Some people’s skin are more sensitive than others. Buy what you can afford and do a test patch - maybe your skin won’t mind too much. Or maybe it works well enough on less sensitive areas, and you can save money by using smaller amounts of the pricier lotion on the more easily irritated parts and the rest with the scented lotion. Good luck!
I’ve been drawing ever since I can remember. There are parts of the process I enjoy and find satisfaction in, and other parts that can just be a chore. The feeling tends to vary with time as well. Some days I enjoy drawing/painting, and other days it feels like I’m only doing it because it’s what’s expected of me.
A mid-30s from New Zealand here. Out of my friends and family living in the country that I still keep in touch with, I can only think of 2 households that don’t currently own their home.
One of them was pretty undecided for a long time about where he wants to live and what career to pursue, so didn’t really settle down anywhere. He’s in a serious relationship now though so that might change.
The other one is my brother-in-law and his partner. They’re planning on purchasing a house at some point but it’s not a priority for them - they’re actually renting out our first house from us so they don’t need to worry about getting kicked out without warning or dealing with unpleasant landlords or any of those usual things. When they leave, we plan on selling the house instead of renting it out again. We only kept it to make sure they had a safe space to be themselves.
Out of the homeowners, there’s a quite a mixture of people. Some have come from privilege and got handed money from their parents. Others grew up in a lower socio-economic group and earned all of the initial deposit themselves. One guy has a single dad that’s never owned his own home and has relied on disability income for most of his adult life. My friend had a lot of trouble finishing his university degree and finding work, it was years before he landed his current job at a small store. They’re living together in a house he owns himself now, I thought that was pretty sweet.
New Zealand has had a housing problem problem for a while now, so whenever I think of owning/renting in general it’s usually with negative feelings and frustration. Thanks for giving me this moment to reflect on a more personal level, I think my friends are doing great.
Same here!
The reading out loud tip does worse than nothing for me. On multiple occasions, I’ve read something out loud to someone else and then had absolutely no idea what I just said. I focus so much on vocalizing the words that I’m diverting power away from the part of my brain that would be processing the meaning of them.
Similar thing for listening to the words without any visual aids - I’m just really not a verbally orientated person at all and do much better when reading/writing the information.
Not wasted! If she’s anything like me, the fact that the coffee is fancy is largely for herself. I can’t stand offering anyone in my house worse coffee than I would make for myself, unless they specifically prefer it that way. It just feels so wrong.
If you get any extra enjoyment out of the fanciness level, that’s just additional icing on the cake.
It’s not that exciting, but I’m working on a Pomodoro timer.
There are a lot of Pomodoro timer apps out there, but I still haven’t found one that has all the features I want, they’re always missing something or other. I’m sick of compromising, so I’m making my own. I’ve coded a Pomodoro timer before so I’ve got the general logic down, but my prior implementation is attached to something else and I want it as a standalone application. Thought this would be a good little project to learn godot with, especially since it will let me export it for mobile as well (in theory).
I hate doing UI stuff and most of this project is UI so… wish me luck.
I had absolutely no idea that menopause was something you could seek treatment for, or how much it can affect day-to-day life. Thank you for sharing.
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Exactly this. Your brain gets absolutely blasted with a bunch of chemicals during childbirth and your memory of it becomes very hazy, especially the pain parts. This happens with or without pain management.
That looks amazing! I think the size is perfect.
I also just went through an awful pregnancy with my second child, I completely sympathize. It was a lot worse than my first one, constant nausea and heartburn and fatigue the entire 9 months. In the last 2 months I could barely move and didn’t have enough energy to do much of anything I enjoyed (including the more lowkey hobbies like playing games and drawing) - all I could do was watch TV on a recliner until my butt got sore, and then go lie down and nap/read until my hips got sore. Drove me completely up the wall and destroyed my mental health, and my husband wasn’t doing great either with 100% of the housework and childcare on his shoulders.
I hated every moment of it, and felt guilty for hating it the entire time.
I’m so sorry for your 2 losses, best of luck with this pregnancy. It’s horrible, but hang in there. You can do it, I believe in you.
