The Not Happy Thread

Maybe that's why your writing is terrible? It's hard to write well on less than three hours of sleep.

 

Presuming you are accurate about the quality of your writing (and keep in mind that no sane writer ever really likes their writing) the fact that you see flaws in it means you see opportunities to improve it. Don't give up -- go back and fix it to the best of your ability, then fix it again, and again, till you can't realistically find anything to fix; then you will be in a place to evaluate it.

 

Thanks both. And moose, all I can say is sorry, I know, and I'll work on it. Thankyou

 

I'm not feeling good. I suck as a writer. My stories are just ideas that are intriguing, I can't get them down. I don't have the patience nor the concentration.

I lost my job and I guess I'm okay now but I just realised this situation is gonna drain all my finances and I'll never be able to go back to the job again. So I'm kinda just delaying really focusing on this situation and avoiding it, I don't wanna think about what it means. But I should be more proactive instead of using this as an excuse for University life part 2.0.

I live with my 'girlfriend' who has completely lost interest in me, even since before the covid thing. This has just made it worse. I don't actually know if it's worse living completely alone or with a woman who has fallen out of interest in you (not gonna use the word love since that's not what this is). She is moving back to her home country soon so I guess I'll find out. I suppose the utter despair I have thinking about her is at least something tethering me to another human being.

All the usual advice of there's plenty more fish in the sea and all that don't really work when you can't leave the house.

I don't even give a fuck about this idiotic and self-indulgent writing I do anymore. I suck. I'm nothing.

Oh I guess I have my kindle and my netflix and my food to keep me entertained but come on...this isn't living.

I know that these lame little moanings are nothing compared to what is going on in the world right now and the suffering others have.

 

Either everything is art or nothing is.

 

nul and void?

 

First world whinge? Not Happy? Whatever.

Went out to dinner on Friday. Yup, everything is still open here, so it must be safe, right?

Right?

Anyway, the restaurant had the new spring menu out. Place is an izakaya, a Japanese pub, so there aren't really descriptions of the food on the menu, just the name.

I ordered something called "Tomato Curry Pasta." I like tomatoes, I like curry, I've had and made tomato-based curry before, and it sounded like a good combination with pasta. Why not?

They forgot to mention that it was loaded with clams. Some sort of little shellfish, clams oysters mussels whatever I don't know the difference because they aren't food! Do I look like a damn sea-otter?

You'd think that if you were going to put something on the menu with lots of little clams (still in their shells, mind you) on it you might want to let your customers know as even in Japan they're a polarizing food item.

And the pasta was dry and mealy and nasty as well.

 

I may be wrong here, but I think you just described the average day of most on this site under this isolation shit.
My days are much the same, minus the writing, alcohol and antidepressants. Though my comfort food has been skittles, instead of frazzles.
Blame the frazzles. The problem is in their name. Sue them.

 

taking a breath.
Hugs for everybody!

 

I think you have yourself highlighted what you need to do in your own post, however hard it will be during this isolation. Clean up your diet, get some exercise, cut out the alcohol (as Moose said, don't missed with AD's!) and try and make improvements on your sleep schedule.

Although it is tough when in lockdown. I myself said i'd start eating better and exercising last week... but i ate like food was shortly going to cease to exist, went for one walk, and drunk enough beer to open my own brewery. Although that being said, I have no alcohol in the house and I shall therefore be having a sober day today, with the aim of waking up feeling nice and fresh tomorrow, I'll do some exercise or go for a walk, then do some DIY (boring!).

Time to make changes, starting today (for me at least!)

 

Slept like shit. I can't stay in bed any longer though.

 

I'm beginning to see a pattern here...

 

I'm having a nasty cold... but it seemed we've sort of outlawed having a cold so I think we're supposed to treat it as if it's the Corona virus.

Either way. I'm at home for the time being! Seeing how Lost works from home and we've got foods for a week or more - I guess we might as well be trendy enough to call this a quarantine!

That said... I've been working a lot of overtime in a really cold environment... Where people keeps coughing and sneezing without covering their mouths... and blowing their noses without washing their hands... and where nothing gets cleaned anymore. Of courses people are going to get sick!

Now, if you excuse me, I have a lung to cough up.

 

Oh, no. Can you keep warm enough at home?

I was reading something the other day, I think it was some legit site like the Mayo Clinic or WebMD, that said that being cold really does make you more susceptible to viruses, etc. That's ironic, because only recently the official wisdom was that cold temperatures had nothing to do with it.

Anyway, stay warm. And drink lots of chicken soup. It really does help.

 

Our living room is always warm, so I'll be alright.

I'm not sure if the cold itself makes it easier to get sick - but it sure feels that way.

We don't really have anything to do at work - and before the virus became a big thing here they were cutting our hours. So it feels like we're just being run down, waiting to get sick or for the company to shut down.

 

I join and send hugs too, just take one if you need it and stay safe and sound!

Spoiler

 

1 - Being/feeling royally stitched up by management at work and at a loss of what to do about it
2-Being fully aware that many industries worldwide are currently collapsing, so feeling like I can't moan about my situation, especially considering I have a job, and I'm not frontline hospital staff putting their lives at risk on a daily basis, etc.

Is 11.55am too early for multiple beers?

 

Better not unless you had an eggs, bacon, chips and cheese breakfast, 'cause first goes cholesterol and then follows alcohol. There's a reason these words rhyme together.

 

$1.69 a gallon gas and no place to go.