Witch

joined 2 years ago
[–] Witch 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Educational - I am going to get my high school diploma this year after dropping out a decade ago. So far, I have completed 2.5 credits with a pretty good average. Going to try to get into Healthcare Office Administration afterwards.

Financial - Create a savings fund in case of emergency. Register for the disability tax credit. Get my mom on OAS/GIS.

Community - Look into volunteer opportunities in my area and see what I can do over the summer to help contribute to my community.

Endgoal: Be as happy as possible.

[–] Witch 5 points 1 month ago

Hi, its been a gazillion years since I was last on this platform but I hope you've all been doing well.

This week I have been doing some self reflecting due to politics, and I am trying to figure out how to get involved in my local community. Currently starting off small by finishing my high school diploma after a decade, and seeing if I can help my fellow classmates out with the resources I know about. Since they're also all in similar situations with educational and financial issues, I have been collecting resources on things like digital literacy, sexual health, financial planning sites, and local food banks.

I am also thinking of conquering my fear of meeting my ex in-laws and going to the local LGBTQ drop in, but that will have to wait a few weeks. Got too many appointments.

Other than that, I started talking to my friends again after dealing with social anxiety caused by being "chronically offline" for once. Since I am studying now, I need to work on my school-life balance too.

[–] Witch 9 points 2 years ago

My mother got put back on her disability benefits and now I'm hunting down apartments for us to live in to get out of a bad housing situation that we were stuck in because it was cheap and we only had one income.

Got two viewings this week.

[–] Witch 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My mother's internal review went through and she not only is going back on disability, but because the decision to kick her off was a wrong decision, they're giving her almost a year's worth of backpay.

Things this means:

  • We can actually move to a place without a landlord and her son living in it, giving us tenant rights and the ability to communicate with a landlord without worrying we're going to get evicted
  • We can even afford movers
  • We might not have to go to a food bank anymore
  • We can now budget things instead of being like "okay that goes to rent, that goes to debt, and anything leftover is groceries"
  • I don't have to hunt for a job while physically and mentally incapable of doing one right now

I'm honestly so thrilled my head hurts.

[–] Witch 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't been caught up with Akatsuki No Yona in a long time but I know its an example of a manga with a pretty darn cool protagonist. Definitely ranks up there in terms of good examples for other manga authors to by inspired by.

[–] Witch 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weekly anime rewatch would be fun! I love watching anime with communities.

A thread for currently airing anime is also a good idea.

Maybe a resource thread? Some people don't know there's more legal ways to watch anime and manga for cheap or free. Viz Manga, Manga Plus, Shounen Jump, Tubi...

[–] Witch 2 points 2 years ago

Cardcaptor Sakura!! I found the manga as a kid and became intrigued by it on account of being a comic that Wasn't obviously for boys. I promptly marathoned all the manga in my tiny little library. Pretear, Wish, some type of ice skating manga...

But then I googled it.

I was doomed. The entire series of Cardcaptor Sakura was on either YouTube or Veoh. I watched it all. Then I watched Ojamajo Doremi, and then Shugo Chara...

Cardcaptor Sakura got me into anime and manga, but I think out of my beginning anime I wouldn't rank it too high. It's nostalgic, it's cute, I love it, it's just there's better ones out there.

[–] Witch 5 points 2 years ago

Ended up calling today and holy crap it went great!! I won't be in as much debt as before, it'll be manageable from now on!

[–] Witch 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, that's actually a thing I'm debating on right now! I bought a Toshiba Satellite L770 the other week for cheap---it's what, 12 year old? Needs a battery replacement because it does the same thing yours does, and I need to upgrade the ram today to 8gb, but otherwise it's in pretty damn good condition,

In the end, I think I'd personally buy a replacement third party battery in case the adapter ever gets broken and you want a good hour to transfer any important files over.

[–] Witch 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thinking of signing my mom and I up for a free debt counseling program and trying to reduce the amount we pay each much. I'm not sure how much it'll help, but I figure if I get this done out of the way quickly, any damage to our credit might be recovered by the time we have to move.

Job searching still hasn't been going well. My first ever job interview got rescheduled for Thursday and I feel like I might be getting too burnt out to do it. It was like all my energy was placed into getting ready for it, and now I'm just tired.

On the bright side, I'm getting a not-zero sum of money in the form of government refunds. Might be able to get some glasses and get a week of something like Meals on Wheels so that we can relax for the first time in months, and still have enough to start up a savings fund.

[–] Witch 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for the detailed reply! So to clarify, the IP address changes but the app itself isn't affected? For example, I move to an apartment with an IP address that is different, but I can still access everything in let's say...a self hosted web app that takes notes? Would that be correct?

Everything else seems pretty understandable, much appreciated.

[–] Witch 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The first eight are currently the only ones available because only eight have been released in English. Number nine comes out in September. However, I sent you a DM with my favorite place to look anyway.

 

Hi everyone! So I installed docker the other day and I'm currently getting used to the terminal. I had a few questions about self-hosting web apps that would determine what apps I start using.

  1. If I hypothetically moved, would the change in IP address affect anything?
  2. Can other people on my internet access my webapps?
  3. Would a VPS solve any issues caused by question 1/2? Or is there a different type of software that would help?
  4. When I install an app and they both require the same localhost, is there a list of numbers that I can use as an alternative? For example, instead of 8080 could I use a hypothetical number like 1234?

