: Currently reading: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore 📚

: My little bike I should have bought a bike ages ago! I bought this little folding bike from Halfords a few months …

: After having a really rough time at work over the last several weeks, my boss suggested I move my …

: Currently reading: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers 📚

: Redoing my todo list for non-work stuff Trying out a new way of keeping a todo list for non-work stuff, inspired by Plaintext Productivity. …

: Finished Reading: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 📚 The Witches are definitely my fave Discworld …

: Currently reading: The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris 📚 I’ve read the first edition but not …

: 🎮Resetting my progress on Vampire Survivors today. I think the pretty lights and dopamine will do me …

: Todo.txt, Notepad++ and AutoHotKey Recently been getting oddly excited about using todo.txt, after I discovered …

: 🍿 The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - ★★★☆☆ Finally got around to watching this (with my sister and …

: A notebook to save you from infinite scrolling. - Invidious The life tracker system is a …

: Goodness me, today’s Knotword had me stuck for a good while!

: Before and after. Finally giving my poor long-neglected succulents another try. I can’t …

: Spent some time with my sister today and as part of our talking we pretty much both agreed that we …

: Thinking about interoception today. When I was little I was super skinny, I guess it would have been …

: 📺 The Traitors (2022) - ★★★★★ Watched Season 2 of this across a span of a few weeks just now and it …

: The nice Irish lady who does the VoiceOver for the mindfulness videos on Silvercloud is some good …

: I’m going to give One Album A Day - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die another go. I …

: Currently reading: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 📚 A re-read because Granny Weatherwax is awesome …

: Finished Reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚 Enjoyed this. I’ll be on the lookout for …

: Had my first talking therapy session today, then drove to the nearby park for a little walk. …

: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Thoughts 🎮 I finally got around to watching the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase from a week or two ago. Here …

: My phone case was intact about a week ago. Now it’s crumbling before my very eyes. I …

: Goodness me my first talking therapy appointment is on Monday! That turned up much faster than I was …

: I don’t know if this is the case in every Ikea but at the one here the display for the scented …

: Drafts is brill so I'm trying to use OneNote the same way at work I’m trying out using OneNote at work the way I use Drafts at home. I’ve finally …

: Currently reading: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 📚

: My sister told me about Longdog on Bluey yesterday and we spent the most intense half an hour …

: The Lion of Gripsholm Castle popped into my head today and I had to go and read about it again so I …

: Went out for another go on my little bike again today. It’s been so long since I’ve been …

: PlateUp! Thoughts 🎮 PlateUp! (2022) I’ve played a bit of this on the PC and bought the Switch version last week. …

: Finished Reading: The Fold by Peter Clines 📚 Enjoyed this quite a lot. I read ‘14’, the …

: Stinge Watching and why can't we have TV Playlists Stinge Watching Is the Opposite of Binge Watching When I find a new show I really like or I’m …

: Had my talking therapy assessment appointment this morning. I was feeling a bit unsure about it …

: Using Drafts to post 3GoodThings to Mastodon, and add to a running list in Bear I like being part of the 3GoodThings group and hashtag on Mastodon. It’s a little bit of my …

: …and shortly after that last post I figure it out: you need to have ‘wait for …

: I think I should be able to make a Drafts Action that will add some text on the bottom of a Bear …

: I’m not really feeling paper Bullet Journalling at the moment. Just… not feeling …

: Hearing test done and the person who did the test basically said my ears ain’t right. So now …

: I think I’m starting to ‘get’ Drafts. It’s actually doing the same job as …

: I try to post ‘3 good things’ on Mastodon as often as I can. I’m challenging …

: 🎮 Two games that I’m looking forward to this month: PlateUp and Balatro, both on the Nintendo …

: Got out on my little folding bike this afternoon. So much fun! But I’m so unfit I need a nice …

: My Weekend This weekend has been nice. I haven’t really done much but I’ve had this feeling of …

: Finished Reading: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff 📚

: Just got a Daft Social account. No idea what I might do with it but I like it for some reason.

