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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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Making the Grade: Accountability 2024 Check-In for Jan and Feb
It’s finally time to do the habit accountability post! Oh how exciting. What a time to be alive! *cough* Anyway. The last couple months have been a mixed bag, as months within reality tend to be.
Posted in Accountability, Art, Personal, Writing
Tagged 2024 check-ins, art, cleaning, exercise, habits, life, mental health, physical health, self improvement, sick, writing
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Hurry Up and Wait
I’m currently engaged in everyone’s favorite game, “hurry up and wait.” I’m supposed to hear back about a job interview this week, to determine whether I’m going to progress in the selection process or wash out. It’s for a good … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, jobhunt, mental health, patience, reflection
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Reflections and Resolutions
It’s the last day of the year. Last few hours, actually. I wanted to do quick look back at the last year and then outline some of what I’m thinking about for next year. When I mentioned I was thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Art, Personal, Writing
Tagged accountability, art, body, exercise, goals, habits, jobhunt, mental health, money, new years, newyear, pets, publication, reflection, resolutions, running, stress, tattoos, weightlifting, writing
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And We’re Back
I return! I’ve tried to write this post at least twice now, over the past year-ish. So now I’m going to try and just write the short, FAQish and/or bullet points filled version of my comeback post. Where did you … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Personal, Pets
Tagged covid-19, dating, dayjob, death, jabberwocky, jobhunt, life, lol tags, mental health, pets, podcast, primary attribute
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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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I’m Back
*Sheepishly walks back in, turns on the lights, starts taking chairs down off the tables and getting them set up* Hey all. It’s been a while since I last posted. The world’s been on fire, in one notable case extremely … Continue reading
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Tagged covid-19, depression, life, mental health, video games, writing
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The Future (2020, at least)
Ed note: It took a little longer than I expected to get to it, but here’s the post about looking towards the future, also known as 2020. Which is 1/12th done now, but hey, another month of existential dread wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged accountability, community, depression, exercise, gender, ianlearnsinfosec, jobs, learning, making games, mental health, python, queer, relationships, scottish gaelic, self care, self improvement, support network, video games
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