• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    11 days ago

    Part of my 2025 mental and physical health plan has been building and landscaping my little slice of land to go from an unfenced hillside of lawn to a walled and terraced garden.

    Removed the sod and got a dumptruck load of granite stones at the start of the year. I am building using a dry stone technique and moving it all by hand on purpose. Currently finishing the main terraces and wall base, beginning raised garden beds now. Every day I move a couple stones into place and it feels like an accomplishment that is quite literally building on itself.

    I look forward to seeing how it (continues to) come together.

    • psyvibe@lemm.ee
      3·
      11 days ago

      I did a similar project a few years ago with stones, old logs and repurposed rebar. It was sooo rewarding, especially after the plants matured.

  • Johannes Jacobs@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl
    11·
    11 days ago

    Hopefully, i get my drivers license! Exam is on June 23th.

    I’m 43, always been taking care of my parents. Getting my drivers license is the first thing i do “on my own” so im pretty excited! Then i’ll spend the next 6 months enjoying not having to go through public transportation :)

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    9·
    11 days ago

    i’ll get a cash bonus once the probationary period is up at my new job, which i can use to knock like 10% off of the cost of my mortgage.

    a friend of mine is getting bottom surgery and i’m looking forward to it for them, it’s nice that people around me are happy.

    also, dunno if it’s something to look forward to exactly but if it turns out i do have hypertension and i can get on exforge i may not only be rid of my chronic headaches but also figure out if i actually have adhd, since amlodipine apparently lessens the symptoms. it would be nice to be able to do things.

  • Random_Character_A
    8·
    11 days ago

    Trump has a stroke and tells stories about his pp and republicans still pretend all is honky dory.

  • Mister Neon
    7·
    12 days ago

    Nothing, absolutely nothing. Life is very hopeless for me right now.

  • Alk@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    12 days ago

    I’m going to get my commercial drone license and start doing freelance work to supplement my main job that doesn’t pay too well. Very excited.

    • CrackhappyEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      I would love to hear more about your job, without any dangerous details of course.

        • CrackhappyEnglish
          1·
          12 days ago

          Can you define what “companionship” entails?

            • .DonutsEnglish
              4·
              12 days ago

              I don’t mean this in a demeaning way, but isn’t that just an escort + prostitution?

              You’re getting paid for company is one, getting paid for sex is two.

                • .DonutsEnglish
                  3·
                  12 days ago

                  What you listed is what escorts do, minus the sex. Hence why I combined the two professions.

                  Do you have a partner? If so, how does your work influence your private life?

            • CrackhappyEnglish
              2·
              12 days ago

              Fascinating. Is there a large age gap? My daughter thought about pursuing this with a guy a couple years ago, but she wanted to get out of sex work so that was a no-go.

              Do you enjoy the work, and is it considered “work” on both sides, as in no expectation of romantic intimacy?

                • CrackhappyEnglish
                  1·
                  12 days ago

                  That’s a great way to look at it. Are there any provisions for severance if there comes a time where that arrangement needs to be terminated?

                  I also want you to know that in no way am I judging what you do for work, to me it’s just work, but I know a lot of people would have different opinions.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    12 days ago

    I’m hoping to move back to the town where my friends and family live. I’ve been in my current place for a few years, and it’s fine, but I feel like my life is on hold.

    I’m kind of looking forward to my kids getting a little more mature. Parenting lil kids is not what I’m cut out for. But it’s bittersweet - that gets them closer to moving out and starting their lives without me.

    • tamal3
      2·
      10 days ago

      Feeling like your life is on hold is such an interesting and familiar feeling. Years can go by this way. Good luck! I hope it happens soon.

  • Diddlydee@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    12 days ago

    Finish paying childcare for my toddler. I’ll be 700 quid a month better off. Yeeha.

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    10 days ago

    I’m just hoping to get through the next 6 months, and then the next 3 years, without the government harassing me or my family.

  • tipicaldik
    6·
    12 days ago

    CT scans every 4 months… probably gonna get another nodule in my left lung nuked at some point. Hoping maybe the distended aorta that showed in my last scan takes me out quick so I can bypass all the misery of my advancing emphysema or the lung cancer possibly spreading. Aside from that, I’m just going to enjoy my family. Got three grandkids that are a real hoot right now. Counting my blessings is pretty much the priority…