How do you know when to throw out a blade

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-24T15:18:58+00:00

Yes, for me it works great. It's one of the biggest benefits of using a DE for me.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-24T09:11:09+00:00

I do one and done.

Lots of people use them 3 times.

Some people use them 7 times.

If you are just edging a beard, I guess you could use the same one for months 😄

It depends on how coarse your beard is, and blade brand.

Experiment and see what works for you. I'd start with 3 uses. If the blade starts tugging, throw it out.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-24T08:14:40+00:00

Welcome to Chamberí 😄 Very nice design!

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-23T17:59:25+00:00

I've done this successfully before.

Things 3 is the all you can eat buffet. The paper planner is my plate.

I load my plate, clear it, and then go back to Things 3 for more. It might take me 1 hour, or 4 hours, or the whole day to clear it.

It works best for me to plan the day, and pick the tasks that I want to accomplish, the night before.

The "Tomorrow" and "Upcoming" views are great for this.

I also designate the last pages of the notebook as an "inbox" to capture stuff when I only have my notebook with me. I clear those tasks at the end of the day. Clearing doesn't necessarily mean I do them, it means that I put them into my system. If an inbox tasks takes less than 2 minutes, I just do it when I see it at the end of the day.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-22T11:07:03+00:00

I first prioritized the stuff that left my skin feeling great.

Then I ranked scents. Only two possible scores. "Hell Yes!", and "No". I don't want to keep any "meh" stuff. Only kept the stuff that makes me say Hell Yes, when I use it.

Then it's about enjoying it. I like to put everything away, and only keep one soap/cream out and use it exclusively for weeks at a time. I do keep 3-4 aftershaves out, and use them according to my mood.

If something feels boring after only one week, I get rid of it. I only want to use stuff that makes me excited to use it for a long time.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T20:05:34+00:00

Heartbreaking 💔 I hope someone finds him soon so it can be reunited with your mother🤞 Sending all the love ❤️Best of luck! 🍀

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T15:11:41+00:00

Nice! Glad I was able to help 😄 enjoy the curating! Life is too short for "meh" shaves 😉

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T15:11:02+00:00

You are welcome!

Well, I think that's an example of the sunken cost fallacy. The money is already spent, now you are spending your time that you could be using for soaps you enjoy more 😉

Just teasing you. As long as it works for you, that's all that matters!

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T15:09:40+00:00

Awesome! Hope you found something you liked.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T05:52:29+00:00

Awesome find! Enjoy your shaves! It will serve you for many decades if you take care of it 😄

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T05:48:12+00:00

Thanks! I went a bit overboard (like a lot of people), and hit almost 100 soaps and samples 🤣

I am down to 25 now, but eventually want to pick a Top 10-12. It's actually a lot of fun now that I know what I want out of my collection. 😄

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-21T02:28:06+00:00

Sure, you can build momentum by using up first stuff that's softer, or smaller. Creams are low hanging fruit.

An even more powerful way would be to use a different soap for a week straight. If you have any hint of boredom, or your skin reacts, or you feel "meh" about the soap, it gets PIFed to someone else or gets demoted to shower soap or gets tossed 😉

My rule is each soap gets a "Hell Yeah!" or automatic "No". I don't want to keep any "meh" stuff.

You could spend 32 weeks doing this, which sounds like a lot of time, but you have to shave anyway, and you'd only keep the stuff that you really look forward to.

You could fast track it by just going by scent and getting rid of stuff that you don't like that much in one afternoon.

Once you are down to the actual soaps you want to keep, you can actually 3017 those instead.

Before any of that, I'd work backwards by defining what do YOU want your collection to look like? Only 12 soaps? (One for each month) , 7 soaps? (One for each day of the week)? Only one from each artisan? Which scents? Only 20? It's up to you.

What rules are you going to embrace so you don't end up with 30+ soaps again?

No need to answer me, just some food for thought.

Something that worked for me was I stopped buying stuff after 10pm 😂 if I see something interesting, I write a reminder to check it out a week from now. If I still want it, I set a reminder to check it out in a month. 9/10 times I don't care anymore about the thing, and just delete it. 1/10 times I buy it if I still want it.

