I'm fine, and life's great. In fact, it's never been better; I can't think of any problems worth mentioning, and it's been a while since that was last the case.
In less than forty eight hours, I'll be touring Oslo while waiting for a connecting flight to Poland, for the first proper vacation I've had in years. (I volunteered all throughout last summer break; it was a great for building connections and the benefits were well worth it, but it rendered me devoid of any actual "break" from work.)
My back injury fully healed not too long ago, and it's been months since I've had any acute back pain. There's still some muscle soreness left over from the treatment of it, but nothing that some more physical therapy won't fix.
I've recently begun reading in depth into Einstein's theory of special relativity, and it's incredibly fascinating stuff. Though not too applicable to the everyday life of the average person, for anyone who actually wishes to understand the universe, it completely uproots any preexisting ideas of how the world around them works.
Additionally, my phone repair hobby/"business" has been going quite well (re: the photo in the answer before this one); in fact, if I had to complain about something, it would be that I'm having trouble focusing my free time on anything else. It's rather ironic: in today's economy, my greatest struggle is that I've put myself in a position where making money is so easy and enjoyable that it's difficult to /not/ make it. In the time that I spend learning the basics of a new programming language via an online course, for example, I could've bought a few thousand dollars worth of phones for a few hundred, or repaired and sold hundreds' worth. Investing in your future is markedly easier when you can't easily monetize your time. I've been meaning to move onto bigger and better things, however (that is, bigger and better than a hands-on skill with a logarithmic business growth model.) While selling phones on Craigslist, I've met, among others, people who work at Tumblr, and a member of a fairly new tech startup that deals with a certain well-known cryptocurrency. I'm submitting my resume to both companies shortly, and with any luck, I'll have an intern position in at least one of them waiting for me when I return from vacation.
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