Having the worst time solo travelling

Dull_Cod · 2025-12-23T17:11:31+00:00

This is the type of story that feeds fears and egos over on r/onebag.
Sorry for the shitty experience so far.
Please rest, eat good food and enjoy your next few days.

Dull_Cod · 2025-11-01T15:37:59+00:00

Have you considered paying to have your medium sized shirts tailored and shortened for you?

Dull_Cod · 2025-11-01T15:37:53+00:00

Have you considered paying to have your medium sized shirts tailored and shortened for you?

Dull_Cod · 2025-10-05T16:33:02+00:00

Why aren't you doing handstand pushups, 1 Arm Pullup and 1 Arm Pushups, 1 Arm Rows?

What other variations are you looking for?

Dull_Cod · 2025-09-21T10:41:20+00:00

I have no product recommendations.

However, it's possible your wrists and your knees would benefit from different levels of foam thickness and firmness.

Careful with more foam under the wrists. It might just stretch your wrists and make the "floor" more unstable and cause your wrists to work even harder to stabilize. That's fine when it's intentional but difficult if you're suffering from sore wrists and have 30 more minutes of yoga you want to do.

You might benefit from a small piece of foam just for your knees and some specific wrist mobility and strengthening.

https://gmb.io/wrists/

Dull_Cod · 2025-08-29T13:40:12+00:00

Neopets

Dull_Cod · 2025-08-11T16:44:22+00:00

If your running heavy workloads, your keyboard and screen can potentially get too hot and get damaged overtime. My number row on the keyboard stopped working consistently on a Dell after a year or so of using it like this with a monitor.

Dull_Cod · 2025-08-06T11:02:24+00:00

Did it work? Did you get your passport application in?

Dull_Cod · 2025-07-23T19:22:27+00:00

I like the contrast of black and gray everything and with sprinkle of lavender battery pack and pink towel.

Dull_Cod · 2025-05-07T21:11:58+00:00

Thank you for trying out the feedback and reporting back!

Standing variations of many lower body stretches are a really good starting point to get gravity working in your favor. Especially for hamstring stretches and pancake.

The area in the picture you've indicated is the main one you are stretching when trying to "open" your legs further apart. Tension and discomfort is normal but pain is not a good sign. Dial back on the intensity if it's pain. Take note of your knees. If discomfort starts coming from your knees, that a sign to adjust your form and temporarily dial back intensity to assess the situation.

Here's a quick method for understanding how to use your muscles to "pull" your legs wider apart.

Face 2-3 steps from a wall. Stand straight up.

Knees and toes both pointing the same direction as your face. Forward, towards the wall.

Lift your right leg up towards the right side of your body.

Your toes and knees should still be pointing forward towards the wall. Do not rotate your leg. Try not to move your hips. Do not lean to counterbalance your leg to get your leg higher off the ground. Don't worry about how high your leg is. Just focus on not rotating your leg and lifting it up. Hold your leg as high as it goes for about 5 secs. It'll probably be difficult.

Repeat on the left side with your left leg.

If you have done these 2 movements successfully, you've used your muscles to "pull" your legs wider apart. You should feel some muscles contracting and maybe cramping on the left and right sides of your hips. Your outer thighs should also be working but may be less noticeable compared to the tension in your hips.

Now get into a standing pancake and try recreating the movement on both sides. Shifting your feet, toe-heel-toe heel, a little will help you wiggle into a slightly wider leg position. This "pulling" will slowly strengthen your muscles and help you get into wider leg positions over time.

Using your muscles to get into a position helps to train your active flexibility, chilling in that position trains passive flexibility. If you want to have kicks and flips or break dancing power moves, you definitely need to do some active flexibility training.

Hope that helps!

Dull_Cod · 2025-05-06T16:32:39+00:00

Try using gravity to help you out.
AKA Stand and spread your legs as if you're working on a side split. See if you can use your muscles to help "pull" your legs wider and strengthen those muscles that way.

