Not bad except breaking my phone this morning. Thankfully, I got paid a sum of money for not working on memorial day that covered the cost of a new one.
It's also my birthday month and the 2 year anniversary at the aforementioned job.
Well, I FINALLY found a job back in my field of work after two and a half years. Only part time as of now and weak pay, but it'll be really good to get back and start getting experience again which will hopefully lead to something better soon. Start on Tuesday.
It'll also help stop me from hemorrhaging my savings.
sweet!
great. Whats your field
Television production. It's just part time Master Control duties right now. Monitoring the playback of the broadcast, ingesting and editing media, etc. I had been more involved in the actual production of the live news shows the previous 13 years (minus the more recent past three years of unemployment / spotty job retention). I'd much rather get back into that, or rather something similar outside the realm of news. But this WAS what I was doing before then, AND back at the same place. Changed a lot since then, so it'll be great to get more current experience. Because I feel like I lost out on previous opportunity because of it.
I have an interview on Monday.Great. Where?
I have major depression.Thats rough. Are you in any kind of therapy or on any medications?
nice! My dad was as an editor at the local FOX affiliate for like 50 years. He recently retired.
Thats rough. Are you in any kind of therapy or on any medications?I've been in therapy for abouta month now. I'd say the buggest thing I've learned is that I'm too hard on myself. I always heard it from my loved ones, but hearing it from someone else is diffrent. It's actually nice to get the reassurance that I'm not as much of a failure as I feel and it's just me being mean to myself. At least that's what I've gleamed from it. Last time we did the "how me tally ill are you?" score thing I did a bit better, so I guess it's helping. I also don't think I've adjusted my depression meds since I was a kid (been on depression/anxiety meds for as long as I can remember) so I went back to my psychiatrist and I'm going to try another one that might help my ADHD too. I look forward to being more motivated and able to concentrate on things. Medicine is great but I have to get better at helping myself too. Lately I've been cheering myself up by journaling a bit. It's a good way to keep track of my day-to-day mood and the one I have gives me introspective exercises to try every week. I feel it's been helpful. I got it on Amazon https://tinyurl.com/d27y5v9z
I've been in therapy for abouta month now. I'd say the buggest thing I've learned is that I'm too hard on myself. I always heard it from my loved ones, but hearing it from someone else is diffrent. It's actually nice to get the reassurance that I'm not as much of a failure as I feel and it's just me being mean to myself. At least that's what I've gleamed from it. Last time we did the "how me tally ill are you?" score thing I did a bit better, so I guess it's helping. I also don't think I've adjusted my depression meds since I was a kid (been on depression/anxiety meds for as long as I can remember) so I went back to my psychiatrist and I'm going to try another one that might help my ADHD too. I look forward to being more motivated and able to concentrate on things. Medicine is great but I have to get better at helping myself too. Lately I've been cheering myself up by journaling a bit. It's a good way to keep track of my day-to-day mood and the one I have gives me introspective exercises to try every week. I feel it's been helpful. I got it on Amazon https://tinyurl.com/d27y5v9z
I also listen to this band called Citizen Soldier. Apparently, it's members have all had mental health struggles and even met at a psychiatric hospital. The singer became a therapist and now they make songs from the point of view of people with different issues. It's really great and I reccommend it to anyone who has dealth with mental health issues before (that is, if you don't have reason to believe it will trigger you) because their lyrics are so tactful and well-worded. It's amazing just to hear it put so eloquently when it's something that's so difficult to describe to others. Listening to their music helps you realize that there are people who understand what you're going through. I've been listening to them for a few years and they actually released a new song that is finally "the song"; the one that really hit me and I identified with. I'll drop it here just because it's good music.
https://youtu.be/jsO1Rx363Q8?si=7Bdp9mxA51CUhORY
Thanks for caring.