A bunch of you are dealing with being stuck in your houses, which is something I have a lot of experience with, if not in quite the same way. So I thought I might as well give what advice I have to give.
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Seeing all the BUY THIS FOR YOUR LOVED ONES Christmas pressure ramping up has reminded me how glad I am that I don't give out presents any more ( Read more... )

This is adapted from a comment I gave someone asking for advice, since I thought other folk might find it useful.

Habitica is a website that turns ticking off items on your to-do list into a simple role playing game where you are rewarded with clothes items and pets for your little avatar. I find it quite useful.
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Since people ask me about it sometimes. I am by no means an expert, other people's advice very much welcomed in the comments. (And I'm sure I have posted about this before but can't find it!)

So! For the last few years I've been selling art, shirts, stickers, and cards at redbubble. I make very little money off this (about $20 a year, looking at ( Read more... )

As developed trying to finish a Phd with worsening cfs, and then doing Coursera courses with even worse cfs. I initially wrote this in response to a particular person then realised that in the meantime they'd dropped the class, making it unhelpful. So I guess advice part zero is: sometimes the smartest choice is not to write the essay at all. But ( Read more... )

I encounter a lot of people who have fatigue chronically but aren't sure if they have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome asking me for advice. Here's some off-the-top-of-my-head advice while I remember (based on my personal experience, and thus possibly entirely wrong for people who don't have cfs. But people ask).

Take it seriously. See a doctor and get ( Read more... )

I'm feeling grumpy and sick and in need of distraction, and very belatedly found a fantastic resource: my friendsfriends page. You guys read some interesting stuff :)

Anyway, in the process, I came accross the feed for the latest xkcd(*) and in the comments for that the Nice Guys essay I was looking for ages ago(*)Since if it's anything like the ( Read more... )

I keep seeing posts like this and then losing them again, so a (currently pretty sparse) compilation of all the useful-looking (to me) social-advice-for-geeks I've seen and can think of right now. I'll add more stuff if I think of it/am linked it ( Read more... )