Way ahead of you on this, I’ve been doing this for years!

And who can for get the classic of napping in the shade of a tree on a nice warm summer day.

More options is always good (they can miss me with that gen AI trash though)

I wonder how easy it is to use compared to GIMP or Krita?

(I still suck with Krita but that’s a me thing lol)

My favorite is when I go through this, think I didn’t make it, then open the microwave to see my cup of now cold tea.

The first draft is stream of consciousness

Just hammer it out until it is done

Sentence structure? Doesn’t matter.

Punctuation? If you feel like it.

Spelling? Fcuk it, wing it.

Do the editing and later

Think of the first draft as a rough hunk of marble you carve out of a mountain. You bring it back to the shop to do roughing passes until you can find David within.

Literally this last weekend I hammered out 10,000ish words in one of the many story projects I’m working on. I’ll finish one at some point, I just need to stop hammering these things out at 2am when I need to get up at 9am.

I feel you friend, my meds ain’t working as well as they should anymore but the closet appointment I can get for adjusting them is still weeks out

One of the “perks” of my job is that is basically pure chaos when you focus on the little details. Big picture you’re just loading and unloading trucks with a forklift, but in the thick of it you’re positioning pallets, identifying what kind of freight it is, confirming the paperwork is done properly, determining position for each type of shipment, balancing the trailers, and on, and on. Not to mention that every single trailer throughout the day is a clearly defined goal that I can see the progress of constantly as I approach finishing the trailer.

That chaos for me helps (as crazy as that sounds) because there’s so many little details to track and check that it’s a constant stream of new details.

The only problems I’m having at work really is getting there on time, taking my breaks on time, and leaving on time. The actually grind I’m doing fine at… mostly… at least not bad enough to draw attention… currently.

I think a big factor for why my boss is understanding is that his son has ADHD and he knows what that like.

Now my personal life on the other hand, that’s a trash fire currently due to the ADHD and the meds needing adjusting.

NGL it really is

Plus you get the perks of doing them with other people, which is hella nice

I’m trying, honest!

I just get paralyzed right as I try to start!

It fucking hurts when I finish a day, can’t muster the energy to start on one of my projects, then just sit there hating myself while I waste another day doing shit I don’t enjoy (scrolling memes) rather than doing something I do enjoy (ANY OF MY GOD DAMNED HOBBIES!)

Tomorrow though, tomorrow I’m starting a print job for film holders for my new (to me) 4x5 camera and hell or high water putting at least one brush stroke on my Orc Marauders Battle Truck model (it’s for One Page Rules, an approachable tabletop war game)

And the overwhelming urge to take a nap before the dryer is done rocking.

I eventually got a second bed set just to help me out on that front

But unfortunately they’ve got a different thread count so they have a different skin feel then the old ones so I absolutely can’t mix the sheets with the other ones because the difference is too jarring

Not to mention also hoping that it doesn’t just bounce out of your brain when the next thought pops in

NGL though sitting under a tree and watching the clouds drift by in this state is pretty nice

It’s like I shift into a different gear.

The chaos in my head falls silent.

The cool of the shade I’m sitting in, the whisper of the wind in the grass and leaves, the chill of the grass on my skin and the soft caress of the wind in my hair, the soft smells of earth and damp moss, the sight of the clouds twisting upon themselves.

The clouds dancing to the sounds of the wind.

It’s a moment of peace before something pulls me back.

My main gaming rig is my last system not running Linux right now, I’ve been migrating my stuff over on my other systems for a couple months now (I keep getting distracted lol)

But not that I’ve got alts for the software I normally use on my main rig it’s finally time, 2 months ahead of schedule.

If the survey hit for me 1 week from now I’d be on Linux, I’m literally setting my system up properly next Saturday

Jokes on you I nest those things too (sometimes sentances need some extra extra (like this one))

At this point all my systems (except the Windows machine) are running Kubuntu, and NGL it’s awesome.

There’s a lot of hobbies you can start your free

Trust me, I’ve got a lot of free dead hobbies under my belt

Mine will be this year, I only have 1 system left to put Linux on.

I’m just currently learning some RAW photo editors before I cancel my Lightroom sub.

Fusion360 was dropped a few months ago when FreeCAD went 1.0 (after I learned it enough of course)

And not just memes and shitposts you find elsewhere

Make things and share

It ain’t gonna be perfect but that’s half the fun

I’d say there’s also some corners of Lemmy that feel like the slightest provocation leads to an absolute dog pile of people being super angry looking for a fight.

That aspect blows but it’s usually helped by making sure that the instance your account is on is federated (or specifically NOT federated) with specific other instances.

Though this place is so much more chill than Reddit it’s fucking mindblowing

Technically yes, it is undeveloped.

Ideally it’ll remain undeveloped.

Keep talking about it abroad