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What are you grateful for?
Hello Tildestians.
Nice to be a part of this community I think. The threads I have read are all polite.
What are you grateful for in your life right now?
Hello Tildestians.
Nice to be a part of this community I think. The threads I have read are all polite.
What are you grateful for in your life right now?
I have a roof over my head, am able to pay my bills and care for my son. I am very grateful to have stability in my life, it's something I think a lot of people take for granted.
Also, I am grateful for Tildes.
Those are great. Stability is usually underrated by those that have it and coveted by those than don't. To remember that when you have it is really good.
This is my first post here and my first few hours here, why are you grateful for Tildes?
I was (am?) a long time Reddit user of more than a decade. Tildes has been a breath of fresh air compared to how bad Reddit has gotten in the last few years. I appreciate the format, all the work being done on it and the amount of time people put into their discussions.
I have a job where I'm not too worried about paying my bills, and I feel respected as an individual and as a professional.
I grew up without many opportunities available to me. As such, it always seemed like everyone else had something that they were good at and I didn't. Even when I finally found something that I was okay at in music, it became clear to me that I might be able to get pretty decent, but I was never going to be great at it. Finding programming was like being a fish that had only ever been kept just moist enough to survive then suddenly being set free into the ocean. But even then there always seemed to be people in my classes who had been programming for several years and I couldn't help but think "how am I ever going to compete with that?"
That's changed quite a bit since working at my last job and at my current one. It feels great being in an environment where my input is taken seriously and I'm trusted with the final say in how to approach a problem. The mutual respect between me and my coworkers, the free exchange of ideas and input, and the fact that we learn from one another makes me feel like my thoughts and experience actually matter and that I'm not just dead weight to people. I actually feel confident in my abilities, and that confidence is something that I never had in the past.
It may seem like such a small, insignificant thing, but it makes all the difference for me :)
Feeling respected as both an individual and the professional speaks of a good culture at work. That is indeed something to be grateful for. Many toxic places out there still.
I don't see that whole bit as small it seems like a great big thing to be grateful for. So much good stuff that goes into creating that culture. I am honestly a bit jealous of that at the moment.
I'm grateful that my wife's chemotherapy is almost over, and that it was for preventative purposes because we caught her breast cancer early enough that a mastectomy was enough to get it all out.
I'm glad your wife is ok. It's always good to hear cancer success stories (:
Thanks.
Oh man, I am so happy you caught it early and that you are done with that bit of it. High hopes for a quick recovery.
Thanks. We're still looking at some preventative surgery (mastectomy on other breast, ovary removal) and then breast reconstruction, but we should be done with all of that by the end of the year.
I'm grateful for the Internet, for the FOSS movement and for the Open Access movement. Also for Sci-Hub for giving back to us what is ours. I hope any institution that hides information in one way or another just die off.
Without these I just can't imagine things playing out like they did, I'd probably be working at a local shop or doing some other silly job, without access to even a fragment of information I've learnt thanks to these technologies. Now I'm preparing for an MA in linguistics and aspire to become a researcher. I am contributing back to FOSS and Internet what I can by blogging, publishing FOSS software (however minimal), and fixing software I use (reporting bugs and patches, though none are big contributions at all, but a Turkish proverb goes: the droplets make a lake). I will further contribute, if I ever become an academician, by championing Open Access and by only publishing in OA journals (wait for me, Glossa!).
Internet can give you many opportunities. I've had conversations via email or HN or Reddit, short or long, with people like RMS and Alan Kay. I'm a early-20s guy that has minimal professional experience in software and no academic experience, so that's basically wonderful. It would've been impossible if it was not for the internet.
That you for giving back and making the community even stronger. No telling in how much you will help others go further than they ever though they could.
This sounds really dumb, but honestly I'm thankful for Joe Rogan passing a blunt to Elon Musk earlier.
It's so rare that an event just makes you genuinely giggle; and I kind of cherish every one of those events. Even when it's something kind of dumb, like the above.
I don't know nothing about it but I do like how it makes them seem very human and ordinary. I can see why it makes you happy :)
And Never think less of anything that makes you happy or grateful, even if other think it is dumb. It made you feel that way. Your brain chemistry won't care and brain chemistry is the name of the game.
I like you. You're a good Tildes user.
Thank you! I presume I was invited because how I act on reddit so there might be an agenda for the community here. I know I will invite people that are cool and friendly and helpful myself.
Highly unlikely. People are handing out invite codes like candy on Halloween. As long as you're not a total troll, you're in.
Good point! This is based on the person and the subreddit that I got the invite for. But yes, beyond my experience I really think you are correct. I shall do my part (when I can invite people) to add the great ones.
Honestly I'm really thankful that I will graduate in december. I got married at 19 and dropped out of school for a while to make ends meet. I wouldn't change any of that for the world and I am so ready to have my degree. It's been a crazy ride and I couldn't have done it without my awesome and supportive wife :)
This put a huge smile on my face! Keep on pushing on and being awesome!!
A huge smile on my face too!
That is so sweet! Go get it and remain an excellent human.
I am very grateful for my 5 min commute to work, there's a ton of evidence to suggest that commuting is terrible for your mental and physical health.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/06/is-your-commute-killing-you/239903/
5 mins, man that sounds great. Takes me 15 min with my bike, I highly enjoy that.
I recently discovered a poetry series that is honestly the highlight of my week called Poetry Rx in The Paris Review.
It's a 'Dear Sally' format where people write in their woes, worries, and wants and resident poets will suggest or 'prescribe' poetry to fit their situations. One of the ones that I'm particularly grateful for is actually something very much on the very topic of being grateful; it's a poem called "Otherwise" by Jane Kenyon. I feel like it really speaks to me to remember the things that can easily be taken for granted like getting up in the morning in (relatively) good health, being able to appreciate the weather, waking up next to my partner, or petting my meowing cat.
It's a solid reminder that while life can be a downer, these small things, too, could be otherwise.
That is a beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing that with us. A really good reminder to cherish the small things in life.
I'm really thankful for my partners and my support network. I don't know how I could ever live without them :)
I'm also grateful that I live in a populated and somewhat liberal area. I have easy access to gender clinics, HRT, and cheap hormones. I know so many people don't.
That sounds great! There is enough pain in the dysphoria and all the changes so having that support and a place where you get help is wonderful.
This is going to sound cheesy but I'm grateful for my family, friends, and the people who I associate with at work. I hear a lot of awful stories that I cannot relate to at all, I realize that if I were put in their shoes interacting with those people daily, my life would be extremely stressful. I respect, cherish, and love the people around me and I receive the same back, something I sometimes take for granted.
That is fantastic. I wish that for anyone and everyone. Thank you for sharing that.
Mostly free software, some of which I donate to (when I can) just because they’re so awesome:
And also Reddit. I know we love to bash Reddit around here, but that place can be a lot of fun.
There is a community around gold that kind of became my home on reddit, I don't see much of what people see of reddit there. The vibe is always friendly and helpful. Those few times I venture out in the "wilderness" of reddit that seems to get lost. People are frustrated and afraid and that shows up there I guess.
I think people need to see what they like and don't like and take steps to remove the bad and enhance the good. That how reddit is wonderful.
I am excited to see what this place turns into. It is a nice vibe here for sure.
Thank you for supporting the free software!