Steel cut oats boiled with fruit, sweetened with maple syrup, and served with some type of dairy. I always use cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ground ginger!
Fruit is either:
Dairy is either:
I have regular ole bipolar disorder but I find that I tend to have depressive mood episodes more often in the depths of winter, when it’s darkest and coldest. Before I was medicated, I routinely blanked out basically from December to February.
Thank you for such a thorough write-up! This was SO helpful. Genuinely appreciated :)
It’s sad that music UX is adopting these principles, tbh. Music is inherently a long(er) form experience. It deserves separate treatment. The last thing I personally want is for music apps to try to suck my attention as much as text- and video-based apps do. I know I’m fighting against the app economy headwinds in that desire, but I still dare to dream…
I’ll have to check it out. How is Tidal for music discovery? I found that GPM was great for helping me find artists with the “I’m feeling lucky” feature. YTM hasn’t scratched that itch.
Part of what’s kept me on YTM is that I’m still grandfathered into the GPM pricing, and I really like the ad-free feature for the rare occasions I am on YouTube. But—I could deal with giving that up!
I definitely don’t want to see how many people like a song I’m listening to or what they have to say about it. I want my music experience to be more personal. I will just go to normal YouTube if I want to discuss something.
Ugh, I still miss GPM so much. YTM is worse to me in just about every way.
I have bipolar disorder lmao
I’m learning that second point right now and it is tough.
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Lol I say that first one to my cat too!
Card almost exclusively, but I keep small amounts of cash on hand just in case. Usually end up using it at farmer’s market or maker mart type situations.
I love that! I may look into this as something fun to try out. Thanks for the inspiration :D
I don’t generally feel as connected to what I type as to what I write, probably because my entire job involves typing all day. Writing by hand takes longer and therefore requires me to slow down and think more.
That’s cool! Is it a cipher you developed yourself? How long did it take you to become proficient?
Hard no for me. People feel way too entitled to bring their dogs everywhere. Your being a pet owner doesn’t mean everyone else also has to love and want to be around your dog. I’m afraid of most big dogs and if I had to routinely encounter them at work, I’d be looking for a different job. I’m also very allergic to them and despite taking allergy meds every day, I’d be miserable with dogs in a shared space I couldn’t escape.
It’s a little funny to me that you asked this question because a few years ago, I remarked to my partner that I don’t like orange cats (in general) and she jokingly called me a cat racist. I felt so guilty about it that I was like I HAVE TO START LOVING ALL CAT APPEARANCES EQUALLY. I still feel a little guilty about it tbh 😂
Anyway, my actual answer is that black and white cats are my favourite. But I can now accept that orange cats have an allure for some folks 😆 I did know an orange cat who was lovely and I liked him a lot. Just if faced with the choice of multiple cats with personalities suited to mine, I’d pick the black and white one first.
I love this! The joy on his face is infectious.
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Product-wise:
I swear by Dorset Cereals’ muesli lmao. It is such a small thing but I absolutely love all the flavours and recommend them to everyone I know. If I were a different sort of person, I’d be approaching them for a brand deal, what with all the word-of-mouth advertising I do for them 😂
I also swear by my Blundstones. They’re great for walking, they always keep my feet dry in my very moist city, and they have lasted me really well so far.
I like gesture controls on my Pixel. It took me a bit 5) adjust too, but now I can’t go back. My biggest gripe is that swiping from the right side of the screen will go back or exit an app instead of letting me go forward (thinking of Chrome specifically). Also, it can be hard to crop images because the gesture area conflicts with the edge of a lot of images.
One I haven’t seen mentioned here is familiarize yourself with tenancy laws in the place you want to move to. It is always good to know your rights, and with landlords these days, you have to be as savvy as you can. A lot will come from experience, but knowing what they’re allowed to do or not do is priceless.