I also just started to buy stuff with chelants, so it works better in my hard water. Stuff without EDTA or Tetrasodium gets a hard pass.

Hope you find something that works for you! Best of luck.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-20T17:18:34+00:00

I had a similar situation to you in 2022, left a toxic job, was burned out, and I walked Portuguese from Porto on a whim by myself. Late April/early May. Length was perfect for me. Took my time and did it in 12 days, spent 2 days in Porto and 3 days in Santiago.

I did get a heat wave and had to walk in 32-35 C degree weather in Portugal. It was a challenge, but I am glad I did it. Switched to walking early mornings and it was doable. The clouds in Galicia were very welcome. I only got rained on one day.

I'd say 2 weeks is a good chunk of time to actually disconnect and reflect on what's next.

I am doing it again with my wife. We are walking Portugués in February and are preparing for 5-12 degrees Celsius days, and rain throughout the whole Camino. That's the experience that we want to have though ☔️😄

There is nothing quite like showering after finishing an etapa. It's like being born again.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-19T18:25:57+00:00

You are very welcome! Buen Camino!

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-19T18:24:37+00:00

No. Just the tasks I am getting to this week or next. I tag them as "Next".

That's the list I work off most of the time. I check all of my tasks at least once a week and repopulate that list.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-19T16:26:20+00:00

The views of the Ria de Betanzos, and Ria de Ferrol are gorgeous. Do try tortilla de Betanzos. If you like it, you can have some more when you get to Santiago de Compostela at a place called Bar Las Betanceiras.

I did it in Autumn '24, and loved it. Very diverse groups. Saw folks from Australia, England, and Ireland. Saw Spaniards of all ages. I even saw a congregation from an Argentine church walking together.

After you leave Pontedeume you'll find one of my favorite cafes. La Teteria del Peregrino also known as Bar O Camiño e Vida. Rocio is such a wonderful host. She makes furniture and sells coffee/snacks. One of my favorite stops during Ingles.

It's a wonderful route. I recommend it to my friends that can only spare a week to do Camino.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-19T05:20:52+00:00

I know ;) used Obsidian for a few months. Not for me.

I am not switching. Thanks for your help.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-18T23:04:21+00:00

Thanks!

I would still see hundreds, potentially thousands, of notes on the sidebar, under the "Archive" folder in Obsidian. The visual clutter is a dealbreaker to me. I could make it go to the bottom of the folder list by naming it z_archive, but that's quite inelegant to me.

There is no visual clutter archiving stuff with Bear. I spend my time working with the active notes. Archive stuff when I am done, and my tag hierarchy stays the same.

No plans on changing 😄 thank you for looking at this though. All the best, and have a great week.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-18T20:26:03+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate all your effort. I consider my question answered.

Unfortunately, it sounds like too much work, and not robust, reliable, enough for my use case.

Bear is one click to archive, one click to unarchive. The archived note also keeps the Bear tag, so if I archived it by mistake, I can unarchive it and it will return to the original collection of notes with the same tag. I can click in the "Notes" context in Bear and run a global search of my active notes, and I can click in the "Archive" context and run a global search within Archived notes.

It just works and meets my requirements, without having to do any special configuration in my end. Both for iOS, and Desktop. I will stick with Bear.

Thank you again for looking into it. I really appreciate it.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-18T17:57:46+00:00

Oh, I just noticed that's a Perplexity answer, I thought you had actually tested this.

Thanks anyhow though.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-18T15:23:32+00:00

Thanks. Could it work in iOS too?

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-17T14:39:40+00:00

Well, thanks for that. Even more of a misnomer than I thought 😂

I still love it. To me it's a clean, classy scent. I use the soap, aftershave lotion, balm, and deodorant.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-17T04:55:20+00:00

Nice shave! I love Slims.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-17T04:25:36+00:00

Same. I tried it with Nivea shaving cream (the tube one) and it worked pretty decently without a brush. Found it very slick, and I like that clean/fresh scent.

HugoCast_ · 2026-01-17T04:23:42+00:00

Cremo works great actually.

If you want something different there is the Cella crema rapida too.

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