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Re: National make a friend day
I really love this idea so much @River
This is so hard though because I got so many friends I woulden't know who to choose aha . Maybe everyone here .
This is so hard though because I got so many friends I woulden't know who to choose aha . Maybe everyone here .
Amy22
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National make a friend day
Hey all,
we are only a few days away from february which means we are edging towards february 11th. This day is called national make a friend day. This special day has been around since the early 2000s and is celebrated by people of all ages. It's an opportunity for us to reach out and make meaningful connections with others, whether it's in person or online.
Making friends is scary and sometimes we avoid doing that so i challenge you to...pick someone that you dont usually speak to and start a conversation with them and then on february 11th come back here and answer these questions
1) what is there name and tag them here so we can all say hi to them
2) what are 3 interesting facts that youve found out about them (pick ones that they dont mind sharing with us)
good luck if you decide to take part
we are only a few days away from february which means we are edging towards february 11th. This day is called national make a friend day. This special day has been around since the early 2000s and is celebrated by people of all ages. It's an opportunity for us to reach out and make meaningful connections with others, whether it's in person or online.
Making friends is scary and sometimes we avoid doing that so i challenge you to...pick someone that you dont usually speak to and start a conversation with them and then on february 11th come back here and answer these questions
1) what is there name and tag them here so we can all say hi to them
2) what are 3 interesting facts that youve found out about them (pick ones that they dont mind sharing with us)
good luck if you decide to take part
Rose113
3
Update on my situation
I made a thread yesterday about my forklift course and I started on Monday. I keep posting and i know im getting really repetitive now and maybe even a bit fustrating or annoying o Im sorry if thats the case. I just thought I'd do a separate discussion about the new situation instead of just posting on the previous one about my situation. So I had a look round in December to for a tour of the place where I was doing my training for more infomation about the course and I started this Monday. Been yesterday (its yesterday now when typing this), it was my 4th day or was meant to be. The course was meant to be 1 more day until today and I was meant to be having my tests but at lunchtime the boss wanted to do extra practice when the other members go to lunch. I stayed behind to do extra practice as he said but I was doing mistakes again the instructor pretty much told me to turn the vehcle off then I knew what he was about to say, he said in a polit way, Im not getting this, he's got to let me go and he actually said he doesn't think its for me which I thought the day before anyway like I just knew it wasn't going well enough then I just had it said then being told to go so I just went home. I think it started thinking in on the way home then at home I just was getting more upset because I now I'm just back to square one and I felt so shit about it. I have been not doing much since finishing college in 2022, I did try a few things that didn't work out, then I started this course and this didn't work out either. I think it's knocked my confidence and might for a bit of time too because I am not going to blame them like its me. I kept doing things wrong, it's not their fault, they have good reviews, the other people on the course were doing fine, it was just me. Maybe they should have let me continue the course and gone from there that its not for me but it could have been a risk of safety even though it was only 1 more day. I have been feeling even more hopeless, down, useless, I have felt like crying and I think im going to continue to some of these emotions for a bit of time like im not going to wake up feeling great again. I just have been feeling like why can't I just get a job and get into work like everyone else like I'm just useless, I just fail at everything and am incapable of everything. I can't do anything right. The problem is all me. I'm just a disappointment, I'll have to tell everyone I failed with this opportunity because a few people did know. I just feel rock bottom in general and compared to everyone I know, even to other people not doing the best right now they are still probably doing better than me, I can't even complete a training course, nevermind a job.
I don't know what to do from here, I need to do something though. People have suggested volunteering several times on here. It might have seemed like I ignore that advice everytime. I have thought about it everytime but the way in my mind I have been seeing it as like a job with all the usual stresses of work without the fun of money then I have been worried about getting stuck in it long term and getting nothing out of it. Also it feels to me that no one else I know has done it, I might be right with it but I might be wrong too like maybe people have done it. In the past I just have been feeling like no one else that I know has to volunteer so why do I have to. I have also had retail jobs suggested to me, which I have previously seen the advantage of over volunteering as its constant money which is minimum pay which isnt too bad imo if living at home as you can save it, by stuff you want, apart from money like I was thinking the advantage of if I did work in retail it doesn't have to be forever like everyone does have to start somewhere. I just still see the disadvantages of working in retail like its obviously not easy money, its hard work like most or all job, you can get sacked, rude customers, strict colleagues / staff, scared being stuck in a retail job. A lot of them disadvantages are reasons that have put me off volunteering too considering all of them advantages without getting paid too. I might need to learn more about volunteering tbf. Also the odd person may have said go back to college too but I feel like I have been there too long and finished with that like im in my 20s now, even though people do go college that age I think I want to get sorted more in the real world somehow now. A lot of my issue is I really wanted to get a job to get income as well as get a routine but I would really like an income where I could save a decent amount whilst living at home and buy nice stuff or doing stuff I like with my own money.
