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[โ€“] miracleorange@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

I have friends and a family who care about me, and I've been listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, "You're Wrong About".

That's about all that's getting me through life right now.

[โ€“] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cycling now that the weather's warmer. My family and pets. Coffee and word games.

Thanks for the reminder to look for the good. I often feel like there should be so much more, but I know that's more than some people have, so I should feel lucky.

[โ€“] Flamangoman@leminal.space 2 points 2 days ago

My pleasure, it's actually brought me great joy to read about everyone else's slices of happiness ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] eldavi@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

I'm aware that it makes people cringe, but it's so true that I've never been more happy; more bottoms than a top could ever ask for... Enough to over come the negativety from all the judgemental or bitter queens.

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[โ€“] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm really struggling but actually doing extremely well, all things considered. We've had a hostile takeover so even if I keep my job, it really feels like it's going to shit. My garage was broken into and my bikes nicked or damaged - that really sucks bug moreso because is my main hobby, exercise and coping mechanism :(

I'm hoping I can order a new mountain bike with a gearbox, so that'll be really exciting - but it's ages away at best.

The reality is my family love me and I'm successful, so in real terms, things are good - but I really need to work on my imposter syndrome and inner accuser!

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[โ€“] Nayfun@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm a month away from completing my union electrician apprenticeship. It's been a lot of work, and there is plenty more to come. But after five years of working towards something, it'll be nice to reach a big milestone.

[โ€“] SneakyWeasel@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Congrats! I rememeber finishing mine and it was a lot of work. Just remember to take care of your body and especially your ears! My body has started to hurt in my wrists from all marrets and wire twisting

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[โ€“] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Right this very second, my chicken preening herself next to me, occasionally pausing to make sure I see her preening herself so that I continue to sweetly praise her

Good chicken! What a pretty and fancy chicken...

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[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Partner and kitties. When they (kitties) aren't screaming at me while I'm on the phone for work while wfh. So fucking rude. That's sarcasm. No one seems able to infer it anymore.

[โ€“] Flamangoman@leminal.space 6 points 3 days ago

Cats are brats but too cute so they can get away with whatever

[โ€“] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (16 children)

I was able to revive my old PlayStation 2 thanks to Hacks and Homebrew and I'm replaying several games from my childhood apart from playing several others that I couldn't at the time, and I'm having a wonderful time.

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[โ€“] srock@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I made a shit tonne of brownies and ive had 2 cups of sugar in one day alongside 5 cups of coffee. WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE

PS. Folks add pomegranate molasses to your pantry and your brownies. One of my favourite ingredients to give a dish complex depth in flavour, works with sweet and savory.

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[โ€“] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I've got a great Plexi sound from my Helix and Les Paul for playing Led Zeppelin numbers.

[โ€“] vl1t0@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The closest friend i made since moving abroad alone 2 years ago, changed their mind and they are not moving out of the city. Also, two of my favorite bands put out killer new albums that fit the eternal combo of coffee+tobacco really well

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[โ€“] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My cat has been extra cuddly lately. Earlier she slept in my arms using one as a pillow.

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[โ€“] Bieren@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Right now, I'm working a ton (72 hours per week) and my wife is working and going back to school, but every Tuesday is an entire day together. We just started playing Baldur's Gate 3 for the first time, and we look forward to it all damn week lol. We started like a month ago, but we're still only just now wrapping up the goblin camp. We both were already really familiar with 5e DnD, so a lot of the mechanics feel pretty intuitive to us. I have gripes with the camera (PS5 version) but overall it's a fantastic experience.

Before picking this up on sale, we were passing the controller back and forth through Astro bot. Also amazing! We rolled credits, and I'll probably aim for the platinum trophy at some point without her. There's truly not much left before we snag that, so she's not missing out.

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[โ€“] Gloomy@mander.xyz 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Love my kids, love my wife. Feel useful at work. Getting rdy for the final stretch of my undergrad. Life is a grind atm and I don't have a lot of free time, but I wouldn't swap it for anything else.

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[โ€“] Tinks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I live in the US, and with the state of things I have decided to make my life more analog and disconnected this year, and for the foreseeable future. Instead of online games, I do puzzles and listen to audiobooks. Instead of doom scrolling for hours, I've decided I'm going to start backpacking. Instead of watching so much TV, I've been reading more.

All of these things are helping bring me peace. I've been pack training with my dog, which means doing longer day hikes with a heavy pack for each of us, and it's just been so nice. I'm losing weight without trying (which is a good thing as I'm overweight), I'm seeing parts of my area I've never seen, and spending fantastic quality time with my dog. This weekend we're doing a shakedown car camp to see how he does in my smaller backpacking tent and I am SO excited. In 3 weeks we go on our first backpacking trip with a friend, and I'm already dreaming of future trips. All of this is huge for us because I'm allergic to the sun (literally) and he (my dog) is very sensitive to heat, and allergic to wasps (we have to carry epipens for him) so deciding to spend time outdoors has taken a lot of consideration, determination and planning, but we're doing it. I'm so excited for the adventures we'll have, I can't even put my emotions into words.

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