Thank you very much. Sorry if these questions seem rather obvious, I'm just very new to self-hosting and I don't want to lose any data in the future. 😅

 

What have you been doing on a regular enough basis that it can be considered a routine?

Bonus points: are you the type to schedule out days for so-and-so activity, or do you like to wing it?

 

Playing around with PeppermintOS on a "new " old laptop, and having fun. Its making me realize that tiny things can really work to impress. (Especially when you're waiting on a ram upgrade, haha!)

Could be terminal based or GUI, I'm just curious---what tiny apps do you use that you think are neat? Things that don't take up much storage or memory.

 

Hi yall after being on disability income for years and job searching for months I finally got to step two of the job search process: a job interview.

I am wondering if anyone had any tips for the job interview process? I am very nervous.

 

A wikipedia article for anyone not in the know

Personally, I've been patiently waiting for Good Omens 2. I also am lazily going through livechart's anime catalog and seeing what might be interesting to watch while I clean up. Knowing me though, I'm probably just going to end up rewatching kids anime like Sailor Moon.

 

Oats, rice, beans, pancake mix, those gross canned peas...to anyone who has been to a food bank, this is a non-exhaustive list of things that tend to be staples in their pantry.

So my question is this, to anyone who has been to a food bank:

What are some meals that you've been pleasantly surprised when you made them out of the most common ingredients you got from the food bank?

For me, it's probably really simple black bean burgers.

Cook up some canned black beans, mash them while warm. When they're colder throw in some breadcrumbs and an egg, mash them more, add whatever spices you like, and then form them into burgers. Fry them with whatever oil or margarine or butter that you happen to have that week. Ketchup is surprisingly good on these.

I eat them on bread usually, since if I'm going to the food bank that week I probably don't have the money for buns and food banks here offer buns rarely.

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death's assistant (self.artshare)
 

Here's a little character design I did of a lil crow fella that digs graves for Death. It was for a "death's assistant" prompt, hence the title!

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Introductions! (self.saffic)
submitted 2 years ago by Witch to c/saffic@lemmy.world
 

Hi everyone! Love the idea of this place. I am Witch, a chronic multishipper who experiences despair when I look up a f/f ship and 90% of the results are side pairings for a m/f or m/m ship. My favorite F/F ship is currently Momo Yaoyorozu/Uraraka Ochaco from Boku No Hero Academia.

P.S: Out of curiosity are aged up characters fine for this community? I tend to get into fandoms where the characters are all teenagers and I can only relate to them by aging them up to adults.

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Goal-setting Thread (self.betterment)
submitted 2 years ago by Witch to c/betterment
 

Hi everyone! Saw the announcement and immediately ran here.

My question is this: do any of you have any goals that you've been actively working on?

For me, I've been trying to work on my GED that I abandoned a decade ago. Signed up for courses and everything.

Another thing I am trying to learn is more about Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and how that can help me learn how to cope with stress.

Finally, I have major ADHD so I've been trying to do note-taking in my day to day life. Started journaling, taking notes on Youtube videos I watch that I think are important for me to remember, habit tracking, so forth.

How about you? What are you trying to do to better yourself?

 

Hi everyone! So I've recently switched to Linux and I'm having a lot of fun downloading software and replacing my old stuff with it. I'm wondering what you all use?

My switched softwares:

Obsidian -> Logseq - Obsidian is great and all but I think Logseq is also competent in its own way even without plugins. I am currently exploring templates to create my own daily journal/habit tracker like I did in Obsidian.

Word/Notepad -> LibreOffice - Seems to have a lot of options. Currently using the writer software for quick notes.

Canva -> Inkscape - I am aware that Canva is a website/android app, but I decided to switch from it to Inkscape by utilizing open source illustrations such as Undraw for graphics needs. I still need to look up tutorials on how to use it properly, though!

Clip Studio Paint -> Krita - I actually made this switch a month or two ago, but I'm really enjoying Krita a lot more than I ever did Clip Studio Paint. Less things to get distracted by, giving you more chances to learn how to utilize the essentials.

Things I'd like to explore in more detail:

  • Thunderbird as a calendar/email/task software
  • Whether or not I should stick with Calibre for book management
  • Kdenlive as a video creating program. I haven't created videos before, but it seems fun.

How about you? What do you enjoy?

 

Hi everyone! So I just switched to Linux and I am a little unsure of what to play on my laptop.

It's a presumably decent laptop, 16gb of ram and Iris Xe, but I find that it has battery issues trying to play anything fancy like Skyrim.

I'm looking into things like emulation, finally tackling my Itch.io backlog, and bringing out old classics.

I like RPGs and text-based choose your own adventure games, so if you have any recommendations I'd appreciate it!

 

I find that I really love learning how to improve in art. It brings me unrivaled joy to figure out things like how a hand looks doing this, or how to draw a head doing that.

However, I'm wondering if any of you like the process of art studies? I know that I tend to put them off because I'd rather be drawing cute characters doing cute things than doing a figure study for an hour. I like art studies as much as the next person does, I just find it more fun to draw personal projects and incorporate references as a way of studying.

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