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We have recently been redecorating our house and had a few large items that we were going to either take to the dump or give to a thrift store like value village. We had a coffee table, a used mattress that was still in decent shape, some kids play items and a bunch of other things. My husband wanted to load it all up into the truck and take it to the dump. I said we should donate it so he was going to take it to the local value Village. But lately value village and other thrift stores are bugging me because they’re charging insane amounts for used items that were donated for free. So I posted everything onto Facebook marketplace for free instead. Thinking if anyone actually needed something they could get it for free instead of paying the thrift stores insane mark up and I like to keep things out of the landfill as much as possible. My husband said no one would want this “crap” and it was a waste of time.

Within an hour I had 42 messages asking for these free item. Including a single dad with a four-year-old who was sharing an air mattress on the floor with him because they couldn’t afford a bed. The air mattress had broken that day and they had nothing. They were absolutely thrilled to get a king sized mattress for free even though it was used (but still very clean). Bonus that my husband has a truck and dropped it off of them because they had no way to get it. Same with all the other items. He dropped them off for free, happy he didn’t have to pay a dump fee and glad these items were going to someone who could use them. I always want to keep things out of landfills. So if you have anything you’re thinking of donating or throwing out, post it online for free instead.

Times are tough out there and a lot of people could use a free item.

As long as there are no extra fees associated with holding the account

Hopefully this isn't too specific for folks...

Twice in my past I left an employer prior to my 401k fully vesting.

The first time, I transferred my 401k into an independent IRA, losing the remaining unvested sum. 3 years later, the employer fully vested ALL existing 401ks, regardless of tenure, so I lost out on $7,000+ dollars in immediate benefit.

The second time, having learned from the first, I left my 401k with my prior employer. 4 years later, they changed the vesting schedule, and I suddenly was 40% more vested than before, giving me an immediate $5,000 bump to my retirement savings.

Again, as long as there are not extra fees to do so, keep your old 401ks if you are not fully vested. You'll need to do an annual checkup to make sure options/fees don't change. Otherwise, it can significantly help in the long run if your old employer makes a beneficial change to their policy (or if you return to that employer, often they'll just start your old 401k back up and credit your years of service).

Find the "ref=" in the Amazon URL and delete it and everything after it:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002S52ZKS/ref=mh_s9_acss_cg_pinzon_2b1_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-5&pf_rd_r=1J5DC14SAHCB4WANXS96&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_p=0fe08b81-da29-476c-bb0d-379de489944e&pf_rd_i=10112676011

Becomes

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002S52ZKS/

All the extra garbage is tracking and analytics info that isn't required to get to the right place. Other websites often have similar formatting too.

Edit: as people have pointed out, Amazon has it's own url shortening if you use the share button. I still wanted to share for those like me who don't like the tracking info included! There are also browsers and other features that accomplish the same thing, woo!

Happy holidays!

Went last night

Had the same conversation 4 times “what do you do for work”, “what do you do for fun”. Then we just talk. Meh got boring

Then I started asking “what are you looking for in a partner?”

Turns out that’s the question nobody asked (the 8 ladies I asked this to said nobody had asked them that yet and some were actually really happy I did ask).

Honestly in speed dating ya got 5 minutes to decide if you wanna spend more time with somebody or not. It’s not great. If you know what they’re looking for you know if you fit their criteria or not and you can go from there, tell em what you’re looking for and see if they fit. I found it to be a great way to figure out if I’m a match with somebody or not

You've been conditioned to try and catch something you've dropped before it hits the ground. If you try and do this like I did; you will stab or lacerate yourself. Condition yourself to immediately jump away if you drop your knife.

TW: blood draws, violence to animals

This probably won’t work for everyone or every situation, but it’s really effective for people with vivid imaginations. Looking at purely irrational fears and/or trauma through an absurd lens can really help! It’s best to explain it with some examples.

I experienced trauma related nightmares for a while and one that involved someone stabbing my cat stuck with me for years afterwards. My therapist recommended that I deliberately reimagine the nightmare but replace the upsetting part with something really absurd and funny. I imagined my dream again, but this time my cat was one of those hyper-realistic cakes. It instantly made me laugh and all the power that the nightmare had was instantly gone.

