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Very cool!

Darth Solo is back.

😃

Some of you will remember sometime back when I unexpectedly got my dream job working for the Mental Health Foundation.
Well I’ve been feeling a bit glum recently.
Trying to get the manager of the charity I’m seconded to applying for continuance funding has been a real struggle and I thought I would have to just close our service down despite it being very successful.
We have had two events and a film which we have had to organise for a couple of months and today was the big one for me. The events organiser was dreading it. Expecting it to poorly attended. I hate public speaking so the thought of doing it over two days is my idea of hell.
Well it was packed and the film went down really well and all the questions and the feedback were really positive. Two major funders seem very keen and I may have another extention to my contract while we wait for the results.
I’m really buzzing with excitement but also totally knocked out and tired (the stress has been playing havok on my sleep patterns) so in short not exactly great news yet but I feel much more optimistic than this time last week.

I love that you work in mental health, Bingowings. We may not have always seen eye to eye on everything, but I think you and I are kindred spirits in some ways. I’ve had some good news in the same arena.

darth_ender said:

I was recently promoted to be the interim director of the behavioral health department of my hospital! 😃

I must say, I find it hard to believe that you hate public speaking. You are a master of the written word. I suspect your spoken prose is equally well crafted.

Is talking to yourself really considered good news?

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170428-why-talking-to-yourself-is-the-first-sign-of-success
We had the second big event in Glasgow yesterday.
Despite the venue being not as sold and the ‘sound system’ being a tiny bluetooth speaker and the food being filthy we still managed to impress. In fact we may be inspiring a similar service to ours in my ancestral stomping ground of Galloway (frey). Hopefully my boss can secure a partial refund (we had to nip out and buy a speaker system so our film could be heard).
I don’t know if folk here have seen themselves on film before but it an odd experience. In my head I sound like Richard Bryers but in reality I’m more like Neil Gaiman with a slight impediment and hint of a cadence.
Thanks Darths.
I was given a great bit of advice from one of our service users. He suggested before people come in jumping up and down in the venue as if in celebration. It kind of worked.

TV’s Frink said:

Is talking to yourself really considered good news?

I do work with the mentally ill…just trying to fit in.

Bingowings said:

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170428-why-talking-to-yourself-is-the-first-sign-of-success
We had the second big event in Glasgow yesterday.
Despite the venue being not as sold and the ‘sound system’ being a tiny bluetooth speaker and the food being filthy we still managed to impress. In fact we may be inspiring a similar service to ours in my ancestral stomping ground of Galloway (frey). Hopefully my boss can secure a partial refund (we had to nip out and buy a speaker system so our film could be heard).
I don’t know if folk here have seen themselves on film before but it an odd experience. In my head I sound like Richard Bryers but in reality I’m more like Neil Gaiman with a slight impediment and hint of a cadence.
Thanks Darths.
I was given a great bit of advice from one of our service users. He suggested before people come in jumping up and down in the venue as if in celebration. It kind of worked.

I hope everything goes well for you and your charity. Good Luck.

Bingowings said:

Trying to get the manager of the charity I’m seconded to applying for continuance funding has been a real struggle

Did you mean to say here “Trying to get the manager of the charity I’m seconded to, to apply for continuance funding has been a real struggle”?

Warbler said:

Bingowings said:

Trying to get the manager of the charity I’m seconded to applying for continuance funding has been a real struggle

Did you mean to say here “Trying to get the manager of the charity I’m seconded to, to apply for continuance funding has been a real struggle”?

Yes 😃
She is very well connected and articulate but she could really do with a more “computer age savvy” deputy. Someone who can assist her personally, read through and check her e-mails sit on commitees and forums when she can not and help her fill in forms in a timely fashion.

Just as I need someone to read through my online contributions to forums and question and correct my punctuation, spelling and grammar 😄

Thanks for good wishes.

For the third time since getting this job I’ve come home to find my P45 (pink slip) waiting for me. Hopefully I can get some sort of extention again just so I can manage or dismantle the existing mentor relationships while we wait for funding results. It’s frustrating not knowing one way or another. I can’t give a clear package of information to the people I feel personal responsibility towards.

Sorry about your frustrations. What exactly is a P45?

Warbler said:

Sorry about your frustrations. What exactly is a P45?

As I indicated in my post it’s the equivalent of a pink slip. An official note of termination of employment. I’ve had two extensions of contract already as the pilot was meant to end in March. The Foundation is a great national employer with an international reach but they don’t actually run services so when these experimental pilots come to an end they need to picked up by regional charities and unfortunately they aren’t always as well funded or organised.

I see, sorry to hear that. I hope things work out for you.

I’m now the volunteer coordinator for a charity that challenges inequality and hate crime. It’s part time work but it’s a good cause. Next week will be weird because I will be doing the new job but also attending the AGM for the old job and talking about how good that was, despite the charity not getting their finger out and getting the funding to continue in time.
Everyone at my new job has made me feel welcome but they are really in need of cash. There is very little space and computer equipment etc is ancient. I wish I could win the lottery and help them out.

Congrats to you both!

I got a 25 and I didn’t prepare at all and I was high on k2, so that was basically a 36 in relative terms.

Just kidding kids, don’t be like me. (Although that is a true story)

Been trying to get in shape lately (I stopped saying “lose weight” to people because I got sick of the “But you’re so skinny, you don’t need to lose weight!” responses - sure, I wasn’t an orca, but I’d been too self-conscious to take my shirt off around other people for years), and I hit two milestones today that made me very happy:

• 120lbs (pretty much my final weight goal - I’m a 5’7" small-framed dude and when I started trying this I was 155lbs, and at my worst I was 165-170)
• I could see ab muscles when I looked in the mirror for the first time in my life!

Now I just have to lose the last little bit of belly/hip fat and build up/tone some muscle to keep myself at 120-125. I’m like 98% of the way to where I wanted to get when I started actually trying, and while it took longer than I wanted, it didn’t take nearly as long as I feared. We’ll see how long it takes for that last 2%.

Get in shape while you’re young and keep yourself there, kids. It gets harder the older you get and the more you let yourself go. I’m just glad I finally tackled this at 28 instead of in my 30s or 40s, but hell if I don’t wish I’d done this at 18 and maintained from there.

Great job man!

I’m 43, 5’-7" and around 135 lbs. I try to use the elliptical for 30 mins 3-4 times a week. I also try to get up from my desk at work and talk to people instead of calling them so I’m sure to walk a decent amount every day (includes visiting people on the other floor of my two story building).

Also I have blue eyes and can unbutton a button on my shirt if you like, CA.