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Thoughts, Stories, and Ideas

Month: March 2024

  • Preparing to Move

    Today I had some time to kill and I wasn’t feeling like doing any learning on The Odin Project so I decided to do some prep work for moving to subsidized housing. The subsidized housing that I am going to be moving to includes all utilities and internet access. So, I decided to prepare my…

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  • Been a Rough Two Days

    As the title reads, it has been a rough two days. My car has been voluntarily surrendered to the local Hyundai dealership and I’m now without a car. I guess I hadn’t realized how upending the experience would really be. After dropping off the keys, I ended up taking an Uber because I could not…

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  • Working on a Plan

    Right now I am working on a future plan to earn a small amount of money once I get back on Social Security Disability. I know that I am going to need to stay somewhat busy without exceeding the substantial gainful activity threshold and that is going to be difficult to do in a traditional…

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  • Mixed Feelings

    Today I have quite a few mixed feelings. To start with, I’m feeling both upset and relieved simultaneously about surrendering my car. I know that I will save a lot of money on insurance, gas, and maintenance which will be nice. But I will lose a lot of flexibility and ease of transportation. This is…

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  • Acceptance

    I have reached a kind of Zen-like acceptance about my life and there is some relief and peace in having reached this status. I have Autism and a mental illness so trying to get mentally healthy again is taking too much energy to handle while working a full time job. Thus, I am going back…

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  • Frustrating Day

    Today has been an incredibly frustrating and high anxiety day. My anxiety ran so high that not even my known coping skills of box breathing and painting on my Buddha Board could help bring it down. So I ended up taking an Ativan this afternoon which pretty much knocked me out for about two hours.…

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  • Caught up with a Friend

    While I was in hospital from February 20th through the 28th, I made a close friend. His name is Remy and he’s by all counts a good and decent human being who I’m proud to know. Unfortunately, he’s still in patient so I called and we talked for nearly 45 minutes. It’s been great to…

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  • Some Thoughts on Cats

    I once had a long discussion on cats with a friend. We were both talking about what it is that draws us to them. Both of us like how cats probably see humans as their peers, that is fellow felines on the same level, as themselves. This makes them almost the perfect anarchists that reject…

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