What’s bringing you joy?

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      Gotta love the kids, I made this post after getting my youngest to bed and having my heart feel so full of love

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        Thank you for this thread. I’m a little misty-eyed and feeling so wonderfully blessed. Pumpkin Tikka masala and coffee for breakfast (I know, right?!), mixed greens, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, mozzarella with good balsamic vinegar for lunch, for the time in months, I made a half-gallon of iced tea, sweetened with local raw honey, fur baby sleeping next to me as I enjoy the sound of the storm, outside. So many have no meal, no roof, no companion. It’s nice reading the simple pleasures here. No one mentioned their private jet, Bugatti, haute coture. It’s nice when we recognize the real riches life grants us.

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    I’m aware that it makes people cringe, but it’s so true that I’ve never been more happy; more bottoms than a top could ever ask for… Enough to over come the negativety from all the judgemental or bitter queens.

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        Not more stoked than I; I’ve never had a busier social life and my asocially autistic ass is still surprised by it each time I get another invite.

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      I’m not a top, but I know that feeling, and it’s amazing. That was my entire year last year. It was so freeing and empowering. Don’t do things that harm the sustainability of that like meth or smoking. Keep your health up and keep drinking water and hygiene. Take care of yourself and you’ll just continue to get more and more powerful :)

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    Right this very second, my chicken preening herself next to me, occasionally pausing to make sure I see her preening herself so that I continue to sweetly praise her

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    I made a shit tonne of brownies and ive had 2 cups of sugar in one day alongside 5 cups of coffee. WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE

    PS. Folks add pomegranate molasses to your pantry and your brownies. One of my favourite ingredients to give a dish complex depth in flavour, works with sweet and savory.

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    I was able to revive my old PlayStation 2 thanks to Hacks and Homebrew and I’m replaying several games from my childhood apart from playing several others that I couldn’t at the time, and I’m having a wonderful time.

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      I’m interested in knowing the titles you’re playing, if you care to list them.

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        Oh the list of all the games is veeeeery looooong, like 70 games, but my current favorite that I couldn’t play in the day are:

        • Psychonauts
        • Zone of The Enders
        • Yakuza
        • The Simpsons Hit & Run
        • Downhill Domination (this game is Rad as hell!!)

        While some that I’m replaying because they are really REALLY good are:

        • Devil May Cry 3
        • Soul Calibur 3
        • Lego Batman
        • Sonic Megacollection plus
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          Have you played Raw Danger? It’s one of the best PS2 games. It’s so… PS2 era. I love it so much.

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              Yusssss! I’m going through Psychonauts right now as well, LOVE the game! I don’t have a place for my CRT TV right now, so I’m on a computer for that one.

              I REALLY wanna bust out my CRT and PS2 and Afterhurner and play some DDR Extreme sooooo badly

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                Ahh. I wish I had a crt and a place to put it. I want the one I had as a kid and a second really big nice one.

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                  Ooo I’d love a bigger one. I think mine is 21” or so. I miss the 27” I had growing up! But this one is a flat CRT, had component and S-Video cables, and has a DVD player built in so I can watch my DVD of Not4Sale: TV Sheriff and the Trailbuddies. So I’m not complaining.

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      Hell ya, got deep into the wii / wii u homebrew stuff for a while. I completely missed the PS2 and really that whole generation of gaming growing up. What are you playing?

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        Pcsx2 is the best it can be nowadays. I remember using it years ago and how difficult it was to configure it, but now it runs like silk even on outdated hardware like my PC, I don’t know what black magic the team behind it did. After the original hardware, pcsx2 it’s the best option to play the Ps2 gems.

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          To me it seems like it’s THE best option to play ps2 games. Can run them at a bigger resolution and saving states can be used as a little cheat

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    Love my kids, love my wife. Feel useful at work. Getting rdy for the final stretch of my undergrad. Life is a grind atm and I don’t have a lot of free time, but I wouldn’t swap it for anything else.

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      I’m in the same boat, I feel like I’ve never been busier or more stressed at times, but it all feels so worth it for all the good things going on simultaneously

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          live in canada rn, definitely gonna do the same.

          The fact i already have citizenship from birthright helps

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              Partly a cultural thing, i already speak french fluently and i like the culture in france more than the culture of Québec (canada’s french speaking province, where i live).

              But also practical, i want to live in a walkable city and the only real option in Québec is almost as expensive as living in paris’ 19 arrondissements. I could find a nice place that’s less expensive to live in in france, at least, i hope.

              edit: where are you moving from, actually?

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                Ok I get it now.

                From the middle-east. I’m going there to find a software developer job, hopefully.

