My childhood friend is still struggling with the effects of a burst brain embolism two years ago.

It's worsened by not being able to afford a proper helper (her mother is her helper, but is losing her ability to function) and therefore needing to do far more than her brain allows, not having managed to get on disability (and apparently if you've been unemployed for two years you can no longer get on disability?), and repeatedly losing important medical professional due to them changing which insurance they take and her insurance changing under her (at different times).

She also is unable to get and keep a good case manager as the good ones are too busy to take her case and the others can't handle her case and give up.

She needs a lawyer because she doesn't have enough brain to do her taxes so she's getting hounded and fined by the IRS, one of her housemates is abusive and getting worse (actively trying to trigger Jessie's post-embolism seizures, for example), and she needs help getting a case manager and dealing with trying to get on disability.

The worst part is that she's forced to do a lot of the tasks that a helper or case manager would do for her, making her previous recovery go backwards as it's taking energy that she should be using to recover and heal.

Any help would be appreciated, as she's terrified she's going to end up on the streets with a barely functional brain.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jessie-recover-from-a-brain-aneurysm

Dunno if anyone else can help, but my childhood friend is still struggling post burst brain aneurysm and needs all the help she can get. https://gofund.me/e6f1cdc8

I need people to do a plant-related card sort for me and my group for the Measuring UX class at Bentley. For those who are not clear, a card sort is a task where you take a bunch of items and sort them however you think makes sense. There is no screener, since we largely want the data so we can do stats on the results, so feel free to pass it along to anyone else you think might be willing to help!

Updated to add:  Please do not do it on the phone - use a computer. Evidently it's not great on a phone.

https://c7hxj3bg.optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort/fct0c6t5

Thanks!

One of the books I read for one of my class talked about habits as if people do them without thinking about it. I don't think I do that - even brushing my teeth and flossing are things I have to use mental energy to start. And if I want to do them well, bring mindful about it is necessary.

I think the closest I get is getting dressed in the morning - but that's largely because I have clothing set up to be without many decisions required. So I grab the clothing and put them on, but even then I still have to think about it to not have them inside out and buttoned up right if they have multiple buttons.

Do your habits require any energy to initiate? Do you do them well or right even without paying attention? I'm trying to understand why the book would talk about adding additional habits to existing ones to make them habits as well.

I do wonder if this relates to my difficulty doing anything (except class or work, which require that) more regularly than every two weeks, or exercise that isn't because I have another reason besides exercise to do them.

And doing things that require scheduling even as often as every two weeks. Of course, I know scheduling and estimating time is really hard for me, so that last bit may be that.

 Possibly of interest: https://perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/ - perception census!

Hi folks.

I think some of you might know my childhood friend Jessie. She had a brain aneurysm burst on Christmas and needs help with bills and things while she recovers. As you might know, it's really hard to recover from such things, so no one yet knows what things will look like for her.

The gofundme that a friend from high school put together is at https://gofund.me/f53d0ba1

https://commutetimemap.com/map

Example that I picked kind of randomly:
https://commutetimemap.com/map?places=42.374017%253B-71.108665%253B0%253B1800%253B%25234143f4&places=42.373249%253B-71.109271%253B1%253B1800%253B%2523fc0000&places=42.373249%253B-71.109271%253B2%253B1800%253B%2523b241f4&places=42.373249%253B-71.109271%253B3%253B1800%253B%2523f441cd

 https://www.window-swap.com/ (go to https://www.window-swap.com/Window if you just want to see people's window views)

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