My goal for today is....
... to put up the Christmas tree. You would think that wouldn't take much time, since it's already decorated and sitting in the basement. So when I go down to the basement, I see it anyway.
The fact is that, because it's cold, I use the living room for painting, and it's far from spacious. I tidy up as much as possible every day, except for the many projects I'm working on. There's one more I need to finish. All the others are finished and have been taken to the giveaway boxes. After all, it's almost Christmas and there is a lot of hidden poverty. Despite what people say, many don't get that one pitiful bag of food from the food bank, which, incidentally, is many times less than in Belgium or what even Tesla owners can get in the USA (you can sell that Tesla and your own home before you get anything in the Netherlands, as property is also considered money).
The radio plays since a few minutes and I am already sick of the lyrics of certain Christmas songs, especially after reading a large number of posts this morning...
"It's finally Christmas, time to show some love..."
Do we really need Christmas or some other national, religious or commercial day to be nice? To show we care or say I love you?
I pushed the tree out of the basement. The last goal for today is to give the two workshops.... May we not die fir cold (better: everyone decides to stay home so I can leave).
Prompt: see title
20-12-2025
I can actually relate to this part of your post and it's irritating. The saddest part for me are those people who always see the need to video everything just because they're showing love to the needy
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That irritating, sad part is more like abusing and humiliating people. I know that's the reason why we have so much hidden poverty. Not everyone likes to admit s/he can't handle that pile of bills any longer. Bills of things not related to fun in life.
Next to that why use others to make yourself look good? I don't believe that's the way. Why force those in need to smile, look happy, and say something positive while you know whatever they gave is by far not enough, and your head is filled with worries? Why say "thank you" if that gift isn't the first thing you had in mind or would do to solve a few problems?
What irritates me most is those gifts are rarely bought by them or if so only to avoid paying taxes. It feels as if those phones glued to their hands are always swift on and the first thing they do is taking a selfie with their own stupid smile in the middle/front.
I saw it on Steemit as well and it irritates me. Do we need all those faces to prove we did something good?
Perhaps I should publish a list with names of Steemians and amounts behind it.. gifts, loans... (those loans never paid back).
It's not hard to be nice without all the nonsense above, but if it comes to it these are always the same people and it clearly pays off; otherwise, they wouldn't keep doing it. The cattle of friends following them seem to find it super as well.
If you ask me most people are lost anyway, since scam is a common thing to do and interesting enough the big votes go to these people.
Let's ignore and build our own happy paradise, no matter how small, and be happy what we achieve alone... since the life experiences and skills you need to do so are priceless.
Merry days, friend!
A super creative day/week
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(Do we really need Christmas or some other national, religious or commercial day to be nice? To show we care or say I love you?) I'll tell you, I'm not very expressive, but I am extremely sincere. I don't need a special occasion. When I feel something for someone, I tell them, looking them straight in the eyes. I want the person to realize that I'm sincere. I've said "I love you" very few times; in fact, I could count them on one hand and still have fingers to spare. Life has been very hard on me, and every step I take is defensive, analyzing every detail. This keeps my feelings pretty much bottled up inside. When they have surfaced, I haven't had good experiences.
It seems I'll be a handsome, single guy my whole life. Thank God, as I told you before, my face is my mother's, and she was very beautiful. A face like that on a man as rough as me is striking. The truth is, I like attracting attention this way and turning down many women.
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Well, I don't like to turn down people, but I do if I know (or feel) I have nothing to offer.
"I love you" I find it hard to say as well and like you I have fingers left (on that 1 single hand. I wonder if it's easier to say to an animal? Perhaps, they don't expect you to give them the moon and stars? To always be present and give everything away?
People can be very exhausting, but dear.. being the rest of your life single and handsome I don't know. You can also have friend who appreciate, like and love you and have a good life.
Unlike you I didn't have a nice mom and my dad left as I was 11 with the words "take good care of your mother", the woman He couldn't take care of. Kind of strange thing to say. So no, I don't have an example of a loving home, not even a safe one, still it must be possible to connect to some, to reach out since if you don't people slowly forget you (great if that is what you want).
Life is long, extremely long if you have no one to visit Ikea with.
Most of us don't have good experiences and if you ask me it won't get any better since we all do as we like and we have no social skills, are not willing to listen a few minutes to another.
In short: You take revenge because of your sister, and those few who let you down, attract women and turn them down?
Read back what you wrote.
Well.. it's your life and if you like or not I like you!
Hi @wakeupkitty friend.
I am On duty on booming03 on December
I am interested to make a team for the application for community curators for January. Will you be a member of my team?
How big will that team be? I can give it try. Let me know how or what. You find me on Telegram @wakeupkitty
You find my data on steemworld.org but I assume you already saw them.
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