It helped immensely, honestly in a life-changing way.
A bit of background: when I was a kid the dynamics between my parents led to my siblings and I being raised with a combination of contempt and neglect on some days, emotional dependence on others, with a constant underlying tension of nervous anxiety. Nothing was ever good enough; important dec...... 1 reply
Mostly working. I'm teaching a summer course so I won't actually have any free time until late July. Aside from that I have work trips to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, and then Finland again. I'm already exhausted just thinking about it, because travelling for work sounds a lot more fun in theory than it is in reality.
When I do manage to hav...... 3 reply
Curating a physical collection is not performative, it's what you care about and want to preserve. There's no telling for how long the manga will be available online, after all, since we're all sliding into a subscription economy where we pay for temporary access, not ownership.
Buy those books! reply
I'm fine, but... I'm grading the reports of students so that they would know what they got for their final research papers on Monday. There is one student who I know could have performed so much better, but because the paper he submitted isn't so good, I can't give him the overall course grade that I honestly think would reflect his level of knowle...... 1 reply
I think your feelings make perfect sense. It's hard to try and want to believe in something, and then you look all around you at the people who claim to be practicing the same religion, only to be disappointed by them and their conduct at every turn.
I see people skipping over the part where you say you don't want to stop being religious. I will a...... 1 reply
did regret life decision
did have daddy issues
