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End of Year Update
This seemed like a good time to do an end of year wrap up. I feel bad that I've been so lax here and other social media platforms, it's just I've felt very unsocial in all aspects of life.
I tried Facebook for awhile, and decided that was a total bust. Got myself a Tumblr account, and spend hours scrolling through it, but after the first week or so, have had absolutely no communication with anyone on it--so that doesn't seem to be the thing for me either. I've read the different posts and meta/beta guides on how to make it work for you, truthfully I just don't get it. And seeing the same thing reblogged multiple times just annoys me, especially the things that you have to scroll, and scroll, and scroll to get to the bottom of. (sorry to anyone I may have offended there).
I miss having an actual conversation with people. I don't know how to do that, and occasionally I don't want the entire Tumblr world to know what I'm thinking, (what am I saying? I never want the entire Tumblr world to know what I'm saying)
So DW and LJ are the place for me, even though for the most part they both seem to be a deserted desert. I just hope I'm able to get back into the swing of things.
I traveled to Prague, which sadly for me was an absolute disaster. it's a beautiful city and others would love it, I'm sure. I went to Virginia and North Carolina, which was more enjoyable, but since walking is so difficult for me anymore, it's hard to really have a good time anywhere I go. Traveling is being put on a hard hold for a while.
I had a job for a while, and on paper when toting up the pros and the cons it was full of pros. Had an incredible amount of positives, but I was miserable and so quit after a month. Looking back, I'm sure it was my own incredibly disabling social anxiety that drove that decision. But then after I quit, I was informed that I had to obtain a new roof or lose my homeowner's insurance. The stock market took a nosedive which affected my retirement and investments in a unpleasant way, so beginning in a few days I'm back to employment search, again And I expect I will be working full time for the next 5 to 10 years to come, and as someone who has hit the magic age for Medicare, that is just too depressing for words.
I expect that when employment is found, I'll have even less time for fandom, other than the mindless scrolling. Tumblr is good for that.
Anyone got plans for the upcoming year they want to share?
I tried Facebook for awhile, and decided that was a total bust. Got myself a Tumblr account, and spend hours scrolling through it, but after the first week or so, have had absolutely no communication with anyone on it--so that doesn't seem to be the thing for me either. I've read the different posts and meta/beta guides on how to make it work for you, truthfully I just don't get it. And seeing the same thing reblogged multiple times just annoys me, especially the things that you have to scroll, and scroll, and scroll to get to the bottom of. (sorry to anyone I may have offended there).
I miss having an actual conversation with people. I don't know how to do that, and occasionally I don't want the entire Tumblr world to know what I'm thinking, (what am I saying? I never want the entire Tumblr world to know what I'm saying)
So DW and LJ are the place for me, even though for the most part they both seem to be a deserted desert. I just hope I'm able to get back into the swing of things.
I traveled to Prague, which sadly for me was an absolute disaster. it's a beautiful city and others would love it, I'm sure. I went to Virginia and North Carolina, which was more enjoyable, but since walking is so difficult for me anymore, it's hard to really have a good time anywhere I go. Traveling is being put on a hard hold for a while.
I had a job for a while, and on paper when toting up the pros and the cons it was full of pros. Had an incredible amount of positives, but I was miserable and so quit after a month. Looking back, I'm sure it was my own incredibly disabling social anxiety that drove that decision. But then after I quit, I was informed that I had to obtain a new roof or lose my homeowner's insurance. The stock market took a nosedive which affected my retirement and investments in a unpleasant way, so beginning in a few days I'm back to employment search, again And I expect I will be working full time for the next 5 to 10 years to come, and as someone who has hit the magic age for Medicare, that is just too depressing for words.
I expect that when employment is found, I'll have even less time for fandom, other than the mindless scrolling. Tumblr is good for that.
Anyone got plans for the upcoming year they want to share?
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I'm kinda floating around since my tumblr got purged because it's been filled with a lot of art that's nsfw. I've mothballed it for now and am not planning to use it again. Haven't deleted my blog though as I still sometimes need the account to read some blogs that are only there.
I'm mostly using twitter, and DW and Pillowfort a bit. Nothing (except twitter) is really good for talking with people. Twitter is shit for finding artists though. Oh well, I'll manage as I did before my tumblr days. :D
Hope you'll find a site to your liking as well. :))
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I don't think I ever knew about your tumblr. Sorry, it got purged. I followed some people, but very few ever followed me back. Then again, I'm so inactive there, I don't think anyone had a clue I was even there.
I hate job searching with all the really lame interview questions that make me want to roll my eyes so hard. They all ask the same thing over and over.
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I could probably try to get it sorted with tumblr staff but tbh I don't want to. I hate what they did to their lbgtqia community and artists and sex workers who now all are excluded from using it like they did for years. All because Apple threw out the app out of their store because they worried and child porn (but not the Nazis of course). Sorry, I'll stop my rant but it is effing terrifying this sort of censorship. Don't worry. It's difficult to find people on Tumblr and now you're unable to look for my blog anyways.
Job interviews can be exhausting for various reasons but if you need one there's nothing to be done. I wish you a fast and successful job hunt. :))