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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Darn 😅 Glad that bouncing back occurred, at least!

meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Does anyone have any happy stories about bouncing back from burnout? Preferably ones which don’t involve having to leave employment for a while? 😅

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🫂🫂🫂 here’s to better times.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hey! It’s been a while. Life has been kicking my arse. Hope you’re doing good. And it really does, it’s nice to have something to be excited about 🙂

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just enrolled for a 2 day course in delivering massage to those with complex needs. The communication & body language aspects sound super interesting. I’ve not yet had time & energy to set up my side business (soon!), but I keep my skills sharp by giving massages to friends and loved ones.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hello! Yeah, I remember our chats - good to see you here 😁

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Got my uni assignment back with a mark of 95% 😳 Really feel like I’ve hit my stride with studying now. If life allows, I can definitely see myself finishing the degree and actually graduating.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Off to the Leeds Testing Atelier next week and looking forward to seeing some familiar faces. It’ll be great being back with the testing community once again, I’m excited for a whole day of awesome talks and chats.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Happy Beltane 🔥☀️❤️

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Today I’m thinking of my friends who are no longer with us. I seem to have lost quite a few over the years, and it’s giving me some pause today.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Been so busy recently that I forgot about Bluesky… what have I missed?

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Oh heck yes 💪 You rock. Well done!

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Spent far too much of today doing my uni assignment. It’s been rewarding so far - I’ve been exploring a website prototype and critically analysing how accessible and usable it is from the perspective of a user with additional needs. Next, I’ll be implementing some suggested improvements. It’s fun 😁

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Picked up FFXII: The Zodiac Age in the Steam sale. Let’s go nostalgia, I remember playing the original on PS2 as a teenager and being blown away by how far games had come since I was a little kid.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It’s a Sisters of Mercy kinda day 🖤

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I’m nowhere near consistent enough to say I can comfortably do it, but today was the first day I was able to sit down and take some notes for uni where I didn’t feel like I was painfully slow or error prone. Still got a long way to go, though.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I never learned how to type properly, like a lot of people I’ve just been winging it. For the last few weeks I’ve been trying to learn to touch type & I’m finally getting to a point where I can manage slow speeds semi consistently. I still default to my old style & have to remind myself not to.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Right? I’m so happy to see him again 😭❤️ He was always the best part of the walk to the shops. Such a loving little guy, he always came for strokes and had a proper powerful meow on him.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

There’s a really big, old, crusty ginger cat that hangs around my neighbourhood and I hadn’t seen him all through the winter months. Given how dishevelled he looked, I feared the worst, but I saw him again today. Tentatively, I approached him and gave him some strokes & he let out the biggest meow ❤️

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Heck yes. I used to do that and watch Games Done Quick live for a week. It was a great way to start the year 😁

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

My doctor has told me to give up all tea, even decaf, even herbal. As a Brit, I’m finding this unfathomable.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It’s an intense, hedonistic journey into the fictional world of finance, with sharp dialogue and storytelling which pulls no punches. For me, it’s escapism at its finest!

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Buckling in to watch the new episode of Industry. Been looking forward to this.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

🫂 <empathy> Hope it gets more bearable for you soon.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Back at work today! I’m feeling fresh and rested for the first time in months. Let’s see how long that feeling lasts.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The bow tie and earring combo 🤩

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Just passed my driving theory test last night, which means I can officially book a practical test. That’s a whole challenge in itself - between the bots and scalpers and massive backlog, it’ll be at least April/May before I can do it. Not that I’m anywhere near ready - lots more practice needed.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

That’s reassuring to hear, thanks! I suspect an automatic will be in my future at some point. I imagine they’re just so simple to drive, would leave a lot of headroom to focus on everything else.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I used to have the same mindset as you & was convinced I’d never drive. But then I moved cities & I felt very dependent on my partner to help me visit friends and family, plus work wanted more office attendance & the trains are awful. So I figured I’d give it another go. I’m not a natural driver…

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It’s always a struggle to think for the rest of the day after a driving lesson. It seems to totally exhaust my brain. Hoping that it becomes easier soon - I’ve been learning since April and I still find it quite overwhelming. Guess I must be a slow learner!

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

There’s worse ways to spend your time 😂

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I feel somewhat bereft now that my massage course has concluded. Even though I know I need the rest, I really want a new learning adventure.

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Stay awhile and listen. 🔊🎶 (Matt Uelmen - Tristram Village)

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Today I got the news that I passed my exams for my massage therapy course 😁 It’s taken a lot of hard work over the last 6 months and I am so glad it’s paid off. With how stressful it was, I feel like I need many massages to recover 😂

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Time for a cosy Sunday afternoon read. Brain is still feeling super slow but hopefully I can handle this.

A Kindle showing the title page “Daddy Issues - Katherine Angel”

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Thank you 🥰 Still not 100% but having a very chill day yesterday has helped massively. Today I’m going to settle down with a book for a while and see where the day takes me.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Driving in Leeds be like… (glad it’s not me who has to do it)

Batshit tangle of navigation on Google Maps

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Burnout is a crafty fucker - it let me think I had just about scraped through all of the big obligations I had, and then loudly announced itself by sitting me on my arse after a stomach bug and not letting me get up again. Even yoga feels too strenuous right now. Guess I’ve gotta take it easy.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Looking at gaudy Rightmove listings whilst listening to the build music from The Sims is becoming a new favourite pastime.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The agony of finding a song which I want to play on loop all afternoon but it loops terribly 😭

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Japan Railway Journal is just so delightful. Thanks NHK World for making this available to me 😂 I love being able to do deep dives on various Japanese trains for no reason.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I saw a review for these knives which stated that the reviewer’s partner managed to chop the top of her finger off very easily with one of them 😅 I’ve been very careful as a result of this!

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Right? I am really looking forward to showing the next butternut squash who’s boss with these new knives, they feel dangerous.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Now that the wedding is all done and dusted, I can actually focus on other things, like trying to meet new people in this city of mine. Or… I could get a motorbike license and drive many miles down the road to my old city and my long term friends. The license feels more doable 😅

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Like the living kind or the cleaning kind?

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

At some point I’ll post about testing and development again… but at the moment I’m far too excited about other things, like the fact I’ve just bought some lovely new kitchen knives. The catalyst for the purchase was the fact I bruised my palm chopping some butternut squash. That was a step too far.

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meg 🌸 @cactusflamingo.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Thank you so much ❤️ The dress brought me so much joy to wear, I just felt magical! It was super soft material too so it was mega comfy.

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