What’s really good?

This is under the both good news and bad news heading. I've been in my same role at my company for 12 years, and in 12 years, you just start to get burned out. There was some shit that the company (my bosses in particular) put me through to get a promotion, things that definitely burned some bridges for me. I had been unhappy with my role and the people I was working for for quite a while.

So the good news is this week I started in a new role at the company, in the product development part of the company. I was always on the post-launch side of things, so I am excited about the new challenge, and especially being away from people that I lost respect for over the years. The bad news portion is that I feel like I am in wayyyy over my head over here. Even though its the same company and same general products, its a whole new world. Its that first day of school feeling, but weird to have as an adult :ROFLMAO: This is just a feeling that will pass, and I'm sure in a few short months, all those feelings will go away.
 
dan.schumaker said:
This is under the both good news and bad news heading. I've been in my same role at my company for 12 years, and in 12 years, you just start to get burned out. There was some shit that the company (my bosses in particular) put me through to get a promotion, things that definitely burned some bridges for me. I had been unhappy with my role and the people I was working for for quite a while.

So the good news is this week I started in a new role at the company, in the product development part of the company. I was always on the post-launch side of things, so I am excited about the new challenge, and especially being away from people that I lost respect for over the years. The bad news portion is that I feel like I am in wayyyy over my head over here. Even though its the same company and same general products, its a whole new world. Its that first day of school feeling, but weird to have as an adult :ROFLMAO: This is just a feeling that will pass, and I'm sure in a few short months, all those feelings will go away.
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Man, don't worry. In time you'll learn to lose respect for your new coworkers too.
 
dan.schumaker said:
This is under the both good news and bad news heading. I've been in my same role at my company for 12 years, and in 12 years, you just start to get burned out. There was some shit that the company (my bosses in particular) put me through to get a promotion, things that definitely burned some bridges for me. I had been unhappy with my role and the people I was working for for quite a while.

So the good news is this week I started in a new role at the company, in the product development part of the company. I was always on the post-launch side of things, so I am excited about the new challenge, and especially being away from people that I lost respect for over the years. The bad news portion is that I feel like I am in wayyyy over my head over here. Even though its the same company and same general products, its a whole new world. Its that first day of school feeling, but weird to have as an adult :ROFLMAO: This is just a feeling that will pass, and I'm sure in a few short months, all those feelings will go away.
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Perfect. It sounds like you won’t get board and you’ll be learning me more stuff. Honestly, you don’t realize how much you really know until you’re in that sort of situation.
 
I’m 0 for 4 as far as kids that are musicians, but I do have 4 kids. Nothing like the unconditional love from a child, although it may not seem like it sometimes. They’re all older and out of the house, so that’s just as fun.
Bought a new amp this month, possibly 5th one this year, if I’m counting right. So there’s that.
 
Around the start of pandemic times I picked up a skateboard for the first time in 20 years. At 44 I'm pretty much geriatric in skateboarding, but I've been working at it consistently for the last 5 years and it's a lot of fun.

Last week a new skatepark opened up in the next town and I headed over on Sunday to check it out. Someone had put the word out that it was old guy skate day and the gray haired skaters were out in force. I've gotten to know a lot of the younger skaters in the area, and they're great, but it was a lot of fun to see a bunch of my fellow old-heads out there going for it.
 
This is a tenuous win since it hangs in the balance of powers outside of my control, but I recently hit my 120th student loan payment as a high school teacher (i.e., the remaining balance of my student loans should henceforth be forgiven). I gasped out loud when I saw that my payment count had been updated and there was a badge next to each loan saying "Congrats! You've met the qualifying requirements for loan forgiveness and no more payments are necessary". Still waiting for my loan servicer to actually have that reflect on their end, but the prospect of no longer having student loan payments is preeeeetty exciting.

On another note, my partner and I moved in together last month. We both went from being in apartments to now being in a 3 bedroom house with a backyard and finished attic-space. I am fully intending on marrying her, she's my best bud and living together has been nothing short of awesome so far.
 
My good starts from bad. Was laid off earlier this year, I was super burned out and depressed took the summer off (which I am fortunate to be able to do), drove from Denver to Delaware and stayed at my family's beach shanty, got some prospective, found a new gig that is nowhere near the drain the previous job was. Also, my wife started her master program this fall which gave me copious amounts of time that led me to this hobby and a great forum!
 
Fama said:
I started practicing singing around July or so (which to be honest was not that useful to start with) and have been taking actual lessons for around 3 months now (which is a million times more helpful). And while I'm not very good yet, considering that I couldn't really hit or hold notes to save my life before, the progress has been amazing in such a short time. Especially if you compare it to someone who has been playing guitar for 3 months, for example. The lessons are always really nice and I feel like I'm making good progress every time.
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I recently started down the same path, after singing at some jams and getting some good feedback I recorded myself. I wasn't that impressed, so I too signed up for a singing course. Congrats on the new path! 🍻
 
My girlfriend started working as an RN last month. I make decent money but we have been on a pretty tight budget for 6 or 7 years while saving for a house and putting her through school. It’s nice finally getting to feel some of the rewards of our hard work.

