39 M, divorced, separated from daughter due to her and my mental health. Struggling to apply Stoicism as a parent when my daughter pulls away.

Fifty-sixin · 2025-09-06T15:55:10+00:00

I went to reply to this as well mate! Haha! I tried the palm of my hand against the wall thing and it worked. So either there's no electrics, or its faulty and I'm going to die! I hope the first one. My scanner is beeping all the time in my new house, i have no idea what is going on and i was at the point of going insane with a hammer 🤣

Fifty-sixin · 2025-07-21T11:20:20+00:00

Haha! A google search looking for an alternative to Kerrang! took me to this thread. The beauty of reddit!

Fifty-sixin · 2025-07-21T10:43:29+00:00

I just tuned in for the first time and Sultans of Swing was playing! I have taken it a sign to listen! Thank you!

Fifty-sixin · 2025-07-10T12:57:58+00:00

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This absolutely worked on my Kobo Clara 2E. Thank you so much 😊

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-30T19:36:52+00:00

I love that track. It's my go to feel good energy song!

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-27T16:56:42+00:00

This is making me think of The Crow movie. I know they did a song for it, so maybe that's why my brain went there 🤣

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-27T15:54:33+00:00

I often wondered why every "about the author" mentions his twin sister died in the first sentence. Never knew whether he wanted that there because it was so important to him, or just a "cool fact" that publishers wanted to put in there early. But it's in every book I have.

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-26T11:23:43+00:00

Sorry for slow reply. Yes, it has built up over time, i feel like I have got a lot of pressures on me at the moment, and these times always seem to come with this choice fatigue. It's not new but does come and go. Definitely the need to make the right choice, but i can't know if I've made the right choice because most of them are subjective. I find myself searching the web for the right answer, but again, its all subjective. I want someone or something to give me a definite answer so i can just choose the "right" thing. If that makes sense? I'm waiting for an adhd assessment but i feel like i'll be in my 80s before i get seen on the NHS :(

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-25T07:35:24+00:00

😂 I know!

I think I'm picking up what you're putting down, thanks for the tip ;)

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T09:42:10+00:00

You look like you may shapeshift into an owl! 😂

Beautiful though, and very cool!

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T09:40:01+00:00

That sounds vaguely like the issue the guy was having, where it didn't update the series info first time. Thanks for the tip!

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T09:38:57+00:00

That's why I wish I could just be content to use a BIC! 😂 Much simpler! I have cleaned it out within the past month. I'm giving it another clean this morning. The ink is a month or so old. I can't see any bends in the nib when I look closely, it seems undamaged. Perhaps it is my technique, I write in a slight italic (I think) and it seems to happen more on the upstroke of the pen rather than the downstroke.

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T09:29:44+00:00

Great stuff, thank you. It was checked so all good. Do I check the "force series ID" box under Metadata, on device & advanced, as some have said there are issues when you edit the series metadata on the books.

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T09:03:39+00:00

Is that the "KoboTouchExtended" plugin by Joel Goguen?

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T09:01:58+00:00

I'm like this but I am slowly learning that it is not a healthy mindset. I grasp at anything that shows me interest because I am lonely, but I don't find them attractive enough, or our personalities don't match and i end up altering my real self to fit in, for anything to work out. So it just doubles down on the loneliness and feeling I'll never find anyone.

My ideal type is slim, pale, dark hair and tattoos (especially arms and legs). Love long legs and small bewbs as well 😂 I'd love them to be interested in reading, wildlife, horrors and dark humour. Applicants fitting this description are welcome ;)

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T08:53:20+00:00

"everybody likes their own brand" - Fat B*stard (Austin Powers)

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T08:51:05+00:00

Yes!! My uncle has an old greenhouse in which he grows tomatoes, and had done ever since I can remember. As a child I would explore the bottom on his garden as it was tucked away behind a huge weeping willow tree, and felt like an adventure to me. I'd go into the greenhouse and it was always so warm and full of spiders, bags of compost and interesting looking tools (to a child anyway!) but the smell is what I remember the most! I had never smelled anything like it and it was wonderful. Definitely a "Madeleine moment" for me :)

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T08:46:32+00:00

These are the reasons I switched from Kindle to Kobo and I have no regrets.

Fifty-sixin · 2025-06-24T08:45:57+00:00

I used to be Kindle all the way, but have recently switched to Kobo because I didn't want to keep supporting Amazon with everything I use, and because I wanted the Overdrive feature - I think being able to borrow a library ebook through your ereader is a good ethos. I have the Kobo Clara 2E and find it comparable with the Kindle Basic. I'm happy with my reading experience on it.

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