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I keep telling myself I'm going to post here way more than once every couple days, but I kind of don't want to run the risk of this turning into a less-functional Tumblr analog. I'm also extremely lazy, so, that probably also explains things a bit.
Pulled it together over the last few days enough to really get something out of the time I took off. Wednesday started off bad, but all in all, I was pretty much able to get some time to just disconnect from the bullshit of day to day living and chill out. Kept up my workout routine through too, which is often not the case when I take any length of time off work. I'm feeling pretty good all things considered, though I am already starting to dread going back to work on Monday. I’ve had some time to really digest my feelings about work during this mini-vacation, and I think I'm going to do something that might be pretty risky, and attempt to start talking to people about unionizing. It's a touchy subject in games, and people are often conditioned to put their passion before their well-being, but I've had too many conversations this past nine months or so that have told me that people are burned out, tired, and severely underappreciated. Like the song says, it has to somewhere, has to start sometime.
I don't know if I really have the rizz to become a labor leader or anything, and I know if I pursue this I'll face retaliation from upstairs, but fuck it, I'm already miserable. Plus, it's not like they can fire me for trying to start a union, since that's protected by the law here. Not that my employer gives a shit about the law. Let's see what happens. Maybe I can't find any allies or anyone willing to put their necks out, maybe people are too indoctrinated by the corporate cult we work under.
I also beat Nioh 3 and I think it's awesome. By and large, it's not super hard, but that last boss kicked my ass. I think it took me fifty, maybe sixty attempts, but finally beating him felt amazing. I got so close a couple times then choked at around 10%, and I was within probably a half-second of dying on the final attempt, but I got him. Doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to get the result. Maybe that's the lesson.
Pulled it together over the last few days enough to really get something out of the time I took off. Wednesday started off bad, but all in all, I was pretty much able to get some time to just disconnect from the bullshit of day to day living and chill out. Kept up my workout routine through too, which is often not the case when I take any length of time off work. I'm feeling pretty good all things considered, though I am already starting to dread going back to work on Monday. I’ve had some time to really digest my feelings about work during this mini-vacation, and I think I'm going to do something that might be pretty risky, and attempt to start talking to people about unionizing. It's a touchy subject in games, and people are often conditioned to put their passion before their well-being, but I've had too many conversations this past nine months or so that have told me that people are burned out, tired, and severely underappreciated. Like the song says, it has to somewhere, has to start sometime.
I don't know if I really have the rizz to become a labor leader or anything, and I know if I pursue this I'll face retaliation from upstairs, but fuck it, I'm already miserable. Plus, it's not like they can fire me for trying to start a union, since that's protected by the law here. Not that my employer gives a shit about the law. Let's see what happens. Maybe I can't find any allies or anyone willing to put their necks out, maybe people are too indoctrinated by the corporate cult we work under.
I also beat Nioh 3 and I think it's awesome. By and large, it's not super hard, but that last boss kicked my ass. I think it took me fifty, maybe sixty attempts, but finally beating him felt amazing. I got so close a couple times then choked at around 10%, and I was within probably a half-second of dying on the final attempt, but I got him. Doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to get the result. Maybe that's the lesson.