This could be work or recreational related. Anything you’ve done that you sit back and go “hell yeah I did that”. I’m typically wary of working on cars because I have big hands and no auto specialty tools. But, I was able to make a pretty involved (for me) repair last week and I’ve felt really great about it since. What about you?

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    When I get depressed or stressed, I tend to withdraw hard. I’ve ghosted friends for months at a time before. The guilt that comes with a relative ghosting makes it really hard for me to reach out again and usually I instead just let go of the relationship.

    But I had a frank conversation with someone I recently withdrew from and it feels like there’s still a friendship there for us both. So it’s tentative and covered in bandaids, but we’re on good terms again.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Your friends want to hear from you or they’re not your friends. Simple as. Reach out, I’m sure they miss you :)

    • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      It takes a lot of guts on both sides to have a conversation like that. Good for you, keep reaching out, we need people like we need water.

  • Sheridan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I bought a Pentium II 450Mhz Dell tower for $40 at a flea market recently. It was in great condition except for missing a hard drive. Installed a 32gb ssd with a SATA to IDE converter kit and installed Windows 98. It works! This was my first time doing something like this.

    Looking for a good graphics card now. I want a VooDoo 2 but those are like $300 on ebay.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Somehow I managed to get inspired and created/published a few medium content books (aka puzzle and other oddities in niche areas) online. Actually sold a couple somehow, but if they don’t do well that’s okay. Trying to work on a real novel now. Not really a writer at heart, but have fallen in love with an idea and the deeper I get the more I want it to succeed. Ironically I took a break from the writing part and played around with cover ideas and character envisioning. Was better at that since I’m a graphics person, and finishing that side trip inspired me to jump back into the writing.