James Connolly, born on this day in 1868, was an Irish socialist revolutionary, founder of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), and leader of the Easter Rising rebellion, for which he was executed by the British government.
Connolly was born in a poor Edinburgh neighborhood and spoke with a Scottish accent. He joined the British Army at age 14 to escape poverty and developed a hatred for the institution from firsthand experience. He deserted when his regiment was set to deploy to India.
He was also member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party. With labor radical James Larkin, he was centrally involved in the Dublin lock-out of 1913, after which the two men formed the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) the same year.
Connolly was opposed to British rule in Ireland and played a leading role in the Easter Rising of 1916, signing the "Proclamation of the Irish Republic" and serving as Commandant of the Dublin Brigade, the regiment that played the most substantial role in the Rising. Connolly was executed by firing squad following the Rising's defeat.
"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. England would still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs."
James Connolly
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I don't think I've ever really understood the term "emotionally draining" before today. I started working in a bar, and the guy teaching me was nice but he was also very fast-moving. There was so much to learn, not just in pulling pints, but in how to talk to customers, how to clear a table properly, how to present myself, how to make coffee, which I don't drink so I know nothing about - what's a flat white vs an Americano? no idea - and just like, so much more. Everyone I talked to was generally friendly but it feels so different to my usual job as a kitchen porter, where I only have a few people I need to interact with and I know them well. It just felt like my mind was oscillating between trying to figure out and remember a million things, and then having nothing to do when it was quiet. So that was difficult. It wasn't even that every moment was stressful, there were some moments where I would do something right and be euphoric. It just felt like my emotions were at 1000%.
Then my mom picked me up, and I finally told her that I think I have ADHD. I've been thinking about this for literally years, and its been really weighing on me recently, having just done really stressful exams in college. She was really understanding and helpful, which I knew she would be, because she's my mom and I love her, but I just felt so stressed about even telling her. A few days ago JaidenAnimations made a video about her ADHD and she's someone I really look up to, so that and the very emotional day I've had today pushed me over the edge to talk to her. So we're gonna look into getting me tested, and I'm so relieved.
I feel exhausted now. I've had a very emotional day, even though it wasn't anything too extreme, it just felt like a lot.
Also I got so many tiny cuts on my hands. Who knew bartending was such a dangerous jobs
if they have you do any knife work make sure you're learning to do it properly and keep your fingers out of the way
hopefully you're not like me because it gives me this ptsd like anxious feeling of "what next what next what next what am I forgetting" when there's nothing to do
Oh it wasn't knife work, I just kept slitting my fingers on like opening salt shakers and sticking my hands into pointy things. I was just being silly.
yeah
Jobs like this are tough for neurodivergent people, but mostly initially. Every new thing you learn to do will be overwhelming, but after even one or two days of doing it you will feel much much better in proportion and soon enough you will develop robust systems to even work more efficiently than others may. Good luck the beginning is always the hardest part!