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Cake day: January 24th, 2024

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  • It can take a while to get over a layoff when it’s unexpected, it isn’t so different than a relationship ending. We spend a lot of time at work and often put a lot of ourselves into our jobs.

    This could be depression or just delayed grief as needing to find a job on short notice tends to block out a lot of emotion and it can take a bit after getting a job for that block to loosen.

    What helps you get out of the funk and what helps someone else get out probably varies. For me a decent walk around the neighborhood/park and decreased phone time are/were very helpful. Even mild alcohol use was a very temporary thing that created a long-term detriment. Society sucks at teaching healthy coping mechanisms.












  • I was always ambivalent about kids leaning more to not. Met my wife and thought yeah, if I’d raise a kid with anyone it’d be her. Getting my first father’s day this weekend. No regrets, very happy, kids awesome even though she can’t speak yet she still communicates a lot. Yeah the screamy cries suck but the smiles, the giggles, the confusion and curiosity about anything new, goddamn.