I just saw a Reddit thread about why people don’t drink alcohol. I don’t drink super often but
reasons why I should be sober indefinitely
- I have social anxiety and drinking is taking the easy way out by reducing the tension that automatically happens in social situations. I feel like my body loosens up and I can actually move and dance when I’m intoxicated. It’s weird.
- the buzz is superficial. It’s not a deep, fulfilling kind of contentment, it’s just a mask
- physical symptoms, like insomnia
- alcohol doesn’t taste good
- and it’s expensive
- plus the body doesn’t like it
- with each drink, I have less control over my ability to say no to the next
- my most embarrassing moments have happened under the influence of alcohol
- grandfather was addicted to alcohol and smoking, and I don’t want to turn out like that. His son, my dad, drinks wine everyday, and he becomes a bit of an idiot. I think this has to do with self-medicating because undiagnosed ADHD.
I’m going to download one of those sober apps, and use it as a conversation starter with new people, where drinking is involved. I think having a sense of achievement is one way to feel fulfilled in life, and this can be a little win.
End rant.
Hard to choose the sunset swim pic but we’re going with this:
Also met the most ridiculously tiny toy doggo who just ran up to say hello. Would’ve been no taller than my ankle. Fearless.
sky pretty
Yes
Wow!!
Btw goons, I can do tonight’s thread no worries
Just beautiful on the beach tonight… Water is the perfect temperature.
Gorgeous photo, perfect angle.
Done. Got up. Reset kitchen, got some yoghurt doing its thing in the instant pot, even managed to wipe down the bathroom surfaces while it boiled. Now bed for reals. Night all
good night, I’m beat too
Alright. The meeting for a pay rise is tomorrow.
Thankfully, I’ve got 2 more interviews. One from Australia and one from a very large multinational electronics firm.
Let’s see what happens.
Goodnight all ❤️
Goodluck!
Goodnight and goodluck 😘
Got an early start tomorrow, we’re gonna beat the heat (hopefully) and get the pizza bases finished early. Now I’ve got to try and get some sleep in a house where everyone is still up and about 🙉Goodnight everyone! 💤
Good night 😘
Keep forgetting how very, very little kitchen space there is and I can’t make several things at once. I ended up doing teriyaki salmon (delicious but way too fussy needing the flouring first), blanched amaranth with Japanese sesame sauce (goma-ae), and a quick pickle of shittily julienned carrot and daikon radish. With gluggy rice because I stupidly followed the packet instructions instead of my own experience that jasmine rice needs 1:1 in this rice cooker 🙄
Took like 3 hours in the end… Not exactly worth it but well at least I tried. Rest of this week is gonna be far simpler! Fuck I hate this kitchen.
too lazy to plate dinner properly
Now for all the washing up 😮💨 edit because I forgot I’d already posted before. I oughta sleep early tonight
That’s a pretty good plate!
That looks amazing!
Thanks! Aside from the rice it mostly worked pretty well as a combo. The upshot is I have heaps of pickled carrot and radish for the next few weeks…
Got up from my desk to stack the dishwasher and clean up and somehow ended up in bed with the covers over me…no…I have been exhausted all day. No idea why
Sky pretty
been too hot to work on the terrace garden for long, 10 minutes an hour is better than nothing
Double update: I got distracted from my schoolwork to admire how good the Bitter Sweet Symphony is. Everytime it pops up in my shuffle, I feel compelled to stop and actively listen to it
There’s plenty of songs I like more, but I honestly think I would rank The Bitter Sweet Symphony as the best song of all time
(I had a chat with my teacher, she’s not fussed if I’m a day late with my work, so I’m damn well going to silently sing the song damn it!)
Did you know they were originally sued for the sampling in the song?
Yep! That’s the exact reason I vehemently opposed the rolling stones! I have some quite strong words about them, but I should probably not go there. Such a ridiculous lawsuit
I believe they got revenue back again in 2019 (?) which was also coincidentally the year I found out what it was called and added it to my playlist! Obvy I knew the song, just not what it was called
Bleugh. I napped today too, and didn’t get everything done due to anxiety paralysis. Why is being alive so hard
Hugs.
Christ it was hot and muggy out there. Disgusting!! Felt so gross by noon. Burnt, dehydrated, fly- irritated … The one plus point is I managed to leave early enough after hitting my quota and have embarked on dinner as I promised myself.
It’s turning out a bit ambitious: teriyaki salmon, blanched amaranth with sesame and miso, quick pickled carrot and daikon (my life for a julienne-r - atrocious knife skills). Now for a quick run to the shops for short grain rice to round it out, even though the Coles ones taste like cardboard.
Cut too much daikon so that’s gone into a spicy stir fry with more carrot…
Update: today has kinda been a write off, but not as much as I was anticipating, which means I’ve ended the day a bit happier than I started it
I did however forget that I have school work due tonight, that I haven’t even started yet 😬 but in my defence, it’s been the holidays, and the unit we did before isn’t due for a couple of months, while this one we started in late Dec and only got 1 class on (I think) is due now. Breaks the brain a little. Legal and ethical, too, but of a bleh module
