I swear I know what time is…
So apparently I’ve not done this in four months. I’m not entirely sure how that happened, but it’s June now and I’m blaming uni for draining my soul throughout March and April. Once again, a whole bunch of shit has happened since I last managed to do one of these, so this post will be a personal update, and I’ll schedule some more educational posts for later in the week/month.
To begin, I’ve finished university! Results are (apparently) in a week, and my graduation is in July. I’m hoping that I’ve done as well as I think I have, but honestly after the absolute hellscape that was my dissertation as long as I get a decent pass I am a happy man… human… person. Whatever, gender is meaningless.
Following from that, I’m going to do a grand total of fuck all with my degree. It’s been a couple of months of thinking, but I’ve decided that maybe being a therapist/going into psychology isn’t really for me. After taking a year or so to save up some money, I’m going full force into the political mess that is the UK right now and hoping that I can make a difference. I still might do a masters degree in forensic psychology, because after all I do still love psychology with all my academic being, and I may even still go on to do a doctorate (just to call myself Doctor lol) but career wise, I’m done with it.
I’ve passed one year on testosterone, but completely forgot to do my video update for it for my family, so that’s hilarious. I don’t think I’ve done one since about six months on T, which is totally my bad. I’ve actually managed to start growing some semblance of facial hair, which is like the most gender euphoric thing ever. I have a tiny shitty little moustache now and I’m both very proud of it and very embarrassed about it at the same time. Also transition-wise, I’ve FINALLY got a letter from my GP that will allow me to update the gender marker on my passport (once I actually pick up the letter and can afford to replace my passport that is). And literally as I sat down to do this update, I got a text from the gender clinic with a virtual appointment on Thursday! Which means I am one step closer to teetus yeetus, my friends, and I couldn’t be happier about that. Speaking of le teetus, those of you who follow me on twitter may have seen a little while back that I was switching to using TransTape to bind instead of binders. I will do a proper post on the pros and cons of it but I can safely say that I definitely prefer using the tape over a binder.
I’ve also started working out now that I bind with tape. I got myself a personal trainer who has been super helpful with getting me started at the gym and learning to eat right, and the confidence boost I’ve had from just two months (ish) of working with him is INSANE! I’ve not lost a ton of weight or anything, but I just feel better in myself for being more active and eating more healthily, and I have actually slimmed down a little which is something I’ve been trying to do for years now.
In other personal news, I somehow have a partner? It was a bit of rollercoaster of a start (and a little bit of a tipsy one on my part — we love successful drunk messages) but they are genuinely the light of my life right now. I’m pretty sure I’ve never been happier, and I’m rushing through typing this part because they’re working next to me and I don’t want them to see me gushing about them on my blog. Things are going steady, we’re both (as far as I know and hope) very happy and very comfortable with each other. I’m afraid that that’s all the information y’all are getting because I’m going to keep that part of my life private. If you personally know me, I might tell you more, but the internet is getting nothing else.
It was also my birthday in April! I’m 21 now so I can legally drink everywhere! But that’s like the only thing that me turning 21 changed, except making some members of my family feeling a bit old. So not a huge deal.
I can’t really think of anything else major in my personal life right now, so I guess I’ll leave the personal update here. There are definitely a bunch of wider things that I want to comment on, but I’ll put those in other posts because holy hell I could rant about some of them for YEARS. So stay tuned for them and I swear I’m going to get better at keeping up with this.
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