2024
2008 http://figg.livejournal.com/314729.html
2009 http://figg.livejournal.com/343616.html
2010 http://figg.livejournal.com/346046.html
2011 http://figg.livejournal.com/346441.html
2012 http://figg.livejournal.com/347985.html
2013 http://figg.livejournal.com/348330.html
2014 http://figg.livejournal.com/348456.html
2015 http://figg.livejournal.com/348903.html
2016 https://figg.livejournal.com/349076.html
2017 https://figg.livejournal.com/349340.html
2018 https://figg.livejournal.com/349607.html
2019 https://figg.livejournal.com/349888.html
2020 https://figg.livejournal.com/350023.html
2021 https://figg.livejournal.com/350351.html
2022 https://figg.livejournal.com/350681.html
2023 https://figg.livejournal.com/350858.html
It's time for the yearly update. Here's where I was at the start of the year.
> I'm burned out again.
Not much has changed. I didn't get a job until november, and frankly I don't know how long it will last. At least I can pay rent. It's been a year of stressing over finances.
More accurately, it's just been a year of stress.
About two weeks into the year, Kat learned she was on the chopping block. A series of tortuous reorgs and layoffs later, and Kat lost her job. As I write this, the clock is running down on her visa, and as you might expect, the mood at home isn't great.
Things just haven't gone well.
I had a bad alcohol experience that has put me off drinking almost entirely, but it wasn't like I was going out much to begin with. I'm pretty sure I was more sociable between lockdowns. It's not entirely "nae pals", a huge chunk of it is "not being awake when other people are", or "not having the executive function to plan things", or "inevitably flaking because my mental health is at an all time low". I just don't really leave the house anymore.
Again, things aren't going well.
I ended up melting down (quelle suprise) in a discord group. Then it happened again. Cohost went by the wayside too, and I've never really gotten the hang of regular social interaction online outside of social media. Turns out people don't want a wall of text. I'm technically speaking in one irc channel, maybe two, but that's really about it for "group social activities online".
Maybe this week, Kat will get good news, and maybe things will start to pick up. On the other hand, it also feels like everything could fall apart tomorrow, and there's fuck all I can do about it.
That's how the year has gone. Things have happened. I've done nothing.
Well, except for finding a job, so there's that at least.
2009 http://figg.livejournal.com/343616.html
2010 http://figg.livejournal.com/346046.html
2011 http://figg.livejournal.com/346441.html
2012 http://figg.livejournal.com/347985.html
2013 http://figg.livejournal.com/348330.html
2014 http://figg.livejournal.com/348456.html
2015 http://figg.livejournal.com/348903.html
2016 https://figg.livejournal.com/349076.html
2017 https://figg.livejournal.com/349340.html
2018 https://figg.livejournal.com/349607.html
2019 https://figg.livejournal.com/349888.html
2020 https://figg.livejournal.com/350023.html
2021 https://figg.livejournal.com/350351.html
2022 https://figg.livejournal.com/350681.html
2023 https://figg.livejournal.com/350858.html
It's time for the yearly update. Here's where I was at the start of the year.
> I'm burned out again.
Not much has changed. I didn't get a job until november, and frankly I don't know how long it will last. At least I can pay rent. It's been a year of stressing over finances.
More accurately, it's just been a year of stress.
About two weeks into the year, Kat learned she was on the chopping block. A series of tortuous reorgs and layoffs later, and Kat lost her job. As I write this, the clock is running down on her visa, and as you might expect, the mood at home isn't great.
Things just haven't gone well.
I had a bad alcohol experience that has put me off drinking almost entirely, but it wasn't like I was going out much to begin with. I'm pretty sure I was more sociable between lockdowns. It's not entirely "nae pals", a huge chunk of it is "not being awake when other people are", or "not having the executive function to plan things", or "inevitably flaking because my mental health is at an all time low". I just don't really leave the house anymore.
Again, things aren't going well.
I ended up melting down (quelle suprise) in a discord group. Then it happened again. Cohost went by the wayside too, and I've never really gotten the hang of regular social interaction online outside of social media. Turns out people don't want a wall of text. I'm technically speaking in one irc channel, maybe two, but that's really about it for "group social activities online".
Maybe this week, Kat will get good news, and maybe things will start to pick up. On the other hand, it also feels like everything could fall apart tomorrow, and there's fuck all I can do about it.
That's how the year has gone. Things have happened. I've done nothing.
Well, except for finding a job, so there's that at least.