: Tomtoc 9L Sling Review What's in my Bag I got one of these a few months ago for work. I was using a bigger backpack before this and I wanted …

: Also re-did the way Micro.blog and Mastodon cross-post. Now it goes Micro.blog -> Mastodon …

: Woo, my blog now has its own custom domain name: http://jaymys.place ! I guess this is officially a …

: First time out on my folding bike today. It's so cute haha. But it also feels fine, like, I …

: @3goodthings 💻 My WFH set up (I should work from home more often) 🥤Ginger beer 🧦 Nice socks (like …

: So the plan now is: one more swab, my left ear is probably going to need hoovering out. Then a …

: Got rather upset, got sent home from work, rang 111. Got an appointment this afternoon. So last week …

: Still can't hear anything! GP surgery rings me at 10:30 while I was at work, said appointment is …

: @3goodthings A day of doing not much at all as it's been cold and very windy, and I'm still …

: Currently reading: The Fold by Peter Clines 📚

: Finished reading: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers 📚 I liked The Long Way to a Small …

: @3goodthings it's been a while, let's have a go. 📆 Weekends 🔥Oodies 🥃 Baileys Ha, guess what …

: Ear infections are still undefeated. I still cant hear anything. I got new drops yesterday so …

: I’m posting this again because I remembered about it today, watched it and I still think it’s …

: Currently reading: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff 📚 OK, I think this is one of the actually good …

: New Oodie today! I'm basically living in my old one at this point and would do well to wash it …

: Wordle Sorry for Wordle-tooting but look at how Tetris-y I did today! (also I’m furious that it took …

: Discovered PokeDoku https://pokedoku.com, a daily Pokemon-based puzzle, while watching Northerlion. …

: Had an ear infection for over a week now ☹️. I miss my airpods! My hearing is affected and I can’t …

: I ordered a folding bike last week. The local Halfords don’t have it in stock but it’s …

: If you're trying to do #DryJanuary but you're also poorly, does whisky count as medicine?

: blog post: #Factorio review / ramble https://jaymy.micro.blog/2024/01/12/factorio-review-ramble.html

: 🎮 Factorio Review/Ramble Someone at work asked me what Factorio was about once, and I said something like ‘it’s …

: Currently reading: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers 📚 About halfway through and I’m …

: Messing around in Procreate to try and get more familiar with using it, and maybe use it to draw a …

: Week 1 of #DryJanuary accomplished! I went to my sister's yesterday and she offered me a glass …

: Currently reading: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff 📚 I am trying out this self-kindness thing and …

: Knotwords (iOS) Review / Thoughts 🎮 Knotwords (2022) - ★★★★★ Knotwords is a nice iOS puzzle game. I like that there’s no …

: 🎵 My “jam” at the moment is Boris Brejcha. I don't know a damn thing about electronic …

: My key organisation I’ve been trying to keep things minimal / useful when it comes to what I carry around in my …

: In the spirit of being more gentle with myself: none of that business with the GPs was my fault. …

: GP appointment cancelled this morning. Originally called to make appointment in mid-December because …

: Default Apps 2024 Recently been trying to keep things simple and since I bought an iPhone 13 a while back to go with …

: Going to try and read 25 books this year. One book a fortnight seems to be about right when I'm …

: Tree, decorations and lights all put away. House is back to normal. Don’t get me wrong, I like …

: Does anyone happen to know where in the UK you can get B6 hardcover #notebooks? Either dot grid or …

: I started my current #BulletJournal on the 1st of January 2023, and I'm about two thirds of the …

: First attempt at making an ambigram. This was pretty fun!

: Currently reading: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers 📚 Read book 1 a couple of times. …

: I think I'm gonna try doing #DryJanuary next month

: Time for a new #introduction post now that chosen a new instance for my account. Hiya, I'm a …

: Lego bonsai tree - my first Lego in years and years This is what I’ve spent a very pleasant chunk of my day today doing. I haven’t had Lego …

: Currently reading: You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney 📚

: Trying out an Apple One subscription. I’ve used up all my free iCloud storage so I had to do …

: Currently reading: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff 📚

: I think I should try and get back into blogging again. I used to like that a lot when I was at uni. …

: My 2023 Nintendo gaming trends 🎮 Not surprised to see Tears of the Kingdom the top but I AM a little surprised that Vampire …

: 🎮 Been getting caught up reading some Factorio Fact Friday blogs. Factorio 2.0 looks like it’s …

: Tomtoc EDC Sling Thoughts I bought this bag a few weeks ago. I think I’ve just had a bit of a ‘thing’ about …

