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1. Christopher Kirk-Nielsen 5 min later

   @zachleat

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 min later

      @chriskirknielsen seems right

2. Bob Monsour 7 min later

   @zachleat

   1. Zach Leatherman 8 min later

      @bobmonsour yes.

3. Erik Vorhes 7 min later

   @zachleat

   1. Zach Leatherman 9 min later

      @erikvorhes is that sign aspirational or cautionary

      1. Erik Vorhes 1 hr later

         @zachleat — a little from column A, a little from column B

4. Andy McMillan 8 min later

   @zachleat lol good one

   1. Zach Leatherman 9 min later

      @andymcmillan some day we’ll stress laugh about this

5. Chris Silverman 🌻 10 min later

   @zachleat Operational

   1. Zach Leatherman 11 min later

      @csilverman not death-star-esque fully operational, but operational

6. catraxx 11 min later

   @zachleat eh.

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8. Tim Severien 18 min later

   @zachleat Eh. One problem at a time. The most urgent one is a job 🥲

   1. Zach Leatherman 20 min later

      @timsev have you done a #FediHire or #GetFediHired post yet?

   2. Sara Joy 24 min later

      @timsev do you have a hashtag FediHire post we can boost?

      @zachleat

      1. Tim Severien 39 min later

         @sarajw @zachleat I deeply appreciate you and @zachleat asking <3 I hoped to land an opportunity through IRL friends, but looks like that's not panning out. I'll post one tomorrow

         1. Sara Joy 58 min later

            @timsev @zachleat feel free to privately ping me underneath or I might miss it

9. Sara Joy 23 min later

   @zachleat mental health is probably OK. I feel I react mostly acceptably to stimuli.

   Current stimuli and mental state? Bit too much of the former, bit too wobbly of the latter.

   1. Amelia Bellamy-Royds 3 hr later

      @sarajw That is a very important distinction to keep in mind, Sara. Sometimes stress, worry, grief, and anger are healthy responses to the world.

      The unhealthy stuff builds up, though, when you aren't able to actually do anything about the causes of all the bad feelings.

      @zachleat

      1. Sara Joy 9 hr later

         @AmeliaBR yeah. It's sad that to stay healthy we do effectively have to block out or distract ourselves away from the things that we feel natural empathy about. That's the bit that's hard.

         @zachleat

10. Cory Dransfeldt 25 min later

    @zachleat all aboard the struggle bus to anxiety town

    1. Zach Leatherman 40 min later

       @cory weeeeeeeee

       1. Cory Dransfeldt 42 min later

          @zachleat 🚌

11. Max Fenton 25 min later

    @zachleat hoo boy

12. Eric Eggert 28 min later

    @zachleat Just all-around exhausted, but could be worse. How are you?

    1. Zach Leatherman 42 min later

       @yatil Exhausted, no complaints. (thank you for asking)

13. Ethan Marcotte 37 min later

    @zachleat

    1. Zach Leatherman 45 min later

       @beep it’s important to know the difference between the federation type 6 and type 7 shuttlecraft https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Federation_shuttlecraft#USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D) and as I often remind my kids: 6, 7

       1. Ethan Marcotte 50 min later

          @zachleat zach,

          (1/9,584)

          1. Zach Leatherman 52 min later

             @beep did you ever catch that TNG episode with jaleel white, I think it was called family anti-matters

             1. Jason Garber 1 hr later

                @zachleat @beep That was part of the original TGIF lineup.

                “Thank god it’s Ferengis!”

