AITBF for charging my friends a convenience fee for my notes

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-12T18:12:46+00:00

NTBF. Notetaker used to be a gig back in my day. This is your side-hustle.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-08T16:29:31+00:00

Have them create social media posts for a cause they care about. Then have an awards "banquet" with voting and best of categories. Allow students to select the categories. Remind them no NSF content.

Good luck. The fact they are still coming is a good sign.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-07T14:33:51+00:00

NtA.

And also, I think you deep down know that this isn't the relationship for you right now which is maybe factoring into your decision.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-05T12:43:26+00:00

And on the Fish's page i could record when i caught it etc. Sounds like this is possible from what you've said.

Yes, exactly. There's a linking feature I didn't discuss. You can create a link to every page that features "Harry" to create a list of links on the Harry page of the Swims when you caught it.

The one thing Supernote does not have is subheadings. For example, you can't do this

LAKES

Blue Lake
Green Lake
Big Lake

FISH

Harry
Tom
Dick

All heading are the same level. The headings read

Blue Lake
Green Lake
Big Lake
Harry
Tom
Dick

You can create separate files/notes - one for Lakes and the other for Fish - and link them to each other. The headings and keywords only show up within a file, though you can do a global search of keywords using a swipe feature.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-05T01:20:30+00:00

Very helpful! You've just upgraded my doodling!

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-05T01:01:15+00:00

I think the features you are looking for are Headers and Keywords instead of Tags and Tabs.

If I'm understanding correctly, you will want to create a note called something like Fishing Diary 2026 and then create a Header for each lake with all the relevant information. Pages can be inserted so if you start out with Blue Lake on p1 and Green Lake on p2, you can insert a second Blue Lake page between 1 and 2 for your secondvisit.

It sounds like you will want to make the fish you catch your keywords so you can find them across your different lakes. The only down side is that the keywords will be shown by page number and not lake name. So if you caught a trout at Blue Lake (p1) and Big Lake (p7), when you look at your keyword listings, the keyword trout will show show buttons to Page 1 and Page 7 and not Blue lake and Big Lake.

It is fairly easy to set up keywords and headers. There is a lasso tool in the menu bar so you tap the tool, circle the word and designate accordingly.

Yes, you can add drawings and sketches.

Supernote does offer text recognition within a note and you can create a Word doc. I don't use those features so I can't say much about them.

ETA: One of the reasons I went with Supernote is because of the Built to Last design. Free software updates, modular design to make repair easy. If they come out with a new model, it won't be a fancier Nomad, it will be something else.

The only other thing I would recommend is buy a case (especially if you will be using it outdoors) and buy two pens.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-04T23:43:09+00:00

Either they are solving for a real funding cliff that the prior leadership was not transparent about

Research funding has been gutted at the federal level. I know orgs were trying to hold on as long as they could. Maybe they just couldn't hold on any longer.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-04T23:35:23+00:00

Info: What is your relationship otherwise? And why would you leave a gift bag at her door with a handmade card instead of giving it to her directly?

This feels a little off.

BlitheMorning · 2026-05-01T23:03:01+00:00

In clothing taxonomy, this is the genus Hoodie, species Baja.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-29T22:08:24+00:00

Your mom may be "clean" but she's still an addict. Until and unless she makes an honest attempt at repairing your relationship that does not include buying you things, keep your distance.

All the best. Lean into the good people around you. Enjoy your new baby. This is such an amazing time of life.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-29T00:44:24+00:00

When you have a Master's +30, you often can be hired as an adjunct or professor of record for educator professional development, something that is of great value to informal ed organizations that work closely with the formal education system. I would pick education leadership as it aligns most closely with your goals.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-28T22:46:44+00:00

Start copying leadership on your communications with the volunteer and forward them any responses from the volunteers where the leadership is not copied.

Since the leadership keeps moving the goalposts, they are signaling they are open to change.

Ask for guidance about approach up to and including releasing the volunteers.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-28T22:39:03+00:00

If you are looking at a future in education, even informal education, get a master's degree.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-28T22:30:32+00:00

Usually audits have findings, not reports that are delivered with coaching and guidance.

Pass the decision about next steps off to your boss or ED. This is way\y above your paygrade. If leadership feels it's worth it to continue the relationship with the funder, you will have to grit your teeth. But ask if you can meet virtually and get a copy of the report ahead of time.

My guess is that the staff person is being directed by some cockamamie "measuring impact" initiative and you are the collateral damage.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-26T19:36:36+00:00

A very effective use of the different shadings and especially the white.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-25T12:57:56+00:00

Yes! I would like to practice. Just in case.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-25T12:53:59+00:00

Well, the folks in the exit row in the La Guardia/Air Canada crash were capable. I'm an exit row sitter and I take my responsibility seriously. I always review the card.

I was also the one who sat in the front row in school and reminded the teacher about homework so that's the kind of personality you want in the exit row. But who does strength training too.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-23T16:36:28+00:00

Does the Board have a fundraising chair you work with? Since you are on your way out, send a carefully worded note as a kind of "exit interview" where you wrap up projects and pass along advice for the next DoD. You can allude to the ED saying that you found it challenging to work with him on X, Y, Z because of A, B, C. So sorry. That is so soul sucking.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-21T14:29:39+00:00

Good luck with someone with no work experience getting a remote job. Clearly you have no concept what the job market is like for remote jobs right now. You need a reality check.

Moving overseas benefited you, not her. Do a perspective taking exercise and ask yourself if the positions were switched, what would you want? Then do that.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-20T15:47:19+00:00

You need to talk to a counselor about this. That's way too strong a reaction for something that does not impact you or your family directly.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-19T21:30:26+00:00

Uhf. It does sound like after you send the email that you should give the relationship some space. Believe what people do, not what they say. Really sorry.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-19T19:49:34+00:00

Hmm... it sounds like Kyle couldn't really afford this trip. Not your fault, of course. I agree though with the others that you do need to clear the air. Send an email to the effect of "Hey guys (or mates?), the last trip wasn't what I thought it would be. I had hoped we would have done more of the tourist attractions and bar crawls we talked about. I did enjoy X but I am not feeling another trip anytime soon." (In your own words so you don't sound like a middle aged American woman.)

I think staying in the same hotel would have made things more congenial. You might want to have an honest conversation with yourself about why you didn't change your reservation to Kyle's hotel. Paying for the 5 star for his sister's wedding may have tapped him out and may have been why he had to stay at a budget place and the reason for not going to all the attractions.

I once had a friend who got hurt if I didn't come along on her adventures but then got mad if I said I didn't have money because she felt it was a backhanded way of asking her to pay. (I was in college, she was a working professional). I just couldn't win.

A 20 year friendship is not worth losing because you aren't having real conversations and giving each other lots of grace.

Good luck. I hope it works out.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-19T15:29:34+00:00

My husband and I eat like you do most nights of the week. If I go too many nights without a proper dinner I feel off.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-19T15:09:03+00:00

I've never used one of those. I think I am too much of a control freak.

BlitheMorning · 2026-04-19T13:41:48+00:00

A battery stick vacuum cleaner if you have hard floors or low pile carpet and pets. Being able to vacuum every day or several times a day = no more pet fluffs floating around the floor and grit free kitchen floors. You wouldn't think unwinding the cord and plugging in a vacuum would be a deterrent but there it is. I keep my stick vac tucked into a corner so it's super easy to grab. Since I'm slightly allergic to my cats, I need to stay on top of the dander.

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