My son who stopped visiting came over Friday night and might be moving back in soon. It’s a bit of a mixed good thing. He stopped visiting as he preferred the freedom at his mom’s but isn’t thriving with it. He wants to be an electrician when he graduates high school and I am excited about being able to help him achieve that.

I have been playing more metal lately and I have always wanted a neck through. This Korean made Dean showed up today. I’m not huge on the aesthetics of it but it plays very nice and is in excellent condition. It is going to get an EMG 81/89 set that also comes today installed into it soon. I have never owned an EMG equipped guitar before so it will be fun seeing what it’s all about.
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I had a Schecter C-1 elite or whatever model it was a long time ago that had an 81/89 combo...i still miss that guitar haha
 
Nostradoomus said:
In lieu of the depressing garbage currently engulfing most of our respective worlds…tell me of your wins lately, big or small. We need all the perspectives to balance it out.

I’ll start. It’s some serendipity bullshit. Met a dude at a local brewery the other day and we got to talking (a bit, I was just buying a tall boy and leaving), said I was looking for work and he told me to hand a resume in at X place.

Two days later he shows up at my door to buy something I had on marketplace. I have my fb completely anonymous, couldn’t have known it was me. One of those “DUDE!? WHAT?”situations. So he bought what I was sellin (a wah) and also took home two of my home brew pedals at the same time…a very welcome cash infusion to my paltry bank account. Let me know how to go talk to etc.

Anyway I went for a mini interview yesterday and a full one today and I nailed it, just have to jump thru some legal hoops first because it’s working with vulnerable folks and totally understandable. But I have a job now…upward and onward.

The best edit: he took the pedal I affixed with 5 white washers without a care in the world because it sounded so good 😂
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picked up a 1980 Boss DS-1 for $40 off Facebook Marketplace today ... that's my win
 
jwyles90 said:
This is a tenuous win since it hangs in the balance of powers outside of my control, but I recently hit my 120th student loan payment as a high school teacher (i.e., the remaining balance of my student loans should henceforth be forgiven). I gasped out loud when I saw that my payment count had been updated and there was a badge next to each loan saying "Congrats! You've met the qualifying requirements for loan forgiveness and no more payments are necessary". Still waiting for my loan servicer to actually have that reflect on their end, but the prospect of no longer having student loan payments is preeeeetty exciting.

On another note, my partner and I moved in together last month. We both went from being in apartments to now being in a 3 bedroom house with a backyard and finished attic-space. I am fully intending on marrying her, she's my best bud and living together has been nothing short of awesome so far.
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So far…
 
Barry said:
I recently started down the same path, after singing at some jams and getting some good feedback I recorded myself. I wasn't that impressed, so I too signed up for a singing course. Congrats on the new path! 🍻
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It can feel a little discouraging, but it's also really good practice, especially when you repeat parts which went badly until you get them right. But I try to balance the "just sing" days where I feel good, and the "record" days where it can be a bummer.
 
I think there are a bunch of cycling nerds on this forum. I'm one of them. I took up mountain biking in 2011 after getting pretty unhealthy while I was in school. Turns out hard cardio also addresses many of the more difficult to manage symptoms of adhd (at least for me). So I kept it up, progressively getting more into it, eventually relocating to a city that's lousy with trails. Since I've been working from home I put on an audiobook and go out for a ride every lunch. It's the primary way in which I preserve my mental health. Sometimes it feels kind of weird to be in my mid 30s doing jumps like a teenager without kids or a job but it's my baseline definition of what I consider fun.

Bikes are good.

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joeyd said:
I think there are a bunch of cycling nerds on this forum. I'm one of them. I took up mountain biking in 2011 after getting pretty unhealthy while I was in school. Turns out hard cardio also addresses many of the more difficult to manage symptoms of adhd (at least for me). So I kept it up, progressively getting more into it, eventually relocating to a city that's lousy with trails. Since I've been working from home I put on an audiobook and go out for a ride every lunch. It's the primary way in which I preserve my mental health. Sometimes it feels kind of weird to be in my mid 30s doing jumps like a teenager without kids or a job but it's my baseline definition of what I consider fun.

Bikes are good.

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Who says that just because your age is a bigger number you have to stop having fun? My wife didn't start exercise until she met me - she had an overbearing ethnic mother who was always putting her down and ridiculing her desire to play sports. After we got married she took up kickboxing because of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I'm not kidding) and the instructors all thought she'd last two weeks. Well now she's a second degree back belt in Muay Thai and is learning Krav Maga. She absolutely loves it and I love it because she always comes home in a fantastic mood after her Krav sessions.
 
Lots of good stuff in this thread! I really love all the positive vibes guys, thank you for sharing!

I have been taking a Berklee online course in orchestration which has been a lot of fun. And on Tuesday I went to a classical music concert and I realized I can now notice a lot of things I didn’t before so I had a blast (I am a classical music lover). That’s my really good thing these days!
 
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