little bits of kindness
Mar. 3rd, 2019 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexr_rwxJust little bits of kindness, reaching out to somebody, can matter a lot.
I'm close enough with one of my coworkers that we talk about some pretty heavy emotional topics, relationships and etc. I've brought up my anxieties about the state of the world, climate change, etc, and the state of my own personal freaking out. And he took it upon himself to get me a book to try to cheer me up! It's this one: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley, and I haven't dug into it yet, but I really liked his book on evolution, The Red Queen, so I'll probably read it. Thanks, helpful coworker <3
One of my local Tekken buddies reached out to me to see if I wanted to play an online tournament this afternoon. And I tried to sign up, but it was full, but he reached out to the organizer to see if they could get me in! The result of whether I got in the event or not really didn't matter -- I wasn't heartbroken to not play in an event that I didn't know about until today -- but it's really nice that my buddy thought of me and tried to get me in there.
Speaking of connecting with people and Tekken, I've been streaming a bit recently, on Twitch, and a few acquaintances from Atlanta and Portland have come through and chatted with me while I was playing, and that is super nice and super validating. They don't even particularly care about Tekken, they just wanted to say hi and give some support.
Any good bits of kindness on your end recently?
I'm close enough with one of my coworkers that we talk about some pretty heavy emotional topics, relationships and etc. I've brought up my anxieties about the state of the world, climate change, etc, and the state of my own personal freaking out. And he took it upon himself to get me a book to try to cheer me up! It's this one: The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley, and I haven't dug into it yet, but I really liked his book on evolution, The Red Queen, so I'll probably read it. Thanks, helpful coworker <3
One of my local Tekken buddies reached out to me to see if I wanted to play an online tournament this afternoon. And I tried to sign up, but it was full, but he reached out to the organizer to see if they could get me in! The result of whether I got in the event or not really didn't matter -- I wasn't heartbroken to not play in an event that I didn't know about until today -- but it's really nice that my buddy thought of me and tried to get me in there.
Speaking of connecting with people and Tekken, I've been streaming a bit recently, on Twitch, and a few acquaintances from Atlanta and Portland have come through and chatted with me while I was playing, and that is super nice and super validating. They don't even particularly care about Tekken, they just wanted to say hi and give some support.
Any good bits of kindness on your end recently?
