I have a lot this week actually! It’s my birthday on Thursday - not something I’m usually very bothered about but I’m getting a new running watch which I’m excited for. At the weekend I have the 10K race I’ve been training for and then that afternoon a birthday lunch with good friends at a place that ranks in the top 10 on several lists for the best roast dinner in the city. The following day I have my citizenship ceremony!
I love your idea of a Nice Things calendar. So often our calendars are just filled with chores and obligations! Great idea
Starting my new job. I've got six weeks of my current one to get through (read: Play a lot of games and pretend to be working), six weeks off, then I start my new role. Really excited for it!
My current role has been hellish the past 9 months or so. My Director has been an absolute jackass about just about anything. He's become a single point of failure due to his micromanagement behaviour... then demands reasons why things haven't been done on time (Because we're waiting on him).
Honestly, there are too many men and women out there who know nothing of themselves beyond the profit they derive, it's exhausting.
My wife's retirement. I've been trying to get her to retire for years, and fortunately she didn't listen to me as we would be have been in much tighter financial state if she had. But now it's getting closer and I've finally pinned her down to 5 years. Still a long time but at least it's not forever.
In the short term, publishing a book I wrote last year. Now that the colder days of fall are upon us I won't feel badly about staying inside to work on that.
My 15-year HS reunion in a few weeks. My brother is 5 years older, so we get to see each other for our reunions since they always happen the same year. Also the first 5-7 years after I graduated, I never felt like I'd have a strong bond with my old classmates. I needed to find my path and mature around new people outside the insular environment I came from, but after 10+ years, I realized we all went through our own version of maturing post-HS and I've become close with old friends again.
I have always been a decently active person. At times in my life, I have ran consistently too. But I have never liked running. I would always tend towards other forms of exercise. About a month ago, I started running on my lunch breaks. At first I hated it as I expected. But I forced myself to start liking it. I don't know how its possible to force yourself to like something, but it seems to actually be working. About 2 weeks ago I hit 5k in about 30 minutes ish and have been doing at least a 5k consistently since then. I started to bump up the distance because I actually wanted to. I did not have to force myself to. This morning I was stuck in meetings. I was actually disappointed because I couldn't take my lunch early and go running. I have no idea how I did this to myself, but I am absolutely loving it! I found a 5k and 2 mile run this weekend that I am planning on participating in. My current goal is 10k which I feel pretty confident I can do. I tried to do it today, but there is a pretty aggressive hill about 2.2 miles into my route that absolutely killed me. On a relatively flat route, I think I could do 10k no problem.
Don't know why, but this question hit like a truck. I'm approaching the point where I'll see resolution happen one way or the other on a issue that's taken the best years of my life.
Well, I loathe summer, so first of all I'm elated that it's finally over with. In our household, fall is the most jam-packed time period of fun, so I've got a whole season of events to look forward to!
This weekend I'm going to my favorite music festival to catch some dubstep, DnB, techno, house, and in general a surprisingly diverse variety of electronic music. For many years my husband and I have gone to festivals just the two of us, but in the past two years we found a really good group of festival friends (the type you're actually real friends with outside of festivals,) and it has been wonderful! We're all in our 30s and have been going to festivals for a decade, so we always have a fully decked out campsite with all the amenities, and there are no annoying kids who aren't prepared or can't handle their drugs/liquor. Everyone gets along, we never run out of electrolytes or good food, and we just dance and laugh for three days straight. It's just fantastic.
End of September I've been invited to join my old coworkers for an unofficial company camping trip. I resigned from that company last year after working there for 8 years and I miss everyone deeply. I'm feeling very lost when it comes to my career lately, so I'm really looking forward to catching up with a few people who have been supportive professional mentors for me in the past.
On October 1st, my husband and I begin our month-long horror movie marathon - everything we watch in October must be spooky or scary. Usually we pick themes like Stephen King, B-movies, or horror films from a specific country.
