I got an invitation from someone I had been talking to online to come and have dinner with their family. It. Was. Awesome. I got a tour of their gardens, talked pest management, chicken composting, and propagation strategies, got a ukulele concert from their usually shy daughter with some special medical needs (and got to play something for her on the instrument she never shares), and had a lovely meal from their garden. Oh, and we traded plants and cuttings with each other to help diversify our gardens (and who they support)!
That is a lovely little vignette. Thank you for a glimpse into your world :)
I started therapy again and it’s really helped me put the work in and learn to forgive the weird shit in my childhood. Feels good, mayn!
I made a major improvement in my ability to not give a fuck about my job.
I work in American retail.
I didn’t know you could insert that here. I just needed that on my previous comment.
Thanks.Don’t give a fuck about it. Get a skilled labor job. Retail is soul-sucking. You want to be the guy who can build a work shed out of a pile of wood, not the guy who knows where the aisle of tuberware is.
Electricians are well paid and among the least physical trades
Can’t I just not be a guy and be done with it? Lol, my boobs would thank me for sure.
Sorry I didn’t mean “guy” like male, but that isn’t an excuse I should have chosen my words more carefully.
There is nothing wrong with women in the trades. I was in Bangkok for vacation this year and saw an army sized group of women working a construction site. All of them much physically smaller than I am.
Hey, you’re all good. I was just messing with you. I know you weren’t implying anything. Haha.
I met a wonderful woman. We are dating now
Well… there’s not much. I have 2 nominations. They’re not much, but it’s something.
Discovering https://free-mp3-download.net/
I used to download low quality music from YouTube. Now I get FLACs.2
I got to ride an old ZSSK 012 carriage. It’s not comfortable, and it’s also quite loud inside, but there’s passenger seats in the back. The view makes it really worth it.Video I took from the back
There’s also possibly another one, but I’ll just keep that one in my head. It’s a bit weird.
I’d like to hear the weird one, please.
Got to see the northern lights together with my so!
I started turning away from atheism. I’ve always wanted to believe in God but i was literally unable to.
As someone who has found a faith that works for me, personal, nonreligious and without a figurehead god, I’ve seen a lot of concrete benefits from exploring different ways of walking through reality. For me there was a huge difference between the sensation of feeling like a cosmic fluke, blown around in a confusing and random reality, and finding a way to feel like I’m an integral part of time and space.
It was a decision I had to make, years ago, for my own well-being. I’ve seen many others make their own personal, spiritual changes, for similar reasons to mine. Some move away from their childhood religions, towards faith structures that feel more healthy to them. Some return to theirs. I’ve also known people who’ve found meaning, comfort and purpose through studied, focused atheism and agnosticism.
You can probably tell by my tone that I’m not a big fan of organized religion. Any god that can be boxed up isn’t really what I’m looking for. That said, I know from personal experience how powerful that sort of change in perspective can be. It’s exactly the type of thing that could find high ranks in one’s best of the year list.
Happy New Year!
Definitely would like some more detail on this.
That’s great! I wish you all good stuff for the New Year, spiritually and otherwise.
I know how you feel. I started turning away from not collecting stamps. It’s such a good feeling finding faith in stamps.
(wink)
Happy new year!!
Which one did you choose?
Christianity. No church, just me studying the bible.
Cool, I hope it goes well for you.
My parents officially cut the life line – I didn’t need their money anymore and they’re retired now.
But it made me take stock of my expenditure in a way I hadn’t previously.
That’s super cool that you think that’s positive.
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I made the decision to go back to school. There were various life reasons why I was unable to make that decision in my 20’s, but I am happy to have the opportunity to learn again with a renewed sense of drive and direction.
Hey there, I went back at 33, and it took me 4 years to get my AA. But I did it, and git a job that more than doubled what I was making before.
You’re going to love classes in your 30s! It’s so fun to learn, and you’ll make friends with your teachers. It was hard at times, but it felt really good to accomplish! If you need support to talk about it, r/backtoschool was a great place for me to vent or ask for advice.
Bought a house and started my dream job
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My car was totaled and I walked away.
I started volunteering at a children’s theatre. Just finished the third of three production runs, seeing kids from 8 to 18 astound audiences with performances that surpass professional productions I’ve seen. It’s renewed my belief in the power of the arts to change lives, when my whole training and professional life has been in the sciences.
Hey just for my knowledge. My kids are proficient violin players and I heard from a friend that at some point the school theater teacher is going to plead with them to join so they can finally do Fiddler on the Roof. Anything to this? It is actually one of my favorite pieces, would love to see them on stage.
My ability to do math and predict my monthly budget costs is bad enough that it finally worked out in my favor… I’m still curious how that’s happening, but I’m not inclined to look to deeply else I tip the balance of the universe out of my favor sooner that is bound to happen.
I got hella teeth pulled.
I know it sounds terrible, but it really needed to happen. I’m waiting on my bone grafts to set before starting on my first set of implants. Even with my plastic partials, it’s a whole new world. I don’t think I had cracked a genuine smile since highschool. Now I can’t stop.
I have a boss who’s in his mid-forties. After I was out a few days for my wisdom teeth, I was talking to him and he says ever since he was a kid his dentist has said he seriously needs his wisdom teeth removed. Man gives me the biggest smile and says "and I’ve been putting it off for 40 years! ", made me wince. I would be terrified at the prospect of getting them out after that long.
It really depends on spacing and if they’re impacted. I had mine out at 35. Wasn’t a big deal, but I had other teeth that were congeniality missing, along with gum disease, so nothing was really well attached.
