Tag: being social
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How to be considerate of others
I was reflecting today on why I become a different person with different people and I came to conclusion that’s how I understand the advice that ‘everyone is different and we need to be considerate of others’ or that we ‘need to give people space to be themselves’. It does seem to me that people…
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Life is too short to be normal
I saw the above sentence yesterday and I liked it so much that I decided to make a blog post out of it. I must say it certainly feel like that to me now: after everything that has been happening I’m thinking, why would I be normal if other people around me are not? I…
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Don’t steal, block them!
I read a thread on some kind of strategic game forum over the weekend – I sometimes read all kind of random stuff – the thread contained description of how various archetypes behave. It’s in Polish so I won’t be linking it. But it was interesting; you know, what witch does and how priest behaves.…
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My recent frustrations
1. Did I tell you that in May I only did two shifts? My agency doesn’t advertise for Swindon any more and if they call me to offer shifts it’s usually a night shift, which I don’t want to do as I worry it will trigger insomnia and subsequently psychotic episode. Well, if I take…
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Ruffle tickets and social reciprocity
It’s 22.27 and I just came back from a fundraising event organised by the radio. It was an Indian restaurant with a buffet, curries were really nice but I managed not to overeat, so that was good. However, I came across a certain problem. I’m not quite sure how to say it without offending anybody…
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My digital detox – day 8th
And probably day 4th without Facebook (I’m not really counting). I’m not exhausted any more, I started cooking again three days ago and I quite enjoy it. During the last couple of months I only cooked when John was supposed to come over and I found that extremely irritating. But again, I thought that’s menopause…
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My life, otherwise (Home Group not included)
Really, believe me, I still have life where contemplating Home Group is not important. Last week, for example, I went to see a film with Swindon Film Society – they are a group of film lovers that makes our, Swindonians, lives a bit more interesting with their choice of less popular but often much better…
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Looking for a perfect refugee
Does ‘perfect refugee’ actually exist? There’s so many people who are offering help to Ukrainians it’s overwhelming. Still, I am having the impression that they do that to feel better about themselves and forget to see the situation from the refugee’s perspective. There was this young Ukrainian mum on one of the Facebook group, she…
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The beauty of being able to set up a Facebook group easily
Ok, so I found a UK based Facebook group dedicated to providing housing for Ukrainians. There’s loads of British there, offering beautiful rooms in spacious houses and very few Ukrainians. The Ukrainians that advertised there spoke perfect English, were either artists or journalists and received multiple responses. That was almost like an audition for a…
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Slightly disappointed with Łódź Council response
Several hours ago I sent an email to Łódź Council team that has been dedicated to help Ukrainian refugees. I asked them to put me in touch with a couple of people who would consider coming to the UK. I initially thought I may wait 2-3 days for an answer (they must be busy there)…
Autistic and me 