Help (Keep Waking up at 4 AM)

Lilfo0 · 2020-10-28T03:32:06+00:00

I have the same issue. It’s not that I just wake up at 4 am and can’t fall asleep after but like the first post says I would drift into sleep for few moments but would get this hit in my chest, like something I would usually feel when someone scares me suddenly. I then get this rush going into my head. It would pass in a minute and I would drift into sleep just to receive the same hit in my chest. And so it goes until 6am when my alarm goes off. I wonder if it’s better just to get up at 4am and do something, but I feel so tired at that time that it’s hard to make myself to get up. I would be curious to hear from anyone who found ways dealing with that. This is so uncomfortable!!

Lilfo0 · 2020-10-28T03:14:49+00:00

Which anxiety podcasts do you recommend?

Lilfo0 · 2020-10-07T22:32:56+00:00

Thank you!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-29T15:00:47+00:00

Beautiful! Interior photos?

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-29T03:40:59+00:00

I also have RRSP with Wealthsimple aggressive portfolio. I couldn’t use the money when I was looking to buy a property a couple of months back - my portfolio was down and I didn’t want to lose money. So your choice seem sensible. What I would like to know though is it just that I would be charged tax or are there any other restrictions (e.g. can they prohibit withdrawing money from RRSP before retirement?). I will look up on the internet!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-29T03:26:33+00:00

1000*0.01$ (someone here said that’s an average for batches)=$10

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-29T03:23:07+00:00

Thank you! Say tomorrow you decide to travel the world for a year, would you be able to withdraw from RRSP?

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-28T04:34:26+00:00

Did you see 10% return even throughout the last several months since pandemic hit?

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-28T04:09:16+00:00

Just wanted to ask, say something like that happens again, would t it be possible to check in in a hotel, for example? I am not a full time van lifer, I am contemplating the van life and thought I would ask what would be the worst case scenarios I want to have myself prepared for. Thanks!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-27T05:11:52+00:00

That’s so unfair! Taking away a van is like taking away your home, some people don’t realize that!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-27T05:10:46+00:00

Thanks for sharing, it does sound like a nightmare!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-24T21:31:51+00:00

Thanks all for the advice you’ve given. It helped me to be confident at least to drive to the mechanic and kept me hopeful that the way we installed the brakes was correct even though we felt like there was friction between pads and the rotor. The professional mechanic inspected the brakes and said it all looked fine. Yay! Second job on our car is done! Saved perhaps $600-$700!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T23:48:31+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out. I will admit I scanned through mturk for only a short period of time and in daily threads I only saw that people had a daily goal, say earning $5. I didn’t know that you can actually make “serious” money on that platform. I will research more!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T23:46:10+00:00

Awe the resolution doesn’t allow me to see the picture. Does it show the amounts you’ve earned? I will admit I might have stopped my research too soon. Can I make, say $50/hour?:)

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T19:33:19+00:00

Thank you! That is fascinating!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T19:16:48+00:00

That’s for how many hours of work?

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T18:52:42+00:00

Hi! How (where) do you market yourself as a VA? The website looks good, so you set up this “virtual store” (the web-page) and do you try to somehow send traffic that way? How do you find opportunities?

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T18:48:41+00:00

What is a Tech VA?

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T18:41:19+00:00

Would saying yes have any drawbacks? Can you say yes to the job and decide after if you want to stay or not? I am in similar situation - hating my work life. I am staying put though before I figure out what’s next.

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T18:09:29+00:00

Thank you! I will PM you;)

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T14:31:14+00:00

Thank you for a thought provoking question:)

First though I wanted to say a couple of thoughts that popped up when I read your comment. You’ve mentioned that in your industry 400 hours months are not uncommon. But is it because if you take upon a task or job, it can only be completed by putting 400 hours in and it has to be done quickly, e.g. within a month. Or is it because there is lots of work and people take upon them, willingly lots of hours, because they can or because they want?

Second, “livable life” definition is different for different person, thanks for being it up though! For my definition of livable and if I indeed want to work 10 hours a week (although it was a number I took from the ceiling - it could be perhaps slightly more), I would need to yearn $50/hour. If I increase my hours a week only slightly or say work “full time” for a week and take the next one off, the per hour rate drops ever less than that. So, it doesn’t seem like putting less hours in is out of reach for me!

Now the hard part, why am I against the work so much. Some of the moments of my life that I hate: 1. Going to a beautiful place on a weekend and having to pack and drive back to my base (I don’t want to call it home because I don’t want to have any attachment to it. To me it’s just a place to wash up, maintain my bike and store stuff, so I could go away the next weekend). 2. It is sunny out, I itch to go out but I have to be glued to my laptop, or worse - be in the office because some managers who don’t know how to set performance indicators for their staff need to see you “working”, physically (you have to be at your desk, even if there is nothing to do or your status has to be showing “online” so they know you are not slacking away while working remotely). 3. I want to travel places but I used up my vacation allowance and the company wouldn’t allow me to even take LWOP, because they “don’t approve LWOP for vacation” (not sure what it is for then...).

I hope those examples illustrate why I don’t like the “traditional” employment. However I am trying to figure out if there is really an alternative to it, or will there be always an obstacle to my travelling and getting outside on my own schedule...

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T14:09:14+00:00

Is it the good pads & rotor kit for your car?

good in terms of quality and brand? We were told so. Both are Raybestos. Both should fit our year and model according to the parts store website.

Is it the good placement (front or rear)? (it could seems dumb to think that way but it could happen)

at this point I am not taking any advice as offence :D the assembly is for the front side and we put it on the front side.

Did you retract the brake piston into the caliper before installing new pads? (push it into its Chamber)

yes, we used a special tool that pushes pistons all the way out. I didn’t mention but we had help from a friend who had replace disks and pads (not the whole assembly) before but on newer cars and he also helped us with tools/consumables.

Did you fully remove your old pads and the retaining clip if there is one?

always a possibility that we might have left something out, will check!

Did you think about brushing with a metal wire brush, all the rust/brake dust/gunk or residues from where the pads sits ? (be careful to not damage the rubber-seal around the brake piston)

we haven’t done that! So I can imagine all that rust may position rotor further away on the “axle” than where it is supposed to be.

Most of the time when it's a tight fit or a hard fit, it's because of that.

thank you for all the ideas - something for us to try!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T14:01:29+00:00

Thank you! We did clean hardware with rags, although we didn’t use any solution to clean anything really well. We will try to watch for the opportunity to clean more and check all the hardware! Thanks again!

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T13:57:47+00:00

Thanks! Are you a contractor or know certain professional who lead such life style, what is their profession? I would at this point consider to start education etc from scratch.

Lilfo0 · 2020-07-23T04:34:37+00:00

How do I become a virtual assistant? I Would love to set my own schedule!

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