Although BTC started to tank a little today, ETH just reached a new ATH around 2920$ it is so exciting to see it moving on its own. This is only good for the future of crypto as a whole.
Maybe in the future this will change the time we spend at a bear market because not everything's tanking at the same time.
looking to buy a kinetic/moving sand picture, the type that has sand inside a liquid, and can be flipped to watch sand slowly settle and build landscapes. I only saw some in shop on manners st, but they were quite small, I'm looking for a larger version. Thanks for any advice.
I’m currently unemployed (but will be within the next few months) and I only have a couple thousand to my name, but I really want to be out of this house within the next year. I just want to know how to prepare, what I should be doing now so I don’t have to do it later, how to move these things along quickly and efficiently, etc. I really just need advice on moving out and being completely on my own with no chance of contacting family for help. I don’t have any friends either at the moment (maybe I’ll make some when I have my classes in the fall so that might lend opportunities). I’m only an 18yo guy but I want to be out of here by 19 if it’s possible. Does anyone have any advice to offer in this situation? How hard is it to be by yourself with no help at all? How do you keep track of everything? I imagine it’s much simpler than it seems but I want to hear experiences from other people who have gone no contact immediately after leaving home.
For context, I’ve been unemployed for a year due to covid. I just got hired at a used bookstore starting Monday, but pay is low ($9.70/hr) but goes up based on how well the store does that day. The manager tells me pay usually gets up to between $11-$15 on an average day. The job also has no medical or other benefits.
It’s not ideal, I know. But it’s all I have for now. I can keep looking for something higher paying as I work here. I’m uninsured right now so I’d have really like a job with benefits. My lease also expires this month and I’m moving away from my shitty roommates to hopefully get a place of my own, but it’ll be hard to afford solo rent on that pay, and I can’t find a roommate so far.
My parents are wealthy upper middle class people who tend to live in a bubble and can’t fathom why I won’t move home. They keep pressuring me to move in with them, let my father give me a government desk job I know I would hate, save my high salary for a few years, and then go “live my dreams” as they say.
That might not sound so bad, but I have depression and anxiety that are already at an all time high for several reasons. My parents are controlling, authoritative, and emotionally abusive. Living with them would destroy my mental health. I also worked an office job I hated before the pandemic, and it made me hate my life, which is why I don’t want my father to give me a high paying job if it means I’ll hate it. My parents also live very far away down south, and I have no desire to live there. My closest friends and only real support system are here. I’m afraid of what my mental state would become if I lived with my parents, away from support networks, at a job I hated for two years. Plus, I would be 30 in two years, and I don’t want to feel like I’m waiting for my life to begin for the next 2 years.
Every time I talk to my parents on the phone, they just add to my stress by asking what my plan is and how I’ll afford to live. I’m trying to figure that out myself. I keep politely declining their offers to move home and accept a job, but they keep re-offering and becoming more insistent. They keep saying “we want to help. Let us help.” But they only want to help me do what they think I should do.
The only reason this matters is because I’m not completely financially independent. I want to be. But my parents pay for my gasoline, car insurance, and phone bill. I’ve never asked them to do those things. They never gave me a chance to refuse them, and they conti
... keep reading on reddit ➡TLDR; Looking for tips/advice on how to avoid becoming too codependent when I'm going to be moving to my partner's city without employment/friends.
Background: my partner (26M) and I (25F) have been together for 1.5 years, but none of it has been a "normal" relationship. We started in the same city for the first few months, then he moved across the US for a job (we didn't expect to stay together). Shortly after, COVID hit and he moved back as it was a healthier situation than being in a large city. We quarantined together for about 4 months before both leaving, him to be near family and me to Europe for a job. I've decided to quit my job and move back to the US this fall, and have to wait out a 1-year do not compete before finding another serious job. I intend to move to NYC to be close to him for 6 months, and then spend the rest of my year travelling to see friends and family without him.
We're both independent young professionals, but I don't have any close friends in NYC or plans to work a full time job there. My attachment style is anxious, and he's more secure but introverted, so I know this could easily become a trainwreck.
