I'm already tutoring whilst working in retail and am sacrificing doing bigger retail shifts on the days that I tutor. I also volunteered on an online educational forum for about five years helping kids with questions relating to VCE and science.
People with office jobs who didn't want an office job, how did you get to where you are? I am an ADHDer (and yes I know I can't use it as an excuse) who wants to get into teaching but I'm being discouraged by basically everyone and I also want to consider my options. But I don't see myself sitting at a desk for ages at a time.
Also, second question incoming. I saw some people on the beach today hitting a ball back and forth with bats that looked like cricket bats but the top of the bat was shaped like a lacrosse one. So imagine a cricket bat with a lacrosse shaped head. Does anyone know what this kind of bat is? Just a special cricket bat?
Thank you to all the people who gave me words of wisdom yesterday. I love this little community. And it's nice to have people on my side. 🫶
I've got some self-care to do. Unread books, movies to watch, doggo to pat, new gym to try. Yesterday my dad made me stand in the green waste bin to squash down the leaves and branches. It's the little things.
These bad feelings will pass. I will feel moments of joy again. I will focus on me and ultimately live the life I want to live. I will be okay.
P.S. I'm plugging this now, if you're into seeing your music listening stats - last.fm! Also good to keep up with what friends are listening to (and see who listens the most)!
Thanks for your advice. I'm definitely going to ease up a bit.
This is honestly the vibe rn https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=WEAFgJ0Wcla4-cR7&fbclid=PAAaY4uVT7L-bN7IITbCJUluOyIwaa1NeAjX2sIU0B7qegtbiu_7A3sforpQg&v=L5ZL84PHiTY&feature=youtu.be
Saw the boyfriend today. He asked me why I didn't tell him how I felt when I gave him his present because I told him it was fine then but sent a text saying how hurt I was two weeks later. So what I took from that is maybe I should be more open with my emotions in the moment. I did say it is tricky for me to pinpoint how I feel and that the emotions and thoughts don't come to me until I've had some time alone. I think this is something I could work on in therapy. I didn't think alexithymia was something I struggled with but maybe that is actually the case.
I ended up saying don't worry about the card (he still hadn't done it) but discussed a little about our expectations about important dates. Didn't mention my birthday which is still a few months away (does he even remember when my birthday is lol) but he did bring up Valentine's Day and said we should go out for it which is cool.
He apologised for hurting my feelings too and I just felt overwhelmed and almost burst into tears. I feel weird showing raw emotion in front of him for some reason.
All I can focus on is the way I express my emotions because other people have noticed mood swings.
Thanks for this. I sent a message including what you said, and because I have a lot of emotions swirling around, I said that I deserve better and if it means that I break up with him for that to happen, then I will.
I feel like he will use his dyslexia as an excuse again or say something like, "I didn't know what you wanted."
He didn't ask his mum what she wanted and still got her something.
My boyfriend didn't get me anything for Christmas, but I got him something. We have been dating for six months. I got him something for his birthday as well.
It's not even the fact that I didn't receive some object. It's just that he probably didn't even think of me, until I gave him something. I told him a card is fine, and now he's saying he's still drafting it because of his difficulties with spelling. It's been two and a half weeks.
I'm going to attempt to talk to him about this without sounding like an asshole
It would be interesting to hear some takes on this.
I have a car that is going to be 20 years old next year. No longer a teenager. In July, the battery died. My mum's hypothesis was that vacuuming the car and having the doors open for an extended period was what caused it, because we had changed the battery only a year prior.
A couple of weeks ago, I vacuumed the car. Then I didn't drive it for a few days. It wouldn't start. Dad says something about "phantom amps" and suggests that the Bluetooth FM transmitter plugged into the cigarette lighter could be causing it. Car has been jump-started and battery will hopefully be okay.
Both parents say it's an old car that's never been amazing with batteries. Or we've just had a run with shit batteries.
Yeah I do! It's making me more intentional with my social media use and stopped me from comparing myself to people that I know that are doing all sorts of fun things whilst I'm here not doing that. Would recommend if you are interested in doing the same.
I just unfollowed every account I've followed on instagram. Not following any accounts. Don't know why I did it, but I did. Today has been weird.
Also a couple of days ago, I spoke to bar guy about the playlist thing and he said that lyrics are the last thing that he listens to. He eventually figured out that I was trying to convey something through the lyrics and he told me he loved me for the first time. That was cute.
I also found out that I was known as jukebox girl at the beginning by a couple of his friends because he didn't wanna say my name.
It was my partner's birthday yesterday and I made him a playlist called songs that convey how I feel about you.
He listens to one song on the playlist and tells me it was a pretty solid playlist. However, regarding the two heartfelt Taylor Swift songs on the hour-long playlist, he tells me I should switch them out for insert other songs that do not convey the same meaning as the Taylor Swift songs at all because they were "better". He didn't listen to the songs.
Maybe he's just not a lyrics person, though I'd think the title would convey that the lyrics are important. It sucks that I'll have to explain that and also that we are probably not on the same wavelength. I'm debating ending it.
I'm already tutoring whilst working in retail and am sacrificing doing bigger retail shifts on the days that I tutor. I also volunteered on an online educational forum for about five years helping kids with questions relating to VCE and science.