Month: May 2024
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My Father
Read more: My FatherI want to begin this blog article by explaining that I’m estranged from my father. My father is responsible for much of my trauma. He caused me significant harm to the point where even seeing him can be triggering. Well, he called me and I answered without looking at the number. Hoo wee! What a…
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I Am Angry And Frustrated
Read more: I Am Angry And FrustratedAs the title reads, I am angry and frustrated at the world. It all began with seeing all of these corporations advertising. I became finally sick and tired of corporations and the wealthy telling us how to think and feel. I’m over the audaciousness and presumptuousness of it all. I am sick of capitalism period.…
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I Am Filled With Inertia
Read more: I Am Filled With InertiaToday I am filled with absolute inertia to do anything. I have neither the will nor the energy to get anything done but I do want to blog about it to get the thoughts out of my head. I am beating myself up and feeling like a failure. I feel like I failed at life…
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Using Podman To Deploy A Ghost Blog Server
Read more: Using Podman To Deploy A Ghost Blog ServerIntroduction My favorite blogging platform is Ghost. Ghost is simple yet powerful and does not require as much in the way or resources as WordPress. Ghost also does not suffer from the same security woes that pop up with WordPress. To properly use Ghost, you will want to have a reverse proxy for TLS. I…
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Using Podman To Deploy A Nextcloud Server
Read more: Using Podman To Deploy A Nextcloud ServerIntroduction I really want to de-Google. I don’t like what Google is doing and I do not feel like helping them improve their revenue any longer. There are plenty of articles out there that detail how to stand up a Nextcloud server using docker but I don’t want to use docker. Instead, I want to…
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Finish My De-Googling
Read more: Finish My De-GooglingI think my mission for this afternoon is to finish my de-Googling process. I’d start this morning except I’m going to a brunch with some friends and I’m terrible about being interrupted and resuming so I’ll wait to start. I have absolutely had enough of Google and their antics. Google has reached trillion dollar valuation…
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Mornings Are Difficult
Read more: Mornings Are DifficultOne of the problems with having Major Depressive Disorder is dealing with mornings. Mornings continue to be really difficult and I awaken feeling down but not quite as down as I used to. I think it is because antidepressant medication levels might be lower? I really have no idea and I am left wondering why…
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Waiting At The Social Security Office
Read more: Waiting At The Social Security OfficeToday began with a trip to the Social Security office at 9 to hopefully have this hearing for an expedited benefits reinstatement for my Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. I hate these waiting rooms because they’re noisy and people are breaking the no cell phone rule left and right. The sense of entitlement is real.…
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The Importance Of Self Praise
Read more: The Importance Of Self PraiseIt took awhile for the importance of self-praise to sink in. I understood it from an intellectual perspective but not viscerally. This evening I felt it viscerally. I’m beginning to understand the importance on a deep level. The partial hospitalization program that I was in last month kept harping on self praise and positive affirmation…
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