Category: Manhood

It’s a man world

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Stop, Look, Listen to your Heart

Very pertinent lyrics as I struggle to recover from chronic Sciatica pain probably caused by 250+ hours on No Man’s Sky and too much computer desk time.  A few weeks ago, I could not spell Sciatica and now, because of clean access to knowledge banks, human medical experts and Artificial Intelligence, I know that this extreme pain is nothing special and I should just deal with it.

For me, the inability to walk unaided and the constant pain is something that is hitting me emotionally as well as physically. I feel abandoned and ignored as disingenuous comments are floated my way.

I did not see this coming and had no incident response plan for being incapacitated.

So, during this rehab phase I will queue up a decent plan for next time as this body heads towards end-of-life I need to look at that reality.

Follow your Heart:

Meanwhile, all in-person appointments have been cancelled and I’m on very light duty at work and feeding on Isobutylphenylpropionic Acid aka Ibuprofen. My PS5 has been taken out of service during the rehabilitation stage.

Blog: 100% human generated, PII knowingly exposed

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Everything that has a beginning…

I seldom have an exit strategy, it just creeps on me and I find myself staring at a life milestone.

Still need to craft my Last Will. I don’t feel good, I don’t feel down, I don’t feel up. I feel disappointed.

I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.
I feel disappointed.

..time to let go.

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Lifestyles of the Bored and Restless

The Lock-down lifestyle is a thing that just creeps up on you…the negatives can be overwhelming, but scraps of good stuff can emerge from your captivity.

Here’s my Top-10 Lockdown issue list

  1. Lack of real exercise or movement
    • Unless you are the healthy type or just have a nice home with a great garden or field then it’s natural to just meander from room to room with no real purpose.
  2. Lack of routine
    • This lack of purpose is just a headshrinker…. Why I am here? What is my purpose?
  3. Lack of real face-to-face social connection
    • So, what if you have 500+ LinkedIn. Body language makes up over 50% of our comms.
  4. Perpetual Snacking
    • I’m a grazer and can’t help but wonder in the kitchen every hour or so for a snack. Even when I’m not hungry
  5. Zoomed Out – Screen time Obesity
    • If our effort to become productive we use ever screen possible and this obsession pushes up to 10 hours a day on various devices.
  6. Trapped on a wheel
    • So, you walk from your home office to the dining room then to the kitchen then back to your home office…been here before.  Yes, you have.
  7. Losing your talent
    • I’m a creature of habit and routine and this is where my craft blossoms.  Without that routine, my talents are at risk…
  8. Filing Time with gibberish
    • Fooling yourself you are actually being productive is pretty common. Let’s have pointless Zoom meetings and phone calls whilst goofing off.
  9. The plague of interruptions
    • The perception that you are “available” at home is annoying and probably my number problem….Yes, I am busy and Yes you are interrupting me.
  10. Lost of Risk
    • From the time you step out of your house you are risking something to gain something. Without that Risk, there is nothing to gain and without that gain, you are just a cardboard cutout of your true self.

Creating my own certainty out of nothing, grind some labs and re-inventing my your own purpose.

Lifestyle of a job-hunter

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Perfectly out-of-sync

I had a situation yesterday that forced me to re-evaluate my coping skill levels. it’s been a while since I practised and, like many skills, you can lose the talent. Meanwhile, the first batch of PS5 pre-orders were snapped up in a matter of minutes and Amazon sold out.