Geeky Dad and Beyond

It’s been four years since my last post. Four years of living and trying to figure things out. Now I’m here again, trying to write. So let’s begin. 2020 was about survival. My life was falling apart. My marriage ended, and the lockdown made everything harder. At that time, the goal was simple: just get through each day. I bonded with people in Attack Arena . Some stayed, some didn’t, but all of them mattered. Those connections helped me more than I expected, and I still remember them. That was also the time of my “slut phase.” I got into hookup culture and met a lot of different people. Some experiences were good, some weren’t. I learned a lot, even if it wasn’t always clear at the time. At the same time, I got deep into gaming, especially TTRPGs. Looking back, those were some of my best years in gaming. It gave me something steady when everything else felt unstable. 2021 was when things started to change. I didn’t just want to survive anymore. I wanted a better life. Seeing...

Happy Lunar New Year! I forgot to greet anyone and for that my apologies. I wasn't in the best mental state yesterday that I didn't get be social or productive as much as I wanted too. It got so bad I was that I even posted in a messenger group asking for help. My friends were there to help me out and for that I am grateful, but to be honest I don't want to do that anymore and it's not sustainable. Let's be honest folks we will eventually not want to hangout to someone who is perpetually depressed. So I picked up an old book last night to be productive and as luck would have it's Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. A quick background about the book according to Wikipedia, it was published on September 8, 1998, is a bestselling seminal work and motivational business fable by Spencer Johnson. The text describes the way one reacts to major change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to those changes by two mice and two "Littl...