I highly recommend finding a therapist in the normal manner and then confirming that they offer telehealth (I suspect most do), as opposed to BetterHelp and all those types of services. I have a great local therapist but if I’m ever not up to or can’t come in, we just hop on a video call. It’s good to have the option of going in person, even if you don’t think you’re there yet.

I repeat “I hate [company] and this is a shit ad” whenever I start hearing the same ad more than twice.

Thats a good point!

Sammeee except data analyst (by title, I guess) working in local healthcare. I’m under the impression I could make bank by selling out but I’m quite happy with 70k, a pension, and my dignity.

It’s just as silly as using darn or frick, except they have none of the punch which is the purpose of swear words, ya know?

Local 👏 non 👏 profits (or govt)

I feel like those options are always immediately written off. It is possible to find good to great opportunities. Plenty of shit ones too of course but it’s worth a look.

It feels good to work somewhere whose purpose is to support the community I live in.

Wow how fascinating! Thanks for sharing that video.

I’m so excited! I never even got around to trying bots much less beat the game, so 2.0 will be a good excuse to get back into it :)

Huh neat! Can you still get points on your credit card for purchases do you know?

After a purge I’m left with YNAB, Microsoft 365, GitHub Copilot, and a YouTube membership to City Planner Plays (s/o).

I’m particularly annoyed with MS365 because of how intertwined with Windows it has become, making it harder to get rid of the subscription… and it is kinda nice to reinstall Windows, login, and everything is just … there. Just as it was 20 minutes ago.

Couple weeks ago I did a cleanse and found my subscriptions had ballooned to nearly $150/mo. They should not be able to charge on auto pay when they switch the terms and raise the prices.

Saw the same thing in a nightmare last week

Beautiful!! Time to redownload STS!

I don’t get it either, I don’t feel it’s difficult to learn. Personally I very much enjoy writing SQL. It’s satisfying.

My problem is I’ve never yet really seen a project through, or contributed to FOSS to experience that, though I really want to. I feel like I’d get overwhelmed, and can’t possibly contribute anything of value, and would just get in the way. I know it’s not true, there are endless projects of varying complexity, and I could certainly learn an existing codebase if I found the confidence to try.

You deserve both gifts and kindness. I snooped through your profile, are you still in the running for or did you get the job? I also have agoraphobia so I’m super proud of you for going to at least the two rounds :)

I think I’m an decent programmer as measured by these values. Having no real training/education, I often doubt my abilities.

Hope it helps/helped ☺️

Hi there, I’ve been in that “wouldn’t mind if something happened” phase for five years or so, with spurts of active ideation. I have chronic tonic clonic (lmfao) seizures (epilepsy), have chronic depression, I’ve developed agoraphobia and have been self-isolating similar to you. I’ve also lost 35lbs the past couple years from an already less-than-healthy weight. Every therapy session is about food and it’s exhausting. Every week it’s “what got in your way of eating?”, “what am I missing?”, “How can we make it easier to eat next week?”… (it’s good therapy, just frustrating).

I’m a good friend but whenever my friends ask about me I feel like I never have anything but doom and gloom when they’re off living l vibrant lives (not without their own struggles of course). So it’s hard to feel like it’s worth being my friend and like I’m doing them a favor pulling away.

Probably nothing helpful in there, just turned into my own venting… Lol. But if you don’t currently see a psychologist or therapist please do look into it.

We don’t have r/Random_Acts_of_Pizza but can I get you some food you like tonight if you’re in the US?