Huh. It seems obvious now you explain it, but I never thought about it that way (as a short sighted, average height woman). Thanks for clarifying.
I use a wheelchair part time, and it's unbelievable how much starting using one can help when you're partially ambulatory. I find it funny how able bodied people use phrases like "wheelchair bound", which perpetuates this idea of wheelchairs being like prisons, but at least for me and a few people I know, finally getting a wheelchair was hugely freeing.
Password Manager. I use Bitwarden, which is open source and free.
It's probably the single most significant quality of life upgrade I've had since I started on ADHD meds 5 years ago. I wish I had started using one sooner.
I agree, the rhetoric feels pretty iffy.
The framing of "you are an alcoholic, and that's what you will always be, even long after you no longer have a drinking problem" always sat poorly with me. I generally have a super addictive personality, so whilst I've never had substance use issues that have required me quitting something entirely, but I do have to always be mindful because moderation just isn't something that comes naturally to me. I've seen a lot of people like me who have issues with alcohol or other drugs who cycle round onto a new substance to abuse, and I think that the hard binary that sobriety culture presents exacerbates that.
Congrats on your progress. What you describe about the little disruptions (like not walking the dog) really resonates with me. Sometimes giving the arrangement of one's life a little jiggle can be invaluable for solving inertia
Thanks for the update, OP.
Bonus tip:
A distinction that I often find useful is that "simple" is not the same sad "easy". Biggest example of this for me was when I needed to go no contact with a family member; despite knowing that it was what I needed to do, it took me a while to muster the strength to do what was necessary — it was simple, but not easy.
Another manifestation of "why didn't I do this sooner" is when a solution is easy to implement, but it took a while to figure out what to do — this applies in complex situations, or ones where I have made past attempts that have failed, and I need to work smarter, not harder.
Both of these problem shapes benefit from the motivational interviewing technique described above. I think whenever we're thinking about ways to improve ourselves, it can be easy to slip into a pattern of being unkind to yourself. Some things take time and that's okay, because it needs to be — you can't bullying yourself into change.
Oh dang, looks like Ventoy would be super useful for me, especially as it looks like it supports windows ISOs
A good friend recently had a child; she's the first person in my immediate circle who has had so far. I'm really looking forward to conversations like this when her son is old enough to have conversations
Pretty sure Gen Z
Regex feels distinctly eldritch to me. Like, a lot of computing knowledge feels like magic, but regex feels like the kind of magic you get by consorting with dark forces
This was a switch that got its wires pulled out. I learned how to desolder today in order to remove it from the little switch board and now there's three holes where this used to be. Does this component have a name, because I'm wondering whether I can just get a replacement one like this. There are lots of tools and supplies at the makerspace I used, but I need to know what I'd be looking for.
Alternatively, what else might I be able to use to do this? I suppose I could just trim and strip the wires and shove those through and solder, but that seems...crude? I don't know. I'd prefer something with pins because I practiced soldering and desoldering using some broken electronics I had, and I'm more confident with pins than something so freeform.
Thanks for your time.
Proud of your restraint! It's difficult, but you're doing well!