What are you up to instead of what you wish you were doing? (lemmy.world)

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Just got out of the hot tub, feeling pretty good about everything right now.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

You share that with a lady or other partner?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

My wife would LOVE It, unfortunately since we got it set up, she's been fighting a wounded foot and can't get it wet. :(

Maybe 4 more weeks?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh no, that's a shame. Hoping for a speedy recovery for both of your sake!

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, we both have physical stuff going on, hence the hot tub. :)

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

what about going in the hot tub with the injured foot stuck out?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That would be super hard. The lounger seat might work, but the other seats are too deep to allow for that.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Hitting on a Lemmy power mod, smooth move

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

LOL - "Power Mod". Do 2 big groups and some tiny ones that are barely surviving count?

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Well those communities make up like half of my posts, so I feel like you’re everywhere lol. If I skip the news community and the ones I mod, I think almost all my posts go to your communities. Mostly just politics ig

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[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 months ago

Sitting at work, instead of being out taking photos of birds with my new camera and lens!

[-] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

Working. Not working.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

I'm preparing to go to bed instead of painting Warhammer 40K Orks.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Orks? Orks?! Paint them tomorrow. And then show them to !warhammer40k@lemmy.world

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[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

awake when want asleep

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

This is also my answer.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 5 months ago

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[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Hey I've definitely been in your place before. What got me learning coding skills was motivation for a career change, a platform that worked for me (Udemy), and accepting my failed attempts. Small bursts of motivation are more than what most people have. Utilizing them when they come on are opportunities to get a lot done in short periods of time. Don't dedicate yourself to paths that don't appeal to you, half the fun is figuring out what kind things make you tick.

As far as wanting to be dead, existentialism is always a painful bitch. Reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations helped me alot. It doesn't take away pain, but can help cultivate core reasons for one's actions. That helps with existing, at least for me.

Don't beat yourself up.

[-] Nomad@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago

Get yourself checked your for adhs or similar executive functioning disorders. It's the must frustrating thing in the world to want to do something and not being able to get into gear.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

This can be very hard, especially if you're in the US where "getting something checked out" can be excessively expensive and cost prohibitive. Shelling out $100 to go see a doc for something that's not an emergency is not an option for many people.

Unfortunately, it seem like those in power are interested in changing that and many people are not voting for candidates who want to change it. So, here we are.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago

pooping at work instead of exploring the multiverse in a scifi timespace ship

[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Dang, exploring the multiverse sounds way better. I like your style!

[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I just read Tau Zero by Paul Anderson and I think I'm good on large-scale travel now

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

eating cookies instead of having a loving trusting mutually attractive partner to cuddle with.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Go out and socialize. I was lucky to have met someone at a party that ended up as my life partner. But it wasn't without me getting out of my comfort zone. I'd never asked anyone out on a date before. My two relationships before then happened because the other party asked me out. First one broke up with me after 5 months, probably thought I was boring. Second one divorced me after 12 years. (Married young, she turned out to be very weird as we grew older, and I didn't have the balls to end it for fear of being alone and hurting her.)

Literally one or two weeks after divorce was finalized I met this girl at a party at a mutual friend's place and I said to myself, there's literally no time to waste if you want to be happy. You gotta grab these opportunities. Gotta seize'em. Ask her out! Nothing to lose!

So I did. A day later on Facebook. 🫣 But she said yes and here we are with two kids.

Go out there! Get yours! ❤️

[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Want to watch the aurora but it's raining, god damn it

[-] vivavideri@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Grumpily observing the ampere app on two devices I'm charging simultaneously, disappointed the charging brick isn't living up to its hype of 67W. Yes, I even pulled out the converter website because the app provides both mA and voltage.

I could be snuggling cats. Spooning my girlfriend. Settling in for the night, but, alas. I was promised "super fast charging" and only got "fast charging".

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Priorities, am I right?

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I'm currently taking a dump in the state of Georgia USA. (My home state)

I wish I was taking a dump in a mansion on the French Riviera.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

As someone who has taken dumps in mansions in both the state of Georgia and the French Riviera, I agree. Costs a lot more in the French Riviera, though.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

My friend, as soon as the bathroom door closes the outside world exists entirely in your imagination. You can be taking a dump on the Rocinante if that’s what your heart desires.

[-] JWBananas@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

This

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Doing
I'm watching Travelers on Netflix after getting back from leg day at the gym. About to eat some pressure cooked chicken (tikki masala and tapatío as simmer sauce).

Rather
I suppose I'd rather be watching Travelers on Netflix after getting back from the gym.. earlier, while stoned and hanging out with someone I was dating, but dating apps are the poo.

Haha, 11p for me, not much variation available this time of night.

Good show so far for SciFi lovers. Reminds me a bit of Fringe for some reason tho the storylines are nothing alike.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

You would probably like Continuum then. Travelers was a great show and needed another season.

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Scrolling Lemmy instead of reading the book that I'm pretty into. I've been staying up too late reading lately, and its not late yet, and so I could read now but inertia is keeping me doomscrolling

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Watching a shitty movie (Battlefield Earth) and scrolling Lemmy.

Wishing I was being ploughed by a cutie with a huge cock.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I wish I was still gaming but I gotta get up early to take my car in for an oil change

[-] vivavideri@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

If you're handy, I encourage you to look into changing your own. Biggest hurdle for me personally was knowing where to drop off old oil. Also, fumoto valves. Game changer.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Watching Elliott Smith vids on YouTube instead of sleeping

[-] Monster96@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Playing game on my pc. I'd rather be doing something I haven't done before like go drinking all night, travel, go sight seeing, hell, even have sex. Literally anything other than sit at this computer

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Have you tried not sitting at that computer?

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[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Awake on Lemmy because I can't sleep.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I wish I was surfing but the sets are like, 10 ft faces. That's way out of my weight class. So instead I'm still working.

[-] vermyndax@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Doomscrolling instead of sleeping

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