How are you doing? - Kiwi Farms Wellness Check

[Frozen in time]

Am feeling relaxed today nothing more nothing less

 

[Blop]

If you've got a plan for the future and you're staying focused, you're doing better than a lot of people out there. Do you do any recreational job interviews? Good positions are hard to find and they get snapped up fast, so if you want to move up you have to be willing to keep throwing your line out even if you're got a steady job already.

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Thank you for your reply. I have a really great job, one I am lucky to have and that I truly appreciate. I just have this antsy feeling because my father was killed by a hit and run driver when he was relatively young, while he was working hard and saving to have a great retirement he never got to experience. As i get closer to the age when he was killed I feel like I am just watching my life fly by and doing the same thing he did - working hard to save for a secure tomorrow that may never come. It messes me up. How do we balance being responsible with the fact that none of us are guaranteed tomorrow?

Edit to add that tomorrow would have been his birthday had he not been killed years ago. Maybe I’m just melancholy about that.

 

[veri]

day started off shitty but just got to do a somewhat fun task for the second half of my shift. went out with someone for a concert and had a nice talk. wish he could chill a while longer but everything happens for a reason ig, was tired as fuck anyways. being on your feet for 12+ hours in a day hurts

got thrown around in a mosh pit which was fun too. whole body hurts like fuck now so probably gonna smoke a bowl and hang out on the forum for a few more hours. shitty stuff aside it was a good day

 

[Nick Obre]

I swear to god, how do certain people manage to live the lives they live in this ridiculously expensive city? I work my ass off, I am expected to be certain places at certain times, and it feels like everyone around me has these super flexible lives and can do whatever they want to do whenever. I’m fucking jealous. I admit it. I feel like I’m saving up for some future life while others are living it up now. I hate it.

My family never had booze, BBQs or parties, so I've never been much for that kind of thing. But because of that, I've always wondered how the fuck people around us and in general, who are in constant money trouble, manage to regularly have parties with booze, meat and all that. It's all so expensive, more so nowadays, yet the poorest fucking people I've known always somehow scrounge up the money for it.

I realize that's part of the reason for their poverty, but I feel it goes kinda beyond that.

I'm relatively good for money now, and I admit I haven't been particularly frugal for a while, but even now I'd still hesitate to buy all that booze and meat and snacks and such in a weekly basis. Much more so when I had a much tighter budget.

It puzzles me.

 

[Mile High Club]

Thank you for your reply. I have a really great job, one I am lucky to have and that I truly appreciate. I just have this antsy feeling because my father was killed by a hit and run driver when he was relatively young, while he was working hard and saving to have a great retirement he never got to experience. As i get closer to the age when he was killed (early 50s) I feel like I am just watching my life fly by and doing the same thing he did - working hard to save for a secure tomorrow that may never come. It messes me up. How do we balance being responsible with the fact that none of us are guaranteed tomorrow?

A good friend of mine has a framed picture of a sunset and the caption "Death: It can literally always happen." in his bedroom. And it's true, you're not guaranteed tomorrow. That's what makes each moment you live, and how, so important. Personally, I live life breezily because I have few attachments and I value my experiences on Earth for their pleasures. Sorry to hear your dad was taken before his time, but I don't believe his hard-working life was in vain if it was what he wanted to do. Death is always around the corner, but you can't live in fear of it. That would be a waste.

 

[Blop]

A good friend of mine has a framed picture of a sunset and the caption "Death: It can literally always happen." in his bedroom. And it's true, you're not guaranteed tomorrow. That's what makes each moment you live, and how, so important. Personally, I live life breezily because I have few attachments and I value my experiences on Earth for their pleasures. Sorry to hear your dad was taken before his time, but I don't believe his hard-working life was in vain if it was what he wanted to do. Death is always around the corner, but you can't live in fear of it. That would be a waste.

Thank you, @Mile High Club!

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

Caught a cold. Sore throat and runny nose. I have no energy to do anything. Starting training next week. Won't be able to make the long drive to Boston for MIT flea. Big sad.

