Have an uncle in prison. Part of me hopes this time helps people empathize with those essentially in solitary confinement and how it is the opposite of helpful in terms of recalibrating behavior toward what society wants/needs. We should ban solitary confinement at least...
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#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
It never ceases to amaze me how different people are. For me, all effects have been the exact opposite. Less going out, so more cooking and healthier eating. Less tired from open office noise, so more energy for sports. More free time without commute, so I picked up some long forgotten hobbies again. This means my advice might not apply to you, but if I may still recommend one thing: ignore most of the news for a whi…
> the US India :( (though I stay in the US) We just had a minor skirmish with China with around 60 deaths total. The messaging from China is very similar to the run-up to the 1962 war.
This isn't meant to be a provocative question: What's the messaging from India been like?
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#293In regards to the quarantine: I actually don't mind at all. But I understand that by already having been working from home, as well as being rather introverted, I am less affected than most.
In regards to everything else: Heartbroken. Liberalism is being replaced with racial collectivization, something with which you cannot build a stable or just society.
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#294I feel very fortunate and luck. I do well in a WFH situation as do most of my coworkers, and nobody I know has taken sick. I've taken to cooking, learned tons of new recipes and virtually eliminated a lingering health condition because I finally have time to exercise.
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#295Really badly, but could be worse. I am entirely sure that I have moderate-serious depression since the lock down started. I rely entirely on external structure and physical separation of spaces to keep myself sane. So WFH has been disastrous for me. I have been eating worse, not working out, stopped pursuing hobbies/side projects and have been incredibly unproductive at work. Thankfully, a year of good results prior…
take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAhsXyO3Ck
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#296Years ago, I visited the zoo in Central Park in NYC and watched a polar bear, as it swam around and around in a pool. It swam in a triangle, touching the three same points on the wall of the enclosure as it made each circuit. Last month I walked around Greenwich Park in London 125 times, each time following exactly the same route. I thought about that polar bear a lot as I walked.
The polar bear swims in circles because he doesn't know he's trapped. We walk in circles and social distance to protect our family and our communities.
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#297Really badly, but could be worse. I am entirely sure that I have moderate-serious depression since the lock down started. I rely entirely on external structure and physical separation of spaces to keep myself sane. So WFH has been disastrous for me. I have been eating worse, not working out, stopped pursuing hobbies/side projects and have been incredibly unproductive at work. Thankfully, a year of good results prior…
It never ceases to amaze me how different people are. For me, all effects have been the exact opposite. Less going out, so more cooking and healthier eating. Less tired from open office noise, so more energy for sports. More free time without commute, so I picked up some long forgotten hobbies again. This means my advice might not apply to you, but if I may still recommend one thing: ignore most of the news for a whi…
> ignore most of the news for a while
This has been the number 1 thing that I've started doing recently that has improved my mental health. I've been incredibly depressed and anxious this year, and realized how much of that has been tied to the news cycle. I've mostly ignored the news for about a week now, and I'm feeling much better. I still have an underlying current of anxiety that I need to deal with, but overall I'm feeling better.
Rather than reading the news constantly, I ended up subscribing to the print edition of The Economist, so I'll read that once a week rather than constantly flipping over to Google News every hour.
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#298Really badly, but could be worse. I am entirely sure that I have moderate-serious depression since the lock down started. I rely entirely on external structure and physical separation of spaces to keep myself sane. So WFH has been disastrous for me. I have been eating worse, not working out, stopped pursuing hobbies/side projects and have been incredibly unproductive at work. Thankfully, a year of good results prior…
Are you me? Seriously hit all the nails on the head for me. Except my country is not yet currently at war. And I used to go out social dancing and that is basically dead until next year most likely. I ruined two coffees the other day. Put too much peppermint oil in and screwed it up. And then I let my coffee friend screw with my grinder/machine settings and it got hosed. ugh. I really recommend getting a workout budd…
Hey, quick question about your coffee – why do you add peppermint oil? And how much do you add? I'm always looking to improve my coffee routine or try new things out. Currently I'm on an iced cold-brew trend because the place I'm in has been in a 40+°C heatwave for the last 5ish days.
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#299I've been better. I just lost my drivers license due to a medical issue (my "controlled" epilepsy ain't so much any more). My partner left for a six-week trip recently. I'm working from home because my office still can't open up. Most of the stuff near me is still shut down. I'm effectively restricted to a relatively small radius around my house. I'm trying to get out as much as I can, and go as far as I can. I'm tak…
Hey, that really sucks about the license issue! Tooling around in my car is one of the few things keeping me sane. Hopefully you live somewhere nice enough to bike consistently. My SO and I have been walking and cycling a ton.
I understand that feeling lucky but everything feels like shit. I hope you start to feel better!
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#300Really badly, but could be worse. I am entirely sure that I have moderate-serious depression since the lock down started. I rely entirely on external structure and physical separation of spaces to keep myself sane. So WFH has been disastrous for me. I have been eating worse, not working out, stopped pursuing hobbies/side projects and have been incredibly unproductive at work. Thankfully, a year of good results prior…
>Then today morning my favorite blog closed because of an attack by cancel-police. Isn't this still speculative at this point? Last I read about it (on Reddit) there was no actual evidence that NYT was cooking up a hit piece.
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