I have a passion for GIS and mapmaking but I've been working in dairy/ag manufacturing the last couple years. My new job search was mostly applying in my current industry. I applied for a GIS tech position with the city as one of those dream on, buddy situations since my only relevant experience is an internship GIS role from several years ago. Somehow I got a call back.

Had the interview today and got an offer same-day just a few hours later. I am OVER THE MOON!!! Fingers crossed it all works out. This is a foot in the door to my dream career.

I’ve never been a fan of blocking people. I’ve also ended up attracting a certain type of person romantically. After some events in the last year, I have realized that my connection with my ex is unhealthy, I realized that I yet again attracted another person who very much fit the type I attract, I managed to hurt someone by not giving them the benefit of the doubt (this one in particular was very bad - I lost my hobby, friends, and I hurt someone to the degree where they will never forgive me and I understand why. It sucks) and I realized I need therapy to deal with all of this.

After days/weeks/months of this person who was “in love with me” (they weren’t) talking at me, writing letters, messaging me, saying the same things over and over, not listening when I outright told them I didn’t want to talk to them, after being a creep towards me, kept asking for another chance, and even kept considering still coming up to help my parents after I thought I made it very clear I was not okay with being around them.

I got tired of it all. The last straw was “can you teach me all about what I did wrong?”

No. I was not placed on this earth to teach you how to be a functioning human with emotions. (If I’m going to do that, let me go into psychology and at least get paid to do that!) This has been my life for the last decade. I’m done. Sorry about the saltiness, but it’s been a long time I’ve been dealing with this same type of person.

So I blocked them. I feel so free. I’ve been celebrating! Listening to music, doing some hobbies I haven’t in a while, playing video games, just enjoying not being the teacher for lonely desperate people who want to be taught how to be a human being.

I just accepted a contract role for a research assistant position for a research lab about virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality at a big tech company. I'm so excited to finally start next month. 🤩

That's all, I ate and I'm proud of taking care of myself.

I will go out and finally buy the new stove/oven that i have needed for 5 month! i have the money. i can afford it. it is something necessary i need and my savings are exactly for these kind of things! fuck decision paralysis!

So my parents never taught me how to cook a meal. I can make toast and like simple microwave shit but I could never make a meal.

However my roommate taught me how to cook over the past few months and I made brownies and burgers by myself.

I finally did it. Despite trying not to be conflict person, they was screaming almost whole night and listening loud music. They also abusive towards others neighbors

Hard work finally paying off. Promotion and one step closer to being who I wanna be! Im so happy right now!

I’m generally oblivious to things like this but I believe I might have been very lowkey flirted with and I want to share it:

Am studying at university at the moment and I was at the club with two of my friends. At first, the vibe was more like a bar so we were sitting down talking to people who study the same program as us but are further ahead. We started talking to a few people for a while and one of them was a guy we joked around with a little bit. When my friend was leaving to look for something, we talked a bit one on one but it was interrupted rather quickly because the dance floor opened!

So, my friends and I first went to order a new drink and then dance. They started dancing with each other, and I was hyping them up yet standing next to them a bit awkwardly with my cocktail in my hand. The guy I previously mentioned was dancing next to us with another girl (who I honestly assumed was his girlfriend or someone he dated) but when he saw me standing next to me friends, this guy said “do you want to dance, too?” and grabbed my drink to place it at the closest table so he could grab my hands. We then danced around for a bit, and then Lush Life came on so I taught him THE dance. And then I needed to get water and got back to my friends so this guy said “The name was X, right?” to which I said “yes” and then he said “I enjoyed dancing with you, X” and left.

We stumbled upon each other on the dance floor again a little later and then my friends were dancing with his friends and it was a blast. (I also think around this time he wanted to get closer to me but didn’t want to be too obvious because I think I could feel his hand on my back/waist part) Then he went home a little early cause he had something the next day and we didn’t interact much more.

I might be completely delusional and he might’ve just been friendly BUT needless to say I enjoyed that he took commando and danced with me. Thought it was hot. And it doesn’t hurt that he was cute.

Anyways, just thought I’d share this cute story although I don’t think we’ll ever meet again hehe!

I planned to meet up with a friend today that I haven't seen in months (long-distance friendship) and was really looking forward to it, but he had to cancel last minute (like, so last minute that I had already gotten dressed and prepared to go out). I'm very easily upset by last minute changes because of autism. At first all I could think about was 'he doesn't care about me, he only cares about spending time with his boyfriend, why am i even friends with this person', etc etc. But I didn't let myself impulsively respond with anger. Instead I calmed myself down using a technique I saw someone do on Instagram, and basically talked to myself like I would a friend in the same situation. I acknowledged my hurt feelings, gave myself advice on how to respond in a reasonable way, and made alternative plans for how I was now going to spend the day! And it worked! My friend and I talked over text, he apologised, and we rescheduled. I feel a lot better now.

