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I studied physics, turns out people only want that for mining, gambling, banking, and weapons. Understandably I burned out hard.

Well, creeping disability has given me the push I need to go back and try follow my one regret of never having done grad school. Serendipitously I mentioned looking for projects to someone I met and he hooked me up with his mate. Now I'm going back, big field change. Conservative and ecology stuff, water remediation.

I am finally going to learn how to do something actually good for the world!

I've quit smoking, drinking is a WIP but the occasional relapse is a marked improvement from daily day drinking. Exercise is now a regular part of my life, home sitch is way more stable than my 20s.

If I fail this time then I will have failed having done my best and set myself up for success, and if that happens I won't have regrets.

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[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I've quit smoking, drinking is a WIP but the occasional relapse is a marked improvement from daily day drinking. Exercise is now a regular part of my life

You must think you’re pretty slick sneaking these other major accomplishments into your post like they’re no big deal. Well it’s not gonna work on me. I’m gonna congratulate you for all of it!

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Assembling a person out of the ruin that fell upon me through the pursuit of greed has been a work of some years. I owe a lot to the endless patience and love of my wife and the wise council of friends.

[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago

Hell yeah! Your wife and friends sound amazing, but congratulating YOU. I’m proud of YOU! YOU are gonna rock grad school! Keep it up!