Second weekend of October we have a couples trip, camping near Duluth, MN. The state parks in that area are absolutely beautiful, and I believe we will be there during the peak of fall colors. We're going with a good friend of ours whom we've known for 9 years, but for some reason we've never spent much time with her partner, so we're looking forward to getting to know him.
After that we have the first group vacation we've ever done with our main friend group. We're going to Wisconsin Dells, the hilariously tacky and cheesy tourist capital of the Midwest. It's like Las Vegas for kids, but is strangely a ton of fun for adults too. It's slightly more southern than our camping trip in early October, so the two trips should be timed as such that we get to follow the peak fall colors all through October.
Halloween weekend will be a two day concert with the same people I'm going to the festival with. Everyone lives out of town, and we live a few minutes from downtown/the venue, so we get to be the home base for the weekend and host everyone since our place is convenient. It's also my favorite venue in town.
Wow. I didn't realize how much we have going on until I wrote it all out like that, haha. But I'm very excited. I'm super low energy in the summer so I haven't been hanging out with people much lately, and my social battery should be fully charged up for all the chaos in the coming weeks.
In March, I hit the road looking for the next place I would live. (A lot of wild stuff happened leading up to that, but that's a different story. 😅) Since then, I've been living out of a suitcase and a backpack. I've gone to a lot of cool places, but I really just want to settle somewhere. I've kinda forced myself to do this to make sure I pick the right place (or, at least a right place).
That search seems to be winding down. I've narrowed to three cities, and I've decided I'm happy with any of them. I'm looking at apartments right now, and I think I will be settled in the next 2-4 months. I'll finally get to do a lot of things I would have taken for granted before — see a doctor and a dentist, build a social network (in-person, not like Facebook 2 or anything), buy a bike, set up a home office…
It's been a wild and interesting ride, but I'm ready to slow down for a bit.
Quite a bit, I was actually just talking about this with a friend.
September 26, Phantom Liberty comes out, so I’m trying to do as much as I can in Starfield so I can devote all my focus on that. Then there’s Assassin’s Creed: Mirage in October, Modern Warfare 3 in November (I’m looking forward to the campaign), and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora in December.
On November 10th, I’m planning on going to a concert in Austin, TX (any recommendations while I’m in the area?). And Every December I go up to Tennessee, so I’m looking forward to some cold weather to contrast from my typical Florida heat. Oh, and on Christmas I get a pay increase!
There’s more, no doubts, but those are my current highlights.
My wife is just a few weeks away from giving birth to our first and only child. I am personally pretty terrified about it but she's so excited and seeing her this happy is really contiguous. If anyone has any advice for I'd gladly take it !
My wife starts a new job soon. Its been quite a stressful time to sit and wait after she's done four interviews and far more work to appease the background check people than I'd ever tolerate myself. But at long last, she starts work within a week. She's anxious but finally realizes how skilled so many years in this field(IT) has made her, and with a lot of coaching I think she believed enough in herself to carry that confidence in her interviews and demand a salary she deserves, which is almost 50% more than she's ever made before. I'm so proud of her, but still stressed about money. I woke up to yet another overdraft notification today.
I haven't been employed since 2021 and her since 22. Even though we owe a fair amount of money to my mother in law, I can't help but sit and think about all the things we're going to be able to afford soon. We both need completely new PC's sometime in the next year. I want to build flower boxes out of wood for the garden next year(I am not a carpenter). She wants to get better furniture(We moved in with my mother in law last year). I might be able to get my name changed, but that's going to be a complicated legal process for me. We both want to go back to school because in our mid 30's, we finally feel free from the burnout our parents and environment both gave and never relented upon us.
It amazes me how much money you can theoretically spend before a single paycheck comes in, or even before you start the job.
I have a lot this week actually! It’s my birthday on Thursday - not something I’m usually very bothered about but I’m getting a new running watch which I’m excited for. At the weekend I have the 10K race I’ve been training for and then that afternoon a birthday lunch with good friends at a place that ranks in the top 10 on several lists for the best roast dinner in the city. The following day I have my citizenship ceremony!
