Ive been taking care of some hexbears IRL this week, and some over the phone (not naming names but its been discussed by them in other recent threads).
Seems like a lot of people have been going through it lately, so im sending my best wishes and love to all you comrades, and if you need anything, holler at me. If you’re local, I can offer you shelter, and if you’re not, im well versed in addiction and can be a supportive ear.
That’s all i guess, just hoping yall are doing alright.
Doing pretty bad, but I managed to get out of bed
That’s a win! Anything you wanna talk about? Happy to lend an ear! If nothing else, sending a hug
Just left what was probably an ideal as imaginable job and it was still too much for me to handle
Do you have something else lined up? Regardless of the answer to that, is there anything else youd rather be doing as a career?
Im not one to really preach, I was unemployed for 2 years after being fired from a tech job, but I landed something with a nonprofit and dont ever want to do “meaningless” work again.
Happy to chat about my experiences, or if you’re in tech, help you out as much as I can!
I was doing mechanical drafting (which mostly wound up being steel detailing), so we used tech (I had a gaming laptop at work) but it’s not really a “tech” job. It took me about six years of unemployment to get that job, and I wound up saving nothing because I was too dazed from work to even wash my clothes or cook regularly. I needed around 12 hours of sleep to “recover” each day and spent a lot of the weekend just in a stupor.
I think it did give me some experiences and allow me to reflect on what I should avoid, which is unfortunately a lot of things. In the general mega, someone suggested kitchen work, but I either go completely mute or completely lock up if someone yells at me (or I feel like they are), so kitchen work is probably a complete non-starter. Which, given that at least some clients are like that, mean I can’t really do client facing stuff either.
Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.
Who keeps us well? We keep us well.Things are inching along very slowly. We got an empty lot in town for some experimental building/gardening, and will hopefully be making a land trust to put it in. Work is down to 24h/wk and most of the surplus has gone to covering for roommates.
The beginning of June was an emotional roller coaster, not only was there some family that I saw for the first time in too long, there were 3 people that contacted me again that I have mixed to bad feelings about. One roommate who’s undiagnosed and emotionally hypervolatile moved himself out, and the other one seems to be making more efforts to get on the right track; though we both struggle with depression, we have a good cooperation. Now it’s time to take care of forgotten potatoes and the full extent of their consequences.
Ty corgi hope you’re well
It’s so awesome you have been able to take care of some people. Stay safe and healthy friend.
Weird times for me more than anything, but I’m hanging in there. Hope you are too
Thank you Corgi, hope you’re doing well too!
I’m doing quite well, my semester on lib island
has ended last week and I’m now seeing a bit of lib archipelago 
until my flight back home to France next week. Then, I guess I’ll be doing my best to do a bunch of stuff I wouldn’t be able to do outside Europe before going back to Asia to study in Shanghai from September onwards. As in, not only seeing family and friends, but also making myself useful to the MJCF (French communist youth league, which unlike the eurocom revisionist PCF is actually led by MLs) because God knows that won’t be possible from China. Oh and also I’ll be eating French food again finally!Four years ago today you made this account, did you ever imagine that day would bring you to this post? Thank you for your kind words, you’re always a sweet one here
Oh fuck 4 years today? No idea!
And yeah i sometimes make “check in” posts so people have a place to vent about stuff or share excitement, so this isnt exactly out of character for me. Thanks for the kind words
I’ve been working 40 days straight right now, and I am fucking tired. I need a hug and a drink.
you know what corgi, this is actually inspirational in the literal sense
any aussie hexbears, or hell, any worldwide - hmu of you need anything local or even just need a chat. we need a circuit breaker sometimes, and sometimes we realise we could be helping more without shaming ourselves into depression. let’s fuckin build that next 0.001%
damn, internet posts got me tearing up at 11am
I serve the soviet union
Less than one weeks notice I’m losing benefits after layoff notice. Managed to get a last scrip for my ADHD meds though, so that’s good.
Hope you can get something worked out, sending my best!
Everyone I know is going through it right now. I’m housing a comrade now and then probably a different comrade for a bit next week just to try to keep folks safe and get them on their feet. We all gotta help each other how we can. Right now it’s us doing the helping but someday it’ll be us needing the help. It’s what community is for.
100p. Gotta keep each other safe. Hope you’re able to help the people you mentioned!
i hope you’re not burning yourself out comrade, but i really appreciate all you’ve been doing for everyone here
Hanging in there, doing what I can. Wish it was more but I dont have the means or expertise to be able to offer what is truly needed.
That said, it’ll work itself out. Just needs time
Appreciate the kind words!
