Don’t feel bad, but do take time for yourself to step away from the issues for a moment just to give yourself a break.
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This was difficult for me to read. A good bit of this describes my own nephew as well. It is especially difficult when the folks who should be giving them care are gaslighting you. It’s easy for them to say its not an issue because they dont life with the consequences.
I really hope F can find the help they need, and I wish them the best. I really hope this next place you are lookin at will listen to them.
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Hi all hope you are well. its been a busy week, flew down to Texas [ from Mich. ] at the beginning of the week to see my youngest son graduate from Airforce basic training . from there to Florida to see my oldest [ with my wife ] son who works at Disney all in 6 days .
kinda tired so just chilling and catching up with the synth forums.
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All well, 1AM in the UK, been out helping my son and his boss with a “Get Out” after a DJ event, we smashed it and had lighting rig and sound (Funktion One) all out and in the vans in 1hr30!! (Bloomin cables take forever!! )Nice to get out and do some physical work… It’s a holiday weekend this weekend, apparently something to do with a bloke down south putting on a crown 
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So tomorrows another day off , got to unload the vans and then I am off to buy a car that’s better at USING fule than my MX5 …
Looking forward to my first proper holiday away ( not just 3 days ) since October 2019… Just a 370 mile drive to the other end of the country ( not far I know) . Visit my dad , a lot has happend in 3.5 years.
Rob
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I dislocated my kneecap almost four weeks ago, my leg still doesn’t work properly. The “best” thing in that was that I were editor-in-chief (or actually half of a shared two-person editor-in-chiefness…) in a student radio station that broadcasts two weeks 24/7 before May Day, or Walpurgis Night. That made things complicated. Also I got sick after that, probably with covid, and last weekend I participated in a live speedrunning event as a player, commentator at Saturday and playing my first gig with keyboards in a nes-music coverband in an afterparty on Sunday. No videos of that, I was too exhausted to do anything extra. And of course, had normal day job during all this, with couple of sick days.
But at least the speedrunning charity event got over 10000€ for cancer research. And I participated in a four person competition of Noita, and I managed to finish the game three times in one hour. And still didn’t win, but that didn’t really matter as I played better than in any practice sessions. There was funny comments about people who have something like 100 hours played without any wins in that game, and they see people finish it live in 15 minutes 
Maybe I’ll have time to do something composing and electronics related soon again…
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Long time no see people, hope you’re all doing great.
Can i take a moment to talk about opportunities? 
Little over a year ago, i got a new job after not working for a while for mental health reasons.
I was very excited to start a job again and my first projects were great. Also, my coworkers were great but in the end, the company not so much. I’d been getting into arguments with my boss because i was concerned about the safety of me and my coworkers.
I quickly lost motivation and felt stuck, i even lost motivation to look for another job.
As soon as i got my drivers license a few months ago, i was sent to one of our clients for a job for “2 or 3 weeks” as i was told. As it turns out my employer and the client made a deal for 6 months.
Nobody told me it would be that long, while not only would it have been polite, but also they’re required by european law to be transparent about these things.
I felt betrayed in a way, but also, it wasn’t so bad to not have to be at my regular workplace for a while. It must have been obvious that i was in doubt and distracted because a lot of people came to me to ask if i was ok.
The people were super nice but only confirmed my own feelings about my employer.
Now to the opportunities part. I was on the edge of quitting my job. At one point, a manager came to me to ask how i was doing.
I told him i liked the company a lot, although i would have liked a little bit more challenge.
Also i told him, that while i did like my temporary function, i didn’t like my own employer, and was actively looking for a new job. I apologised in advance, that if i found another job next week, i’d be gone.
He said that he wouldn’t want that, and that he would see if they could help me make things better for me.
One week later, a man in a suit and clean safety gear showed up.
He knew my name and asked me the same questions as the manager from the week before.
I told him the same story as i did the week before, and he asked me to come work for them.
Of course i accepted.
I got sent to this company for the simplest task, and now i am a plant operator. I make 50% more money, work longer shifts but only 3 of 4 days a week and the company my old employer talked bad about, turned out to be super nice and interesting.
