Friday survival, go us!

[tomakeanoffer]

Morning all! I'm hoping you are well and everything is treating you kindly. Today I managed to get myself out of bed at a reasonable time and for this, I am really, really proud. I've been sleeping really oddly the past week or so, and because of that I'm pretty pleased I'm up and have had enough sleep to function today.

What are the good things that have happened to you lately? What are some less good things? Come babble with us!

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This post is for:
• being excited about the things you've done this week
• asking for help if you need it
• venting about anything that might need to be flailed over.
• showing off something cool you've done/made/experienced this week.
• being generally enthused and excited about things that have happened.
• just being thrilled that you survived.

Come drop into the comments and let us know how you're doing and how things have gone. While I may not respond to every comment myself, all of you are free to respond to each other and get encouragement, help or whatever else it is you need. If you want to vent without advice being given, please say so and if you want cheering or tips or anything, let us know that too.

Comments

[hitokage]

Woke up well before I was ready by a neighbor mowing at 8:45 this morning (I didn't get to sleep until ~2am) and then made the mistake of falling back to sleep after he stopped, so today has ... not been productive. But I'm still ahead on GYWO and my garden is coming along nicely.

[yhlee]

Yay garden and words!

[tomakeanoffer]

Gardens! WOosh! ,3 Less woosh for other things but plaaants.

[mdlbear]

Yesterday I signed up for an online therapist via 7cups.com. It remains to be seen whether that will help, but it's worth a try.

On the other hand, Colleen is back in the hospital. This time she seems to be active enough that she probably won't need weeks of rehab to get her strength back, which is very good.

Comments of any sort welcome.

[yhlee]

*support support* I hope Colleen recovers quickly and that the online therapist is helpful.

[tomakeanoffer]

*hugs, all the hugs* I hope the therapy works well and that Colleen recovers swiftly.

[alexseanchai]

I hope it does help

[analise010]

Good on you for taking the step to get therapy! And well wishes to your Colleen. ♥

[yhlee]

I'm recovering from being sick and making good progress on my Serial Box Thor episode.

Also, my husband called today (he's out of the country for work) so that was lovely. :D

[mdlbear]

Yay!! Recovering is good.

[tomakeanoffer]

I hope your fellow is doing well and you and yours are getting by okay! <3

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[rainydaysandmondays]

Well, I discovered that I am going to be a great great aunt. ^^

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[mdlbear]

Big congratulations!

Re: i

[rainydaysandmondays]

Ty 😊

Re: i

[tomakeanoffer]

Oh, awesome!

(Now in the ight journal)

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[analise010]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Auntie is the greatest calling. XD

Re: i

[rainydaysandmondays]

TY :D

[alexseanchai]

so many writing!

...

can I finish a writing please

like. intentionally. if I accidentally a thing that does not count. even if it does clear 100 kudos in under 10 hours and 200 kudos in under a wek.

[tomakeanoffer]

So much wording, all the wording!

[althea_valara]

Finished a knitting project! This included doing some swatching to determine the most pleasant-looking decreases, which is rather important because I'm writing the pattern up to sell it, so it's gotta look good! Tomorrow I type up the pattern and put out the call for testers.

[tomakeanoffer]

Oh wow, how awesome! I hope you can sell many times over and that you can have enjoyment in the process.

[althea_valara]

Enjoyment in the process, definitely!

Sadly, my designs are rather niche (dolls & their clothes of video game characters) and they just don't attract many buyers. I've had a doll pattern on sale since February. I offered it for free for two days, as people usually do with new designs, and it had a ton of downloads, but since then.... Crickets.

I just released a pattern for clothes today, and again offering it free for two days. My email is dinging every 30 seconds with notifications of downloads. I'm offering a discount on the doll that goes with the clothes, and have had just one sale so far. I don't expect many sales at all, honestly--I'd be thrilled if I get ten.

(The thinking behind offering it for free for a limited time is that people will then make it and create project pages, which helps promote the design. Folks are more likely to buy if they are projects attached. Sadly, I had over 500 free downloads of my doll pattern and not a single person created a project page for it, which probably meant it was downloaded by pattern hoarders and not folks who were intending on making it.)

[analise010]

I... started a podcast? Like, for real? It's a show where I interview scientists from underrepresented backgrounds about their personal/professional journey, then ask them to share a piece of advice for up and coming scientists. Episode 1 is out now and episode 2 will be out this Wednesday, ~noon EST. (You can check us out at Branching Out (STEM).

I'm also doing free tarot readings this month because, thanks to fandom, I made enough money to go to therapy in May! \o/

[tomakeanoffer]

First: That podcast sounds *awesome* May I shove it a few places in glee? Cause that sounds so, so cool.

Second, I may take you up o0n tarot.

Third: HI YOU! <3333333 It's good to know you are in the world and I am happy you exist.

[analise010]

Sure! You can promote it whereever you like. Episode 2 to go up on Wednesday.

Also - Can we trade tarot? I've been feeling A LOT lately and don't feel like I have enough clarity to read for myself rn.

[tomakeanoffer]

Cool, coll! I'm gonna listen to the first ep tonight and construct a good pitch to throw at people. XD

Absolutely! Email/PM me and we'll talk?