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dyani, 2 days ago to random

At the park today I saw another girl sitting having a snack and drink while reading on her own. But she didn't have any earbuds or headphones. And there were TWO DUELING ICE CREAM TRUCKS driving around the park. How was she coping??? 🫡

dyani, 2 days ago to random

I am feeling stronger as a person, from this whole divorce thing.

But it's because I have lifted a very heavy weight of grief and pain, and I'm still lifting it.

It's a very weird feeling to feel strong and sad at the same time.

dyani, 4 days ago to random

Is there a website where I can see which shows are streaming in which countries on which platforms?! So I can know what to switch my VPN to?

dyani, 5 days ago to random

In light of covid, I wish my city (or any city really) had outdoor event spaces for medium-big sized cons. With built-in shade, pre-planned layouts with trash cans, maybe some counter tops, maybe half walls to create rows, drinking fountains, bathrooms, electrical outlets, etc.

Not just a big park where they shove a bunch of tents!

dyani, 6 days ago to macos

Best free screenshot and annotation tool for mac?? I need text, shapes, drawing, arrows, etc.

It's time for an upgrade or at least a jailbreak from this shitty old paid Snaggit software I'm using.

#macOS

dyani, 7 days ago to random

Having a rough body pain day.

I realized in a moment of crisis that I have no ice packs. So now... I am holding a tube of frozen meat to my neck. This is my life now.

dyani, 8 days ago to random

I am absolutely savoring the last few cold weather days. Opening all the windows to make it as cold as possible inside, putting on my comfy sweatshirt and leggings, making hot tea. I don't want it to end 😭

dyani, 9 days ago to random

Unfold, always

dyani, 10 days ago to pixelart

Snail taxi!

My latest pixel art is inspired by this photo i took of an IRL snail taxi on my porch 🐌

#pixelArt #mastoArt #snail

Pixel art of the previous photo. The snail's body is purpley periwinkle colors, the ground and the distant sky are bright greens, and the person is wearing red pants and shirt and has a little hat.

dyani, 10 days ago to actuallyautistic

I can tell when I need to lower the volume of something I'm listening to when I feel a kind of tightening in my ear muscles, and/or ringing in my ears, or a slight feeling of stress coming in from my environment.

I also just try to remember to always proactively lower the volume a couple ticks from what i first set it at, to prevent all those sensations.

What are the signs for you that things are a little too loud?

@actuallyautistic
#actuallyAutistic

dyani, 13 days ago to pixelart

Little potted plant art I made yesterday.

This was an experiment in not following a color palette. Fun!

#pixelArt #mastoArt

dyani, 15 days ago to random

What things do you look forward to on your Mondays? I don't have anything. I have something on other days of the week but not Monday.

dyani, 16 days ago to random

I took an inventory of my spice cabinet and for some reason i have TWO costco size containers of dill. WHY?!?!

dyani, 18 days ago to random

Painted my nails for the first time in maybe more than a year? Feels good to have bright color semi-permanently afixed to myself

dyani, 19 days ago to actuallyautistic

Yesterday was my 1 year AuDHD anniversary!

1 year since the most life-changing realization ever. My resting heart rate dropped by ~10 points after I figured it out.

Knowing this about myself has given me so much peace & confidence. It's given me even more compassion for myself and others. I advocate for my needs now, and I have better boundaries.

Every day I marvel at how amazing we ND folks are, and how much we bring to the world.

I so appreciate this community!

@actuallyautistic

dyani, 23 days ago to random

What is your favorite depression food? Or low-spoons food? Or autistic comfort food? Also has to be cheap 😓

I need ideas. I have a lot of food allergies so I'm really restricted but that doesn't mean hearing about other food doesn't give me ideas.

Boosts welcome!

dyani, 24 days ago to random

I wonder what it's like to be a bug and have a rain droplet on you 🐛💧

Would it be terrifying? It's probably like one third your weight, and it's stuck on you like some overly cuddly squishmallow made of jello. And it probably landed there with much velocity. Traumatizing!

And how do you get it off? What if it's covering your head/face parts????

(For those of you who don't know what a squishmallow is, it's a super soft big round pillow/stuffy hybrid. Edit: squishmallow, not squashmallow!)

dyani, 28 days ago to random

Strawbie in oil pastels 🍓

Never used these before. How do they work?

#MastoArt

dyani, 29 days ago to random

Help!

I need to export a beefy Trello board (as a JSON file) and give it to someone to browse through who has absolutely no technical experience.

I also don't know much about what I'm doing but I can follow directions and teach myself. But this person cannot, so I need to set it up for them.

So ideally a nicer format than just text, maybe interactive if possible? View-only is all we need.

dyani, 1 month ago to random

One of the stray cats I feed is warming up to me. He's sooo cute. He's the most energetic cat I've ever meet. He never walks, always runs. And he is always meowing. You can't get a word in when he's around!

He is now showing me he enjoys my company, not just the fact that I feed him. He even let me hold him peacefully a couple times 💖

I have named him Orange Boy 😻

dyani, 1 month ago to random

I binged Good Omens for the first time (loved it) but dear god that is the stickiest earworm intro song I have ever heard. I hate it! Get it out of my head!

dyani, 1 month ago to accessibility

Are Microsoft and Adobe really the only ones making software that can create #accessible tagged PDFs?

I would rather not use either of them!

Please boost this question 🔁

I can't find any alternatives :(

#accessibility

dyani, 1 month ago to actuallyautistic

Hmm is this an ND thing?

Ever since I can remember, I have strongly disliked pranks and have been against humor at the expense of someone else (making fun of them).

I know nice NT people also feel this way but I've felt this strongly since a very young age. Anyone else?

@actuallyautistic

dyani, 1 month ago to actuallyautistic

How can you tell you are actually recovered from burnout? What are the signs? How does it feel different from recovery itself?

I'm trying to teach my mom that you can't just rest for a couple days and expect to be recovered from burnout. You have to reconfigure your life to be less taxing.

She's struggling with this concept and asked me how you know when your energy is actually back for good, and it's not just the pre-recovery small burst of energy which is a false alarm.

@actuallyautistic

dyani, 1 month ago to random

Finally published my blog post about sleep!

I have sleep issues. So everything I have to do in order to sleep, I figured out through trial and error over the years.

Hopefully something I wrote helps someone.

https://dyani.bearblog.dev/how-to-sleep-trial-and-error-over-the-years/