Thank you so much 
I’m trying hard, used to be full of piss n vinegar in terms of being real militant/public with our contract but at this point it feels like we need to capture that CBA. Other departments in my agency recently secured their union contracts and got pretty favorable raises so we’re hoping we won’t need to fight too much longer to get something similar. Gotta remember that it’s for the good of everyone and the folks coming in in the future
I can’t tell if the first part of your comment is sarcastic or not, and no I didn’t know that about Jacobin nor did I know she was a writer for them prior to purchasing the book
Proud of you for advocating for yourself with the medical system, it’s so hard! Like you try to give the benefit of the doubt that they are the knowledgeable ones…
Also working out is hard for me to maintain personally but it is so good! I notice that my lower back pain nearly disappears when I’m the slightest bit active lol. Who would’ve thought?
Hell yeah that’s a goal of mine too! It’s soooo hard though. I deleted Instagram and Reddit (again) and it’s at least helped me to pay more attention during movies 😅 step in the right direction I guess. Now I need to be less of a cave troll and touch more fucking grass. How have you done with it so far?
Lmao I’m the same way without the follow through 
Like I just finished a book about Capital, so now I want to read David Ricardo and some other economists to compare theories. Then of course I want to read some anthropological literature to learn more about commerce and origins of Capitalism. And then Hegel, and then the French revolution and then and then…and then I forget lol.
I have horrible memory and have thought about note taking; do you have a form that you follow that works for you?
Hell yeah! It can be so hard to keep on top of and I can only imagine that once it gets past a certain point it feels impossible to deal with so good on you! I’m sure it feels soooo nice to have a cozy clean place. I’m somewhat Obsessive about cleaning, which can be nice but also is at the expense of having energy to literally do anything else besides work lol, but I know my anxiety lifts immensely after a good pick up around the house
People’s Guide to Capitalism by Hadas Thier, which was recommended to me by a few comrades here as an easier to disgest version of Capital. I bought a bunch of Marxist lit that I meant to dive into like a year ago and just started getting into it now lol.
I’ve been off of work for a month and a half; it’s been amazing. We are bargaining a union contract and I’m one of 6 people who have been doing literally everything for the union effort and it makes me wanna cry and throw up to have to get back into it (been going hard since March 2023). Management is a fuck so there’s constant new bullshit “restructuring” goin on and I think I should maybe just find another job. Eeeeeh
Also I’m stoked you’ll be able to cuddle your pets soon! Always the best medicine
I actually managed to finish a book I started this month which is pretty rare for me, feels good! Gotta keep the momentum up. I start work back up this week, my goal is to not shrivel up and die lol
Panty liners is honestly a brilliant idea! I used to go sans underpants but uh, tight jeans is not the jam for that. I think having multiple pairs of pants you rotate through+panty liners would be the best bet.
I’m not familiar with the history of US interest in Ukraine but that does not surprise me. As someone seeing the war happen and knowing it was against Russia I figured it was about the “noble fight against communism” but combined with the fact that an aim is also to be a large scale weapons manufacturer sounds like there is gonna be much much more Imperialism to do besides fighting Russia.
It just kinda tied things together for me yesterday learning about the natural resources in Gaza that Israel is likely after as well as conflicts like the Armenian genocide, the strengthening of US relations with other countries in the area, all of it
The class aspect is definitely something that pisses me off about it as well. EVs seem to be debatable when it comes to them being more environmentally friendly after all, but it seems like anything that is or appears to be better, ethical consumption choices are reserved for people with money (But also there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism obvs).
I’m fortunate enough to have been able to purchase a new hybrid rav, it was so worth it but I did also go from a 97 Mazda with peeling paint that can’t climb mountain passes and does like 17 miles per gallon lol.
I would not want to pay double for a new car to be able to do half the mileage and instead of just fueling up, having to find a fucking Walmart god knows where and sit in the parking lot for a half hour. Super inconvenient if you plan to do any long distance traveling
Oh I forgot to reply to this earlier, but thank you SO MUCH for this super detailed response, it should be an effort post in my opinion lol. I started to use obsidian which I liked well enough but definitely began organizing things in more of a table of contents style as opposed to going full zettelkasten. I’ll fiddle around with RemNotes and see how that does me. I like the idea of writing but I could see that being so much more cumbersome…Maybe taking all the rougjt notes and then summarizing them that way could be helpful. Anyway you rule, thanks again!