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2023-09-10T20:46:49Z

Today's our last day of vacation, and I'm already looking forward to getting back into the swing of things come tomorrow. As much as I've enjoyed the mental and physical slowdown to recharge my batteries, I'm more than ready to get moving again. These days off helped me rethink the way I approach my Current Day Job day. Aside from the stressful moments -- which to be honest aren't even close to unhealthy as the bank job's were -- I truly enjoy being there. As I've said in the past, my one concern as of late was wasting so much time on social media during my breaks, and wanting to break that habit once and for all.

There are different ways I can approach it, and one I'm planning to do is the one I used to get myself to quit smoking ages ago: 'let's see how long I can go without doing [x]'. Something as simple as reverse psychology works for me on occasion, so why not try it here? Let's see how long I can go without screwing around on my phone. Let's step outside for a few minutes. Let's bring in one of my Publisher's Weeklys that I'm desperately falling behind on and read that instead. Whatever works.

I'm also happy that this week's upcoming schedule is one I can handle easily. Opening tomorrow, followed by two midshifts (tiring but not exactly stressful if I play them right), followed by a day off, and ending the week with two bookkeeper-opens. I do like a steady schedule instead of a wonky one, so I'm hoping that this one becomes the norm, or at least close to it. [Now, I'm expecting the coworker who broke his foot to be returning sometime this month which may relieve me of one of the midshifts, but we'll see.]

In the meantime, it's Sunday which means it's also laundry day and PC cleaning day, so that's pretty much the only other things I need to do.

Hope everyone has a good week ahead!

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detox time again

2023-03-07T18:06:47Z

Remembering when I felt that FB was the hellsite of bigoted ignoramuses, and how all that nonsense is parked firmly (and taking up multiple spaces at that) on Twitter instead.

I think it's detox time again for that site. I mean, I don't post there all that often these days as most of my friends park it here or on Discord so I don't have too much to say, so it's not as if I'm finding myself getting all het up and rageposting embarrassing things. No, this has to do with just...a lot of stuff. Shitty people, yes, but also the feedback loops of QRT rageposting. It's exhausting. There's also the fact that I've been wasting most of my work breaks (and phone battery) fucking around on the birdsite. Sometimes it's ragereading and sometimes it's FOMO, but really -- it's all distraction and I'm kind of sick of the habit.

So yeah, I think it's detox time again for that site. Not sure how long it'll last. Maybe a few days, maybe a week, maybe a month. I'm not going to quit the site just yet, just...not going to use it as a timewaster for a bit.

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detox time again