                1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

                   @jgarber @beep I would just like to officially state out loud that we are friends

                   1. Jason Garber 1 hr later

                      @zachleat @beep aww guy ❤️

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14. fedward 46 min later

    @zachleat we woke up to a flooded basement that is 100% my fault for not double checking a shutoff valve, and I'm almost but not quite at the point I can show myself some grace.
    1. Zach Leatherman 49 min later

       @fedward well, shit. My basement flooded last year so I know what you’re feeling. Sorry to hear it

15. Jason Garber 47 min later

    @zachleat first of all how dare you

    1. Zach Leatherman 49 min later

       @jgarber WHITE KNUCKLING

16. NullSprite 47 min later

    @zachleat Guilty because I'm actually doing real good, especially compared to how it was this time last year, and it seems like that is not an acceptable state of mind given [gesticulates wildly] all of THIS HERE that is going on right now.

    1. Zach Leatherman 50 min later

       @nullsprite good for you! celebrate the good times

17. Marco Hengstenberg 1 hr later

    @zachleat not good. Trying to find professional help, which ain’t easy where we live. Yet, I got a diagnosis! Hooray?! Helped myself to a „Light Depression“ and an „adjustment disorder“.

    Thanks to my doc (an internist) I discovered walking around outside helps a lot with recurring thoughts! He actually said:“Go outside! Have a walk! Hug a tree! Don’t let yourself be seen hugging a tree, people frown upon such behavior.“ 😂❤️ I love that man!

    Also I made it to over 300k steps in Jan.

    1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

       @nice2meatu hell yeah to taking some control back but somehow also disappointed to learn that exercise helps 😅

       1. Marco Hengstenberg 1 hr later

          @zachleat It's hardly exercise 😅 I just walk about and take a few pictures while I'm at it: https://marco-hengstenberg.de/blog/a-lovely-tree/

          Looking at sky. See clouds. Sun. Wow! Such nature. Much grass. Also winter so mud and cold and fog.

          Well… it's a struggle but yeah, going outside helps and I'm not where my best friend is. He's doing 42km (26.09759 miles aka freedom units) a day lately. That is just sick! 😂

          1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

             @nice2meatu it’s a good tree, Marco!

             1. Marco Hengstenberg 18 hr later

                @zachleat So, how are you doing in the meantime? ☺️

                1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

                   @nice2meatu *runs away screaming*

                   1. Marco Hengstenberg 18 hr later

                      @zachleat ah shit! You went outside? 😅

18. rem 1 hr later

    @zachleat 2/10. It'll swing back to the heady level of 5 eventually.

    1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

       @rem how do we make this a 2/3 instead of 2/10

       1. rem 18 hr later

          @zachleat watching this helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JtfNwz-l6gw

19. Sally Lait 2 hr later

    @zachleat

20. Matt Fantinel 3 hr later

    @zachleat been better but eh considering everything I thought it would be worse

21. Ste Grainer 4 hr later

    @zachleat Haven’t had th mental capacity to check news or even make a guess as to what this might refer to, soooo could be worse I guess?

    How about you? 😉

    1. Zach Leatherman 17 hr later

       @stegrainer the unfortunate part about current events is that they keep happening

       good, good 😭

       1. Jason Garber 18 hr later

          @zachleat @stegrainer as ever

          https://mastodon.social/@Horse_ebooks/100563207846419230

       2. Ste Grainer 18 hr later

          @zachleat Yeah, I hear you.

          This timeline is currently awful, and I look forward to a day when it isn’t.

22. Miguel Pimentel 7 hr later

    @zachleat we. are. tired. hope you are doing okay yourself. thank you for asking.

23. Reed Piernock 8 hr later

    @zachleat

24. Jan Lehnardt 10 hr later

    @zachleat no

    1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

       @janl fair

25. Tommi 🤯 10 hr later

    @zachleat 🤯

26. konsonantenboy 12 hr later

    @zachleat so far, the antidepressants, good coffee and my bicycle took me through the winter, and strangely I feel alright? which is a strange, seldom revelation.

    1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

       @konsonantenboy alright is awesome.

27. Eric McCormick 17 hr later

    @zachleat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbgRyColvE

    1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

       @edm00se WHAT’S IN THE BOX

       1. Eric McCormick 18 hr later

          @zachleat