I also really want a makeup table/vanity so I might start looking at those today...

it's actually kind of hard to justify purchases like this even though they will clearly be useful. 😅 My justification now is that we'll most likely be living here for at least 2 more years, so it's better to just make it easier to live here than keep putting up with it.

kitchen sink and bathroom sink. I still might need a 4th one of those at some point actually since we have a pretty big storage area under the kitchen counter, but for some reason it has zero shelving there (already have 1 for cups/dishes atm). I'm painfully frugal (so is my boyfriend) so

I was going to buy an オーブンレンジ but decided to buy some other smaller things for the apartment first that I've been meaning to buy for almost a year now. I still don't have a full-length mirror anywhere in the house, so I got a cheap one to hang on a door, and 2 more plastic shelves for under the

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One of these days I'll talk about my work maybe...

It's nice seeing my work and thinking, "Oh yeah, I did a good job on that." Too embarrassed to post it though

That feels very accurate to me as any time I have too much free time, everything gets worse and ultimately it doesn't fix my problems at all. I feel much better having a very full schedule and many opportunities to get out of the house/socialize somewhat.

I saw a psychiatrist's website here even mention that he doesn't recommend mental health leaves from work to OCD patients as a cure for burnout because it often puts them in a worse place mentally due to increasing opportunities to overthink and get stuck in repetitive behaviors.

it wouldn't be for other people (who probably need more rest...).

I should say that they recommend OCD patients to DO things and fill their schedules way more than the average person because it creates less chance for us to get stuck in bad thought loops or unnecessary routines. Our minds are very active so distraction and busy-ness is paramount in a way that

Perhaps I'm just using all my productive energy capacity during the day and can only do passive-consumption things after that. But sometimes I still feel quite mentally energetic, so it would be nice to pursue more creative hobby things actively...

I think I'll always be like this, but every once in a while I remember to push myself to get out of my routine inertia and try to actually DO something I've been meaning to try... (For some reason, work is very different for me and I'm able to get things done very quickly and methodically.)

But I'm terrible about getting out of my routine to actually initiate doing something new (for example, I spend so much time working that I can't initiate hobbies like reading or drawing very easily after work). I default to just cleaning the apartment or scrolling my phone...

I'm much more realistic about what I can handle now, but what's difficult is that my brain constantly wants to get excited about a new project or creative endeavor of some kind. I have so many passions and my brain goes a mile a minute at times wanting to explore all of my interests.

Sometimes I don't feel like I'm very good at seeking out new opportunities but then I remember it's because I'm already at my workload limit... 😅 For example, I'm really interested in translating literature or just working on a variety of things. But I don't usually initiate cold emailing.

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I saw this at the bookstore yesterday and it made me want to read the original English version. The print quality of this translation looked quite good so I might buy it anyway...

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Reposting this here, but I want to let everyone know that my Yahoo email apparently deleted all of my emails and no longer accepted new incoming emails due to inactivity. I stopped checking it regularly last year because I was not able to freelance for quite some time anyway,

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Stressed.

4th time they tried to stick it in my arm... So that was a little painful. But it seems there is nothing too serious going on.

I went back to the US recently for 2 weeks to visit my family. My father had some heart issues this past year so it was very nice to see him. This past week has been kind of bad because I ended up getting a CT scan with contrast, and the IV they used didn't enter my vein properly until the

We all kind of need to de-parasocialize ourselves, in my opinion. Keep voting, keep caring, but try to emotionally separate yourselves from political spectacles like emotionally-charged video edits, photo shoots, clips with quippy and quick comebacks, etc. Just focus on policy change.

What do you think caused the Trump worship in the first place? This exact behavior! When you over-identify and treat these people as though they deserve reverence and loyalty from you undeniably, it's dangerous, and you don't actually consider the finer print details of their policies.

My skepticism has grown so strong in regards to American politics that I'm just going to believe it when I see it at this point. Until things actually change, we should always separate ourselves from identifying too strongly and emotionally with these strangers we don't actually know.

A good candidate winning is a relief and makes me hopeful. But what I will never understand is the weird ways people comment on politicians, their wives, their children. It's all so absolutely strange. These people might very well not deliver on anything they claim to want to achieve whatsoever.