Dude they thought it starts at 8 - so they left early ! It made my day
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In general,
- current health is 8/10 - Okay
- current mental state is 6/10 - Meh
You?
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Iāll check in as well - I really hope that anyone in our little community that feels the need to talk about anything will pipe up here or in TK or in PM or wherever.
- Health is a 6/10 - I had a bit of a kak weekend, ifyouknowwhatimean.
- Mental state is 8/10. A bit tired, both literally and mentally, but Iāve got Thursday and Friday off to both study and game, so this week is looking up.
@Greg: What are you meh about? General idiocy of people in Facebook threads? Dumbass whatsapp messages being forwarded? Or just Monday blues?
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Yeah, itās just a situational, context, time āmehā at the moment. Just paid all the January accounts, now wondering how to juggle funds for February. No one is travelling so still no sign of recovery for the Missus business, and still zero support from government. Guess a little Monday Blues to blame as well. Iām sure itās more short term mehness than anything else. Will go listen to something uplifting and positive, and have two whiskeys tonight, and Iāll be solid 
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Yeah, Iām about the same eh. I need to start doing some form of exercise as I can feel the atrophy setting in.
My mental state is sliding as I hear of more and more names (people we know) becoming susceptible to the strain or becoming victims of it. Generally speaking, I donāt deal with depression well and having it around me I am unsure of how to react and often I am considered as being insensitive.
Financially is where this lockdown and virus is hitting me the hardest and I am the most affected by it as the responsibility is mostly mine in my household. So often it feels as though I am expected to be the glue in the family that has to hold everything together.
I got no problem with staying at home, for the most part, gives me time to play games but I know exactly what you mean. I too feel very ātiredā, like I have had enough of this. Suppose more talking into my finances here but yeah. Something has got to give, but I am not the type to give up so I push on.
I donāt really talk too much in the TK thread as I find a lot of what gets said gets lost in the thick of it, especially intentional discussions.
Same boat bruh.
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Janu-worry accounts are the worstā¦
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I will do a check in as well:
Health 9/10 - some back issues but hopefully the chiro will be able to sort me out
Mental state - 4/10 - work stress, needing to find work stress, working for my dad and living with them stress is slowly getting to me and itās getting harder to pretend all is ok
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I heard an interesting statistic over the weekend. We visited with our ex-neighbours from Gauteng who moved (back) down to Paarl at the Winelands Light Rail just outside Stellenbosch (brilliant venue for kiddies, btw). Heās a Discovery consultant who deals with all their products and statistics, and he says theyāve only had around 57 COVID deaths of Discovery members so farā¦ So maybe things arenāt all as gloomy as they seem?
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For me it hit home a bit last week when two people I know died because of the virus.
One was Sean whoās in our whatsapp group. And the other is an old friend of mine. I feel more scared of the virus now than ever.
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I think its also a case of the pandemic just taking up a lot of brain-spaceā¦ Our every daily decision, that was never questioned before, now has to go through a couple of additional checks with regards to Covid, and that takes up processing power! Which I have in very limited quantities! Then thereās all the things that are directly affecting us, like finances and travel. Then thereās all the things indirectly affecting us, like the healthcare system and the economy. Itās a lot to think about, and I find reading the news and facebook just drains me completely, so Iāve taken the facebook shortcut that Chrome helpfully generated off from both my desktop and mobile browsers. Iād rather enjoy the shenanigans Reddit is getting up to, to help ease brainspace problems.
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āFamily meetingā tonight so some things could change.
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Yeah, Iāve removed Facebook and news from my life. I now and again browse Reddit but that is curated to my needs. Got enough troubles, worries and turmoil in my life to worry about without adding social media bollocks to me list.
Another one?!
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This one should hopefully bring in some good news since the numbers have come down significantly.
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Jirre the man talks a lot to say so little.
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Good news, everybody! My wife is registered for her vaccination, now waiting for confirmation of when and where exactly.
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Yay that is awesome keep us updated.
I have a feeling most of us will be waiting a while.
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Yeah agreed. Iād put money in Q3 or Q4 even.
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Can you register now or is it only frontline/essential workers that can register currently?
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Only medical workers for now, then front-line (teachers, government workers, etc), then older people and people with co-morbidities. Normies go last.
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