Hard Things

[ysabetwordsmith]

Life is full of things which are hard or tedious or otherwise unpleasant that need doing anyhow. They help make the world go 'round, they improve skills, and they boost your sense of self-respect. But doing them still kinda sucks. It's all the more difficult to do those things when nobody appreciates it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our accomplishments and pat each other on the back.

What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do?

Comments

[technoshaman]

Moving. DONE. Comparatively non-sucky but moving ALWAYS sucks.

Leaving my Desti-cat behind in a place where both she and I will be happier. (She needs people around as much of the time as she can get. I'm gone ten hours a day and asleep six to seven.)

Getting woke up by the boy-cats at 0330 (them discovering how to open the closet with the food in it) and again at 0600 (by pulling the curtain down not *quite* on top of me)... oof. My residual stress levels were more than they'd been in MONTHS.

Spending the last eighteen months working on the little grey cells so that the cranky from getting woke up by the boy-cats TWICE didn't even splatter much on *me*, much less on anyone else, two-foots or four. I was *grumbly* at the four-foots, but not snappish, and did not snap at any of the two foots at all. That was a LOT of work, some of it hard, some of it tedious, but dammit, I'm better than I was. Rather a lot.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Progress is good.

[alexseanchai]

I am sorry that you will miss your kitty and I hope she is in fact happier

being better than you were is v good payoff for hard work

[pronker]

Glad to hear moving is complete and hoping that all is on an even keel - that ought to make it less work to just live day to day.

[technoshaman]

Slightly more than before - a short commute is now sub-30 minutes rather than sub-20... but better kitchen and I have my people in house, and that all alone drops my stress levels in ways I did not imagine.

[mama_kestrel]

I am very glad. *HUGS*

Have cephalopods reached their intended recipients?

[technoshaman]

One has. The other... long story.

[mama_kestrel]

Does Magpie have theirs? I don't need to know reasons (at least not now or here), but I do need to know if it's been received.

[mama_kestrel]

The intent is knitted into the 'pod itself. Once in their possession, there's a link between us if they're willing to permit one. If they aren't, it won't activate. I'll know if I try to send GoodThoughts and they bounce.

[technoshaman]

Neat!