Weak Notes 03
It's been quite a week or four. "Weak" notes indeed!
I signed up for pika blog again since they've had so many wonderful updates to their blog platform. I'm always tempted to go back to them full time, since it's so easy to open it up and post. And now with their Micropub API support, it makes it super easy to write up a draft in supported writing software (iA Writer, Drafts and Obisidian) and send it over to Pika. Is it weird to write about another platform on a cometitor's blog platform? Probably, but that's ok 😆 The only thing stopping me is that I bought a lifetime subscription to Bear blog, so feel guilty if I don't use it, plus Bear still allows us to edit our blog with CSS and JavaScript, a huge plus to a tinkerer like me. But if Pika starts allowing more JavaScript, I might make the jump. Or just deal without using so much JavaScript, which wouldn't be a bad thing. I don't know, I flip flop a lot!
I had gone back to Apple Notes a while back, to make my life simpler with all of my little notes I keep. But I was at a doctor's appointment the other day, and was so annoyed I couldn't find my health updates quickly, that I just bought Obisidan sync on the spot. It works so nicely and it's so handy. I love all the plugins we can use with it as well. I need to just buy what works best for me, since I can afford it at the moment. And if it came down to it, I could still just keep Obsidian on my phone without sync for important stuff, or go back to Apple Notes, not a big deal.
Speaking of affording things, I'm happy to get my credit card down again. I'm trying to save up more and more, and enjoy life as I can, since it's been such a weird few years lately. My boyfriend and I would really love to go to Hawaii, and then maybe Japan, depending on our jobs and how much we can save for next year. I'm in a good spot thankfully, but I'm always worried about my job going under. I'm very grateful to have a pocket of savings for a few months (aka emergency fund), but I always worry about my parents (in their 70s) and if they need care, or if I need to visit, etc, or what I'll do for work in my future.
It's very weird to have some quiet time at the moment with my job, since SEO feels non-existent and we're being held up with traffic from Google Discover and any positive algortihm changes. It almost makes me have decision paralysis on what to do with my day. I want to be more creative, but I have too many interests. And the same old thing happens in my head, do I start creating art and personal works with my username, or my real preferred name, so that I can use it for future work. I want to say I refuse to re-enter the corporate world as well, but it's easy for me to say now while I'm getting a paycheck.
Thank you all for the messages on Mastodon for my birthday 🎂 It was quite a mixed emotion day, but I'm happy and grateful for my life everyday. And I'm glad my post resonated with lots of folks, I don't feel alone!
Now, onto watching the Nintendo Direct to see what they have in store 😊