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I'm struggling really hard. My business has dried up for over six months now and I haven't found a solution yet. But recently the anxiety surrounding geopolitical events is sky high. I'm really worried things might escalate and that I might have to join the army, willingly or not. Tonight our president is doing a speech, we'll see what comes out of it.
Growing up all I wanted was to have a normal happy life, no extravagant dreams. Even that seems beyond reach now.
I'm worried for the future too. Im in the middle east and seeing what trump says is terrifying.
Im sorry to hear about your business too, by the way. I hope youll manage to find a solution :)
I think we all want a normal and happy life; i want to. But im not sure if the world works that way; there has always been war and famine, but now its gotten into the mainstream.
Not that good really. Everything sucks rn.
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it gets better for you :)
Thanks, it will. Just takes time. How about you?
Thanks for asking. Same, pretty much. Everything does suck, and i've gotten used to it. Though in 4-6 years, hopefully finally i will solve it.
That’s a long time. Godspeed
I am very concerned about what is going on in the US, and the US' complacency has consequences for the entirety of the world.
Ditto. The hits keep coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop...
it's designed to overwhelm you. However, you are encouraged to take a break from it.
Reading constant live feeds is not very useful in my opinion. move to longer form summaries of the week.
I've been going through a personal good patch lately, so I'm doing well.
I recently left my old job which had been stressing me and making me miserable and destroying my mental health. The new job is a lot less stress and a lot more of the work I deeply enjoy doing, so I've been enjoying it. For the first time in ages I'm not dreading the fact that Sunday is almost over and I have to go to work tomorrow, so I'm thankful.
I just finished an art piece that I've wanted to make for a while. It's loosely inspired by "Ocean Limited" by Alex Coleville (more the technique and feeling than contet), but it's based on an ontario marsh that I just could not get out of my head for a couple weeks. I'm not a master artist by any stretch, but it's good enough that when I look at the picture my head goes right there, and that makes me happy.
Today I've just been relaxing, so I'm happy right now.
I'm happy for you 😊 Congratulations on the piece, and the new job!
I've come to the conclusion that the only people who would want to date me would be people who are equally as much of a fucking mess as me. Not sure how to find them but what else is new.
It’s okay to be messy if you compliment each others messiness.
I don’t have advice, I just wish you the best.
I had a weird sense of dread hit me the other day at the grocery store, and it led to me being concerned about how my treatment's going, and also how I've been slacking on basic food prep, but I think I got a handle on that. Although I'm still unsure if I'm treating my issues or just the symptoms
Well, if the sense of dread didn't last too long then that's probably a relatively good thing, though I don't know how often you've had that feeling to begin with.