Hello disabled comrades! This week, I am feeling very relieved for the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian hostages. I hope we are all doing okay. If you’re just surviving, barely making it through — I see you and I’m proud of you; and I hope this week brings you a little joy.

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Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.

  • roux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netMEnglish
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    10 days ago

    First!!! kim-blood

    I think I have too much on my plate regarding activities outside of work. Currently, I’m trying to get an app uploaded to the Play Store, I’m trying to finish a website for a group of friends, getting ready to revamp a website for our local NAACP(big deal), started working on a new volunteer FOSS app that is aiming at being a competitor/replacement for TikTok called Pebbler by a co called Astreth(I think I can advertise them now since they are working on scripts for just that), Food Not Bombs, and also a job.

    But also also, I had a fairly successful inaugural meeting this past Saturday for my book club I’m doing to promote the new PSL branch that I’m starting in my city. We had 3 people show and there are 2 more that are interested and they are already comrades. Like they all were very much on the same page with the material. It was really kind of amazing. I had a small anxiety attack after so my evening was shot but I did it! I started something and it might actually take off. I really hope it does because we feel like can do a lot of good for this community.

    • gingerbrat [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      10 days ago

      You’re really up to a lot, and it’s a lot at the same time, but I’m super happy for you and your success with the book club!! This is a tremendous step and you can be absolutely proud of yourself, friend meow-hug

      Still, I would recommend you take breaks, if not from work (although that too lol) or the book club, then from the other things to catch your breath. I get having the anxiety attack after the first book club meeting, but from the outside, it seems more like a thing that happened bc there is so much on your plate in total. All of this is great work and I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished. Keep up the good work, but also keep up the good rest.

      • roux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netMEnglish
        6·
        9 days ago

        Thanks for the kind words comrade. I am trying to schedule some breaks when I can. Part of my ASD diagnosis was realizing I was in severe burnout so I’m working actively to make sure I do have some downtime. I worked a bit on the NAACP site yesterday but it was low impact, chilling and listening to music. I’m probably gonna play games with the kiddo and watch a movie or something tonight and step away from any sort of work.

        I think the anxiety attack was my body’s response to me being completely out of my comfort zone. I’m not “teaching the class” since I want it to my inclusive and everyone helps but I am facilitating so I had a bunch going on. The people that showed up were super receptive and amazing so I think the next meeting is gonna be a lot easier. After reading a lot about neurodivergence, I realized I’ve been basically suffering from anxiety all my life and really didn’t know that was what it was. This time I figured it was gonna happen and saw the signs early enough that I was able to do a bit of self care to mitigate the severity some and it really helped. Shoutout to Loops and cozy giant hoodie.