Notices by Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)

@idoubtit Despite the connective tissue bringing this club together, I bet the people in this club are amazing humans.

@mlabowicz Then I best figure out how to keep this during during the winter months!

@jnv Let's just say it was a brutal summer and I learned a lot of lessons... that said, I'm successfully growing some carrots and radishes for the winter, and planted some rainbow chard and a variety of lettuce and cabbage. Fingers crossed!

This entire thread and all the thoughtful insights are exactly why I love this place.

You are people with depth, character, and realness. Thanks for being brave enough to share your own personal struggles and for being awesome.

@thibaultamartin I can certainly relate to this! In my case, I just want to be outside but I'm not equipped for the winter -- or am just too inexperienced to do serious winter backpacking/hiking on a regular basis. (I suppose the equipment side of that is relatively straightforward to solve, though... just expensive!)

The whole fireplace + books (or comics) is a comfortable place to exist though.

Your comment also makes me realize that going to sleep AND waking up in the dark isn't awesome.

@dm @thed34n
Tech news back then: "Oh, that's fucking rad!"
Tech news now: "Oh god no, please stop."

@kilroy_was_here "I've been reminded of mortality a lot in the past year, I don't want to die having lived in front of a screen."

This hits me like a hurricane of bricks.

@jnv THAT is amazing advice my friend. I'll put some of that into action today.

This also reminds me I need to create more than I consume...

@intrepidhero I dig your photobook idea!
On January 1 of this year, I started a gratitude jar with the objective of putting a note in there every Sunday.

But it evolved into also being a "great memories and/or accomplishments" jar as well. My plan was to open it on New Year's Eve... but now I'm thinking I shouldn't wait that long haha.

@akm That's a good insight, as sad as it is... Thanks for mentioning it.

Reflecting on it, it feels like there are 2 major things wearing on me:

1) The onslaught of AI slop and seemingly EVERY tool and website wanting to shove it down my throat. I should take some steps to filter as much of that out as possible.

2) The state of politics, and the increasing toxicity surrounding it.

@intrepidhero I've been getting outside (hiking, backpacking, camping) almost constantly for the past 3 months... and the jarring halt to that might be part of my problem! It's just not sustainable or realistic to be constantly "out there" as much as I want to be...

@mlabowicz Yep, that's a good insight. I felt happiest the last few months when I'm outside hiking, camping, backpacking. That was a massive switch to my routine! But the more I do that, the more listless and sadder I feel being at home...

@dm That's a very health stance, Dave. Loudly applauding that over here. I've also cut down my news sources to mostly tech and hiking stuff, but I probably need to AGGRESSIVELY start filtering here (I do love this place).

The negativity seeps in through every little crack.

@invisivel Hmm. Indeed. More of the same with just a slightly different coat of paint.

Also, I went to bad last night with crushing existential dread and severe anxiety about what I'm doing and accomplishing with the years I have left.

So there's that...

@deadlinux "Big moody beanbags of chemicals..." You know what, NOW I've read something that interested me today :D

Thanks for that.

@ernie Finding balance has never been my strength :D
I think all this backpacking, hiking, and camping has fundamentally changed how I'm feeling about most interactions and content online...

Speaking of social media, this would be the ONLY place I truly missed if I just pulled the plug on the internet for a while.

This morning over coffee, I did what I normally do. I scanned the RSS feeds, checked email, browsed the social media platforms I'm on... and absolutely nothing interested me. It felt like a complete waste of time. Maybe this is the "winter blahs" or my typical melancholy November mood -- or maybe it's something deeper this time.

Maybe I'm just tired of the internet. Anyone else feeling this more and more as the years wear on?

@brainofdane This really made my day, thanks Dane. I'm writing about my little adventures mainly because it's cathartic and I enjoy the process, but knowing my enthusiasm is contagious and inspires others to get out there? That's very tasty icing on the cake.

@sheislaurence @dinozombie @SmudgeTheInsultCat YEP. Spreading false information -- even if it's deeply disguised with humor -- is still wrong.