Well this day has turned to shit. Be careful who you hook up with in life. Narcissistic people with mental issues will generally prevail when it comes to alienating the kids against the other parent. It’s a real problem. The instant the alienated parent comes up with some more boundaries because the kid needed it, they flex their muscles and decide they will not be subject to the new rules, which are quite tame, by the way, in my case. I don’t have enough boundaries, but I’m not going to sit by and let some pissant kid who thinks he’s going to challenge me get his way, especially over stupid shit (I blocked him from the Internet). Parental alienation is a very real thing, but it’s hard to prove, and the courts don’t care even if you do prove it so there’s not much point in challenging it in court. I’d rather keep my sats anyway. I’m not perfect and I guess I could have handled this situation better. None of you know me so for all you know I’m some psycho dude with serious issues. I think I’m fairly rational. My issue is I’ve been left a lot in my life by people I was close to and it’s a pain that never goes away and one which I don’t deal well with. I have a hard time letting people get close to me. My current wife is one I let get close, but everyone else is pretty much kept at arm’s length. Too much past unresolved pain to be ok letting people in. I think many of us have similar issues.. maybe not exactly my issues, but issues nonetheless. I don’t have the answers for what to do so tomorrow the sun will rise and it’ll be another day and I’ll find something else to keep me busy, all the while ignoring my issues until they come up again. My wife says I should go see a counselor of the Catholic variety. She’s probably right. I should do that. But again, past counselors, I’ve seen several, have only made things worse so I’m trapped by the familiar feeling of not being able to get close again. Why am I writing this here? Well.. I’m out walking off some steam as I write this.. and I considered many times deleting this text because I’m usually not one to air my dirty laundry, but I think I will post it because I want others who are in less than perfect situations to know that you’re not alone. Just keep trying to do the right thing, consider trying to right the wrongs you’ve done to others, and seek faith in God.

Amen. This world we live in.. I didn’t sign up for it. It was forced upon me. Some days it just becomes too much. I have taken my fair share of incoming arrows. Some of those arrows were, and continue to be, unjust. Some of those arrows were of my own causing. I am not perfect. I don’t want a perfect world. I want a world where I’m not reliant upon the desires of others to control and extort me and where I’m respected enough to be left alone to do my thing so long as it doesn’t harm others unjustly. The desire to effect this declaration already exists in many of us. No sane person likes to be controlled or have impositions forced upon him or her. At the end of the day, we the people give others the power to do things against us. We sit in relatively quiet outrage, not wanting to rock the boat, not wanting others to perceive us as crazy, and not doing anything about it. Though, in a sense, participating in #Nostr and #Bitcoin is doing something about it. It’s setting a direction toward what we believe is a better and more just society for us to live. For this I am encouraged that the options are available to each of us to participate or not as we see fit in a way that has not been available to us before. Decentralization may seem like chaos to some, but that’s because they don’t yet understand what it is and means. They don’t understand that these systems are about taking back control from the privileged few. The proof is in the pudding. Our systems seem to be working. Each of us are free to participate or not in these decentralized systems. We know the rules ahead of time and we know that change is truly of consensus, rather than this fake show the ruling class foists upon us without consideration of our input or desires. View quoted note →

GN, #Nostr. I’m pretty tired after working and being at our #homeschool co-op today with cross-country practice after. I did come home to this, though. #Plants are amazing.

Good night, #Nostr. It’s been a busy day. Tomorrow is another day. See you then.

Good night, #Nostr. I’m wiped out. Sleep well all.

Marathon Digital’s Fred Thiel explains how #Bitcoin can be used to offset the $35T US national debt and how nation states will be competing over #BTC power projection as a sovereign reserve asset❗️ Not owning Bitcoin is a threat to National Security. Softwar thesis in play! This came from Crypto Trading Reports on Telegram.