How are you doing? - Kiwi Farms Wellness Check

[kurosawa]

After getting sick at the beginning of the year I'm now sick again. I am over this year. I was just starting to get back into the groove* of lifting and now its probably another 1-2 weeks before I'll go again. Either this year is really bad for illnesses and/or its compounded by environmental/weather. I've had massive temperature swings where one week its in the 10-20°F range and then 50-60 the next week. Also feels like my allergies are kicking in.

I think a lot of people go in the first time thinking they will just slowly get really sleepy and then fall asleep. Nope. You're awake one second, and then the next second, you're being woke up by the nurse.

Glad it went well, I've been under twice. First time no issues. Second time, apparently my VO2 dropped so they partially woke me up as I was finishing the surgery which was not fun.

take care of things like student loans and making very good headway on that; would very much like to pay it student loans off before the dollar is truly worthless and shit really hits the fan.

That's what I ended up doing this year. Down to a few thousand. I wanted to try to calculate how much I paid total but I haven't figured out if I can do that.

*edit - I don't know what the "grove of lifting" is, but now I plan on trying to achieve it.

 

[White Trash Motorsport]

Update on my lil’ guy. Had a rough night, its all given him bad guts and dealing with liquid dogshit at 4.30am was an absolute joy… He was still sad this morning, but I had online work so he could sit on my lap for as long as he wanted. Perked up as the afternoon wore on, he’s eaten, is drinking, and he seems more his usual self, so I’m guessing he was just suffering from anaesthetic hangover.
I think he’s going to be okay.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

Had holy unction over the weekend and my pinched nerve is starting to recover. Thing was bothering me for a month and now I can go back to lifting at my normal intensity

 

[Yamamura]

I've been away from the site for about a month... Started a new job and so far my life at the moment is alright I suppose.

 

[Not A Bunny]

Looks like I've managed to land the elusive mildly socially awkward aspie gamer gf.
I'm having a good time but wondering when to kiss her for the first time. End of second date is the time I guess.

Whenever you feel is appropriate. But if you're not sure, ask first.

 

[LonesomeDud]

I just saved myself from sending a really stupid message that would embarrass me later because I am addled from Sudafed and weed.

Who says restraint and temperance can't be a dopamine rush?

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

I have had major insomnia the past 3 days by car caused by the uncomfortable reality of sudden car repair bills and I had to get called to work... I am tired. I feel woozy but I still can't relax and sleep. It's not gonna hurt me but I am programmed to value the worth of what I own.

I just saved myself from sending a really stupid message that would embarrass me later because I am addled from Sudafed and weed.

Who says restraint and temperance can't be a dopamine rush?

You're constantly posting in a stoned stupor too?

Give her one of these at the end of the next date:

Look her in the eye for a couple seconds and say, "I can tell something about you." Wait for her to ask what it is.

When she does, tell her this: I can tell you're crazy.

Wait for her reaction, and regardless tell her, "I'm crazy, too," and go for it, big boy. Kiss her. She will love it.

Genuinely good idea.

 

[glue eater]

Got a stomach bug, been projectile vomiting for two days. I finally got some water to stay in my stomach, life if winning.

In other news, I'm not going steady or anything but been seeing this Russian girl for a couple of times. Sorry Ukrainians, I'm team Putin now. I guess I have to turn in my Finn card too. fucking rip

 

[LonesomeDud]

Feeling much better. I really gotta give improved diet and exercise mad props here.

 

[Nick Obre]

I, uh, might be adopting the blind greyhound I mentioned some time ago.

I'll update if something happens.

Also I posted this on the wrong thread (and deleted it when I realized) and now I feel like retard.

Had holy unction over the weekend and my pinched nerve is starting to recover. Thing was bothering me for a month and now I can go back to lifting at my normal intensity

I really, really don't mean this in my fedora atheist mode, but I truly hope you don't think the recovery has anything to do with the holy unction. If you don't have the pinched nerve properly checked by a doctor, and you go back to lifting just trusting some church blessing, you may end up injuring yourself badly and permanently.

 

[Betonhaus]

Start my job in two weeks. Next week I should get my wfh equipment int he mail and it'll be nice to get that set up.

 

[I (Don't) Have A Gun]

Going decently good.
Works a bit shitty, but there's a management shuffle going on so hopefully we'll get someone competent. Although some of the key idiots will still be where they are, but hopefully competent manager can act as a decent barrier.
Going to a festival this week, slightly different crew than usual but looking forward to it. There's going to be a cute girl there I'm kinda keen on... so I'll probably screw that up... but I'm aiming not to.

 

[bile demon]

Spent four days fasting in preparation for a DMT trip, a friend makes the stuff himself. No text, no call, nothing. So I'm pretty irate, because my time was needlessly wasted.

Time spent fasting is never wasted.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Time spent fasting is never wasted.

