Job-Hunting, News and Stuff

My job search continues this morning. I'm running through the federal job boards, whether for the public service or for private employers. Also, the temp placement companies. You never know, right?

Yesterday, I also managed to get some practice time in with pen and pencil, and with Clip Studio Paint, on the illustration front. I have never been happy with my human anatomy structure, and probably never will be.

As I type this, I also listen to The Current on CBC Radio. Matt Galloway had...possibly better ideas of what sort of times he was going to be succeeding Anna Maria Tremonti as host and lead investigator of that current-affairs programme. I am even more convinced that he is the host that both the series and Canada need right now. Now, and for the foreseeable future. I am grateful for this.

My neighbourhood is as quiet as can be expected of a suburb of Ottawa. I've seen birds, squirrels, chipmunks and the occasional rabbit. Also insects...which I am learning to value more highly than I used to. Even those I consider most dangerous to me.

I am going to try to stay away from Facebook and Twitter today. At least, I want to avoid logging in to either of those services. As much as for activist purposes as for mental health maintenance or repair.

WORDS: Doomscrolling

So. That's a word now.

I didn't think that it existed until this morning, but a quick web search explains with its search results that the word has been around for at least a few weeks. Possibly, much longer, but my attention span and ability to focus are not what they could be right now. So it's likely something I've missed.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/doomsurfing-doomscrolling-words-were-watching

And I've been doing a lot of both. You could say my job search has involved a lot of that too. No, you won't be subjected to more details than already given in past postings. You're all dealing with pains of your own.