Don't We All Hate Mondays?
For our mental health, let's start this week with good cheer
So, things are pretty shitty right now.
Look at the world. Enough said. It’s rough out there right now.
I’ve had a few days over the past week where I couldn’t bring myself to look at the news. It’s too heavy, I’ve got too much on my plate, and I just didn’t have the mental energy to parse it.
I can’t be the only person having those days. I figure instead of adding to it today, we’ll take a little bit of a psychological break to think about something joyful.
We all hate Mondays, so let’s not add more doom and gloom to an already cruddy day.
Don’t worry, we’ll get back to dissecting the nightmarish hellscape of our current reality another day. For now, let’s take a minute to think about some happy shit, yeah?
I tried looking around for some good news, and I did find some. Several countries — and the Pope — have come out in support of the Palestinian people lately, including a statement by President Macron of France vowing to stand by and recognize a Palestinian state.
That’s pretty awesome. It’s a good sign, and I hope this pushes other nations to follow the same path.
But by the same token, on top of spreading hopeful news, I think it’d be a good idea to get us all thinking of some good things that happened in our personal lives, as well.
It’s important to celebrate personal victories and enjoy good things as they happen.
I’ll begin by raising a few cool things that I’ve got going on!
For one, I’ve got my appointment for my final wedding dress fitting and alteration ahead of the big day.
It took a bit of time for me to find a tailor who can manage the job, but I did finally get a lady on the phone who has several decades of experience altering dresses very much like mine. I’m looking forward to that appointment and getting my final fit worked out.
Second, after months of desperately searching and applying everywhere I can, I finally got called in for a job interview. I think it went alright, and I’ve got my fingers crossed because it would honestly be a good set up for me right now.
It’d be a part-time gig very close to my house, which makes the commute easy and leaves me plenty of time for working here on my writing, and on my other venture.
Which brings me to the last cool thing; my jewelry business is building up.
I’ve been taking occasional orders from friends and family for a while now, but I haven’t been selling all that much. I’ve got some finished pieces laid out and ready, but I don’t have a big inventory.
But in the process of making my wedding rings, my stepdad helped me with the process of 3D design so they could be printed and cast, and he found the process to be really fun and exciting.
So we decided, for shits and giggles, to go all in on it.
We’re right now designing a line of 3D printed and cast jewelry together.
I’m rebuilding my old jewelry website, working on the marketing, gathering supplies, and designing like a madwoman. 3D design opens up a whole new realm of possibilities to play with.
Best of all, I’ll be working with a Canadian casting house, so my pieces will be fully made in Canada.
The creative outlet is a nice break for my brain, and I’m toying with the idea of attaching a piece or two to a charity drive in the future — something like donating a portion of the sale price to a select cause.
It’s not set in stone yet, but I really want to incorporate something like that into my work.
All in all, while the world is melting down a bit, things in my private life are picking up a little bit and I hope it keeps going in a good direction.
If these ventures work out well, it’ll take some of the stress off of my shoulders and help me focus more on providing good work here for y’all. Goodness knows it’s hard to keep my head on straight while I’m worrying about paying the bills.
So, that’s my news. How about you guys?
Anything good happening? Anything at all, big or small, personal or local. Let’s share some cool stuff that’s happening in our lives as a little pick-me-up, yeah?
We can’t be mired in a nightmare all the time. That’s a recipe for burnout. So let’s have a day of good cheer, smile for a little while, and heal a little bit before the next battle begins.
Solidarity wins.
Thanks for the pick me up! I’ll share a piece of good news from my world, my wife is responding well to her new cancer treatment. Her care team is working to mitigate the side effects she is experiencing, but the study medicine is proving to be effective in shrinking her tumors. That’s a huge win in the middle of all the shit.
I don't have much in the way of big good news. My wife and I broke down and bought another bread making machine a couple of days ago because she had heard that the preservatives in store bought bread wasn't good for people. So, we're enjoying getting to know our new bread maker and looking forward to adding one more thing to our list of separating from the mainstream. Our first try last night was a bit of a bust but it tastes good. I'm trying again as I write this for a better outcome on our second try today.
I read an article by Jessica Wildfire last night about how Google is capitulating to Trump and the EU and maybe censoring content coming across their browser and being saved in Google share drives. So, I can add another project to my list for this week. Cleaning out my Google drives and moving everything to my network share drives where no one but me and whomever I say have access. I'm also looking at possibly moving away from Google altogether if I hear any more solid evidence of them arbitrarily deleting files out of their cloud storage just because they don't like the content. I'm also going to take a hard look at dumping Facebook for the same reason. But as I subscribe to a lot of Irish content on Facebook, I may wait a bit for that.
I'm heartened to read about your good news. I won't be visiting Canada anytime soon, unless I'm forced to become an asylum seeker. If I leave the U.S. now while Trump and his Gestapo agents are running rampant, they will likely subject me to interrogation upon return, and probably refuse to let my wife back in, despite her green card. I'm not taking that chance right now.
As Trump keeps devastating world economies, I sincerely hope you guys eventually get your house by the sea someday. I am truly rooting for Canadians to find the economic legs to stand on soon without the United States. With the crappy deal Trump just forced on the EU this weekend, I can't see him playing nice with anyone, anywhere in the world now. Be happy and stay safe.