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2024

Fuck you, 2023. Be nice, 2024.
·963 words·5 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
TL;DR: A personal retrospective of 2023 2023 was a shit year # I usually enjoy doing these yearly posts, looking back at what I did and planning what I’ll do, but 2023 was a shit year.

2023

I love you
·783 words·4 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
Almost four years ago, your mom and I left home and rushed to the maternity hospital to give birth to your brother. As I closed the door to our home, I told your mom with a huge smile that the next time we’d open the door we’d no longer be only the two of us.

2021

Farewell 2021, Welcome 2022: a personal post
·1546 words·8 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
TL;DR: A retrospective of 2021 2021 was a good year overall # Pandemic and lock-downs set aside, 2021 was a good year overall. I’ve really enjoyed my daytime job, my physical health was fine, my mental health was… meh… but ok, I guess.
August 2021: taking a break
·635 words·3 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
TL;DR: this is a short article, no TL;DR. Why so calm ? # As some of you know, I was diagnosed a few years ago with generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and alexithymia, a trait that makes it particularly difficult for me to cope with the disorders.

2020

Anxiety, OpenBSD break, COVID-19 and resuming work
·1284 words·7 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
TL;DR: - I took a break to deal with personal stuff - I'm taking a long break from OpenBSD for personal reasons - I may or may not have experienced COVID-19, who knows - resumed work on OpenSMTPD and other projects This is a weird report # This is a weird report.

2019

happy new year 2019, a personal post
·630 words·3 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
TL;DR: Way too many things happened in a six months timeframe. This post won't need a TL;DR as I'll keep it short. Generalized anxiety disorder and alexithymia.

2018

News from the front !
·269 words·2 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
TL;DR: Came very close to a burn out late 2016, had to quit former employer. Started working at another company early 2017. Became a student again, currently halfway through second year in psychology.

2013

Welcome to you, 2013
·404 words·2 mins
Gilles Chehade
personal
YO! I know I should have posted a “Happy New Year” note earlier but you know how it is: new year eve’s aftermath, days to recover, work resumes, mood slacks, bleh.
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