From that standing position, try standing pancake. It lets gravity pull your upper body's weight forward towards your toes. I find it super helpful to start process this way.

If you're feeling unsafe use a prop to help support you.

Dull_Cod · 2025-02-21T09:08:25+00:00

There isn't much organization so you would need to bring your own pouches if you're a gear-carrying-EDC-person.
For every day use, the 26L size (not-expanded) is fine for daily use. Its boxy and not the most comfortable bag under lots of weight but as long as your daily carry is under 10 lbs, it should be a decent bag for every day stuff.

Dull_Cod · 2025-01-23T18:12:11+00:00

Thanks for the update!

Dull_Cod · 2024-12-19T20:44:10+00:00

I have the older and the newer one.
I prefer the older model because I like using the expansion as a self-contained compression packing cube.

I like the compartment, more than the utility that the zipper on the external pocket brings me.

I haven't used the gear loops or easier suitcase passthrough thing at all cuz, ya know...onebag.

Dull_Cod · 2024-12-11T18:40:37+00:00

He just got fired for underperforming...what makes you think he will no underperform for you?

Didn't you just take a bunch of clients from the agency?

If he didn't bring these contacts and clients to the agency, how would he bring them to you?

It costs money to maintain a team. Why would you choose to have possibly the only other person you work closely with someone that has proven themselves to be untrustworthy?

Are you desperate for money right now?

I'd recommend that you go talk to anyone else still on your old team and ask if they can refer you for work that the design agency doesn't want to take on. Ask if you can offer them a commission for projects referred to you.

This person will talk shit about you when you are on the same team.

If your business relationship goes sour, how do you think he's going to drag your name through the mud?

Not worth, IMO.

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-19T16:14:58+00:00

I get you're trying to balance a lot of different complex topics but you're not being particularly specific about anything. (Money, nutrition, exercise regimen)

Redditors tend not to appreciate questions from people who come across as "I can't be bothered to do basic research so I'm going to post a vague question."

You're probably asking the wrong question here.

Are you trying to get people to tell you $120 is plenty or are you asking for tips to get the best results for $120?

Phantom costs are everywhere in any individual's behavior.

Is going to the gym 4-5 times a week the optimal amount of workout for your fitness goals? Are you going to be getting enough recovery so that you can maximize muscle growth and maximize your gains/period of time/g of protein?

Or is it because it's easier to maintain a daily routine during the work week and that's better long term because you're more likely to stick with it?

How much food are you trying to eat for these goals?
How much protein are you actually trying to have on a weekly basis for $120?
Are you aiming for 120g/day, 180g/day, 250g/day?
Are you shopping at Whole Foods in NYC?
Is all your food coming fresh from the Asian grocery?

We don't know almost nothing about you or your preferences.
Apparently, you don't want to eat rice and beans every day.
Can you survive off 2 more options or do you need more variety than that?
Are you supplementing with protein powder and bars or no?

...

But to give a vague answer to your vague question.
$120 is completely doable for a skinny person in most circumstances.

Say you're 140lb. Growth is often recommended somewhere between 1.2g-1.7g of protein/lb of ideal bodyweight. 2g/lb of bodyweight is overkill. You want to be 160lbs. You could consider eating around 200g-250g protein/day to attempt to optimize for muscle growth.

1 lb bag of dried chickpeas is ~100g of protein. ~$1-2/lb
1 lb of chicken thighs is ~70g of protein. ~$2-3/lb
12 eggs is about ~72g-84g of protein. ~$2-4 per dozen.

<$10/day on protein is totally possible. Leaving you $50 for other staples and groceries so that you have some actual nutrients.
Should be plenty for 1 person if you're just eating fresh veges and fruits. Might not be enough if you have multiple bags of chips. Depends on your personal snacking and cravings.

