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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Saturday) now to midnight UT (8pm Sunday Eastern Time).

Poll #24536 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 53

How are you doing?

I am OK
39 (73.6%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
14 (26.4%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
24 (45.3%)

One other person
18 (34.0%)

More than one other person
11 (20.8%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

lexin

People are wondering if my big plan is partly caused by my mental illness. I'm not sure whether they're right or not.

From:

kathmandu

Well, the mind you have is the only mind available to make decisions with. ("Hey, Stephen Hawking, can I borrow your mind for a bit?" "I'm busy using it!") And we all have backgrounds and characteristics that inform our decisions.

It can feel very undermining to have that kind of question asked, but at this point sorting out causes is mainly a philosphical question: you already made the decision.

So I'd say the key question is "Will your big plan turn out well?"
And you might as well focus on doing everything you can to influence that.

From:

lexin

Huge thank you for this response, it saved me a sleepless night.

I've contacted my doctor and they're referring me to the mental health unit to check out what's going on. But none of that changes the decision I've made, which I want to stick with.

From:

lexin

I don't know if you saw my post, but the Big Plan is to move to Bangor, in North Wales, to a house I have not (yet) seen in person. I'm going to be visiting on Monday, assuming that Gwynedd isn't one of the areas suddenly in lockdown.