How are you staying sane in 202X

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Traveling mostly. We went to Greece in 2023, Mexico in 2024, and we are two months away from an Alaska cruise followed by a return to Mexico in October and we also have a Caribbean cruise (Clothing Optional) booked for February of next year.

Considering booking trips to scout out possible retirement locations outside of the country. Belize, Mexico, Panama, etc are all on the "Possibles" list.

Heard good things about Costa Rica.

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I cope by doing a lot of anxiety cleaning. Handling my friend's estate also provides some distraction, but not much more than spreadsheets and paying bills at the moment. Starting to play guitar and do some amp stuff. Not watching the news at all, but keeping abreast of the latest developments as I can stomach.Feel little need to go out.

[Max Peck]

How does one stock up on a prescription drug?

He didn't say legally obtained drugs.

I actually am "stocked up" on one of my prescription drugs. The blood pressure drug I'm on (Sandoz Valsartan HCT) is weirdly effective for me, so my doctor-approved daily dosage is a half-tablet of the lowest potency version they make. The pharmacy tracking system isn't capable of making allowance for a 90-tablet refill that actually lasts 180 days, so I can order a refill every 90 days. Normally I wouldn't accumulate early refills, but I did do so last month in order to use up the last refill in my current prescription so that I could get my doctor to renew it before he retires at the end of March.

Anyway, having a reliable way to moderate my BP when the world is trying to keep me in a constant state of simmering outrage and despair helps keep me sane...ish.

[Jeff V]

I smoke weed. Not as much as I used to. I listen to pirated audiobooks. Watch youtube.

Why not get a library card and listen to audiobooks legally? Aside from getting the card in the first place, you don't ever have to go to the library -- I use the Libby app which connects to my library's digital media store and I can download whatever they have available.

[hitbyambulance]

i don't want to go into it in a public forum here - if anyone wants to know my regimen, strategy and belief system go ahead and DM me - but let's just say i learned my lesson and am now doing many things _right_.

Why don't you want to discuss it here? Not taking issue with it, just curious. Glad you've found something that works for you!

too many personal details, is all

[hitbyambulance]

I smoke weed. Not as much as I used to. I listen to pirated audiobooks. Watch youtube.

Why not get a library card and listen to audiobooks legally? Aside from getting the card in the first place, you don't ever have to go to the library -- I use the Libby app which connects to my library's digital media store and I can download whatever they have available.

+1 to this. also checking out from the library helps boost the library's funding for the next fiscal year.

[Dramatist]

Right now it’s Monster Hunter Wilds. I’ve cut back on my media consumption and I have a small group of close friends and family that I can talk with.

My mother is going through hell right now and I’ve been dealing with the hospital, doctors, insurance, lawyers, banks, friends and family, her house and bills and I’m not staying too sane.


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[Kraken]

My mother is going through hell right now and I’ve been dealing with the hospital, doctors, insurance, lawyers, banks, friends and family, her house and bills and I’m not staying too sane.

Sorry to hear about all the drama. Not the best kind of distraction.

[Drazzil]

I smoke weed. Not as much as I used to. I listen to pirated audiobooks. Watch youtube.

Why not get a library card and listen to audiobooks legally? Aside from getting the card in the first place, you don't ever have to go to the library -- I use the Libby app which connects to my library's digital media store and I can download whatever they have available.

+1 to this. also checking out from the library helps boost the library's funding for the next fiscal year.

Because most audiobooks from multco and other libaries I qualify for have extremely limited options and even those have 3-6 mo waits due to restrictive laws meant to benefit publishers of audiobooks. Thanks Jeff Bezos.

I get a little thrill every time I hear "this is audible!" and I get to know I ripped amazon off.

[Drazzil]

Did I mention that weed is legal and cheap? Yeah, I'm smoking more of the devil's lettuce than I used to.

I can get perfectly good C buds here in portland OR for 60 an oz. It might be a hair rougher due to being outdoor and you have to destem a little more but its perfectly passable cheeba.

As a conneseur of the "Oooohh weeee" in most of it's forms I find flower to give me the most bang for buck.

[Madmarcus]

My mother is going through hell right now and I’ve been dealing with the hospital, doctors, insurance, lawyers, banks, friends and family, her house and bills and I’m not staying too sane.

I'm sorry to hear it. I hope everything works out as well as it can.

[Drazzil]

Traveling mostly. We went to Greece in 2023, Mexico in 2024, and we are two months away from an Alaska cruise followed by a return to Mexico in October and we also have a Caribbean cruise (Clothing Optional) booked for February of next year.

Considering booking trips to scout out possible retirement locations outside of the country. Belize, Mexico, Panama, etc are all on the "Possibles" list.

Heard good things about Costa Rica.

It's a real shame that the venn diagram bubbles between people who go on a "clothing optional" cruise, and "people who are attractive without clothing" do NOT overlap. At. All.

[Sudy]

I don't think it's a swinger's cruise. You don't have to bang them.

[Punisher]

I don't think it's a swinger's cruise. You don't have to bang them.

To be fair, even on a swinger's cruise you don't HAVE to bang them.

[Brian]

It's a real shame that the venn diagram bubbles between people who go on a "clothing optional" cruise, and "people who are attractive without clothing" do NOT overlap. At. All.

You callin' me ugly?

Also, the Venn diagram of people that say "those people are never attractive" and the group of people who completely miss the point of this type of cruise tends to be a single circle.
If one's idea of a clothing optional cruise is to ogle attractive people then brother, you would not be welcome aboard anyway.

[Drazzil]

It's a real shame that the venn diagram bubbles between people who go on a "clothing optional" cruise, and "people who are attractive without clothing" do NOT overlap. At. All.

You callin' me ugly?

Also, the Venn diagram of people that say "those people are never attractive" and the group of people who completely miss the point of this type of cruise tends to be a single circle.
If one's idea of a clothing optional cruise is to ogle attractive people then brother, you would not be welcome aboard anyway.

Nah. Just making what was apparently a bad joke.

If it makes you happy man go fer it.

As for me?

People leak. Hard pass,

[dbt1949]

It's a real shame that the venn diagram bubbles between people who go on a "clothing optional" cruise, and "people who are attractive without clothing" do NOT overlap. At. All.

You callin' me ugly?

Also, the Venn diagram of people that say "those people are never attractive" and the group of people who completely miss the point of this type of cruise tends to be a single circle.
If one's idea of a clothing optional cruise is to ogle attractive people then brother, you would not be welcome aboard anyway.

Well, you have a beautiful soul.

[Brian]

That I do.

It's black and glistening....like a ball of eels covered in used motor oil.

[Drazzil]

That I do.

It's black and glistening....like a ball of eels covered in used motor oil.

You should maybe get that checked out.

[hepcat]

The extra mile he goes to make sure we know the oil is used is what I appreciate.

[Drazzil]

The extra mile he goes to make sure we know the oil is used is what I appreciate.

Now I remember him. I wonder if we will ever get a part two to his famous story.