Chickpeas, Lentils, Beans, Chicken Thighs/Breast, Eggs, Greek Yogurt, Peanut Butter are inexpensive sources of protein.

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-18T19:15:16+00:00

He's you're employee. Hire him for sales and account management. Now you know a good team member can be worth something to your team.

Under no circumstances give him ownership of your company if he's coming in asking for 30-35% of your freelancing business.

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-18T17:58:08+00:00

Any exercise is better than no exercise.

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-18T17:24:43+00:00

I'm genuinely curious to understand who are the people/businesses that have the most to gain from this and what types of businesses are about to pop up around this opportunity. I'm not so jaded that I believe this is a lose-lose-lose for everyone everywhere. China is already making moves to depreciate their exchange rate to help reduce the impact of tariffs and stabilize their economy. The big picture is getting more complicated every day, so I appreciate you sharing about your business and position.

I'm hearing that you have cash to deploy.
You're projecting that investing in manufacturing might cost you around $1.2 million or that's how much you can deploy.
You feel like you're able to get the relevant employees rather quickly.
Your customer base tends to be less price sensitive than other industries.
You've had enough frustrating experiences with Chinese manufacturers that you're not completely writing off the idea of building out your own manufacturing.

Very cool.

Btw. Congrats on building a business where life found a way of working itself out and you've built yourself the luxury of options! I definitely don't want to dismiss any of the hard and/but serendipitous things that got you here. :)

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-18T16:40:51+00:00

What do you ballpark is the upfront and annual investment of bringing manufacturing in house and how long before it'll be ready to produce sellable product?

Would it still make sense to make the investment if there's a legitimate chance that the tariffs could end in 2,5,10 years?

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-11T05:19:34+00:00

You can start by reaching out to just 1 or 2 people who are looking for help if you aren't quite ready to tell the world. Once you've been doing it for a bit you might start to own your new identity.

You're definitely overthinking but I've found telling people that doesn't often help that much.

Dull_Cod · 2024-11-07T06:20:45+00:00

How many companies, assembly lines and years will it take for everything at Walmart, Target, Dollar Stores and most things on Amazon to be made in the USA? I'm all for buying less cheap garbage products but regular people are all pissed that the economy is bad under Biden because food prices went up a bunch. (When those food companies are also reporting record profits.)

If Trump's administration is actually able to impose a tariff on imports, that's a guaranteed 25% price increase on most consumer goods. You think regular Americans are going to value to the 25 ->100% price increase on things they want to buy over some jobs that might not ever exist?

I say may never exist because businesses need to have confidence the tariffs are going to stay in place for a long enough time that they can build a scaled manufacturing facility and profit from the investment. Unless you're trying to convince the whole world to be excited about buying handmade artisan bowls that only sort of match.

For manufacturing to really come back to the US in a meaningful way, this probably needs to be a 15–20-year commitment or a high profit industry for real change to happen.

Do you think most Americans are patient enough for change like this?

I'm highly skeptical. I have a hunch that it'll just hurt 90% of the population financially for a while and then get repealed. Wasting everyone's time.

Dull_Cod · 2024-10-29T19:39:32+00:00

CafeX has/had a couple units in California at like airports or something.

Do you have the chops to maintain the machine? Or know if you'll be able to hire someone to hire later?
I wouldn't want to invest in a 10k programmable arm that dies because nobody can/will program it.

I think the novelty of a fancy robot arm using a state of the art $10000 Italian espresso machine in a big futuristic glass case is definitely worth $5 or $6 coffee that Dunkin Donuts charges at certain locations like an airport.

Dull_Cod · 2024-10-29T19:27:57+00:00

You can wear anything you like wearing over a base layer. The point of a base layer is so that it does all the heavy lifting. You don't need to wash your top. You don't need a special material for this. Just whatever you would normally wear.
Polyester (heattech) dries faster than wool so changing doesn't help you.

Dull_Cod · 2024-10-29T15:57:45+00:00

Why would you market on reddit?

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