Im not trying to come up with excuses for everything like with getting into work. I do want to do something with my life, I don't want to sit at home all my life but I dont know what is for me and this is what's making me feel so hopeless. I keep repeating that I am hopeless but it's how I have been feeling along with other stuff too. Like I have been feeling like I'm going to be unhappy for the rest of my life now, not going to achieve hopes and dreams. Things haven't gone well so far for me and I keep messing things up it feels like I won't be able to do anything right. Sorry this is long and repetitive or getting fustrating etc, I just am having a bit of a tough time especially atm but I feel like I have covered a lot of how I have been feeling. Any replies will be appreciated.
I don't know what to do from here, I need to do something though. People have suggested volunteering several times on here. It might have seemed like I ignore that advice everytime. I have thought about it everytime but the way in my mind I have been seeing it as like a job with all the usual stresses of work without the fun of money then I have been worried about getting stuck in it long term and getting nothing out of it. Also it feels to me that no one else I know has done it, I might be right with it but I might be wrong too like maybe people have done it. In the past I just have been feeling like no one else that I know has to volunteer so why do I have to. I have also had retail jobs suggested to me, which I have previously seen the advantage of over volunteering as its constant money which is minimum pay which isnt too bad imo if living at home as you can save it, by stuff you want, apart from money like I was thinking the advantage of if I did work in retail it doesn't have to be forever like everyone does have to start somewhere. I just still see the disadvantages of working in retail like its obviously not easy money, its hard work like most or all job, you can get sacked, rude customers, strict colleagues / staff, scared being stuck in a retail job. A lot of them disadvantages are reasons that have put me off volunteering too considering all of them advantages without getting paid too. I might need to learn more about volunteering tbf. Also the odd person may have said go back to college too but I feel like I have been there too long and finished with that like im in my 20s now, even though people do go college that age I think I want to get sorted more in the real world somehow now. A lot of my issue is I really wanted to get a job to get income as well as get a routine but I would really like an income where I could save a decent amount whilst living at home and buy nice stuff or doing stuff I like with my own money.
Im not trying to come up with excuses for everything like with getting into work. I do want to do something with my life, I don't want to sit at home all my life but I dont know what is for me and this is what's making me feel so hopeless. I keep repeating that I am hopeless but it's how I have been feeling along with other stuff too. Like I have been feeling like I'm going to be unhappy for the rest of my life now, not going to achieve hopes and dreams. Things haven't gone well so far for me and I keep messing things up it feels like I won't be able to do anything right. Sorry this is long and repetitive or getting fustrating etc, I just am having a bit of a tough time especially atm but I feel like I have covered a lot of how I have been feeling. Any replies will be appreciated.
Re: [OLD] The 'I need a hug' thread - please read first post before posting :)
Don’t feel like doing anything, but at least I feel a little bit better than I did last night
Re: [OLD] The 'I need a hug' thread - please read first post before posting :)
Today's been so shit. Safeguarding called dad bc I got really suicidal so that's gonna be interesting when he gets home...
Chloe234
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Re: The poem spot
Why
Why do I still feel like, that little girl, all those years ago,
With a heart ripped from her chest, left all alone, crying, hurt to the bone.
Why does the feeling still tug, like it happened yesterday,
But my mind all fuzzy, telling me to turn the other way.
Why am I still a child, in an abusive home.
Even though I’m older and moved miles away.
Why do I still feel like, that little girl, all those years ago,
With a heart ripped from her chest, left all alone, crying, hurt to the bone.
Why does the feeling still tug, like it happened yesterday,
But my mind all fuzzy, telling me to turn the other way.
Why am I still a child, in an abusive home.
Even though I’m older and moved miles away.
Re: The poem spot
From me, to me
Just let me go.
Let me fall.
I’m so tired,
I just don’t care anymore.
Just let me go.
Let me fall.
I’m so tired,
I just don’t care anymore.