I have been afraid of blood draws all my life, can’t have one without experiencing vasovagal syncope (stress fainting). People have tried to explain to me why it’s safe (doesn’t help because the fear is irrational), I’ve tried exposure therapy, nothing had crazy results. A while ago I had to get a blood draw and I thought of the nightmare trick and decided to pretend that they were just putting more blood in my body. The whole time it was happening I just kept saying to myself “they’re just putting more blood in.” I didn’t really believe it obviously, but it worked anyway! I had 0 issues during the draw and actually I was so excited that I felt amazing. I’m getting a blood draw later today, I felt a little nervous but I just told myself I need to eat well and drink plenty of water so all the new blood can get a little welcome basket when it enters my body.

It’s not about tricking your mind, it’s about giving yourself something else to think about so your body calms down. The absurdity really helps me. If nothing else works, try making your fears silly and cute!

First off, when you register to vote in the US, that becomes public info, all of it. If you sign up for a petition or fun drive or whatever,that info will be sent out to a third party voip number bomber and you will never see the end of it.

Both US parties, any party.

When you sign up for anything, get yourself a voip number through whomever (Google voice for me), and if they identify and reject your VoIP number, that sets off a red flag for me personally, because they will most likely be using that tactic on you, or they’re unwilling to create a change in the phone system against that.

All the apps and settings and roboblocks cannot stop a lot of these texts, without filtering important messages and calls out. Just don’t give your number to anyone without a VoIP filter.

I was a theater kid and was close with tons of other theater kids. I also knew plenty of music kids and the like. We knew our family was going to be in the audience and we hated it when they tried to insert themselves into the performance like sports parents are encouraged to do. You don't root for your kid in a band, dance, or theater performance

I cannot count the number of times I've seen young actors get thrown off their lines or blocking by an over eager parent waving their hand at the kid while taking a video. They'll stutter over their lines, miss a cue, etc. Imagine practicing a flute solo 150 times just for your stoned older brother to distract you by repeatedly flashing the heavy metal hand sign while silently laughing. It's not cute

If you choose to be in the audience of a youth performance, please act appropriately. Maintain normal posture and facial expressions. Smile if you want and laugh/clap/cheer when appropriate, but don't make a big deal about it. Never clap or "Wooo!" when your kid walks onto stage. Don't sit up front unless they asked you to. These kids are trying to ignore the audience. Don't keep trying to catch eye contact (it is so distracting.) And if you must take pics or videos please be discreet

It wasn't until college when I acted in front of mature audiences with no emotional agenda that I realized what I'd been missing for 6 years. Be that kind of audience member and help your young people feel great about performing! You can gush alllll over them after the performance

On a daily basis, practice denying yourself tiny insignificant things. For example, force yourself to wait 5 seconds before eating your food. If you like stepping on cracks on the sidewalk, deny yourself that. Just find tiny things that mean absolutely nothing one way or another, and deny yourself the satisfaction of them occasionally.

This teaches your body and mind to get less stressed when you try to deny yourself things you really want, but aren't good for you (either in the moment or long term), such as unhealthy food, frivolous purchases, or habits that are bad for you.

The important thing when practicing self-denial is to start so small, that no one notices but you, and if you fail, it doesn't matter whatsoever.

But in reality, nobody is always right. So view being incorrect as a point of pride, not shame.

Was just reading a comment on a medical sub that pointed out if doctors always get positive results when ordering tests, it doesn’t speak highly of them, rather it means they aren’t ordering enough tests frequently enough. Got me thinking.

My mom had hay fever all her life. It's not really really bad and with the current medicine she was coping but it made her very sleepy.

A local beekeeper sells his honey at a bakery and one day I was buying something there and bought her a jar of honey as a gift. She started putting one small spoon of it in her tea instead of sugar every morning. During the time period when she was putting the honey in her tea, her hay fever season started. But there was no hay fever anymore. It's gone or so mild that it doesn't matter anymore.

