General

I’m already a bit depressed about the new job, which isn’t good. I’m sure I’ll rally once I’m working. Money is quite an anti depressant. Also I get to be outdoors and driving, both of which I enjoy.  There’s more to enjoy in the job,  there are just philosophical and moral issues.

The gig is inspecting houses for insurance  purposes  and for the purpose of after a house is already in bank ownership/ mortgage default. I’ll be a contractor and the money is sort of decent. I still need to find out the hours.

The fact is I don’t work for anything but evil companies, so  finding […]

What is even normal these days? Can you define it?

I do hope that the people from here I fell out of contact with, whether due to life or other circumstances, wherever you are, I hope you are all okay.

I was not in a good place when I met these people, and even though I was losing it for a bit, I met people who I felt a level of kinship with, and hope they managed to get somewhere good in their lives.

I sometimes go through emails and old chats, and I feel like that version of myself is so far removed from the person I am today.

I miss how much I cared for people […]

At what percentage is your wish to die? For me it’s like I want to die at a 90 percent sometimes 99 percent desire out of 100 but there’s this 10 percent that keeps me here

Most of you know I have an extensive career in mental health and social work what most of you may not know is that I have a weird level of research into Scientology that goes a lot further than most people’s does.

I was just listening to some Scientology music, which is a level of nerdery so high that I realized I’m in far too deep and needed to come out as it were. It is my understanding that most people have watched the South Park epsidode about Scientology so they understand the Xenu methos, and they know about ol L. Ron being a huge fraud […]

This will not be useful for everyone, nor do i mean to insert any sort of toxic positivity into this place. I simply wish to share the things that are helping me and are useful to me. I dont know what the answers are, but im finding my own answer, and if this happens to be other people’s answer too, then I feel it would be only right to share it so as to bring long awaited healing to some.

Meditation is simple, and has been helping me a lot. That, and gratitude lists. Every morning, I meditate, and every evening I do another meditation. After, […]

Do you ever feel like this life is a prison

Thought this was funny:
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I wish more people would think before procreating. The younger generation (Z, Alpha) are finally getting it- but people in MY generation and older- holy cow- the default was always popping out children left and right because “it’s what you’re supposed to do.” -_-

I always imagined that I wouldn’t live a very long life. My dream when I was a child was to be an alcoholic, because I thought they were honest.

I think that most of what I’ve known in my life is pain and sorrow. All the good things I’ve felt have been momentary. But pain and sadness have always been with me. It’s almost comforting because of how familiar it is…

I don’t particularly want to kill myself. In the gospel it says that those who endure until the end will be saved. Maybe I can be saved just by not forcing my own end? I hope […]

@dying2die- i think you mentioned your fascination with famous model deaths. This just happened to come across my feed. Think you might find this interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-3BAk3s_uQ&ab_channel=UNTAMED

Successful, beautiful and dead…

One of the 2 receptionists keeps lying to me about dates/times not being available. In the past, I would just call and hope I’d get the guy- the other receptionist- and he usually books the date/time I requested. But now she’s got him to lie and refuse to make the appts as well. Then one day they were both leaving an hour early and some other guy who I’ve never seen before was covering the front desk. Lo and behold- he’s able to make the appts for me for the dates/times I want and gave me no issues.

I’m sick […]

I personally dislike AI, but sometimes it does make something funny, and my wife made something funny with AI this time because I don’t force her to share my distastes. For context here I’m a white man and she’s a white woman. Granted we both have complex backgrounds, but the AI got a lot wrong here.

So she decided to feed one of our vacation photos into an AI filter because it was popular, totally normal. It was a picture of us cuddling on a seat going up the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri. The first thing that several of the filters turned us into […]

What do you guys think?

00:02 – 00:59 The Dangers of Fluorescent Lighting
01:00 – 01:49 The Disappearance of Waiting and Anticipation
01:56 – 02:59 The Plight of Placelessness in Modern Spaces
03:01 – 03:51 Disconnect from Nature and Grounding
04:07 – 05:09 The Weaponization of Nostalgia in Marketing
05:11 – 06:09 Public Spaces: Where Have They Gone?
06:09 – 07:17 Modern Architecture and Its Coldness
07:17 – 08:18 Nature Deprivation and Its Effects
08:18 – 09:28 The Overload of Choices in Life
09:28 – 10:31 The Hidden Dangers of Sitting

Well I finally got my answer. I got accepted. Without funding. Meaning no go. I’m just happy to have an answer after all this time. Not the answer I wanted, but an answer. Now I got to find a job. For the next year anyway. I plan to apply to more PhD programs. I know I’m not qualified. For work or academics. I’m completely out of my depth. But I got to make it work. Because it’s what I want. Even though I know for a fact I’m not good enough. […]

Ive been doing my best to stay in the present moment. To have gratitude for simpler things. I notice that when I suffer, most of the time its because my expectations are too high. I want control over something largely uncontrollable. The acceptance or praise of others. Status. Success. Im trying to walk along more realistic and less selfish paths. More spiritual. I walked in the woods today. The bugs were buzzing, vines were spiraling up the trees, beavers were running about, and the warmth of summer was carried on a gentle breeze. It was half an hour, but it was simple & sacred. That […]

Im grateful I get to sleep in a bed tonight. Im grateful to have seen a baseball game in person. Im grateful I can still tell my loved ones that I love them.