I hadn't really considered it from that angle. I did feel better than I have in ages, clearing everything out. I guess I was so irritated because four days is the longest I've gone thus far (I almost made it to five). He did get back to me, it was a work thing that came up. He's in the funeral industry and it can be a lot busier on a daily basis than I thought. But we agreed to another date so I hope it all goes to plan.

 

[pot of sneed]

Feeling a bit tired and grotty. Started having a sore throat since yesterday and now it's really dry yet gummy at the same time? Whatever, keeping fluids up and taking it easy because I've got time off work. Sucks to be sick during time off but better than working through it. Young corn snake is keeping me company, keeps begging me to feed him just one more pinky with those soulful eyes of his but I've got to say no!

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

Not sure where to ask this, but does anyone have any resources for finding decent remote jobs? I'm sitting here thinking I need a change.

 

[Betonhaus]

Not sure where to ask this, but does anyone have any resources for finding decent remote jobs? I'm sitting here thinking I need a change.

I got one working for teleperformance as an apple contractor but I'm not really sure how I found it. Check their website?

 

[bliblblblbbllb]

Not sure where to ask this, but does anyone have any resources for finding decent remote jobs? I'm sitting here thinking I need a change.

Totally depends on your skill set and credentials. The market is super super super super super saturated because everyone on planet earth wants a "decent remote job."
My general advice is to NOT mass apply like a moron. Have a good base resume, and then tailor it to each place you apply to.

Spoiler: more

And try to apply directly through the company websites as much as possible, because sometimes Indeed or other platforms kinda fuck up formatting. So, if you use Indeed or some other platform, make sure you fully flesh out your profile in that as well, because there's a not-small chance that prospective employers are literally just seeing a pile of papers with your name, the employment history you put into your profile, and your requested salary. Didn't fill that out in Indeed? Application goes in the trash and your resume didn't even print. And for goodness' sake, actually respond to requests to interviews in a timely manner. Your competition is thousands of people googling "remote job" and hitting "apply" to every single one.

Also ask yourself why you actually want to work remote. If you are actually just burnt out in general from the actual work you do, how will doing that same exact work remotely improve the situation? Or, if you are antisocial and just hate being in public, why? (There are lots of good reasons to want to work remote too. I just have seen too many people go "I want to work remote" because they really just want to be a slacker and not have anyone criticize them by saying things like "you've been shoving your face full of food and looking at Reddit all day, get the fuck back to work." The pandemic screwed with everyone's minds, yo.)

for @Harbinger of Kali Yuga eyes only:

Spoiler

What's the deal with people saying protein is filling? Past the age of 17 or so I can no longer withstand to drink more than one can of pop at a time or eat candy, but I used to find it hard to eat much protein because it made me full instantly. Now I think I could eat a good 10 cans of tuna in one sitting. If I eat a 250kcal protein bar it's like I ate nothing at all. I could eat 4 in one sitting easy. Entire baked chicken thighs like it's nothing. And I go to bed and I wake up repeatedly because I'm stomach-growling, can't stop thinking about food-yet-also-nauseous level of hungry hungry hungry.

 

[Mayor Cody Travers]

Spoiler: Eh.

Everything is hell. Everything. Everything. Everything.

I'm lonely. Horribly lonely. I've genuinely and completely failed at finding work, relationships, friendships, all of it. Women are a total mystery to me by this point. I must be the bottom-rung of society after all if people everyone agrees are losers are finding genuine loving relationships better than I. I feel cut off from the people I do call friends and it still hurts becoming lower-priority to people as they find otheers they find more special to them. I have no clue how to find places to learn to socialize at, nor am I the type for bars or whatever it is. Work's hell on earth to find and the amount of rejections has broken me mentally. I'll never truly be independent and able to explore life, myself, and to make something of it. I miss my cat horribly, moving in with relatives has led to nearly the same conditions, drama, worthlessness as home and at least home had her. And it all spirals together so bad. Not one positive thing has happened to me in a long time, much less one that is permanent so I can build off of it. All the normal stuff, the stuff life is literally made of, people take for granted are complete mysteries or impossible hurdles for me.

In truth, I think I'm back to my old vow that I made when I found my cat in 2016 to keep on trucking in life however miserably till she passes away, and I can then finally end it myself, knowing she lived well and saw me to the end of hers. I had a bad feeling way back my life was merely just given one hell of an extension when rescuing her from death's door, but making her happy at least made me feel like I did one thing truly good and right in this god-forsaken abortion of a life that I call my own.

I've truly failed at everything. I'm sorry.

 

[anustart76]

I talked to my old manager, he told me I'm doing a fine job as far as he can tell, and it's mostly our management that's doing a poor job of managing our teams. He said I shouldn't be afraid to tell my manager when she's wrong, and I'm not the only one who's getting stressed because of all the chaos from the poor management. He's also going to tell the management group that they need to do a better job. I feel a lot better about things. He's a good dude.

Still going to keep looking at new jobs though, just to be safe.