An immediate answer I guess much of this comes down to personal preference.

How I feel politically...

I think its important to bring into the discussion the more general feeling of 'living with precarity' that is certainly a common conversation at the moment.

Wavering social support structures in many countries, deconstruction of 'welfare' or social security alongside the rise of the 'gig' economy, zero-hours contracts and a rise in self-employment are all playing into a normalisation of precarity.

I'd argue that running the social multisig more like a UBI can have a countering affect to that. It can decrease a sense of precarity and increase a sense of control over ones own path, both financially and developmentally.

How I feel emotionally...

My structure is all out the window, but I fit in what I can when I can at the moment. But cognitively I'm in it more than I am sending messages / engaging in dialogue / pushing code. Lots of research has happened while on the move. But it does mean I'm more haphazard and unpredictable. But I know this is a temporary state of affairs and I will go back to having a pretty steady routine when I return home, and I will likely spend more than the currently state 'weekly' time on the work.

How I feel about prior situations...

@mix has stepped back for a few weeks while he's busy working on another project, and hasn't been getting MMT pay, but generally intends to be on the MMT team, and has continued attending weekly meetings and spending hours on various MMT stuff.

When @mix stepped back I felt like he could have stayed on and I would have been happy about that.

I got sick for a week and realised that, in the absence of any agreement about sick leave, I'd feel better about taking the time off I needed if I could pause being paid for that time. (I am used to working as a contractor).

@Alanna I feel like when we're ill there should be a common recognition of acceptance of pay and of need for recovery time.