I have ed and its really hard for me to eat, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME I WANTED TO EAT SOMETHING AND CRAVED SOMETHING SOO I MADE MYSELF YUMMY BULDAKK YAYY

Tour included in the comments🤩

So for context, I‘m in 9th grade, and I‘ve never been the best at sports. I’m good at tennis and frisbee, but that’s about it. While I have caught balls in PE in the past, my confidence and social anxiety have been getting a lot worse lately, and I’ve basically just been standing there awkwardly in PE, participating just enough to get an A (I’d rather not try at all to catch balls, then try and catch them, drop them, and embarrass myself). I should also point out that I’m autistic, and only have a few acquaintances in my class that I can rely on if I need a partner or something.
Anyways in PE the other day, we were playing classic dodgeball, with the rule that if the last person left on a team caught the ball, their entire team would be back in. Since I kinda just stood near the wall during most of the game, dodging the balls, I ended up being the last person left for my team twice. The first time I didn’t catch any balls and lost the round, but the second time I ACTUALLY CAUGHT A BALL and got my WHOLE TEAM BACK IN! It’s not like everyone congratulated me or anything, since they were just happy that they got back in, but it was still cool.
I doubt that this experience is gonna change anything for me in the future, but I’m just glad that I finally did something, you know?

Hello guys , i hope you are fine

I have been suffering from binge eating and compulsive eating for a long time due to depression and adhd , so i decided thst i must share my progress with other people as a type of accountability each day for 30 days here in the comments

Wish me luck!

Food is a dear friend and great comfort of mine.

Yesterday I did 20k steps and halfway through I almost treated myself to a bag of crisps as a reward. I paused and listened to my body. I wasn’t even hungry and actually didn’t want the crisp.

Pretty proud of myself for paying attention to what was going on inside me and instead of ignoring my lack of hunger I listened.

i found the motivation and remaining energy to take a shower and brush my hair after 16 days. Depression is a naaasty thing man, it’s really difficult to have basic hygiene and take care of myself.

I feel so clean and happy now yaaay

My mum passed away from MND about three months ago, and I haven’t had a lot of motivation to look after myself or so things around the house. Today I managed to feel productive so I took advantage of it. I folded laundry and put it away, washed the dishes, vacuumed the house, took the bins out, did a load of laundry and hung it out and cleaned all the lint out of the dryer. I cooked up some sweet potato for a healthy dinner as well, and I also took some time to do my skincare routine which I normally love doing. I just felt proud of myself for getting some things done and wanted to share. Thank you for reading!

I'm so excited for my future.

I used to suffer from some mysterious neurological condition that was so severe I couldn't even play minecraft for fun because my hands wouldn't work the WASD keys and mouse, but it improved a lot, and I find coffee pretty much counteracts the remaining symptoms/stiffness.

I'm looking into starting work now. I genuinely thought I'd be on benefits my entire life and never expected to get better, but I did.

As long as I can listen to music as I work I know I'll have a great time. I love King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and their dozens of albums mean I could be working the nightshift in the rain and still be happy because I'm jamming out. I'm an easily content person.

That's all I won't ramble on further. Thanks for reading take care have lovely day loves and make yourself a hot beverage if you want one :)

It seems really small but it’s huge to me. I’ve hated my name for basically my whole life, and I’ve always wanted to change it. I never found anything that fit and I would always get hung up on what others would think, how hard it would be to ask others to use a new name for me. Recently I found a name I like, a name that felt like me, and I don’t know why but I just decided it was time to start asking people to call me that. It’s a little awkward but everyone has been so nice! I just ordered new name tags for work with my new name!! I haven’t really told my family yet, I don’t have much family anyway, but I think I’m going to soon. I’m really proud of myself for doing this, for doing something good for me. I love introducing myself as a name that suits me :)

I voted but along with that I have cleaned my house and now about to make dinner / meal prep.

Today I took the step of finally unfollowing a man who’s been causing me a great deal of confusion in my life. Breadcrumbing me and intermittent reinforcement has made me feel so helpless and today I decided he shouldn’t have access to me anymore. So far, it feels so liberating 🥺

I’m a 26 year old Gen Z woman who’s been on social media since I was 9. My screen addiction started to concern me after I actively tried to stay off my phone in 2025 and saw myself fail again and again. Eventually, a breakup pushed me into deactivating my accounts altogether. 😬

Now, after 4 months, the crazy part is how little I’ve missed it! Sometimes I crave the brief, vapid attention of a man in my dms, but that’s not worth sacrificing my future for, because I have a limited amount of time to apply to certain things as a student, so I’ve been reading and putting projects together. I’m so proud of myself