Mindfulness Room Update
Just a quick note to let you all know that moving forward, the Mindfulness chat room will only be opened for discussions.
We have had this room open 24/7 for quite a while now. During this time, we have learned that there is little interest in discussing mindfulness practices in between the scheduled sessions and it is frequently left empty or used for unrelated purposes.
Love mindfulness? Do not fear! Mindfulness sessions will continue to run as planned.
Check the calendar here to see when the next support session is! 
@Heather
Awesome update, thank you
@Heather now i cry........ i loved that room :'(
@Lighterskies17 yes. It was room where we used to hangout :(
@spellandwand Our home :'(
Yes, it feels like our home was knocked down, without even an eviction notice :( It is such a shame to lose a caring environment, where everyone could share encouragement and support. Consequently, it feels a room where people explored a great coping mechanism, in the form of mindfulness, has been lost.
To me, mindfulness is not something that can necessarily be fully deliberated in single discussions; rather, a practice of great primacy that involves individual experiences. Therefore, something that benefits from further consideration, practice and encouragement on a more frequent basis (often, gaining more when there are fewer individuals than an average discussion, due to the intimacy of the practice).
With mindfulness being a tool suggested to decrease anxiety, depression, psychological distress, enhancing mood, self-esteem, focus, acceptance, fatigue, blah, blah, blah… It's suggested to prevent mental health difficulties. Surely, we should be aiming for this?? Which is why, the closure of this room has come as a huge disappointing shock :'(
@Heather If you wish for further clarification: Kabat-Zinn et al., 2003; Rosenzweig et al., 2010, Khoury et al., 2013; Alotaibi, 2015; Black & Fernando, 2014; Schonert-Reichl & Lawlor, 2010 :(
@Heather just be sure it's opened well in advance of and after the sessions, dear. :3
& that users who are new to the site and try to go to the session when it isn't actually time get a proper message instead of a vague redirect to nowhere :x'
while we're on the point, a botherance needs to be made (not to you, of course) regarding a time filter (& possibly teen/adult) on this session list because these have all expired.
and while we're at it, if that's adjusted for a user's time zone, we should toss the abbreviation in there. because clarity. i know i just always assume things are never happening at the right time.
and while we're at it, this is why i question that and i know the team is currently working on the community page but i'll make sure this issue is addressed.
and by "if it is adjusted to their time zone" i mean "it 100% without a doubt needs to be if it isn't already" :x
@bunnypants
As stated in the top line, discussions (and other things on the site) are posted in Eastern Time.
@Amelia yah but that's not posted anywhere on the community landing page calendar :P
also i am aware of this *and* in eastern time myself, but i still feel like i have no idea when things are happening sooo simple changes would probably increase involvement? :3 esp. since it's trivial to convert that time to the user's on their end, so they don't always have to be converting. except when stoofs is just pasted. :X'
already bothered unicorn bc that's the thing i want most right now so :D
i'm rambling. that specific point was, i've always had doubts about whether the community calendar is time-adjusted as it should be because other things are in eastern time, which means it's unclear, which means other users are unsure, which means at the very least EST will be added, or i will just write a script to convert those to user time on the frontend if i hafta <3
overall, i feel like getting into support sessions requires too much effort on the user's end, what with showing them support sessions that have passed and users having to convert time zones that aren't even labeled & that's what will need to be fixed :3
i think also in my notes somewhere is that i would like users to receive a specific sort of alert when they are online that there is a support session for a community they are involved with about to occur, but that is further down the line.
@bunnypants
I think you have some great ideas (I'm actually always a fan of your ideas--they're well thought out and typically would have a positive impact on many people in the community). And I know you said that you've shared them with unicorn but the best way to make sure they get on the list is to submit them to the Listener Suggestion Box. It helps us be more organized and measure the number of people who want certain features and so forth. Do you mind throwing them in there for us? @KrinkTheMellowUnicorn
@bunnypants People are working on updating tockify, and in some subcommunities the discussion calendar is listed up on the landing page :)
@bunnypants
Hi! No, it is not adjusted for time zones
@bunnypants the tockify calendar is very outdated- people are working on updating it so it's more accurate, but if you want a sure way of when discussions are, you're best off asking a mod if they can check the discussion dashboard x
@Lucy nuh, it's not the calendar itself, it's issues with the format and content of the community landing page module for it and what i suspect is plaintext on the top of the subcommunity page, both of which are being revamped so now is the time to make any adjustments.
and i can't offhand think of any other places that mention specific times, so if they're going to implement user time zones, now is probably the time :P
i've seen the actual calendar content get cleaned up a lot, but who is working on what there, exactly?
@bunnypants All of the support team leaders and group mod officials have access to update/modify the tockify calendar. As well as select others (i.e. ambassadors).
Hope this helps!
@Alex helps a bit conceptually but not logistically. is wot expecteds, but thanks. xP
@Heather
hw can i go to this room? its not in list :(
@sweet2020
I don't see it in the list either right now.
The notifier up in the corner should indicate what time the notifier was triggered too so people don't waste time looking for the event in the calendar just to tell that it's passed the time slot already...I don't think the notifications disappear afterward so as is it looks like it's happening right now even if it happened and ended over 5 hours ago.
@CoinFountain that's exactly my point too!
@CoinFountaink @peacefulWarrior10 *yawnles* you're talking about in the notifications menu bell thingy up there?
how do you subscribe to group support events to get them to show up in notifications? O.o'
@bunnypants
some discussion leaders ask for alerts and a human manually puts it and then has to manually remove it.