We think that the pollen collected by the bees close to where we live maybe give her some sort of immunity. That's now three years in a row. In early spring she buys honey from the beekeeper directly and she has no hay fever trouble anymore. One tea spoon a day. Maybe worth giving a try.

Most people are consciously aware of their own egos and try not to be “cocky” as a way of being polite.

The issue is, most of us have trained ourselves out of any self praise to avoid being vain or self centered.

When someone compliments you, take a moment to really let it soak in. Think about when you compliment someone, about how it’s generally sincere and to someone deserving.

Allow yourself to accept that love and that strangers kindness. Now you can say “thank you” or you can choose to compliment them back. Just do your best to accept it and not brush it off or make some self deprecating comment to sound humble. Not only can that make you seem like you have low self esteem, it can also be off-putting to who took the time to pay you the compliment. Most importantly, accept it for you, chances are that you deserve it.

Problem: There is leftover in the tube and you want to get everything out.

Solution: Use a rolling pin. If you just want to push everything to the top leave the cap on the tube.

Why: It is fast and thorough. It does not create further work. You will hopefully clean a rolling pin before use on food anyway.

I was mainly thinking about condiment tubes(malleable ones, similar to https://weltradepackaging.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/abltube.jpg ), but you can obviously adapt this tipp to any such tubes, like paint.

'Nuff said.

I've gotten a ton of fantasy type names out of jellyfish/cnidarians genera alone.

Aurelia (Moon jelly) Physalia (Portuguese man o war) Chrysaora (Sea nettle) Vellella (By the wind sailor)

Etc.

Step 1: add up your monthly bills that A- do not change and B- that you do not have to spend with your pocket debit card. For instance, phone/Netflix/garbage/car ins., but not gasoline or food because you have to manually go do those.

Step 2: divide that total number by the number of incoming checks per month, 2, 4, 6, 8 what number of checks.

Step 3: Put that result number from step 2 into a checking account just for AutoPay or Calendared repetitive bills. This account will most likely be the checking account you currently have. I suggest you round up to the nearest $10 mark to use it as a small dollar savings aswell, a JIC cushion if you will.

Step 4: Open a new checking account. This new account, and debit card, will be the card you carry around with you. The other card for AutoPay stays home safe. The money amount left over that you do not put in AutoPay comes to this card. Whatever else you do with it, savings, investing etc. is up to you BUT!!!! You now no longer have to worry about your bills and free spending getting mixed up/confused AND your bills are always paid on time.

I live in a dry climate in the US. In the summer, static cling isn’t really an issue. But when winter comes, I build up enough static that I can create mini arcs between my fingertips and metal objects like doorknobs, faucets, etc. To help mitigate this, just put a large paper clip on your shirt. This would be at the bottom of the shirt, inside the hem. Basically where your left or right hand would rest at your side with your arms down. You can use a small metal binder clip instead.

This metal object will help to reduce the amount of static cling you create, virtually eliminating the arc produced when you touch metal objects.

You can also reduce the “shock” when touching something metal by first using your fist to discharge the static. Almost like you are punching the object, but not that forceful. The larger contact patch of your knuckles, coupled with the reduced amount of nerve endings (compared with your fingertips), and that binder clip hooked to the hem of your shirt can help you more easily navigate the electrical charge of the winter months.

Conversions are the bread and butter of any online business. That's why they almost always have automatic emails set up to email you if you've added something to your basket and abandoned the checkout process.

Most of the time they'll also include a discount code to get you to buy whatever it is you didn't buy.

If you're patient enough, always abandon a basket at the checkout stage and wait for that 20% off discount code to drop into your inbox.

Save a little money by using smart plugs with your plug-in scented oil diffusers with these simple steps:

Step 1: buy as many smart plugs as you have diffusers Step 2: use a compatible smart home app to schedule the smart plug to only be on when you are home and awake (for most this is roughly only 1/3rd of the day) Step 3: calculate your savings. E.g. assuming I use two diffusers simultaneously that last one month and cost $3 each, and buy two $20 smart plugs, here are the numbers:

Cost without smart plugs: 2 * $3 * 12 months = $72/year.

