oftenawake

@oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have four kids - thankfully I’m not in the USA. Trust me here? The meltdown isn’t about the cinnamon toast and neither do you have to buy it. Your own rage also isn’t about cinnamon toast, or your kid - these are the triggers not the cause.

  Make sure you let your kids know that you love them and you care. Be on their side emotionally, even as you’re saying no to something. Direct your rage at predatory capitalism for your exhaustion, not your kid! They will forget the cinnamon toast but they won’t forget that you were angry with them if it happens a lot. Your relationship with your children is precious and delicate, and not worth wrecking for any amount of money.

  Good luck, you are stronger than you know!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Reverse number the days and count them down until it’s finished? You’re almost done, hang in there!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A completely useful compulsion I have.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been combining eggs and my interest in Go (the ancient board game) to similar effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks! I’m still a Lemmy account noob though I’ve been lurking for a year. Ex-Reddit - finally deleted my account there, it was time!

  Part of what took me so long to sign up for Lemmy was ADHD and trying to choose an instance to join! So in the end I picked a geek/coder/anarcho/punk/egalitarian seeming one.

  Hadn’t really thought about people blocking the whole instance. I mostly just like to help answer questions and engage in some online banter.

  Is this the point in my Lemmy life where I decide to create a second account on another instance just in case!? Probably, lol!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh shit I’m on dbzer0 - just seemed like a good geeky instance. Is it a problematic one? Thx!