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I survived 2020
5 years ago
It's going on two years since I posted anything here, damn. What has gone on since then?
Was out of work between my last journal and July 2019, when I started work at a local tech company. Been there ever since through some rough patches, moving up from being a lab jockey to getting promoted to electrical design work a few months ago.
Attended BLFC 2019 and spent a few weeks with family in Reno. Bought a cheap Subaru in August but held onto my Crown Victoria. In September that year I spent a week in Hawaii with my family for my dad's 60th birthday. Took lots of nice photos, but they've mostly gone missing. Super bummed about that, hope to find them still. 100% sure I backed them all up, but I don't know where they went.
2020 happened and ruined my plans for... everything, mostly, as it did for many people. Had a Covid scare in August, tested negative and showed no symptoms, but still had to stay home for two weeks. I quit all forms of nicotine shortly after to try to maintain my lung and heart health. I learned how to fly drones and got real serious about Rubik's cube speedsolving. Essentially got booted from our old apartment due to new ownership and moved to a new one in October. Way nicer though, and closer to work, so net positive. We live right behind a brewery now, which is pretty cool. I also sold off my Tesla stock and eliminated all my debts, so I'm a free man once again, which is nice.
No real plans for 2021, to be honest. I'm going in with no expectations. The main thing I really want to do is get my anxiety problems under control, because even though I mentally feel fine most of the time, my body is stuck in permanent fight-or-flight mode. Feels horrible and causes other physical issues. I can fall asleep and stay asleep fine, but I have to take a dose of my anti-anxiety beforehand to keep my heart from pretending I'm running a marathon and making me wake up exhausted.
I have a big art backlog I need to gather up and post. Gonna try to do that today/tomorrow. I haven't been motivated to do much here because I don't interact with the furry community much as a whole any more. I quit using Twitter back in June because it became too toxic, and frankly hadn't been much fun for a long time. (Don't think anyone even noticed, though.) I don't really commission any art as a result, because I'm kinda afraid to approach anyone now.
So that's where I'm at. Happy New Year, hopefully this one's better.
Was out of work between my last journal and July 2019, when I started work at a local tech company. Been there ever since through some rough patches, moving up from being a lab jockey to getting promoted to electrical design work a few months ago.
Attended BLFC 2019 and spent a few weeks with family in Reno. Bought a cheap Subaru in August but held onto my Crown Victoria. In September that year I spent a week in Hawaii with my family for my dad's 60th birthday. Took lots of nice photos, but they've mostly gone missing. Super bummed about that, hope to find them still. 100% sure I backed them all up, but I don't know where they went.
2020 happened and ruined my plans for... everything, mostly, as it did for many people. Had a Covid scare in August, tested negative and showed no symptoms, but still had to stay home for two weeks. I quit all forms of nicotine shortly after to try to maintain my lung and heart health. I learned how to fly drones and got real serious about Rubik's cube speedsolving. Essentially got booted from our old apartment due to new ownership and moved to a new one in October. Way nicer though, and closer to work, so net positive. We live right behind a brewery now, which is pretty cool. I also sold off my Tesla stock and eliminated all my debts, so I'm a free man once again, which is nice.
No real plans for 2021, to be honest. I'm going in with no expectations. The main thing I really want to do is get my anxiety problems under control, because even though I mentally feel fine most of the time, my body is stuck in permanent fight-or-flight mode. Feels horrible and causes other physical issues. I can fall asleep and stay asleep fine, but I have to take a dose of my anti-anxiety beforehand to keep my heart from pretending I'm running a marathon and making me wake up exhausted.
I have a big art backlog I need to gather up and post. Gonna try to do that today/tomorrow. I haven't been motivated to do much here because I don't interact with the furry community much as a whole any more. I quit using Twitter back in June because it became too toxic, and frankly hadn't been much fun for a long time. (Don't think anyone even noticed, though.) I don't really commission any art as a result, because I'm kinda afraid to approach anyone now.
So that's where I'm at. Happy New Year, hopefully this one's better.
Cpl.Seal
~cpl.seal
Here's to the the new year being better than the last! <3
SinisterMongoose
~sinistermongoose
Good to hear ya made it dude. Kind of in a similar spot in regard to the furry fandom and twitter hah. So I totally get that. Hope this year goes alot better for you and would love to see your new art.
