It’s ok if the answer is just “cope”

  • andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Work has dramatically slowed down for the season. I have an interview on Friday to try to get a second position to carry me through the summer.

    I’m debating on whether I should call back on a teaching position. Politically it still feels very dangerous, but a low income school district probably is my only safe bet as a queer person right now (even if it will crush me mentally). I need health insurance.

    I’m trying to quit weed and beer. I got some medication that should help me sleep. Things seem very hopeless on a larger scale, so it’s hard to not drink the stuff that makes me feel better. At least a tolerance break for weed - I get up to 200 mg on days when I don’t have work, and I think it’s having effects on my brain.

    I’ve been making and distributing little art projects and zines. Maybe that helps with something in the larger picture. Sometimes I give myself “points” for everything I put out there. If I leave the house with ten zines, and return with none, maybe that’s a good thing.