ColinWonfor
Junior Member
We here in London have had a NAFF time how is it where you are.
Oh yes GM I am still alive he he
Oh yes GM I am still alive he he
By the measures of having a job and paying our bills and being at least healthy on the surface I'm doing ok. By every other measure, no, I'm not doing that great. I'm mentally exhausted from everything going on in my country (America), I'm exhausted by being on 8-10 hours of video calls everyday having to pretend that everything is normal and that all the normal work demands still matter as much as they did prior to everything that's going on this year, and then also feeling extremely guilty for feeling this way when I'm absolutely blessed to still have such a good job where all I have to do is stare at a computer for 8-10 hours a day, as mind-frying as that can be.. I have it better than so many others, and yet I'm completely burnt out, yet know many would kill to be in my positions so I try to put on a happy face...but then there's also the dread of what's to come this fall and winter here...they just locked down our restaurants again, so many will be out of work, out of their homes...our government couldn't care less it seems...it's just so disheartening.
I hope you all are doing ok, I really do.
By the measures of having a job and paying our bills and being at least healthy on the surface I'm doing ok. By every other measure, no, I'm not doing that great. I'm mentally exhausted from everything going on in my country (America), I'm exhausted by being on 8-10 hours of video calls everyday having to pretend that everything is normal and that all the normal work demands still matter as much as they did prior to everything that's going on this year, and then also feeling extremely guilty for feeling this way when I'm absolutely blessed to still have such a good job where all I have to do is stare at a computer for 8-10 hours a day, as mind-frying as that can be.. I have it better than so many others, and yet I'm completely burnt out, yet know many would kill to be in my positions so I try to put on a happy face...but then there's also the dread of what's to come this fall and winter here...they just locked down our restaurants again, so many will be out of work, out of their homes...our government couldn't care less it seems...it's just so disheartening.
I hope you all are doing ok, I really do.
Sounds difficult. I feel your stress.I'm working more (I'm in tech, so WFH is a thing, but establishing boundaries between work & life is hard) and am dealing with similar issues as John. I'm white-knuckling about the election, COVID, my kids high school education, my wife (who is immunosuppressed), and my Mom (my Dad passed away September 22). Stress is not helping my HBP, which makes me more at risk for complications from COVID, which in turn contributes to my stress levels.
And a fucking coyote burrowed under the fence and grabbed one of my hens yesterday. That doesn't help.
And, just to add the poop nugget on top of the 2020 sundae, just got an alert from the bank that someone skimmed our credit card and racked up $1,600 worth of charges this morning.Sounds difficult. I feel your stress.
And, just to add the poop nugget on top of the 2020 sundae, just got an alert from the bank that someone skimmed our credit card and racked up $1,600 worth of charges this morning.
Gents, please share as you need, but let’s keep politics out of it. Politics is too divisive a situation now to be able to think we can discuss it peacefully even here.
Hopefully since the bank called you they don't hold you to those charges. I've had that happen and they just removed them, but it was for a bit less. "John, did you buy a wedding dress in Boston right after getting gas in Illinois?"And, just to add the poop nugget on top of the 2020 sundae, just got an alert from the bank that someone skimmed our credit card and racked up $1,600 worth of charges this morning.