grillinemsoftly [none/use name]

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Cake day: July 29th, 2020

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  • I've had this one for about 2 years and I'm still highly satisfied with it. Just the right amount of firmness, comfortable, stable, and great for non-sleep bedroom activity. All for well under $400, or potentially free if you play your cards right with Amazon. And delivered in a box to your door. I've missed it whenever I travel. I've had zero desire to upgrade and see no reason to. It's holding up incredibly well and if it ever fails me, I can buy the same one again and still come out ahead. I'm surprised the ass raping mattress lobby hasn't found a way to block the import of these, because imo, it's the $5,000 BYD EV of the mattress world.

    Full disclosure: I am not a mattress expert




  • I was in a similar boat until this year and just want to send some hope your way and encourage you not to fret too much. I thought my employment gaps and lack of long-term job commitment made me unemployable, especially at this point in my life age-wise. I thought I'd be stuck doing gig work until I decided to end it all one day.

    Eventually I decided to set my sights on an area that I'm passionate about and hammer away applying for positions where my past experience was relevant, deciding that I'd not fret about gaps and interview questions until when and if they came up. Well, those worries that I was convinced had doomed me never manifested. Nobody gave a shit. It only indirectly came up and I brushed it off with an aborted grad school attempt that also nobody gave a shit about. I think presenting my gig work in a professional-sounding manner (as self-employment) went a long way. They assumed I ran my own business and I was happy to go along with that. Self-employment can be a great cover and it's more common than ever, so don't be afraid to get creative.

    To my knowledge, none of my work history was verified. There was only a criminal background check, which I also feared would doom me over something minor. I expected them to scrutinize the hell out of me given the nature of the work, but nobody gave a shit about any of it. I went from a very dark place to an amazing job just by applying for the right job at the right time, and none of the stressors that held me back ever manifested.

    That said, I put a lot of effort into polishing my resume and made many revisions over time. I created a brief, two-paragraph cover letter format that I could easily customize for every job I applied for. That made applications a breeze and removed much of the stress. I spent two nights going over the 50 most common interview questions and made sure I had solid answers for all of them, which wasn't always easy. Only a couple came up, but it was worth taking that time to practice and help get into the right mindset. Keep putting in the effort, keep your head up, and you'll get through it. All the best.




  • If you live somewhere with cold winters, this is really fucking cool: https://youtu.be/ZD_3_gsgsnk

    YouTube in general is such a good resource for farming and gardening.

    If complete self sustainability is a goal, look into Korean Natural Farming (KNF). A lot of cannabis and hemp farmers purport to be having success with this. A guy naned Chris Trump has a lot of tutorials on the subject.

    Look into vermicomposting as well.

    This sounds like such an amazing opportunity though. Wow. Good luck.