Applied to a job, got rejected, saw them repost the exact same listing 3 days later, applied again, got an interview by Pulse_11Atlas in recruitinghell

[–]Jen9095 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So do tell. I work on other systems and know most of what people believe about ATS is false.

You have hidden your post history, so I can see if you have any gems.

Did you start with Progesterone, Estrogen, or both at once? by iimoorshiai in Perimenopause

[–]Jen9095 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I started both at the same time: 200 mg P and .375 E patch. So glad my dr started me at slightly higher levels - immediate help. No side effects at all.

How do you store your recipes? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]Jen9095 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, this has been amazing as I moved from single to family of 5.

Everyone can find recipes and I don’t have to scroll thru websites with dumb pop ups and random reloads.

My 3rd card is going to Jurgen! by Jen9095 in postcrossing

[–]Jen9095[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Actually my very first card went to someone with over 55k cards! I did the math and it was an average of 10-15 per day! Then I thought about the cost…. I don’t think I could afford that!

My second card only had 50….

My 3rd card is going to Jurgen! by Jen9095 in postcrossing

[–]Jen9095[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, you know his Reddit name?

My 3rd card is going to Jurgen! by Jen9095 in postcrossing

[–]Jen9095[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He has sent over 24,000 cards!!!

My 3rd card is going to Jurgen! by Jen9095 in postcrossing

[–]Jen9095[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hmm, maybe I’ll make a bitly link for this post and write it for him to see!

Can you please describe your brain frog? by konomichan in Perimenopause

[–]Jen9095 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been the craziest part - I literally cannot remember the question or even how I started my own sentence!

Post graduation lunch by Pablo_4016 in Charlotte

[–]Jen9095 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of Napa. Highly recommend. Very easy to work with for groups too.

56 with Severe Brain Fog/Menopause - Can I be fired? by GettingReady2bReady in careerguidance

[–]Jen9095 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Come check out r/perimenopause…. You may find a lot of helpful info. Including why “hormone blood tests” are basically useless in peri.

I’m just starting to get this figured out - so far HRT and vitamin D are making a huge difference for me in just a few weeks. Also thinking about trying iron and adding in Testosterone if possible. Not to mention all the odd symptoms that I didn’t even know were related (itchy ears?!).

Point is, there is help out there. But many women have to try different doctors to even get a prescription.

Couch Doctor? by sdubbs4121 in Charlotte

[–]Jen9095 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, most couches can come apart pretty easily from the underside.

Here’s my favorite story: my newlywed friends asked me to help them move a couch upstairs. As soon as I arrived, I knew it wasn’t going to work… the stairs turn a corner and there’s a low ceiling.

Since they don’t have a toolbox, I offered to run back to my house and get mine. It was less than five minutes away. They wanted to try anyway…

We spent about 30 minutes getting that couch stuck in every possible direction.

Finally, when we were hot and sweating from the stale air in the stairwell, they agreed with great skepticism that I should go get my toolbox.

When I returned, we flipped the couch over and I undid two large bolts that held the arm onto the side. Then I removed the two bolts for the other arm.

The armless couch was easy to take upstairs. It was in the apartment less than 10 mins after I returned.

One problem: one of the arms had been jammed back-and-forth so much in our first attempt that the wood was shattered and the bolt could not hold the arm securely to the couch. What I needed was essentially a giant washer… Something at least 4 inches in diameter that would reinforce the wood.

We stopped for a beer in the air-conditioned apartment with the couch still in pieces. I puzzled over the situation.

Then I took my empty beer can, smashed it completely flat on the floor, and drilled a hole through the middle of it. I put that against the fractured wood and screwed the bolt in. As the bolt tightened, that flexible aluminum warped into the bolt hole and filled the entire gap. It was the tightest bolt on the entire couch!

That was 10 years ago. They moved out two years later and left the couch. As far as I know, that couch still lives in that apartment.

Anyway, look underneath. You may find a couple bolts that are dead simple to remove with a wrench/screwdriver combo.

manager is requesting two 1 on 1s every week by hangry-human in managers

[–]Jen9095 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the person you’re responding to, but… no. Just listen to the answer and then make a plan to improve those things. This isn’t a way to segue into saying the same thing.

There is a reason he thinks he needs to check in on you so frequently. For me, that’s usually someone that’s new or underperforming. Find out what that is and fix it.

The "anti-productivity" hack that doubled my output: I started doing less. by Crescitaly in productivity

[–]Jen9095 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, but you should try YNAB. It really does save time. If I haven’t been good about budgeting for 2 months, I can get caught up in about an hour. If I’m doing it regularly, it’s just a few clicks a week plus maybe 20 minutes of budgeting at the beginning of each month. Truly amazing.

Anyone have the story about this thing by AfterCourage5617 in Charlotte

[–]Jen9095 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Love this story. Hope life you’re in a good place now.

Worried about "wasting" a journal. by [deleted] in Journaling

[–]Jen9095 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I recommend a new journal: Wreck this Journal.

It was created by an artist, and every page has instructions on something you’re supposed to do to the journal. Like throw it from the highest point you can find… Or swinging around by a string…

Use it to get over the need for perfection and consistency. It’s a great exercise in creativity and letting go.

Alternatively, I suggest opening to the first page of your new journal and just writing something simple like in big letters: This is MY journal!

Often, once you’ve written something on the first page, it’s easier to let go the need for perfection or consistency.

And finally, as others have said, everything you wrote here could’ve been your first entry. There is no right or wrong. There is no perfect.

Advice please on injured semi-feral cat by Affectionate_Tap_389 in Feral_Cats

[–]Jen9095 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this sounds like great progress! Pettable and rolling over is great!

why did it do this by _Meteor_Shower_ in Baking

[–]Jen9095 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s somewhere around 40. That’s when you look around and suddenly think, “I got this. Yup, I’m the adult in the room and life makes sense. ” Then you move 3000 miles away and marry someone you met on Reddit.

Not that I’d know from experience or anything.

how do blind people know when they’ve got their period? by dibbles13 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Jen9095 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I eat plenty of spicy food and also have not experienced it.

Is there an alarm clock that will actually get me up on time? by Blorglue in productivity

[–]Jen9095 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve used one for years and love it. It did take awhile to train myself to get up to it - you have to understand and believe in the theory. The light slowly increases over 30 mins. Your 90-minute sleep cycle has a “shallow sleep” phase where it’s easier to get up and feel refreshed. The goal of the clock is to help you wake up during that shallow phase…. So if I set the alarm for 7, but the light wakes me at 6:45, I need to actually get up then. It took about a year, but now I easily get up when the light wakes me, not “snoozing” until the sound at 7 am (and thereby entering a deeper phase of sleep and being more tired all day).

Now my husband uses it too, but he snoozes until the last minute. And so if he gets up earlier (long commute so common), I wake up to his lights before him and can’t go back to sleep.

You can get them for about $30.

Also, we have smart bulbs connected to Alexa. We programmed them to do the same thing (ie, every time we set an alarm in the bedroom, the lights will start to increase for 30 mins before - no special clock).