welcome to the new age

  • autumn (she/they)@beehaw.orgEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    did my traditional new year’s day bike ride. had about 12-15 people show up! rode ~15 miles at an easy pace and feeling great.

  • LoamImprovement@beehaw.orgEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    Got a dogshit performance review because I did not conform to the pointless metrics we’re judged against, like ‘Positivity’ and ‘Responsiveness’ (because I didn’t smile every day and I don’t answer teams messages after hours.) I hate this job. Fuck capitalism.

      • Valmond@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Oh not joy, Fake joy!

        Hang in there OP, I left the company I worked for early last year for reasons like that. Sure isn’t the easiest thing to do (x-gen here) but I feel like it’s always tm a good solution when your job sucks(the soul out of you).

  • Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.orgEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    Celebrated with the young 'uns till 01:20 in the morning and no hangover, so two good things - can still drink moderately and stay up past midnight! Yay!

    How about you?

  • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    No one in the neighborhood set off midnight fireworks this year, so that was nice. Got a few last minute plant orders that I’ll be shipping out tomorrow, which feels like a great start for the year. My wife had to put in some wfh hours to process pre-authorizations for the new year so this morning was spent trying to finalize my GDQ prize submission (way too close to the deadline on this one).

  • sub_o@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Depression sets in pretty early, lmao, as expected. Wonder how long do I have left in me.

  • rozwud@beehaw.orgEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    I’ve managed to migrate from air mattress and blanket to couch and blanket and I think avoided being hungover, so not too shabby.

  • Farksnatcher@beehaw.orgEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    New Year’s Eve was typical for me. I fall asleep way too early. We watched the fireworks from Sydney streaming live. Wow what a show! My goal is to get everything in order to retire this year. There’s so much to do, wading through all the healthcare options is probably the biggest.

  • RickRussell_CA@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I’m to be dismissed from my job Jan 3.

    I guess I have prospects. Still, it’s a hell of a kick in the teeth, I’ve never been involuntarily terminated from a job in my entire life.

    • Original@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Any positive learning experiences to take away from the situation? I hope that any gap in between work is as low stress as possible. Best of luck!

      • RickRussell_CA@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        I know I’m lucky – I’m in a senior position in my career, so it’s likely I’ll find something new for the same or similar salary.

        Still, it was completely unprovoked. I had nothing but glowing performance reviews, nothing like an HR writeup or anything.

  • frog 🐸@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I’m fed up already. Neighbours felt the need to party, with music and screaming, until about 4am. 2024 looks to be significantly more financially challenging than 2023 as my primary source of income has had the final nail in its coffin. I’m not looking forward to going back to university next week - I like the course as a whole, I just despise one of my fellow students and the thought of having to endure his obnoxiousness for another two and a half years is just…

    I’m starting this year from a place of having almost completely given up, and it’s all downhill from here.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Broke up with my long distance girlfriend, I couldn’t handle the distance, it’s the most painful thing I have ever done, but I just felt so sad knowing that it might be years before I ever get to see her 🥲

  • Elise@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    I’m excited about the new year. I’ve made some new friends and want to explore that. And I might be falling in love but a part of me also hopes that’s not the case.

  • Retronautickz@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Last year hasn’t been a good year for me, to be fair. I’ve been having some health problems (luckily I’m on medical treatment and it’s nothing serious)

    I don’t expect much from this year, but I hope to be able to do more things (and be once again active in the fediverse) now that my health issues are more controlled.

    New year celebrations were alright. I expend it with the family.