This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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Sorry for the radio silence for the past little bit. Life has been keeping me busy, but in all honestly mostly I’ve just been a little burned out and tired. Not “burnt to ash” levels of burnt out, but enough that most of my energy has been spent just trying to maintain, while a lot of stuff is happening both in life and at work.
Work
Work’s been hectic. I got a promotion earlier in the spring, so I’m now officially a Principal Content Engineer. It’s not really different than before, I’m doing the same work, but it’s a nice feather in the cap and an acknowledgement of the work I’ve been putting in.
Also, I was in Austin back at the end of April/beginning of May for a work summit, and basically as soon as I got back, I was heads down on a few projects. Those are in a pretty good spot now and launched, so that’s a relief. But let me tell ya, I’m looking forward to my vacation in July.
Life
The house is up for sale now (I mentioned that was going to happen in my previous post). A few things:
- The housing market has slowed significantly in the past year (and especially more recently). It used to be a seller’s market, but with mortgage rates being where they are and so much uncertainty in the economy, things have slowed down a lot.
- We’re not particularly worried about it taking a little bit, and in some ways it makes things easier if it doesn’t sell until a bit later. But knowing it’s going to happen sooner or later does loom in the back of your head, knowing the things we’re going to have to arrange once it does happen.
There’s also been some other life stuff that my brain has been chewing on, but those aren’t really stories for me to tell. It’s sort of telling that what I asked for as a birthday wish was for everyone to just be alright for a minute. I do my best not to dwell on things I can’t change, but I still worry, y’all.
Other than that… I’m fuckin’ tired, man. Not just physical tired, though that’s part of how it manifests. Mentally, emotionally, physically, just straight up soul tired. Lots of reasons for that. The state of the country, state of the world, state of the economy, worrying about friends and family, trying to remain functional and adulting the best I can, life responsibilities, work responsibilities, trying to still do some fun stuff so I’m not just a work zombie… it’s a lot. And I know that frankly most of those things are true for like 90% of other people as well, it’s not like any of that is particularly unique or special. But “gutta caveat lapidem” – dripping water hollows out stone. It doesn’t have to be unique to still be a lot, and it can still wear you down.
My outlets to recharge have mostly been pretty lightweight lately. Haven’t really been in a headspace for drama for a while now, so a lot of what I’ve been watching and reading have been silly low stakes anime and manga, even slice of life romance manga, because the sweetness has been about all I’ve had capacity for.
Not trying to be all doom and gloom – in the grand scheme of things, my life is doing pretty alright, and I’m aware and grateful for that. Mostly just venting.
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for sticking around, and I hope to get back to posting more regularly soon.