We aren't going to live together, and I'm going to look into low stress/"fun" jobs, volunteering for non profits that will make me feel fulfilled, and checking what old friends now live in NYC.
Question: any advice on how I can make this a smooth transition/avoid being too dependent on my partner, which in turn will probably blow things up?
Hi,
I've worked as an editor on a short documentary and now have been helping co-produce and edit pitches, trailers and samples for grant funding for an upcoming feature documentary. I am wondering if anyone here has experience or advice transitioning from very small independent projects to working on more commercial things like for Netflix or Hulu for example. I've seen posts in here where a lot of the editing goes on with outside production houses, I've also heard fellow editors mention having agents?
Thanks for you thoughts -
So I'm re-reading the series for the first time since I was a kid and I've just finished Moving Pictures, although I'm left with this feeling that it's not one of the strongest books in the series. It's the first time that we're introduced to Ridcully and the other wizards though I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) so there is that. Wondered what others thought about it?
Listening to the second side of MP might be the greatest thing of all time to do. Also maybe the last three songs on Power Windows as well
Hi ladies! I am trying to improve my life and looking for...advice? Conversation? Friends? All of the above. I’m 33f single and until recently had little desire to get married or have kids. I love my independence SO much. I love being able to take time off from work last minute and hop a plane to Europe if I want. But lately I feel like I missed out. I do not view marriage and kids as “success” as many seem to. It not a life goal, it’s great if that’s what you want but many seem to see it as a race or as a box you’re supposed to check, otherwise you’re seen as a bit odd. There was a man in my life who I loved dearly. We broke up and I was a wreck for 3 years. Then he came back but I was with someone else. He begged, but I said “no” because I thought I was doing the right thing (staying with someone who loved me and not going with someone who hurt me). Two months later I broke up with my then boyfriend to finally get back together with my ex but he moved on. He literally moved away, wouldn’t tell me where, and then blocked my number and Facebook because he said it would be too painful to see me with someone else even though I told him I was single now. That was two years ago and now I spend every waking (and dreaming) moment thinking of him and the kids we wanted together. He has since unblocked my facebook and he’s been with someone else for almost the entire two years since I’ve seen him. I never wanted to get married or have kids until him. I wanted to be HIS wife and have HIS kids. I shouldn’t have turned him away. I’m now single, sad, in my 30’s and just feeling incredibly alone and like there is no hope for my romantic future. I don’t see how I can meet anyone. I tried dating apps and it’s so different than when I tried them in my 20’s. I just keep getting some creepy men talking to me. I’ve tried getting back out there and dating but the whole time I just think about him, and I just want to go home. I’m not usually this pathetic lol, I’ve just been so down lately and literally can’t seem to move on emotionally. I’m acting like I did in high school over a boy who didn’t like me back.
I don’t ever see myself moving on and I’m terrified. I’m trying therapy, journaling, mediation, exercise, and even praying (though I’m not very religious) and nothings really worked. It doesn’t help that I don’t really have any girlfriends around. I never really get “girl talk” time or even just another female who likes to let loose and hang out. Life just gets lonelie
... keep reading on reddit ➡So far the only sources I can find are these two tweets, both of which cite the Lone Star Conference (TSU's D2 conference) as a source:
https://twitter.com/MattLochTV/status/1178803778218278914
"BREAKING NEWS: via @LoneStarConf, Tarleton State is going division 1 next season, joining the WAC. Meaning, this Saturday's football game between Angelo State and Tarleton will be the last conference match-up between the 2 schools."
https://twitter.com/RPRTalks/status/1178807962283974657
"BREAKING: Tarleton State is making the jump to Division I and will join the WAC next season. Tarleton Football will play in the FCS as an independent, per @asuradiovoice later confirmed by @LoneStarConf."
Tarleton State is located in Stephenville, Texas, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The football team is currently ranked fourth in D2. The rumored FCS independent/WAC for other sports setup is what Dixie State (UT) is doing when they move up at the end of this school year.
EDIT: The school has now confirmed the WAC invitation. https://tarletonsports.com/news/2019/9/30/general-tarleton-receives-ncaa-division-i-invitation.aspx
