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Rock climbing (indoor) is the only thing, but honestly it’s been dark recently and I’m not sure I can last another 25 years until I could retire.
Lately for me it’s been the Octopath Traveler II soundtrack. Whenever I feel stressed out I just listen to the character themes and it totally transports me to another place.
Should be asleep ramble but…
Honestly, had a lot of time to think back in chemo. Wasn’t even old enough to drink yet. Caught early, pretty high rates for success… But still… Lots of time to think. Sat next to sweet old ladies with much harder fights…
I appreciate the cosmic absurdity of it all. This whole experience of brief life in a tiny blip of this stupid cosmic scale of infinity in all directions, billions of years either side… Meaning comes from what we make it. It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. Try to enjoy the ride while it lasts.
Find hobbies. Learn a new skill. Get lost in a book, or museum, or at a disco. Get that extra slice. Take that road trip. Learn how to play that instrument. No, it’s probably not too late to start skiing, or climbing, or studying French. Grind if you have to. Cool shit often requires luck, but those who put in the hours get lucky more.
I feed my brain new music every day, and try to add laughter to every room I’m in. Make art, be weird, find the helpers.
Much love
From one tiny universal blip to another, thank you for your message. Stay real.
'Preciate you too, and shall do. Keeping it real is the only way I know how to roll. 🤙
Read more history, even just the last 1-200 years. Really dig in to the shit they don’t get into in school. What you’ll find is that times have always been “troubling” and if anything I think there’s a selfishness some people have when they always focus on somehow NOW is the worst time ever and NOW is when things are terrible and everything good will somehow end.
Honestly, whatever you think is “troubling” nowadays probably isn’t even new or the first time. But so many people don’t understand just how fucked up all of history has been and yet people and countries and cultures survived.
If anything, life today in general for most is far better than in all of human history. Due to advancements in technology and medicine, most people don’t have to worry about basic survival things the same way they might have even just 100 years ago.
Bold of you to assume Im sane.
Prozac and therapy.
Which honestly, is working. If only I arrived at this method sanely, rather than nearly ending it all and winding up in a hospital.
Glad to hear you’re on the mend, friend. The world is a better place for having you in it. ❤️
Despite the sheer absurdity and chaos of it all, glad we’re sharing this weird spaceship called Earth during these wild times.
Rooting for you. 🤙
“Messages like yours” is my answer to the post.
Well ain’t you sweet, cheers! 😏
Bold of you to assume I’m sane
Honestly, sticking my head in the sand in a way. I deleted all social media from my phone (minus Lemmy) and un-joined any news communities on here. I’m trying to keep my world smaller so I can stay sane and keep those dearest to me taken care of as best as I can.
Honestly, it’s worked a treat. I feel a little guilty for not rallying for the cause or keeping up with the world, but it’s just too much.
Your eyes are a commodity. Choose wear they go. Anger and fear is what they need to keep your eyes on their media.
I started a sub as a distraction.
I renewed my tram card today, it expired a few months ago so I was paying full price instead of the low income price since then. I’m happy to have crossed that out of my to-do list
This could be its own post. I posted there about going to get a haircut and asking if sport clips is more or less the Hooters of haircut places. (I’ve never been to sport clips)
I checked the planning of my hairdresser but unfortunately my usual isn’t available this week. it’s not the same if it’s not the regular, mostly because of the chat.
The fact that I see and hear my family’s ethos in everything The Right does. That makes me angry beyond comprehension and motivates me to keep going out of sheer spite.
The assholes who raised me didn’t manage to break me, not enough to take me out of the game. The assholes who rule us now have their work cut out for them, because I came out stronger.
Avoiding the news mostly and resisting the urge to participate in most online comments. Not getting upset about things I have no control over.
Sorry, but this country fully deserves where it ends up.
I shut off all news and social media, stopped checking newspapers, TV, and podcasts, and unsubbed from all politics and news mailing lists and communities. Told family and friends and they’re being cool about it.
Dove into 60’s detective novels. Anything by Ross Thomas, Donald Westlake, and Lawrence Block. Have stocked up on at least a year’s worth of out-of-print epubs. Will reevaluate once they run out. Mixed with a lot of outdoor walks.
It’s been glorious.
I haven’t tried the 60s yet, but I’ve heard good things about Westlake. My entire reading world changed when I discovered the original hard-boiled works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
Yup, blocking the news groups was something I did. Half baked articles and idiotic, ranting, comments aren’t worth my time. I don’t watch the news since it revolves around either fluff or fear mongering. I pretty much glance at a news compilation app and scan headlines, blocking subjects that are there as rage bait. I’m very selective about what I read now.
My basic rule is there is no point in getting upset about things you have zero control over and/or don’t have the slightest effect on you.
Honestly, right now, stardew valley.
Factorio
Can’t wait to play the 1.6 update as soon as I finish my BG3 campaign. It’s taking me forever though because I am a loot goblin.
Don’t do this yourself but alcohol and weed. Lots of it. Unhealthy amounts.
I’d cut the booze, but yeah, I toke up. A lot.
What is the criteria one has to meet for consumption to be considered unhealthy? For me it depends on the day. Sometimes I can get by with a few hits and other days I feel like I can’t function without a constant blaze across my face.
I smoke all day everyday and drink myself to sleep each night. I’d consider both of those to be unhealthy.
Well I wish you the best my friend. I’ve certainly been known to do that as well, so at least we’re not drinking alone.
Lame and simple, but: It’s still a privilege to be here. I am grateful I was born when and where I am.
Maybe it’s because I like history, but while I want things to be different, and do what I can to push for them to be, I still get to live in a world that’s better than most of the time’s I’ve read about.
I think we have a tendency to visualize our populations’ struggles against a lens of what could be better, which is a good thing because that’s what leads to progress. The unfortunate downside to this is the mental health aspects that can evolve from not recognizing how far we have come despite the challenges.