I put cayenne pepper on and around the pole they someone manage to climb, but it didn't really work. They still would climb it and get to the seeds. Maybe I'll try what you said.

It is a constant struggle.

I had the same problem. Fucking fatass squirrels also fucked up my potted plants by digging in the soil. I put rocks on top to deter digging. Wish it was legal for me to shoot squirrels. Currently needing to buy a cage for my plants because these retarded creatures are eating my habanero leaves.

 

[Caesare]

I had the same problem. Fucking fatass squirrels also fucked up my potted plants by digging in the soil. I put rocks on top to deter digging. Wish it was legal for me to shoot squirrels. Currently needing to buy a cage for my plants because these retarded creatures are eating my habanero leaves.

My neighbor shoots them because he thinks of them like rats, just useless pests, but I really don't wanna start shooting squirrels. They're kind of funny to watch when they aren't ruining everything.

 

[Catman from cat town]

Had to decline the job offer because my folks wouldn’t be able to house me. It’s another reason why I hate the pandemic and its consequences. I’m not too upset about it because I believe being offered a job in my field so easily after graduating is a really good sign. I do feel for my relatives though, I hope they are making it through these hard times.

 

[Wormy]

I've come to the conclusion I can't neck, but I'm considering another avenue out of this shit and away from all you fuckers; join a monastery.

 

[Brain Power]

Can you believe there was almost a kidnapping really close to where I live? And just before I had to go out too. People moved here because it is (or was) one of the safest areas. Not even surprised of the nationality of the almost kidnappers.

 

[Stanley the Gay Wizard]

Not great, my A/C went out in the middle of march and I don't have the money to fix it. Summer weather just hit down here, it's 87°F which of course doesn't sound too awfully bad until you realize the humidity is 61%. I'm sweating my balls off and I want to have a heat stroke at this point, the fans aren't helping. I just want to lock myself up in the fridge.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Messed up at work yesterday. Not entirely my fault but the boses at work still completely lay the blame on what I did. Now they present two options, either work at a lesser paying role at the company or leave.

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

Messed up at work yesterday. Not entirely my fault but the boses at work still completely lay the blame on what I did. Now they present two options, either work at a lesser paying role at the company or leave.

Leave. I speak from experience. Just get out of there, it's not worth it. You'll resent every second on the clock.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Today, I firmly realized that I can’t go through days without eating breakfast. My brain fog was really noticeable the moment I was about to get ready to go get exercise outside. Because of that, I had to reschedule it for (hopefully) tomorrow early afternoon.

 

[Caesare]

Today, I firmly realized that I can’t go through days without eating breakfast. My brain fog was really noticeable the moment I was about to get ready to go get exercise outside. Because of that, I had to reschedule it for (hopefully) tomorrow early afternoon.

I used to have peanut butter M&M's and a diet coke for breakfast each day. Probably not ideal, but it was better than not having anything, I found.

 

[Cultured Xeno]

I am learning that the saying "A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into" applies to all boats from RC boats to super yachts. I just finished installing new motors and speed controllers in my RC boat only for the steering servo to short out. Now I have to wait for a replacement to come in, which is going to take a week or two.

Also, do not put two receivers inside the boat to control the speed controllers and motors. It works until the boat gets about 100 ft out, then the boat went out of control and would not receive any input from the transmitter. Luckily the boat did not sink and I recovered the boat with the only damage being two anchors that broke off when the boat decided to banzai charge a buoy.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

I didn't get the job I interviewed for last week. I'm a little disappointed, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I'll just keep applying!

In the meantime, with all the crazy shit going on these days I've decided to sign up for emergency response volunteer training. I feel like I'm going to be glad I learned how to help in a time of crisis.

 

[Caesare]

In the meantime, with all the crazy shit going on these days I've decided to sign up for emergency response volunteer training

Where do they have such classes? Also, how did you find out about them and is it expensive?

I'd like to do something like this, but if it costs a bunch of money I'll probably talk myself out of it. The dago genetic inclination towards extreme cheapness is just too overwhelming most of the time.

 

[Mayor Adam West]

My country is imploding, I can’t speak my mind, and the girl I love is absent from my life. I miss her so much...