👋 I'm alive..I think.
I'd like to know more about your financial quarantine if you don't mind. I've been in similar situations, if I catch your meaning. I'm sort of in a similar situation now, now that i think about it, as I live in a decently rural area, with no drivers license, or public transportation. /:
I'm excited about just about everything though. My life was utter shit till about a year ago. Lately I've been writing songs. It takes me about 4 months to finish and record one. I have 3 or 4 now! I've been in a situation where human contact was largely impossible up until recently. (I don't really have friends tbh. I am or have been a hermit ftmp. But I'm still figuring out who I am.)
Yeah, just been looking for sustainable business opportunities for about the past 2-3 years. I think I might be able to leverage my network this week to give me a bit more breathing room. Most folks don't want to hire me because I come across as a freelancer since that's what I've had to do the past couple of years for survival.
I've been working on digging myself out of a "life hole." I was making strides during covid, but when everyone went back to "normal" I found I haven't been able to adjust to what 90% of people feel is normal. Contracts fell through, my network failed me, and I was left to fend for myself. Makes me feel left out and alone. I want to get married and live where I want. It's like everything says I should be able to, I believe in myself and my abilities, but the season I'm in now makes me feel stuck. Not only that, but it feels like all the progress I made during covid has been lost.
But I keep taking it one day at a time. Some days I feel like waking up is an accomplishment.
That is so awesome you're excited about your life, Middle. I hope it continues to head that way for you. Do you mind if I join you on the mountaintop soon? 😝
Ofc! But be warned, there is no mountain top. The up and down motion is the best part ime.
I am also a freelancer of sorts. I am a tradesman and me and pops have a tiny little business that we started a few years ago.
I was addicted to drugs, and my dad lived in a jeep. Now were doing OK, looking out for one another, and others if we can. Anything past dead for me is icing!
During covid, I was in a very bad way. I couldn't even afford to go get vaccinated, In and out of court etc...but the PUA money allowed me to get bare necessity and my shit together more than I would have without it. So it was a blessing in disguise, as much as I hate to say it, but finding some good in even the worst of situations is all I know, out of necessity, I just look for it naturally, as a coping mechanism I guess. Sigh.
I think you are probably doing the best you can. I look forward to sharing the ride with you (;
I think I can empathize with some of what you're saying, so with all sincerity: keep up the good fight, bud.
I'm in the same boat, you're not alone. Well, you are, kind of, but a lot of us are alone, struggling, trying to make it work. One just has to keep trying, so good on you
Yooo that looks awesome. I wish I had a good group to play a solid campaign with. This looks like it would be so fun. Nice job!
Thank you! I have two groups, one of them is doing an expansion to Gloomhaven called Crimson Scales and the other group is playing Frosthaven. It’s my opinion that Gloomhaven & Frosthaven are the best coop board games ever made!
Sweet! I've of course heard of D&D but never played. What's going on with the board?
Thanks, it’s a game called Gloomhaven, it’s a board game that comes with cardboard standees for the monsters, so I 3D print and and paint the monsters, walls, and I make 3D furniture. Normally it looks like this right out of the box:
And this is how it looks after I upgrade it:
The board is part of the game and it has hexes for movement and targeting. You play cards that let you move and attack and you work together with your team to defeat the monsters before you run out of cards or die. It’s actually not like D&D at all, it’s more of a tactical strategy game!
Wow! Sounds exciting! Hopefully you got some play time this week!