I love your idea of a Nice Things calendar. So often our calendars are just filled with chores and obligations! Great idea
Starting my new job. I've got six weeks of my current one to get through (read: Play a lot of games and pretend to be working), six weeks off, then I start my new role. Really excited for it!
My current role has been hellish the past 9 months or so. My Director has been an absolute jackass about just about anything. He's become a single point of failure due to his micromanagement behaviour... then demands reasons why things haven't been done on time (Because we're waiting on him).
Honestly, there are too many men and women out there who know nothing of themselves beyond the profit they derive, it's exhausting.
But I am VERY excited to go to my new place.
Premier League games on Saturday. There were none this past weekend due to international games.
My wife's retirement. I've been trying to get her to retire for years, and fortunately she didn't listen to me as we would be have been in much tighter financial state if she had. But now it's getting closer and I've finally pinned her down to 5 years. Still a long time but at least it's not forever.
In the short term, publishing a book I wrote last year. Now that the colder days of fall are upon us I won't feel badly about staying inside to work on that.
My 15-year HS reunion in a few weeks. My brother is 5 years older, so we get to see each other for our reunions since they always happen the same year. Also the first 5-7 years after I graduated, I never felt like I'd have a strong bond with my old classmates. I needed to find my path and mature around new people outside the insular environment I came from, but after 10+ years, I realized we all went through our own version of maturing post-HS and I've become close with old friends again.
Weirdly for me, running!
I have always been a decently active person. At times in my life, I have ran consistently too. But I have never liked running. I would always tend towards other forms of exercise. About a month ago, I started running on my lunch breaks. At first I hated it as I expected. But I forced myself to start liking it. I don't know how its possible to force yourself to like something, but it seems to actually be working. About 2 weeks ago I hit 5k in about 30 minutes ish and have been doing at least a 5k consistently since then. I started to bump up the distance because I actually wanted to. I did not have to force myself to. This morning I was stuck in meetings. I was actually disappointed because I couldn't take my lunch early and go running. I have no idea how I did this to myself, but I am absolutely loving it! I found a 5k and 2 mile run this weekend that I am planning on participating in. My current goal is 10k which I feel pretty confident I can do. I tried to do it today, but there is a pretty aggressive hill about 2.2 miles into my route that absolutely killed me. On a relatively flat route, I think I could do 10k no problem.
I’m looking forward to finding a new job and leaving my current one (hopefully in that order).
I’m spending a lot of my free time working on projects for my portfolio and doing online courses to learn new programming stuffs.
It won’t be long now. 🫠
Don't know why, but this question hit like a truck. I'm approaching the point where I'll see resolution happen one way or the other on a issue that's taken the best years of my life.
At this stage, I just need it to be over.
Well, I loathe summer, so first of all I'm elated that it's finally over with. In our household, fall is the most jam-packed time period of fun, so I've got a whole season of events to look forward to!
This weekend I'm going to my favorite music festival to catch some dubstep, DnB, techno, house, and in general a surprisingly diverse variety of electronic music. For many years my husband and I have gone to festivals just the two of us, but in the past two years we found a really good group of festival friends (the type you're actually real friends with outside of festivals,) and it has been wonderful! We're all in our 30s and have been going to festivals for a decade, so we always have a fully decked out campsite with all the amenities, and there are no annoying kids who aren't prepared or can't handle their drugs/liquor. Everyone gets along, we never run out of electrolytes or good food, and we just dance and laugh for three days straight. It's just fantastic.
End of September I've been invited to join my old coworkers for an unofficial company camping trip. I resigned from that company last year after working there for 8 years and I miss everyone deeply. I'm feeling very lost when it comes to my career lately, so I'm really looking forward to catching up with a few people who have been supportive professional mentors for me in the past.
On October 1st, my husband and I begin our month-long horror movie marathon - everything we watch in October must be spooky or scary. Usually we pick themes like Stephen King, B-movies, or horror films from a specific country.