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                  I’m actually looking at a similar job :)

                  Good luck though! I’ve heard that immigrating to france is pretty hard if you don’t have bloodright citizenship

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    My family. I feel really good that I can trust and rely on my parents, that I can talk to my brother, that I have my grandma close and still healthy. It’s a privilege to be related to these people, to be honest.

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      Can’t choose who you’re related to, so ya, it is a great privilege when you’re surrounded by good people and you have that network of folks you love and can rely on

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    Sobriety. 2 years 3 months since I’ve drank.

    Still relearning some aspects of being an adult. Figuring out who I am. Picking up old hobbies again and trying new ones. So many things bring me joy nowadays where it used to only be alcohol that triggered the ol happy brain chemicals.

    I’m in a much better place than I was a couple years ago when I was abusing alcohol as a coping mechanism.

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      Oh hell yeah congrats! I dated an ex alcoholic (very close to dying) and his thing now is running, eating ultra efficient nutrients like honey and liver, and not using soap ever for anything. He’s one of the happiest guys I’ve seen in a long long time. Though, he does preach a bit, I can understand his zeal hahaha

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        Thanks :) I don’t really talk about my sobriety with a ton of people in person, still some shame associated with who I used to be, appreciate being able to share online.

        And yea exercise in various forms is one of my big things now, definitely relatable, I try not to be preachy about it. Lifting, swimming, and rollerblading recently. I need to do more yoga though… I’m in wayyyy better shape than I was two years ago, feeling almost as good as my college athlete days.

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          If it means anything, I’m of slim-average build and working in my 20s (painter in construction) destroyed my knees and I’ve been walking a few times every week for the past month to rehabilitate them because I’m tired of not being able to do stuff. We can do it! It’s worth it!

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            Heck yea! Walking around the block is where I started again a couple years ago. It’s definitely worth sticking with it. Life got in the way a few times and I had to be gentle with myself and repeatedly remind myself that progress isn’t linear, and that doing something is better than nothing.

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              What do you think about the idea that people need to actually realize their mortality before being able to really live?

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                Not sure. I’ve never really reflected on that idea. It certainly seems to be true for me personally.

                My alcoholic years had some pretty ugly parts and could have killed me several times. Severe depression, self harm, suicidal thoughts, wrecked my car (thankful it was just me and a steep curb, no one else involved, that could have been so much worse), a hospital trip, walking 2 miles home by myself at 3am almost every weekend while hammered in the middle of a US city known for its crime and lowkey wanting someone to try to mug me, etc. Let alone the physical damage that 50-100+ standard drinks per week at my worst was doing to my body, luckily none of that seems to be permanent, I was scared to get my blood work done for the first year alcohol free, but it came back fine.

                I don’t like looking back on that period of my life, but I’ve come to terms with the fact that it happened and I can’t change that and mostly been able to forgive myself.

                So while it was ugly and could have killed me, shit at parts of it I wanted it to kill me, at the same time… I wouldn’t be who I am today without all that (and a lot of therapy and self reflection and journaling and all that fun stuff). I really genuinely like who I am today. I haven’t been able to say that for the majority of my life. And I find a lot more appreciation in the little things that I used to be too numb to see. I’m doing things I enjoy solely because I enjoy them, not because my family or parts of society say it’s what I’m supposed to be doing.

                I don’t think I want that statement to be true for humanity as a whole, at least not in the way that I faced my mortality, I hope there are other ways people can get to a point where they feel truly alive. But yea I think it’s true for me.

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    I’m very happy to be a land owner. Just a few months ago I bought some land and now live in an RV on the land. Tomorrow we drive about 7 hours round trip and get the last of our stuff from storage. So happy to not pay that rent anymore.

    We have fresh air, beautiful views, and tons of space to work on projects, free electric from solar, and soon free water from rain. I can’t wait to start our garden soon, then it will be free groceries.

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      Living the absolute dream, that sounds like an amazing new venture and I wish you well in all of your future projects

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      Damn. Amazing. Are you in the States? What’s your latitude/geography like? Do you have a water source, as well as electricity?

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    I don’t wanna reveal too much personal info but things have been going so well for me for a while now! So I’d say this current one 😃 I’d say the past two years have been the happiest ones of my entire life

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      Had a friend like that in 09 who went for a motorcycle ride and died. Left a wife and newborn behind.

      Ride the happiness, not motorcycles. And if you do, don’t crash. #1 rule: don’t crash.

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        My condolences to your friend and those affected. Motorcycles (along with helicopters) honestly freak me out which is why I’d avoid riding on either