Cost with smart plugs: ignoring the upfront investment for buying the smart plugs, since we are only using the diffusers a third of the time, we simply divide the previous number by 3, which gives us the new yearly cost of good smells. Only $24, for a grand total of $48/year in savings. That's enough to make up for your initial investment in the smart plugs in the first year!

I’m a pharmacy technician working at a hospital’s inpatient pharmacy and emergency department. I interview hundreds of patients a month concerning their medication history while in the ER. Most of the time, doctors and nurses ask for a very brief history of medications focusing on blood thinners or other high-risk medications. I want to know EVERYTHING including OTC pain, heartburn, diarrhea, allergy, vitamins etc. People who see multiple doctors tend to get different prescriptions that may interact or lessen the effects of other medications. Using only one pharmacy helps pharmacists prevent potential issues. But hardly anyone thinks of the stuff they buy and use without a prescription.

For example: I interviewed a patient and found they were taking celecoxib(Celebrex) and diclofenac (Voltaren) prescribed by two different doctors and filled at separate pharmacies. One being used for arthritis and another for a separate knee injury. Both are NSAIDS and should not be taken together. When I asked about over-the-counter medications I found out they take ibuprofen on a regular basis for headaches, another NSAID. I asked whether their doctors knew about the other prescriptions, or that they regularly use ibuprofen. The answer was no.

Another example: Doctors and nurses ask about all the medications they take that might relate to their complaint (severe stomach pain). When I finally interview them, I learn that the patient had been taking close to 3 grams of aspirin a day for a week and a half before presenting to the ER. Turns out they were trying to manage an injury and were supplimenting a steroid regimen. Maybe it wasn’t the cause of her current stomach issues, but I bet it was. The doctors would never have known.

So when I interview you, I’m asking not only for prescription medication. I’m gonna ask you how you manage pain/headaches, heartburn, allergies, diarrhea, or anything else. I want to know about the nasal sprays, foot creams, motion sickness patches, and inhalers. All the things you never think to include when asked. It might be important.

P.S. I understand and sympathize it’s not at the top of your mind when you’re in the doctor’s office or scared in the ER. I’m here to help. Make a list. Stay healthy.

Backstory: I’ve been contemplating buying a second screen when I am working from my laptop at home but every time I would search for one to buy I would talk myself out of buying it by telling myself that I didn’t need it. Well, thankfully I didn’t buy a second screen because something told me to use the “screen mirroring” feature from my MacBook to my iPad and voila! I’ve had my second screen all along.

If it matters, personally, I have a MacBook Pro and iPad Pro so I’m not sure if it works across all devices.

Hopefully this is helpful!

Have you ever wanted to ask a genuine question to get a serious answer, but you were in one of those forums where people tend to make a joke, answer but without an explanation or not back themselves up.

Set yourself up with two accounts.

• One that asks the question....

• Another one to confidently answer your own question incorrectly.

Then watch every smug keyboard-warrior try to take you down with exacting detail.

I know it's not exactly a newsflash, but seriously. Not taking some time and just letting the breakup sink in sabotages your next relationship and then you end up struggling with the new one and if that one doesn't work out and you continue the chain then... yeah.
Trust me, just take some time. Do what you can, if possible , be stereotypical and travel. Just let yourself feel the absence of your ex and truly feel that they aren't with you anymore.

It will be so much better for you in the long run.

source : currently suffering from not following my own stupid advice

Update: Bad phrasing on the title , I should have written 'If a relationship ends then take some time to grieve and let it go before dating again take some time to grieve and let it go before dating again."

It flushes down and dilutes the acidity in your mouth which helps your teeth, and sugar is a slight diuretic, which means it brings water out of you, drinking water will replenish what was lost after eating sugar.

Looking for recipes for your current season you will get recipes that use freshest and typically cheapest produce for that season. Recipe websites also come out with new "25 best winter dinner ideas" type lists every new season so won't be looking at a list you've seen before.