> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://pete.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # *whumpf* man down - URL: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/whumpf-man-down/ - Published: 2021-02-05T17:47:20.000Z - Updated: 2024-03-25T18:11:07.000Z - Author: Pete Carr - Tags: HelloComputer, #ToSort, #HelloComputer, #wordpress --- Hello friend. Are you ok? I am… ok. Sort of. This week has been a battle and a blur. A couple of things have gone well but they are alone in a raging sea. I set aside my Thursday to pull this newsletter together. It is late Friday afternoon and I am just getting started. Not for any executive function reason but due to a migraine. I get these nightgraines now. They occur silently during the night and I wake up in the morning half way through the pain. It is too late to take any medication so I wait it out. This happened yesterday. I lost my writing day. Today my brain is still hazy and I can’t focus. I’ve got 4 documents open trying to pull something together and nothing is working. I can normally knock a newsletter out in a day. I have a clear sense of when it is done and nothing I’ve been working on feels good. If my Spider-sense says no I must trust it. On top of this my cat, Starbuck, has not been well. She isn’t getting better but at least she isn’t getting worse. In 1 hour I have to start the cats medication again. She requires 5 sets of medication a day. 4 of which are repeated every 4 hours and you have to leave a 30 minute gap between each one. It takes 2 hours to sort. You rest for 2 hours and then repeat. I am thankful that I can spare the time to care for her. ![](https://pete.news/content/images/wordpress/2022/08/66a20f90-3cdc-4728-a2aa-6434510d9e8c_2048x1365.jpg) Wednesday was a nightmare of a time where every minor task required 10 complex jobs to achieve. I needed to do one simple thing which required something else fixing which required something else fixing which required something else fixing because because because because. *blerg* I couldn’t get a simple win. It’s possible everything was harder because I was fighting depression at the time. I could feel myself falling. All because I compared my success to someone else’s and I felt like a failure. I’m not. Damn it I’m not! Yet their number was bigger. Ugh. I know I know. It’s how you use it. Still. Bigger. I tried telling brain that at least they had success and that is a good thing. I should be happy for them. I am happy for them. None of this life is easy so for anyone to have success is a good thing. I just needed a win this week. Ah but maybe they needed it more? A fair point. I’m sorry this hasn’t been a deep and insightful week. It’s just been a week. Another week on top of last week and last month and last year. I should be glad I can at least do this. This is something. Take care out there. Dance like people are watching but you don’t care. ![](https://pete.news/content/images/wordpress/2022/08/6b03e536-91c8-46cd-9a9b-ceb1e76711ab_2048x1365.jpg) --- # weekly prints ![](https://pete.news/content/images/wordpress/2022/08/9ddc76d2-db44-4d64-9ec5-a2e4141974bd_2048x1365.jpg) You can get prints of the photos in this [weeks newsletter on my print store](https://petecarr.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Hello-Computer-Newsletter/C0000xA107jFZfJs). I have a limited selection prints for sale on my [archive print shop](https://archives.petecarr.net/gallery-collection/Print-Library/C0000pPHK9YwJKC4). Featuring Liverpool, New York, Venice, The Wirral, and beyond (starscapes!) This weeks photos are from a wander around London back in 2007\. A very long time ago. Before the iPhone. --- # support ![](https://pete.news/content/images/wordpress/2022/08/827341b3-00ff-44e6-b36c-3e584637414b_850x850.jpg) I have a selection of [Icelandic photographic prints for sale](https://www.wearedorothy.com/collections/isolation-nation) with my friends at [Dorothy.](https://www.wearedorothy.com/) There is no paid subscription to this newsletter but there is a [tip jar](https://ko-fi.com/petecarr). ![](https://pete.news/content/images/wordpress/2022/08/763e02bc-7adc-4fa4-89ea-6368020b290e_200x39.png) --- # beam out - [How to Weather Difficult Times](https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a35341399/how-to-weather-difficult-times/) - [Neurodivergence And The Spirit Of Progress: The Hill We Climb](https://www.forbes.com/sites/drnancydoyle/2021/01/21/neurodivergence-and-the-spirit-of-progress/?sh=2fe87d805aff) - [Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 – in pictures | Travel | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2021/feb/02/travel-photographer-of-the-year-2020-in-pictures) - [COVID-19: What Cancer Patients Know About ‘New Normals’ | The Mighty](https://themighty.com/2020/11/covid-19-back-to-normal-cancer-chronic-illness-perspective/) - [Latest coronavirus advice from the National Autistic Society (UK)](https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/coronavirus) ---