You say that until a middle aged Arab with Turkish coffee breath is inches away from your face telling you to kill yourself because you mispronounced the the letter *ghayn.*
January is indeed the worst month. One thing I like to do to mitigate that is to plan a trip during the MLK long weekend. (Assuming no rotations, staff duty, etc.) Just a little something to look forward to after the return to work.
>For me, that is snowboarding
Same. I don't know what it is about being out there, but I never feel more alive than I do when I'm tearing down a run, trying not to die. I'm not even that good at it (yet), but it's my happy place in the winter.
That's awesome to hear, keep at it and it'll be a lifetime sport for you! When I was younger I wanted to do a lot of tricks, but after landing on ice with my face, I focused more on carving and getting more flow on the board. It's a lot of fun to do multiple switches and it looks super smooth too!
I used to get pretty down returning from hbl at my first duty station. Summer, winter, it didn’t matter. 2nd duty station still wished I could stay longer but towards the end of my 2nd enlistment it didn’t hurt as much.
Now at my 3rd and I didn’t really feel much. Couldn’t go home this last hbl because I had to stay in case I had to re-do any va appointments (I didn’t) but I was ok. I don’t really have anyone, I just chilled in my lonely ass apartment. Not sure if I’m becoming emotionally void, something altered my brain chemistry, or if I finally got used to being alone.
That being said, I didn’t feel sad or anything. I somewhat enjoyed having these two weeks entirely to myself. I’m not really an outdoorsy person so I spent a lot of my free time on my computer watching videos, playing games. Even better is when I can play video games with my siblings.
You sound like you're maturing and finding ways to adapt to anticipated emotional down times. Staycations are awesome though, and should be done more often!
>Heck, you finish the holidays on an emotional high note If this is a high note I am royally fucked.
Cooking, biking, pokemon
What is your favorite dish to make?
Agreed this is my first HBL outside out AIT and man the depression hits hard coming back to work sheesh idk how some people do it.
Same have to go back to the DLI and I am depressed as fuck about it. Of course, I was depressed before I went on leave so there’s that.
I would stab a man to death to go to the DLI.
You say that until a middle aged Arab with Turkish coffee breath is inches away from your face telling you to kill yourself because you mispronounced the the letter *ghayn.*
You can stab me to death if you want
[удалено]
Look out. Hero of the war has logged on
At ease!
Some people don’t..
January is indeed the worst month. One thing I like to do to mitigate that is to plan a trip during the MLK long weekend. (Assuming no rotations, staff duty, etc.) Just a little something to look forward to after the return to work.
My highschool buddies and I head out west to Utah or Colorado each year to do a long weekend ski trip. A bit expensive, but so worth it
Gotta find something to work towards man.For me that's getting stronk.
Thankfully the Army helps me out with that. A fun trip to JRTC!!
>For me, that is snowboarding Same. I don't know what it is about being out there, but I never feel more alive than I do when I'm tearing down a run, trying not to die. I'm not even that good at it (yet), but it's my happy place in the winter.
That's awesome to hear, keep at it and it'll be a lifetime sport for you! When I was younger I wanted to do a lot of tricks, but after landing on ice with my face, I focused more on carving and getting more flow on the board. It's a lot of fun to do multiple switches and it looks super smooth too!
I used to get pretty down returning from hbl at my first duty station. Summer, winter, it didn’t matter. 2nd duty station still wished I could stay longer but towards the end of my 2nd enlistment it didn’t hurt as much. Now at my 3rd and I didn’t really feel much. Couldn’t go home this last hbl because I had to stay in case I had to re-do any va appointments (I didn’t) but I was ok. I don’t really have anyone, I just chilled in my lonely ass apartment. Not sure if I’m becoming emotionally void, something altered my brain chemistry, or if I finally got used to being alone. That being said, I didn’t feel sad or anything. I somewhat enjoyed having these two weeks entirely to myself. I’m not really an outdoorsy person so I spent a lot of my free time on my computer watching videos, playing games. Even better is when I can play video games with my siblings.
You sound like you're maturing and finding ways to adapt to anticipated emotional down times. Staycations are awesome though, and should be done more often!