Fix things Friday (er, Saturday)

[luzula]

Have not written this up for three weeks, but hey, I had the flu. I am well now, though weak as a kitten--that was more than a month of being sick and just lying on the couch. My legs ache from just taking an ordinary walk! Well, if I lose it quickly I can hopefully gain it quickly again...

Anyway, in the last three weeks I have:
- Called new union members and held an introductory evening for them.
- Helped put up posters and stickers for May Day.
- Written and sent out the April newsletter for the union.
- Done accounting for January-February-March and a quarterly financial report for environmental organization.
- Written up a report from the annual meeting of environmental org.
- Put up stuff on the website of environmental org.
- Done preparatory work on the forest inventory trip I am organizing this summer.
- Eeeemailed a lot, as always.

Comments

[rushthatspeaks]

Wow, that is a lot to get done while you had the flu! Very impressive.

[luzula]

Well, I was fever-free two weeks ago, so I've been slowly recovering since then. Accounting can be done from the couch...but thanks!

[auroracloud]

Sorry you've been so sick for so long! It's awful how weak you can be after the flu, but I hope you get your strength back soon again.

Anyway, you've been amazingly active! I keep wanting to become more active, especially in environmental issues, but I keep failing because of mental space being stupid. I made this very active decision in the beginning of this year to start really doing something, and then depression decided to kick in this phase of extreme ridiculous exhaustion from doing anything. Aaaand I'm getting scared of interacting with people I don't know, probably because it tires me even more. I should probably look into online-only forms of activism that don't actually require me to get off my bed/sofa or meet anyone in physical reality if I don't have the energy for it.

Anyway, it's nice that you do these posts because it inspires me to at least think about it, and maybe some day it'll inspire me to do something. :-)

[luzula]

I'm glad the posts are inspiring!

I get energy from doing social movement work with other people, though there's definitely a threshold to get over when you don't know anyone at all. That's stressful for me too. But I really like the situation when there's something concrete to be done (having a meeting about something, or putting up posters, or whatever) and you do it with people who you know at least in this context. There's a sense of community there that I really like.

There's definitely lots of things that can be done from home at your computer, though! I hope you find some way you can contribute in the future, and don't feel bad about not having the energy when you're depressed.

[lilysea]

Anyway, in the last three weeks I have:
- Called new union members and held an introductory evening for them.
- Helped put up posters and stickers for May Day.
- Written and sent out the April newsletter for the union.
- Done accounting for January-February-March and a quarterly financial report for environmental organization.
- Written up a report from the annual meeting of environmental org.
- Put up stuff on the website of environmental org.
- Done preparatory work on the forest inventory trip I am organizing this summer.
- Eeeemailed a lot, as always.

Thank you for doing all of this! ^_^

[luzula]

Thanks! I am happy to do it. : )