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? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?

Comments

[siliconshaman]

I have a bike to rebuild... My Beloved daily driver e-bike blew out it's back tire, which destroyed the wheel rim. I initially tried dismantling the wheel and replacing the rim with one from a wheel with a dead hub motor.

That idea turned out to be a non-starter. Although theoretically I could've undone all the spokes and swapped it across, it turned out in practice to be impossible. The wheel is double wall structure, and the access holes to the screws holding the spokes in are only just bigger than the screw heads. So.. unless there's some special tool I don't know of for this job, it's not doable. I struggled with it for days before giving up.

Thus.. Beloved has ordered a new wheel.. which is £175 we didn't want to spend, but unavoidable. Her back-up bike is ok for short term use, but it's not great.

So, once the new wheel gets here, I have that to rebuild. Which honestly, I'm not looking forward to. Bikes are god-awful kludges, with system parts specifically designed so you can only work on them with specialised tools that are sold at breath-takingly steep mark-ups and terrible ergonomics. I inevitably end up covered in grease and bleeding after scraping my knuckles on sharp bits of metal in the way.

One of these days, I shall sit down and redesign myself a bike from the ground up, and build it right.

[we_are_spc]

I need to do a wholde bunch of shit (including leaving for work soon) and I still have no inclination to do it. :(

I have all this laundry laying around that's starting to get annoying, dishes to do...*sighs*

And that's just the top two things;. I'm hoping to call someone when I get home from work today to play motivational buddy, but we'll see how it goes.

-T~

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[librarygeek]

I officially applied for the ordination program I want with the Jewish mystics of Aleph - Jewish Renewal for rabbi and rabbinic pastor, and applied for my first unit of Clinical Pastoral Education with a hospital. I had to get three letters of recommendation for each and they've been confirmed as received. I have my first Zoom interview next week.

1) Writing the spiritual autobiography was intense.
2) Asking others for letters of recommendation was hard.

I'm on my way to being the chaplain/spiritual counselor who has already been through intensive care units several times and understands how much trauma that can really be.

[readera]

My partner had a mental health breakdown last week. Good news we were able to get him a virtual therapy apt & she seems to be a good fit for him. Also after 1 session she said that he probably has ptsd. We both knew he had lots of trauma but it didn't click that he has ptsd.

I decompressed a bit and we are both doing a bit better. I would appreciate any ptsd resources esp for physically disabled people / thier partners.