Life Can Be Amazing!
The photo above was taken at the Tea Tree Shopping Centre over a week ago. I’d just finished helping a young Chinese guy named Caden with his English pronounciation.
We’d met on an app called Red Note. I don’t use it much, but there are local Chinese people who do and a lot of Americans started using it after the TikTok ban-unban-potential upcoming ban-fiasco.
I went there initially to support friends and made new ones as a result. There are some gorgeous Chinese women on there too.
He paid for this Iced Chocolate at Cafe Primo for me.
Iced ChocolateRight now I am sitting at Fast Pasta in Salisbury.
I’ve ordered their Spaghetti and Meatballs, and a Chocolate Milkshake and their Minestrone Soup to take home afterwards.
Spaghetti and Meatballs with added Parmisian cheese
Chocolate Milkshake
Minestrone Soup and a take home bagIt’s a good time to pause and reflect on how amazing life can be. Sure, there are bad aspects to it too, but I think I have dwelled on those things for far too long in my blog posts here.
I am also sure there are surreal aspects to your own life if you think hard enough, you know the stuff that’s 100% true but no one would believe you if you told them because it’s unbelievable / a dream come true.
I won’t reveal anything like that just yet, but maybe sometime in the future I will. For now though, I am appreciating the small things.
In regards to my health, I got the results back from a recent blood and urine test. The numbers were good. I am still diabetic, but my B12 levels were in the normal range.
I am a lot healthier than I was 6 months ago!
The secret is to eat more broccoli and other green vegetables as it lowers the hemoglobin levels somewhat.
That and a lot of walking and lifting weights helps too.
The weight doesn’t have to be heavy to be effective, in fact lighter weights means higher repetition numbers.
Work Opportunities
A few years ago, during a dry spell between shifts, I decided that I needed to pivot somewhat.
I applied for several part time job companies. Many of them are now useless, and I will need to get them to remove my name from their books and records at some point, but they were essential to my survival at the time.
I also invested in various training courses and clearances that would improve my chances of getting more work.
Hospitality
Villi’s Pie Shop at the Adelaide Oval
Moving furniture
Painting cement blocks
Adelaide Oval RetailThis is just a random sampling as there are more, I just haven’t taken selfies for them.
The shifts and jobs can be somewhat random, so it can mean booking shifts weeks in advance. Jobs can also be cancelled, or given to other people, frustratingly.
There are perks, like sometimes during hospitality shifts the kitchen will set aside meals for the wait staff.
I sometimes get to see pandas at the Adelaide Zoo for free too.
A Panda at the Adelaide ZooI’ve also set up a new YouTube Channel because the 3Speak app is unreliable, but for other reasons too.
I’ll explore those deeper in the future, but for now have had
over 13,000 views and have 138 subscribers.
It’s certainly not easy, but I have made new friends and local connections as a result.
I am far from wealthy, despite doing well here on Hive
and all of the real world grinding that I am doing, but I also have to occasionally stop and see that life can be great at times.
It’s sometimes is the little things that make all of the difference in the world.
That’s all from me today. Thank you for reading.
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Totalmente de acuerdo, la vida es asombrosa. Llena de sorpresas y momentos buenos y malos, pero hay que enfrentarla sin perder la ternura.😘🌹🙏👏👏👏🇨🇺
You are correct.
😘🙏
Definitely life can be amazing it's just a matter of reflection
And it really is! If we overcome difficulties, life is the best gift that we could ever have. Thanks for sharing your experience ☺️
You certainly have been a busy man, but I absolutely agree—life is amazing if you work at it!
I am in a grind mode because I need to pay my rent every week.
At the same time work is increasingly more and more difficult to get and maintain. I am so grateful for Hive and other platforms that can help to pay rent in an emergency.
The secret is to let of who you think you are and embrace everything beneficial.
As for work opportunities, I think it's that way in many parts of the world! But you're right, just keep on grinding, that's the only way that the tide will turn!
Yeah, it’s unfortunate it’s this way. Thank you for your support.
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Recently, I caught myself saying a lot of times "I'm too old for that shit", which is a very lame excuse to not do something that, sometimes, has to be done! On the other side, you are a clear example that age is just a number and doing different things can only help in getting more experience... And not just that, but being more grateful for things (and people) that we have!!
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My life required that I let go of what I thought I knew and who I thought I was.
In order to grow as people, we need to clear space to grow into.
I started hospitality a few years ago. The job is easy, but the management make it more difficult than it needs to be.
There are always new skills to learn and old ideas to unlearn.
Not many are "strong" enough to do what you did! Congratulations!
I didn’t really have a choice, but thank you.
Hope you are haaving a great 👍 time.
Thank you.
You are doing greatly👍
Thank you. It sometimes doesn’t feel that way, but I know that I can make my life a whole lot better.
Wow that's really amazing, it's just a motivation in life ❤️🙏
Thank you.
You're welcome, friends 🙏❤️