Same here!

The reading out loud tip does worse than nothing for me. On multiple occasions, I’ve read something out loud to someone else and then had absolutely no idea what I just said. I focus so much on vocalizing the words that I’m diverting power away from the part of my brain that would be processing the meaning of them.

Similar thing for listening to the words without any visual aids - I’m just really not a verbally orientated person at all and do much better when reading/writing the information.

It’s not that exciting, but I’m working on a Pomodoro timer.

There are a lot of Pomodoro timer apps out there, but I still haven’t found one that has all the features I want, they’re always missing something or other. I’m sick of compromising, so I’m making my own. I’ve coded a Pomodoro timer before so I’ve got the general logic down, but my prior implementation is attached to something else and I want it as a standalone application. Thought this would be a good little project to learn godot with, especially since it will let me export it for mobile as well (in theory).

I hate doing UI stuff and most of this project is UI so… wish me luck.

I had absolutely no idea that menopause was something you could seek treatment for, or how much it can affect day-to-day life. Thank you for sharing.

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Exactly this. Your brain gets absolutely blasted with a bunch of chemicals during childbirth and your memory of it becomes very hazy, especially the pain parts. This happens with or without pain management.

I recently read all the discworld novels as well, but I took everyone’s advice about not reading them in release order and I really regretted it. I swapped to release order partway through and it was so much better.

I also just went through an awful pregnancy with my second child, I completely sympathize. It was a lot worse than my first one, constant nausea and heartburn and fatigue the entire 9 months. In the last 2 months I could barely move and didn’t have enough energy to do much of anything I enjoyed (including the more lowkey hobbies like playing games and drawing) - all I could do was watch TV on a recliner until my butt got sore, and then go lie down and nap/read until my hips got sore. Drove me completely up the wall and destroyed my mental health, and my husband wasn’t doing great either with 100% of the housework and childcare on his shoulders.

I hated every moment of it, and felt guilty for hating it the entire time.

I’m so sorry for your 2 losses, best of luck with this pregnancy. It’s horrible, but hang in there. You can do it, I believe in you.