stuck? stuck.

[jazzfish]

Yeah, I don't know. "Stuck" is the dominant feeling at the moment, for no particularly specific reason but a bunch of vague low-key ones.

I'm keeping up with work, I'm keeping up with counseling. I'm even doing better on the physical-exercise front, yoga or exerbiking more days than not. (My lungs are still crap, which leads me to wonder if I did/do in fact have a very mild case of Covid that my test last month missed.)

I'm not sleeping well, due at least in part to forgetting to clean the CPAP mask daily. Summer means more face oil means the mask doesn't seal properly unless it's been cleaned means the machine makes enough of a noise to keep me awake.

I have a phone interview shortly but I suspect strongly that it's for a 'sole writer' gig, if not a 'first writer.' I have a strong preference to not be the sole writer anywhere, and an even stronger one to not be the first writer at a company. If I wanted that kind of hassle I'd stay where I am.

I did just hear back from a company that I put a lot of interview-time into two months ago, that while they now have actual approval to hire someone they're uncertain as to their budget. I may have been somewhat snippy in my last response to them, along the lines of "Oh, I didn't realise that you weren't looking to pay for a senior writer." One of the few good things about Amazon setting up a serious office in downtown Vancouver is that it ought to exert some upward pressure on tech salaries.

I'm consuming a lot. Reading some; watching more. I sunk a bunch of time into Slay The Spire on the iPad over the last few weeks and I think I need to take active steps to Not Do That, it's just too easy to lose a bunch of time there and it doesn't feel like I've /done/ anything.

Bleh. Stupid plague.

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[reedrover]

One of the few good things about Amazon setting up a serious office in downtown Vancouver is that it ought to exert some upward pressure on tech salaries.

Yes, that's the advantage. The disadvantage is that the wacko housing costs aren't going to improve.

[jazzfish]

Eh, there's no chance of that anyway. I mean, a global depression or The Big One /might/ do it, but I'd be surprised. People have been saying for literally thirty years now that the Vancouver housing market bubble is unsustainable, and it keeps on being irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

[greenstorm]

Apparently trying to put the entire population of the province into 0.03% (Lower Mainland) of its area has some problems.

[reedrover]

Also, regarding being stuck in your iPad, I have only one response to that:

I AM LORD OF CATAN!! *cue triangle glitter*

[greenstorm]

I've had that feeling a lot the last few months. I figure stuck is better than sliding backwards?

[jazzfish]

Yeah, that's what I'm holding onto as well. <3