Meh. Glad to be alive. Glad to be healthy. I don’t like the direction that the world is going and I haven’t for awhile.
Other than that, it’s pretty good. Very happy for the people I have in my life.
Really great week then a rough day. Trying to spend today recovering by a nice walk and trying to get my homelab working. It didn’t want to simply plug-n-play after a six month journey on a pallet.
The worst part of the week, I spent Friday applying for jobs. That was just pure pain. Really soul sucking as many of you know. I should change to Monday so I don’t end the week with drudgery and self inflicted mental anguish. But, afford me a moment to vent and ponder.
I remember walking into places to hand in a resume. Circuit City, early Best Buy, a lunch place. Summer jobs. Before HR and ATS professionalized the job hunt into what it is today. Which sort of got me wondering.
What or who enshitified hiring?
How did we get to this impersonal nightmare? Who is the MBA or HR wonk that started this?Someone ping 404media for me I need answers.
When I was still job hunting, I found more new job postings in the first half of the week. Weekends are usually dead with the occasional rare new posting.
Maybe it’s the same people who enshittified dating apps hehe. And malls. And most third spaces…
Hope you get to rest this weekend.
Good idea to move that to Monday…take care and I’m wishing all the best for you and yours 🎃
Thanks! And thanks for always replying with kindness to everyone.
Second week of my job and I’m having mixed feelings of, “oh I’m doing enough,” and “oh my god I need to do more.” It’s slow and I can’t tell how it’ll ramp up. Feels less busy than college. But. I am doing 12hr days again, basically, when including commute. Me no likey.
I don’t get why I was told I’d have more time for hobbies post grad by people working full time. I feel like the best time to explore is when you’re a kid (but if you had no access to resources, good luck lol?). 🤡
I mean I guess I still am trading my time for money which…might get me some time back? Eh. Point is I’m still figuring out work life balance. Still figuring out my career plans, as I know I should go up the ladder a bit more for stability. …man. sigh. I mean. Dude I just want the part where my brain throws a party and feels happier or safer. I wanna poke my brain with a stick for not operating.
Started a new job. Not a higher position, but one that should be less stress. However the first day was certainly stressful and I already hate the commute. Don’t have time to do anything!
Pray for me that it will be a good move…
Congrsts!
I hope you can find a way to make the commute more tolerable, too.
Congrats! I’ve generally found the first day at a new job to be either boring as hell or stressful as hell. I actually prefer the latter, because it only gets better from there.
I’m on this side of the ground.
Yeah. That’s pretty good when you book it all down.
You gotta start somewhere, right?
Quite.
I basically disappeared into a cave for the past week. After 17 years, it’s hard to accept the person you thought was meant for you will never be more than a tantrum-throwing value extractor. I’ve been cycling through so many emotions at random it made the most sense to stay in my room.
When we got divorced, at least relief was in the mix. This time, I’m kicking myself for falling for Lucy and the football yet a-fucking-gain.
On the plus side, there’s now a timeline on the commune. My housemates plan to put the house up for sale at the first of the year. We’re supposed to drop from the upper 90s (where we have been stuck since May) to upper 70s by this weekend, so van work can begin in earnest.
Yesterday suddenly got very expensive. Expected to replace TMPS sensors in my wife’s car. Instead picked up a roofing nail in a non-repairable spot and suddenly need 4 new tires because AWD.
