It’s been a rather productive year so far:
- I did a lot of cross stitching.
- Went vegan.
- Dabbled into gardening (my partner did most of the work sadly but I’m more interested now than I was before!).
- Got into birdwatching so I started exploring nature with a much more different perspective.
- Set up a bird feeding station that got really popular among the birds AND the neighbours.
- Learned how to crochet.
- A combination of the aforementioned things somehow taught me how to manage my depression and anxiety better. I’m in a much better spot now than when I was mostly playing video games.
Your ladybug stitch that you posted looks really fantastic!
Thanks, it was meant to be a birthday present for my partner and I did it in secret. Really fun project!
Got a job that doesn’t suck and has allowed me to grow as a person. I do wish it’d pay more, but I no longer dread life and actually get excited to go in to the office.
Congratulations!
That is worth waaaay more than a great pay for a shitty job. Congrats!
Oh believe me, I’m well aware. I’m very lucky to have found something I love.
Had a little breakdown, quit a job I hated, started a business, got married. It’s been a wild ride
Fucked up.
Been short on sleep.
Probably related, now I think about it.
Work, eat, shit, sleep
Played a million games, pursued all other hobbies, travelled, enjoyed time with my wife, visited hundreds of cultural sites and heavily ranted about inflation, shrinklation and the general shittification of all and everything. T’was a good year 😉
Well, I spend the first half of the year with depression so bad I rarely left my bed and basically didn’t work for 6 months straight. I’ve spent the second half of the year finally on working depression meds again and spending every spare cent on mortgage repayments so I can keep my house. Those should be finishing up early next year so next year is going to be my year because if anything this has taught me how to survive on very little money so I will feel positively rich compared to before.
So this year was a bust but I’m going to get so much shit done next year. I’m thinking my house (which currently looks like a crackhouse) is due for a whole lot of remoddling next year.
Good for you for working on your depression!
Thank you. It wasn’t much I did though. I just spun the wheel of pharmacology a few times and finally got it to land on the right med. The only reason it got so bad this time was because it took a few more spins than usual to hit the right one. So far that was the unluckiest I’ve ever been in that regard.
still, you managed to create the strenght to have hope, patience and stick to the treatment even if you may have felt tired, anxious and unwilling to keep fighting.
imagine a car squeezing out every last drop of gas (wrong gas!) until reaching the next station. normally, cars wouldn’t even be able to move. yet you are doing it!
many people (maybe you among them for now) can’t realize about such a feat, but… holy s*it.
yeah. even with crippling depression, they are managing to create their own strength to fight and do stuff.
also, i think it’s wiser and smarter to focus on one important thing now, than getting anxious about not doing 173927 things, trying to do them and failing, and feeling even worse. (anyway, healthy people can’t do many things either, but they don’t feel so guilty/worthless, those are more depression symptoms).
also, we are talking about depression, which is downplayed and misunderstood most of the time. aboulia, anhedonia, apathy and avolition are horrible yet invisible symptoms. someday science will be able to measure them and show people how disabling they are, and realize the amazing merit of people unadvertly fighting them everyday.
because the lemmitor is fighting against it, and sharing it with us. that is so nice. i think things will get better for them. even if they may think it’s not much, many of us know it’s a lot, bc we know how depression works. the ‘achievement curve’ may look slow or plane for now to them, but we know it’s not: it’s going higher every day it passes.
so keep on, pal! 💪
Been a decent year for my bucket list! I managed to tick off:
- get married
- go to Eurovision
- go on a cruise
Also started work on my first “real” video game, been learning how to make them as a hobby since 2020. Releasing that sometime next year will be another thing ticked off the list!
We have had a lot of crap stuff happen as well though (health stuff and whatnot) and it’s just generally been a very stressful and disrupted year so I’ll be glad to see the back of it despite all the good that happened.
A lot of latin dance. Tons of lessons, workshops, and social dancing. I recommend it :)
That sounds so fun! I’ve had dancing on my list for ages but sadly can’t find any groups doing anything around here. One day!
Definitely do it! It got mr making friends and getting out more.
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Read 36 books and counting
Got a massive raise, switched to the four-day work week because I can afford it now, went to the cinema almost every week and watched a shit-ton of great movies. I even attended a marathon with all Harry Potter movies back to back and slept in the cinema.
No regrets.
got ritalin and im actually good at my job now
Switched industries (not jobs) and challenged myself. So far it’s given me more time with my family, hobbies, and more pay.
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