• @mrdeath@lemmy.world
    7•2 years ago

    Happy?

    It’s triple digit weather for the 9th week.

    My friends 16 year old son just got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

    My daughter is having a rough recovery from an apendectomy.

    I’m having to work extended hours due to staff shortages.

    Payment from my last job is a week overdue and I don’t know how I’ll eat or get to my new job.

    My back is fucking killing me from being on my feet 12 to 14 hours a day.

    What is happiness again?

  • miz_elektroEnglish
    2•2 years ago

    I finished my first semester of software development school last week. I struggled with c# programming and at one point a couple months ago I was so upset I seriously considered dropping out. But I kept at it and handed in assignments, not confident in my code. Anyways, I just got my final marks back and I got A+ in that course… and all my other courses too!

    Also… I’ve been depressed for 2 days, I think I needed this post to remind me of the good things in life. I’m enjoying reading everyone’s answers!

  • @legios@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    I took the last week and a half off from work and was happy to see when I finally checked my emails (bored at the airport) it didn’t look like anything went to shit! Was nice to get away for a bit, and need to do it more often but tend to procrastinate for stupid reasons…

    Also supposed to go on a second date tomorrow to a gig but we’ll see if that actually happens or she got bored and moved on while I was on holidays.

    But in a good mood. Just got home a couple of hours ago and doing some cleanup/chores.

    It’s been a while since I’ve actually felt ‘happy’ vs ‘anhedonic’.

  • @multicolorKnight@lemmy.ml
    10•2 years ago

    I went on a vacation trip last week. We took the ferry fron Connecticut to Long Island, rode our bikes from Orient Point to the Hamptons, took the train to New York City, hung out in Brooklyn for 4 days. No car the whole way. It was awesome. Brooklyn is super cool, biking in NYC is the best way to enjoy the city. I am full of ideas for the next trip.

  • @Bouga@lemm.ee
    7•2 years ago

    Polaris just dropped their upcoming LP’s third track, “Overflow”, and it slaps as intended.

    Metalcore band from Australia, if you don’t know them, chek them out.

  • @davefischer@beehaw.orgEnglish
    15•2 years ago

    I finally had an opportunity to photograph the neighborhood hawk last weekend. I’ve been trying to photograph this guy for YEARS, but he always takes off before I can go get my camera.

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  • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlOP
    47•2 years ago

    My friend, an immigrant to my country, was laid off two weeks ago and wasn’t able to land a new job. She was 4 months away from getting her PR, but without a new job, she wouldn’t qualify. After many stressful nights of crying, doing resume review and interview practice, she YOLO’d and sent the CEO of her old company an email asking to be employed until she got the PR, and the CEO simply said “Sure”.

    Absolutely crazy, and rare to see that sort of compassion. I’m super happy for her, even though it might be awkward, but getting over this cusp will lock her in on her new life.

    • @bob_lemon@feddit.de
      16•2 years ago

      In this context, the question really boils down to “Do you want to ruin your former employee’s life to save a bit of company money?”. Which should not be a hard decision, but there’s way too many people who would disagree here. Kudos to the CEO to realize this and do the right thing, and good luck for your friend.

      • @Torvum@lemmy.world
        11•2 years ago

        I think it’s more that most of these issues would never actually reach the CEO if brought up through standard channels. Some bs middle management explanation of why it’s not possible, even though they never passed it up. CEOs are still people, and if they just randomly receive an actual personal email that wasn’t debated over by a board meeting or considered inconsequential by people they hired to micromanage, they’re likely to just say fuck it why not.