Second weekend of October we have a couples trip, camping near Duluth, MN. The state parks in that area are absolutely beautiful, and I believe we will be there during the peak of fall colors. We're going with a good friend of ours whom we've known for 9 years, but for some reason we've never spent much time with her partner, so we're looking forward to getting to know him.
After that we have the first group vacation we've ever done with our main friend group. We're going to Wisconsin Dells, the hilariously tacky and cheesy tourist capital of the Midwest. It's like Las Vegas for kids, but is strangely a ton of fun for adults too. It's slightly more southern than our camping trip in early October, so the two trips should be timed as such that we get to follow the peak fall colors all through October.
Halloween weekend will be a two day concert with the same people I'm going to the festival with. Everyone lives out of town, and we live a few minutes from downtown/the venue, so we get to be the home base for the weekend and host everyone since our place is convenient. It's also my favorite venue in town.
Wow. I didn't realize how much we have going on until I wrote it all out like that, haha. But I'm very excited. I'm super low energy in the summer so I haven't been hanging out with people much lately, and my social battery should be fully charged up for all the chaos in the coming weeks.
In March, I hit the road looking for the next place I would live. (A lot of wild stuff happened leading up to that, but that's a different story. 😅) Since then, I've been living out of a suitcase and a backpack. I've gone to a lot of cool places, but I really just want to settle somewhere. I've kinda forced myself to do this to make sure I pick the right place (or, at least a right place).
That search seems to be winding down. I've narrowed to three cities, and I've decided I'm happy with any of them. I'm looking at apartments right now, and I think I will be settled in the next 2-4 months. I'll finally get to do a lot of things I would have taken for granted before — see a doctor and a dentist, build a social network (in-person, not like Facebook 2 or anything), buy a bike, set up a home office…
It's been a wild and interesting ride, but I'm ready to slow down for a bit.
Quite a bit, I was actually just talking about this with a friend.
September 26, Phantom Liberty comes out, so I’m trying to do as much as I can in Starfield so I can devote all my focus on that. Then there’s Assassin’s Creed: Mirage in October, Modern Warfare 3 in November (I’m looking forward to the campaign), and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora in December.
On November 10th, I’m planning on going to a concert in Austin, TX (any recommendations while I’m in the area?). And Every December I go up to Tennessee, so I’m looking forward to some cold weather to contrast from my typical Florida heat. Oh, and on Christmas I get a pay increase!
There’s more, no doubts, but those are my current highlights.
The sun going nova and scouring all life off Earth.
I'm travelling to Seoul! Looking forward to some dak-galbi!!
My wife is just a few weeks away from giving birth to our first and only child. I am personally pretty terrified about it but she's so excited and seeing her this happy is really contiguous. If anyone has any advice for I'd gladly take it !
My wife starts a new job soon. Its been quite a stressful time to sit and wait after she's done four interviews and far more work to appease the background check people than I'd ever tolerate myself. But at long last, she starts work within a week. She's anxious but finally realizes how skilled so many years in this field(IT) has made her, and with a lot of coaching I think she believed enough in herself to carry that confidence in her interviews and demand a salary she deserves, which is almost 50% more than she's ever made before. I'm so proud of her, but still stressed about money. I woke up to yet another overdraft notification today.
I haven't been employed since 2021 and her since 22. Even though we owe a fair amount of money to my mother in law, I can't help but sit and think about all the things we're going to be able to afford soon. We both need completely new PC's sometime in the next year. I want to build flower boxes out of wood for the garden next year(I am not a carpenter). She wants to get better furniture(We moved in with my mother in law last year). I might be able to get my name changed, but that's going to be a complicated legal process for me. We both want to go back to school because in our mid 30's, we finally feel free from the burnout our parents and environment both gave and never relented upon us.
It amazes me how much money you can theoretically spend before a single paycheck comes in, or even before you start the job.