I love my new job, i do inspections, maintenance and electrical work on sub 25 amp systems on a gravel wash plant. I have a sieve, lots of conveyor belts, a stone crusher and a pile of gravel big enough to land a plane on. While working on all this cool stuff, we’re helping to protect the area where i live from more floods while leaving sustainable nature and wildlife habitats.
I’m only 28 but would like to leave some of my old knowledge for you:
Constantly look for opportunities to grow. The job that seemed to be a dead end, opened a whole new world of opportunities for me. It took everything in me, but always gave my 100% and always was proactive and did what i was asked.
Also, i was never afraid to speak up if i was in my right. Be nice when you do, never insult someone, never point fingers. Be professional and do your research.
You have good ideas.
You have the right to speak.
You have the right to be heard.
Lots of people don’t get where they want to be, or get mistreated all their life because they’re afraid to speak up. And it can be really scary, but you will find it gets easier every time, and great things will happen to you
Life can be hard, man my 20s were hard, but for the first time, everything is starting to look okay. And i really hope someone will read this and goes to achieve great things.
Never give up, we’re all here for you
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Well done. Good luck for the future.
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I want to be working on modules but allergies have been sapping my will to live. To be fair, they have not been as bad this year as they have in the past - likely thanks to the copious amounts of Claritin I have been taking. Hopefully the local flora gives it up shortly.
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somehow i have avoided polen issues this year.
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Holiday is going well, 900 miles of driving in 5 days , nice weather 23 max, good accommodation with private hot tub and free wifi… Seen my dad for the first time since winter 2019 ( he’s loosing his memory unfortunately but seems upbeat at 80 otherwise…
went and saw Fast 10 with my boys … Not finished yet!!
Had a day at a little theame park yesterday… Small but fun in the sun.
Hope to win £112M on the lottery on Friday and then I can quit work and do my own thing
Rob
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Hi! Slowly returning to semi-functional after a long period of dysfunctional brain and body.
Please bear with me as it may take some considerable time to read through nearly 90 introduction posts and 750+ build progress posts.
Wow and bloody well done folks!
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nice to see you back with us !
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Sadly, I’ve come down with the spicy cough for a second time. This time seems worse than the last as I dont remember having a fever before.
I think its on the the tail end now - I hope it is as I have to go back to work soon.
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Spent the weekend with my (Swedish) daughter and her little prince and am right now with my sister, having tickets to a great theatre play tomorrow.
However, started out the journey with the Rat (a Peugeot 206SW - station wagon), which suffered a breakdown halfway to my daughter. The car was towed to a workshop that probably will let me know what’s wrong and how much, today. A rental car and trains had taken me where I am right now, but the issue with the car is nagging me.
I need a car hit simplifies my life a lot), but if I have to scrap the car, it is like loosing a leg or two. An expensive repair will also cause a lot of (financial) discomfort and I will certainly have to quickly fix my Concertmate MG-1, the MIDI Ultimate and the Polivoks and sell them to get my legs (tires) back.
Besides, swapping Winter/Summer tires is done by a local company that also stores the unused tires. However, I suspect that they managed to miss the threads on one wheel which will add to the costs as the company will charge me for fixing this, though the serviceguy made the error.
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Sounds pretty stressful…sorry about that. Maybe the one problem at a time approach, i do that a lot to feel overwhelmed. Hopefully things will get easier for you.
It’s not the end of the world really. I will get out of this alive, and I try not to think about the issues.
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I have to admit, things are a bit rough right now.
In addition to a massive complicated work project, I am in household where I have the polar opposite political views as the rest of the occupants. Saying its a trying time is a bit of an understatement.
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I suddenly find I am doing poorly
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Yeah, things are surely not better in the morning in this case.
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As we’re sharing; in addition to my disability keeping me in bed, the family curse of Dupuytren’s Disease has just rolled in and now my left hand is, to use the medical term, fecked.
Luckily I can play lefty for bass, guitars etc but my boogy woogy piano is retired along with my Vulcan salute 
Stop. Breathe. Carry on. My best to all.
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