Gina @Gina@fosstodon.org

Would anyone be interested in hearing about our #FOSS adventure? We''re a feminist non-profit in the midst of migrating from Windows to #Linux: servers and desktops! We try to be as #opensource as possible, for ethical, security and privacy reasons.

I slept like a normal human being for the first time in weeks and damn does it feel good. 🥳

#insomnia #victory

Aaaaawwwww yisssss! I finally splurged. Bought a camera and lens that I've wanted since forever. Meet Fred, my Sony A6400 camera + 16mm f1.4 lens!

No idea what I'm going to shoot, but we're definitely making ALL THE SLOMO'S! 🎉🎉

Have to make a matrix of ongoing projects, tasks and responsibilities today so that my organisation can find someone else to do them. It's going great.

BTW can I just say how grateful I am to be living in a country with actual worker protection? It's not everywhere you can just declare being too tired to work and be rewarded with as much paid leave as you need to recover. 🇳🇱❤️

But in all seriousness. I've hit a wall and I realize now that rest and selfcare are the only remedies. I still sleep like shit and I don't do a lot other than eat, cry and sleep. Haven't really told anyone in my life yet because none of this feels real.

Anywho, superfun stuff, I hope you're all doing well. Thank you for the kind dm's ❤️

Taking some time out of my busy day to inform you of my new schedule.

Me: burned out, booking the last affordable ticket for a much needed vacation.

Universe: hahah no.

Company doctor didn't appreciate a joke, I'm now officially declared unfit for work. Aw beans.

Ngggh so I've posted something in our company app about being tired of carrying an entire department by myself, which led to a call from my manager announcing that I'm officially being called in sick and that I have to visit the company doctor.

Fine, I'll take a few days off but honestly who even has time for this. I'm a make it happen person. I'm not the type to sit at home. I've always had demanding jobs, 50 hour workweeks and combined study with work. What even is this nonsense. :/

Update, I think I slept about 45 minutes. Groggy. Will probably leave work early today.

Thank you for the kind DM's. I'm aware that this is a sign of burn-out. I currently have about 300 vacation hours piled up, but I'm too exhausted to even plan anything. What's the point even, when the pile of work only becomes bigger with every day of leave. More anxiety. I know this isn't healthy, after these two weeks I'll start by taking some time off.

👏👏

Mood.

Ahh 03:37AM Monday morning. The perfect time to STILL BE AWAKE. This will definitely help start the week of great.

Can't fucking wait for the inevitable anxiety attack I'll have in a few hours.

So looking forward to managing the IT dept all alone while my coworker is on leave for the next two weeks. FUN! Can't wait for my tired ass to be swamped with tickets while also carrying massive projects.

#insomnia #funfunfun

The jar remains empty!!

New printers are installed :)

Lol I'm so excited, we finally have an external IT vendor visiting us again. My "wow a woman in IT" jar might see its first euro today. 😂

#FOSS update. We have visitors today from the Mediterranean Women’s Fund. They moved away from Salesforce and built their own CRM, which in the NGO field is unheard of. Their database admin and ours are currently nerding out over tables and fields like the two amazing wizards they are. ❤️ 🧙‍♀️

For non-Dutchies: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/black-pete-christmas-zwarte-piet-dutch/