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3 years ago
Haven't posted here in a while. How's it hanging?
Just wanted to give an update that I'm in a better spot than I was previously for sure. I've started working graveyard shifts at a local supermarket, it's interesting for sure. The pay is less but the stress is waaaaaaay down, so even if my hours are kind of weird, it's altogether a much better fit than my previous job. The further I get from that, the more I realize I should have left it much earlier.
But hey, hindsight is 20/20. I'm glad I'm in a better spot now. It sure taught me a lot that "fake it until you make it" is not always a smart policy.
In terms of hobbies, I left GW2 a year or so ago, and I do think it's been for the best. I think I overstayed my welcome there, so I'm glad I moved on. It helps that most of the friends I met there I can still contact on Discord or Twitter, so I don't really feel like I've left anybody behind.
My "free time focus" has been on Pokemorph MUSH, which is altogether filling me with inspiration. I get my four-ish scenes a week there and spend a lot of my free time thinking about it, especially now these days that my Ursaring has a cute boyfriend. Sam's still single but he has a big circle of friends, and he's just a fun, sweet guy who's just enjoyable to play. Altogether, RPing here kinda gives me warm, nostalgic vibes for when I was younger and a l'il more optimistic.
Don't worry, though. I'm still an optimist. I think that part's never fully going to leave me no matter how bad it all gets.
Still playing my DnD, still eating too much, still dying horribly in League of Legends, still keeping on. Only three years until I'm 40, can you believe it? I still feel like a youngin' sometimes.
Peace!
Just wanted to give an update that I'm in a better spot than I was previously for sure. I've started working graveyard shifts at a local supermarket, it's interesting for sure. The pay is less but the stress is waaaaaaay down, so even if my hours are kind of weird, it's altogether a much better fit than my previous job. The further I get from that, the more I realize I should have left it much earlier.
But hey, hindsight is 20/20. I'm glad I'm in a better spot now. It sure taught me a lot that "fake it until you make it" is not always a smart policy.
In terms of hobbies, I left GW2 a year or so ago, and I do think it's been for the best. I think I overstayed my welcome there, so I'm glad I moved on. It helps that most of the friends I met there I can still contact on Discord or Twitter, so I don't really feel like I've left anybody behind.
My "free time focus" has been on Pokemorph MUSH, which is altogether filling me with inspiration. I get my four-ish scenes a week there and spend a lot of my free time thinking about it, especially now these days that my Ursaring has a cute boyfriend. Sam's still single but he has a big circle of friends, and he's just a fun, sweet guy who's just enjoyable to play. Altogether, RPing here kinda gives me warm, nostalgic vibes for when I was younger and a l'il more optimistic.
Don't worry, though. I'm still an optimist. I think that part's never fully going to leave me no matter how bad it all gets.
Still playing my DnD, still eating too much, still dying horribly in League of Legends, still keeping on. Only three years until I'm 40, can you believe it? I still feel like a youngin' sometimes.
Peace!
The hard part isn't the sleep, the hard part is trying to have a life on your days off. Been invited to several DnD pods and roommate hangouts and they all happen when I'm sleeping. It's impossible to get anything done because everywhere is closed on my nights off. Since I can buy groceries from work, I literally never leave the house. I feel like I haven't seen the sun in years, I mean, what am I gonna do, go to a park at 2am? And meeting friends is super hard because we only have a few hours between one of us waking and the other sleeping.
You may be better off because MUSHes are social and online, but holy cow, night shift destroyed my life outside of work.
Honestly, it works out well enough. I've been doing it for about six months now. I just sleep when I get home and wake up around 5-6, so I still have my evenings off. I basically just work when people sleep and sleep when people work and it tends to work out. I still do my DnD every Monday. I will have to give up my Saturday DnD pretty soon since it happens in the equivalent of the middle of the night for me, but otherwise it hasn't really disrupted my daily routine too bad.
But you're more extroverted than I am, so I can see how it would be rough.
I am working cashier twice a week (plus covering breaks on my freight stocking days) so still right there in customer service, but it's okay. I find it much much much much MUCH easier to deal with people face to face than over the phone, so it's not too rough.
League sounds fun, and grats on commanding raids! Glad you're still having a good time with GW2 as well.
It was great peaceful work and let me catch up on lots of audio books and podcasts. Glad feeling good about stepping away from GW2 as well It was good for me too. And yay pokemon mush! Ive been thinking about trying to get back into it so may be messaging you over the next few days since the few weeks I was active it was super fun. And hey maybe I can join you in league from time to time too :D
Keep being great Father Kasik <3
For sure, door's always open, always lovely to hear from ya sugah.
And ye, shall be poking you on telegram when I can.
But also kinda glad your job has been giving you a lot of peace. That feels really important and I'm glad it can give you that sort of feeling. I hope that lasts for you as long as it can until you are ready to move onto something else!
Always been joy to keep in touch with you dude! ❤️
It's still tough work, I mean, it's physically exhausting and can be stressful, but I mean, what job isn't? Who really "likes" their job? So I think considering that I can't say I /hate/ it, I'm in a better spot than I was, and honestly, a better spot than a lot of folks around me.
Take care of yourself!
Really hoping to hit up Anthro Northwest next year! I'm just so on the fence. I was like "yes! I'm going to!" but then I keep hearing of these big COVID outbreaks after furcons that have happened this year, and then I go back to "I dunno..."
Still thinking about it. X.x
I want to go to ANW next year, but then I keep hearing about these post-con COVID outbreaks... it's a tough call. X.x