: #MyJam https://yewtu.be/watch?v=uFzPW2mlg28&list=PLh4Eme5gACZHaNOYGUuj_wFO0IR5x54Ad&index=16 …

: Lamp-post with hedge climbing up it. I can see the very top of this on one my usual walks and took a …

: Images loading on here have been super slow the last few days. Not sure if it’s something going on …

: 🎮 Vampire Survivors (2022) - ★★★★★ I played this for about 7 hours on Steam, then saw that it was on …

: I'm a bit obsessed with #VampireSurvivors on the Switch at the moment, and can't get the …

: First three weeks on Sertraline (Zoloft) I’m coming up to the three-week mark of being on Sertraline (which I think is known as Zoloft …

: #Wordle 787 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Guess number 3 though, wow!

: #3GoodThings 1) First day back at work after a week off. I thought I would be really nervous but …

: Finished reading: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett 📚 I feel like getting back into Discworld again so …

: #wordle Wordle 784 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good one today! I mean getting it in 5 isn’t …

: 3 Good Things - 7 Aug 💊 Had a GP appointment today, probably long overdue to talk about depression/anxiety. Been given a …

: I have a week off work and I think I want to try and spend the time with the mindset of doing some …

: So this arrived on Friday, my new Kala KA-B baritone #ukulele! Have been having tons of fun with it …

: The case for “dusking”: In a world of light and noise, embracing the dark can be healing - Big Think …

: The case for “dusking”: In a world of light and noise, embracing the dark can be healing …

: #wordle Wordle 777 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solved pretty quickly, again another day with lucky guesses

: A walk near where I live. This is just a strange spot because you’ll be walking down a quiet …

: #Wordle Wordle 776 2/6 ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Appreciated the nice gentle one today after a couple of tricky …

: #Wordle Wordle 772 2/6 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very lucky/easy today. Not that I time myself but I bet this is …

: Today I’m quite strongly considering getting a baritone #ukulele. I like my little Makala Dolphin …

: Ah bless her! #AnimalCrossing #HollowKnight #ACNH

: #wordle Wordle 771 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 There we go, a 'guess the remaining letter' …

: Finished reading: Unmasking Autism by Devon Price 📚: …

: Finished reading: Unmasking Autism by Devon Price Unmasking Autism by Devon Price 📚 The first chapter actually made me cry because it seemed to …

: #Wordle 770 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 love it when you can just sit and think for a bit and figure it …

: 🎮 Messing around with Island Tune makers for #AnimalCrossing and made this. Can’t wait to hear …

: 🎮 Messing around with Island Tune makers for Animal Crossing and made this. Can’t wait to hear …

: #Wordle 769 2/6 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 So lucky! Really pleased with this today

: After a crummy two days (actually ringing in sick to work which I never do!) I think #3goodThings …

: #Wordle 768 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 will do for me

: Finished reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 📚 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ …

: Finished reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 📚 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Technically a …

: First post! I’ve been on Mastodon (@jaymy@universeodon.com) for a little while, but checking out here. I …

: #Wordle 767 2/6 ⬛🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Heck yeah

: #Wordle 766 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had me stumped for longer than I care to admit!

: And leading on from that mopey last post, #3GoodThings! 1) The people I work with are actually …

: I need to stop coming home from work feeling *exhausted*. I know I’m probably not looking after …

: #Wordle 764 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 not bad

: #Wordle 763 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 the other day it looked like somone lying on a bed, maybe today it …

: @3goodthings #3goodThings It’s Friday, I’ve got three days off and I’m having a takeaway What else …

: #3GoodThings @3goodthings 1) My car is fixed! 2) I had to drop my car off at the garage this morning …

: I’m going to try and get myself out for a walk today. Feels like recently my world is shrinking down …

: #3goodThings @3goodthings It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, I’ve had a bad cold …

: #Wordle 753 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Woohoo!

: #Wordle 751 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had visions of it being one of those days where you’ve …

: #Wordle 746 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 💪

: @3goodthings #3GoodThings 1) Some more nice heavy rain today. Still waiting on some thunder and …

: #3goodthings @3goodthings I forgot to post this yesterday evening so this for yesterday really: 1) …

: Been fancying playing #CitiesSkylines for a little while. Launched a rocket in Factorio so thought …

: So, from today I won't be wasting time on Reddit on my phone anymore. That's good I guess? I …