I think it’s just that the outlines are inside/on the edge of the letters instead of outside
Have you tried using a different browser? I’ve had to request a return from Zenni before and didn’t have this issue
There isn’t really any indication of how often they buy her these things. It could just be once every couple of months, or when she’s had an especially bad day.
Length of video doesn’t factor into whether I watch it at all. If I decide to watch the video, I’ll either watch the whole thing, stop halfway, or just skip forwards to various points depending on how well it caught my interest.
What determines if I open it at all has more to do with who sent it to me, why they sent it to me, and what the title/thumbnail looks like.
The who: I don’t bother clicking on videos from most people. Usually I’m away from my pc at the time and don’t have headphones in so I really can’t be bothered. There are a couple of friends that have very consistently sent me hilarious or fascinating content though, and I will either watch those right away or save it to a watchlist for later. This is a very short and exclusive list.
The why: Context matters. I generally don’t bother watching videos that get sent to me without any sort of explanation - if it’s nothing but a link, it might as well be nothing. If the person sending it can’t even think of an emote or a couple of words to add to it, it’s probably not worth watching. In contrast, sometimes friends will send me a video to get my opinion on something, or to share their current special interest, or because it’s something they’ve made themselves. Those, I will always watch regardless of length. If my close friends are invested in it, I am too to some extent.
The what: If the video has a clickbait title/thumbnail, I’m not clicking it no matter how interesting it sounds.
I most cases, the decision is made long before I even notice the length of the video
Focus less on expressing yourself, and more on what makes her happy. This post is mostly about you - your feelings, and what you want. You’ve given us no information about your girlfriend, and I think that’s indicative of your current mindset. Flip it on its head, and make her feelings the focus instead of your own.
She’s not just your girlfriend, she’s her own, unique person - If you truly listen to her wants and needs and preferences instead of just taking generic advice about “girlfriends”, that’ll make her feel much more special than anything else you can do.
It depends on what you’re looking for.
If you’re happy with kind of shallow young adult fantasy vibes, go for it. The magic system / world-building / characters aren’t especially fleshed out, but they get the job done. The plot again isn’t especially noteworthy, but it was a pretty fun ride and easy to digest. Basically it’s very accessible fantasy, but somewhat mediocre.
If you’re really into classic high fantasy stuff, maybe give it a miss. It probably won’t hit the spot for you.
Regardless of whether you read the books or not, just… forget about the movie.
Background in animation and design sounds perfect for creating assets for streamers/vtubers. There always seems to be some demand for logos, “stingers” (animations that play between changing scenes), looping videos for idle screens (when the streamer isn’t on camera, such a “taking a break” scenes), and emotes. Take a look around vgen.co and see if those types of things might be up your alley.
Sometimes the games that people will watch is not the same as the ones they will play themselves. The same goes for games that are played on-stream vs off-stream, its just a very different way of enjoying the game.
For example, I would hang out in a twitch stream with someone playing a JRPG or a MMO or a dating sim. But I don’t have any interest in playing those genres myself. The fact that I’m watching someone else play doesn’t cut into the studio’s profits at all, because I never would have bought the game in the first place.
For visual novels in particular, I only play these live on stream. I get the most out of them this way. I like to pause the game and talk about things that were brought up in the dialog, or react to something that happened. My favorite is trying to guess things like plot twists. I had a whole Charlie Day pinboard situation going on while I played the Zero Escape games, and I have a lot of fun just chatting with viewers on all sorts or stuff like this. It makes me stop and really appreciate the game a lot more. Completely different experience to when I play by myself - I didn’t even think I liked the genre until I tried playing a smaller one on stream, and now I’m a little bit hooked.
On the flip side of this, I enjoy management and automation games but I absolutely hate streaming them.
Basically the point I’m trying to make is that playing the game solo vs streaming the game vs watching someone else stream the game are all very different ways of experiencing the same game and story. If I find a particularly chatty streamer doing a visual novel I’ve already played, it can be really fun to compare their thoughts and suspicions and reactions to my own, so there’s totally value to both watching and streaming visual novels for me in particular. I’m sure other people are the same way.