I wouldn’t normally open up on a public forum. But having a space to pour some thoughts out in this space is also sort of appealing. I expect and hope that thoughts shared among other like-minded artists should be treated with some respect and privacy. So here goes..
With what’s going on in the middle east, cost of living pressure, finances, jobs, the rise of Ai in industry and even increased crime in my suburb and city. As a father and family man I have started feeling more focused on the precautions and plans I should make with myself and my family.
I have heard of “preppers”. And thought it sounded a little unhinged and a far-off mentality. But at the moment it is sort of making a bit more sense. Should I be creating a “back-up” plan with my family and doing some “Prepping” At least having some options and learning some skills, for possible, but hopefully unlikely scenarios.
Maybe I’m just becoming a worrier as I get older. It’s not something I used to even think about. And it’s far away from the space my mind wants to be in to be creative with music. But it has been entering my mind more often over the last few weeks especially.
Thanks for listening. Feels good to get that out at least.
Yeah, that’s kind of the thing for me, too. It doesn’t seem cool or fun anymore.
The more I see forum posts and other shit that’s just obvious AI nonsense (not here, but everywhere else), the less I really want to engage with any of it. This is a good thing, for me at least, because that means less time spent doomscrolling and more time spent with family and doing actual hobbies when I have time. I can get into an autistic doomscrolling loop where I think everything is just awful when, so far, everything around me is actually really good, and keeps getting better. Sometimes staying grounded and away from the propaganda machine loop can help to recenter, for me at least.
I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that I really hate making music now, so I’ve quit trying to ‘push past the barrier’ that I’ve been dealing with for the past few years, and likewise I don’t really have a whole lot to contribute to a music forum, and likely will have even less going forward. As much as I’d love to create a bunch of off-topic threads and bullshit about other things (because I genuinely enjoy my time spent here), that’s likely to clutter the place up more than I already have.
It seems a little quiet here lately, though, so maybe a lot of you are enjoying the benefits of IRL and I’m just late to the party . I also don’t think I’m going anywhere, but if all goes well, I will hopefully fade into the mist and just lurk from now on, since this is one of the few places where I actually get excited to see what’s going on and to see what types of projects are happening.
Speaking for myself but I am enjoying and surviving irl all the good and the bad…and have become more stoic about stuff. Instead of getting engaged in the ridiculous pissing contests that people have over bullshit.
Music wise I felt I already dumped all of my knowledge gained throughout my musical journey on this forum.
Havent been posting much because shitposting on a forum gotta grow up.
If I do get back into music maybe I’ll share it in the lb…or make some stuff for future comps.
I’m younger (not young, but not old enough for a family of my own) and I feel some of the same stuff. Reality is I take prescription medications that I’d die without in about 6 hours so I’m never going to be a full on prepper because I depend on human society functioning at a pretty high level in order to live.
That said, I do a few things to make myself more confident and independent where I can. Things like picking up martial arts as a hobby, carrying a pocket knife and a flashlight around, having a water purifier in case that becomes an issue. Just a bit of reasonable prep without going full doomsday bunker. Am I going to survive fallout style if the bombs fall? No, not the goal. Am I set if I lose power and water for a day or two because of an accident or something? Yeah! Can I fight a trained soldier on the battlefield? No. Can I defend myself from a drunk partier wh starts shit with me (without permanently hurting either of us)? Yeah.
. I also don’t think I’m going anywhere, but if all goes well, I will hopefully fade into the mist and just lurk from now on, since this is one of the few places where I actually get excited to see what’s going on and to see what types of projects are happening.