Just checking in with others, making sure everyone’s good and happy, or if anyone needs any help with anything.
Rewiring myself to be more outgoing, and accepting of everyone so why not start with Ottawa.
I’ve been okay. Sleep hygiene has been bad, so I’ve been a bit down lately. My mood is incredibly dependent on sleep and I’ve been bad playing games or working on personal projects too late.
I’ve been working on a hard deadline work project and the spec has changed like 4 times in a week, so it’s been crazy. Thankfully I set up everything to be super flexible, so that’s made the revisions quick. I try and stop and thank past me for thinking ahead.
Funny enough, I’m doing the opposite as you, I’m quitting my meds but just need my major work stuff behind me before I start. I had a rough year least year, probably my worst year in a decade. This year things turned around a lot, so I’m in a good place overall. Talked with my doctor and they were fine with it.
On a lighter note: I listened to one kpop album and now 100% of my streaming recommendations are kpop. It’s weirdly good for backgroune since I don’t speak Korean.
Sleep is very important as I’ve recently come to realize after my complete melt down. My doctor introduced me to CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy) which I’ll be researching and seeing how I can implement better routines and structure into my life.
Hopefully you can figure things out and get back into a better sleep routine. It’s also never fun having to constantly revise projects, we have 2 or 3 that are doing the same thing right now. makes everything downstream a tad chaotic but when everything gets signed and completed, it’s just a great feeling. Good thing you set it up for flexibility, that makes all the difference.
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a Kpop song before, wouldn’t even know where to start. Hah, so long as the vibe is good the language shouldn’t matter. I’ve taken a keen interest in bluegrass, it really gets me pumped up for some reason. I can’t explain it other then it must be my inner ottawa valley redneck that comes out sometimes after a few too many drinks.
Hope everyone comes to fruition for you especially with getting off tlmedication, I can’t wait for that day myself as I’m not a fan of man-made drugs, but theya re clearly working for me so no complaints.
Have a great Halloween by the way Panda, enjoy all the spooks and treats!
for me, I was stuck in a negative feedback loop. it was horrid. it’s been months like this. My emotions varied like our weather, everyday was different and could change in an instant. it was horrible and I knew it.
I ended up seeing my doctor, revised my meds, working on fixing my insomnia which was compounding all the other issues I was experiencing
things are now looking and feeling great. I am starting to put myself back out there one step at a time as I never fully recovered/re-entered society from the COVID lockdown.
I plan on volunteering my time to somewhere, I haven’t found anything yet. so if you have any recommendations for volunteering opportunities outside of normal bankers hours, please let me know. pets/animals would be key, but humans are probably where I should focus on to build my confidence and get back into that small talk which I’m bad at.
Thanks for being a great city and rarely letting me down (you don’t count octranspo… lol)
I’d love to hear how everyone is doing, and if you need any help with anything that I might be able to assist with. I know, online people scary. The offer is there though :)