Nervously optimistic, but I’ve been hurt before

Those were the days man…

That’s a lot of hollandaise sauce, boss.

Man I got distracted twice just reading that list :c

I gotta get back on the dose again. Lost insurance when I aged out of my folk’s. Took closer to a decade to get a proper job & earn it back. Of course, now I’ve had proper job over a year – yet to make a single appointment because, well, still raw-dogging reality without meds.

Tomorrow’s a dayyy awayyyyy 🎶

I think it depends on the meds there to some extent. Anecdotal, and certainly not immune to my own placebo effects, but Adderall always feels pretty good at giving me laser eyes – even when being a bit on/off with it.

Sorry to hear about your extra challenges, truly. I absolutely count myself lucky being someone who had a bad time with COVID recovery vs a fight for my life. I’m also a cancer survivor with elderly parents, plenty of friends in similar immunocompromised boats. Would be an absolute tragedy should any of us succumb to this virus.

If I came off as whiney, not the intention. More frustrated with the fact that life as we know it continues to change, with no end to this slow burn pandemic in sight. Have friends in healthcare with no shortage of horror stories. It’s exhausting.

Just airing frustrations, but obviously there’s always someone going through worse.

Oh yeah, my card has been filling up with each new booster dropping. In it for the long haul so fully expect this to be standard procedure for foreseeable future.

Man, I hate that I need to mask up again. I was diligent about it during early COVID. Still to some degree once vaccines were rolling out. I’ve gotten bad about it lately though.

In my defense I always run hot and I’m an excessive head sweater. Simply masking during a grocery run turns half my face into a sauna and gets me drippy. Masking during a concert or something is so miserable.

Had it back in October but reckon I should get boosted up again and get back to being diligent. Our state is on the uptick in cases lately. :C

Lots of tea lots of soup lots of blankets, you’ll be ok bb

Okami is a masterpiece, but that into is quite tedious!

It’s a combination of a few things. I’ve always been fairly chill, and I think these factors help further that zen.

Having a potent sense of humor makes it easy to laugh off anything from mundane to tragic. Always preferred to “laugh, so I don’t cry.” Easily my biggest coping mechanism.

Another good method I heard was this perspective exercise. When something irks you, stop and think “will I still be upset about this a week from now, month from now, year from now?” Usually the answer is no, I’ll have completely forgotten about this mild inconvenience. If it’s something I’ll be upset about a year out, then I’m justified being upset in the moment.

Finally, another tool of perspective is the cosmic absurdity of it all. Here we are, sharing this tiny mossy pebble of a space ship called Earth, in the middle of the goddamn boondocks of outer space. If this entire planet disappeared overnight, the universe at large wouldn’t even notice. For an inconceivable distance in every direction is a cosmic lifeless void. In the absolute grand scheme of things, all these little grievances are so insignificant. It’s insane that any of us are here. We’ll return to infinite nothingness soon enough. Take a deep breath, enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Idk maybe hit a joint once in a while too lol

Minnesotan checking in. Haven’t even used my proper winter jacket once this year. While I do hate living in a winter wonder land, definitely concern for global climate trends moving forward.

Here’s hoping we get our shit together before we go full Mad Max. Not holding my breath tho’.

Lol, old memory popped in my head of a classmate back in highschool. She asked “won’t the US sink if it gets over populated?” She was processing information way differently.

Quite frequently for sure. I’m a musician in a band, a DJ, and working on becoming more of a producer. Plugging in for amplifying or sampling happens fairly often. Being an audiophile, I’m also partial to wired connections over Bluetooth which can be more unreliable in performance settings. Never wanted to mess with battery powered phones too. Already have charger fatigue pretty bad.

What discord alts would you recommend? Genuine question. Bit of a blind spot for me right now.

What are people using for gaming/chat other than discord?

What are the cool kids using these days?

Is there an android app?

Lol sorry I asked - what an ugly mfer!