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A Week in Vignettes
This week was a roller coaster. A roller coaster that mostly went down but managed to also get really close to feeling like the shuttle loop in Rollercoaster Tycoon set so that it just launched the riders off the end … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged anxiety, career, cars, depression, exercise, friends, injury, jobhunt, mental health, weightlifting
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Rough Start
I’m writing this from under a cozy blanket on my couch, propped up on a good pillow, and wearing a nice warm fleece pullover. The space heater’s going again after keeping it off most of the day, and I’m starting … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets
Tagged anxiety, dayjob, food, jabberwocky, medication, mental health, organization, stress
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Reflecting on 2020
We did it! We made it to the end of the year. And what a shitty year it was for pretty much everyone. I’m having a hard time reflecting on the past year. My brain just doesn’t want to focus … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged anxiety, apartment stuff, career, covid-19, dayjob, depression, exercise, gradschool, housing, jabberwocky, mental health, new years, pandemic, podcast, shivering deeps, work, writing
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Open Loops
Whoops, it’s been a minute. Life happens, you know? I’ve been doing some thinking and I think I’m bogged down recently by having too many open loops. I’m borrowing the term from Getting Things Done, which basically means “things I … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Writing
Tagged accountability, anarchism, anxiety, brain, cars, computers, dayjob, depression, editing, feelings, ianlearnsinfosec, infosec, jobhunt, organization, school, shivering deeps, stress, technology, writing
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Unexpected Shutdown
I did my taxes yesterday. I know, I know, hold your applause. It really beat the shit out of me, though, and not only because the new way business deductions are handled for 1099-MISC work is confusing as heck. (I … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, finances, mental health, money, taxes, the black dog
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Week Wrap-up: 23 July 2018 – 29 July 2018
It’s a sleepy, grumpy day today. But what else is new? Here’s a breakdown of what happened this week. The Good Got a job! I’m starting work as a construction laborer tomorrow. Finished the rewrite of a section of my … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, decluttering, jobhunt, mental_health, technology, volunteering
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