mixed to bad feelings about. One roommate who’s undiagnosed and emotionally hypervolatile moved himself out, and the other one seems to be making more efforts to get on the right track; though we both struggle with depression, we have a good cooperation. Now it’s time to take care of forgotten potatoes and the full extent of their consequences.
Ty corgi hope you’re well
Doing pretty bad, but I managed to get out of bed
That’s a win! Anything you wanna talk about? Happy to lend an ear! If nothing else, sending a hug
Just left what was probably an ideal as imaginable job and it was still too much for me to handle
Do you have something else lined up? Regardless of the answer to that, is there anything else youd rather be doing as a career?
Im not one to really preach, I was unemployed for 2 years after being fired from a tech job, but I landed something with a nonprofit and dont ever want to do “meaningless” work again.
Happy to chat about my experiences, or if you’re in tech, help you out as much as I can!
I was doing mechanical drafting (which mostly wound up being steel detailing), so we used tech (I had a gaming laptop at work) but it’s not really a “tech” job. It took me about six years of unemployment to get that job, and I wound up saving nothing because I was too dazed from work to even wash my clothes or cook regularly. I needed around 12 hours of sleep to “recover” each day and spent a lot of the weekend just in a stupor.
I think it did give me some experiences and allow me to reflect on what I should avoid, which is unfortunately a lot of things. In the general mega, someone suggested kitchen work, but I either go completely mute or completely lock up if someone yells at me (or I feel like they are), so kitchen work is probably a complete non-starter. Which, given that at least some clients are like that, mean I can’t really do client facing stuff either.
It’s so awesome you have been able to take care of some people. Stay safe and healthy friend.
Weird times for me more than anything, but I’m hanging in there. Hope you are too
Doing well. But also terrible. Quit smoking a month ago and havent fallen off yet. Havent had any pot or alcohol in weeks either.
Unfortunately (cw despair)
i find myself consumed by the desire to do something, anything, to help others or hinder the various horrible projects around me, but am paralyzed by my own mental illness and lack of a clear path forward or ability to take action in general.
Thank you for being an inspiring force in the world and taking care of people around you
You aren’t alone in how you feel. Sending all the love in the world to you
Im drunk which always makes wistful and optimistic, like the sky looks beautiful and all
Hell yeah I always loved drinking at sunset, have fun!
you know what corgi, this is actually inspirational in the literal sense
any aussie hexbears, or hell, any worldwide - hmu of you need anything local or even just need a chat. we need a circuit breaker sometimes, and sometimes we realise we could be helping more without shaming ourselves into depression. let’s fuckin build that next 0.001%
I serve the soviet union
damn, internet posts got me tearing up at 11am
Yeah I hear that as you can imagine from my past few mutual aid reqs, I cannot tell you all how much the support literally saved my life after I lost my job.
I will forever be indebted to this community even after I pay some folks back as promised.
Yep, this whole community is a lifesaver for so many reasons. I know im not alone in saying that “I would have died without hexbear,” quite literally
I probably would have drank myself to death in a ditch if I lost my place 💯
On the bright side being broke reminded me I am really good at shoplifting though lol.
Ayyyy I stole my lunch today! High five!
Feel you on the drinking, that was my vice of choice as well. If you ever need an ear, holler!
Less than one weeks notice I’m losing benefits after layoff notice. Managed to get a last scrip for my ADHD meds though, so that’s good.
Hope you can get something worked out, sending my best!
Today has been a great day, despite all of it. I woke up in a good mood. I got to go by myself to a very special place to do some service work, and for two hours today, I was alone on a rooftop overlooking a picturesque bay along the Texas gulf coast. Gulls laughing, water lapping at the shore, redfish tails popping out of water in the shallows chasing bait fish. Blue skies. The sun on my face and the wind at my back.
I’m still broke. My back still hurts and I work far too much, but days like today are meant for being outdoors and enjoying and I’m glad I got to take part in the joy.
Take some time for yourself comrade. You’re doing right for folks who need it but don’t forget to do right for you too.
Hanging with the pups at the dog park, then gonna do more switch emulation after this while my partner is with [other HB user]
Also I’ll be in Texas this summer, shoot me a DM and ill show you where!
what are you running your emulator on?
I’d like to do some switch emulating but too broke to really afford something new if it requires lots of compute power. I have a couple year old NUC and some USB game controllers i keep telling myself I’m going to turn into an emulator setup but that’s as far as I ever get w it.
Whatcha doing in Texas this summer? Is it your band?
Retroid 5
Band is on your, DM me and ill send you the dates!
