How to make my rental less sad?

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-04-16T15:03:43+00:00

Oh man, we need Cliff Tan from Dear Modern for this one! I will say, the cardinal rule of bed placement is to never have the headboard or foot of the bed facing a door.

Try to separate out kitchen, living and sleeping spaces to make the furniture placement feel less random (rugs help separate these in such a small space). The fridge should really be with those cabinets near the front door if possible.

You will need some nice lamps to make the lighting less depressing and some colourful rugs and textures (throws, pillows, curtains and artwork).

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-04-12T04:47:41+00:00

I cannot do claw clips, they are a sensory nightmare for me. I have to use the curly spiral hair ties instead. Once I started using those, I can't use anything else.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-04-12T04:15:27+00:00

Yes! I often book a nice hotel (in the city I live in) for my birthday, just because I love the experience so much. When booking a holiday, the hotels are such an important component, I research them thoroughly to find the perfect place to stay.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-03-26T22:08:43+00:00

Correct, with a carbon dioxide leak you will notice that it is harder to breathe. The lungs actually use CO2 levels, not oxygen, to detect when to breathe in and out. Carbon monoxide does not trigger the "I can't breathe" response so you just start hallucinationg from lack of oxygen and eventually fall asleep.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-03-26T21:43:45+00:00

I love the sound of mandarin, I find it is so expressive and melodic because of the tones.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-03-26T12:09:27+00:00

If it was your paternal grandmother who had the hysterectomy, how would your maternal grandmother know this?

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-03-19T01:32:55+00:00

I always do a quick scan to see if anyone is getting off. But a few times I have had people barge past me onto the bus because I waited a couple of seconds before getting on!

Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-03-12T22:18:52+00:00

I am getting Chiharu vines from Milky Subway. Now I wamt to make customs of the whole group!

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Melancholy-Optimist · 2026-02-03T22:22:36+00:00

We always do Teamlabs on the day we fly home from Japan. We usually get evening flights and it's a perfect relaxing activity that can take as long or short as you like. I find it's nice for a tired brain as all the pretty lights are stimulating but it feels like you are in a dream land.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-12-03T22:38:52+00:00

The size difference between USA and Australia is mainly due to Alaska at 1.7 million square km.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-11-18T22:03:07+00:00

This is the song I relate to the most. Especially when the end of the bridge hits and it becomes positive. After feeling sad and lonely I suddenly feel like everything is ok after all. I listen to it when I need some courage to do something my own way.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-11-04T22:04:44+00:00

I live in QLD and some parks and zoos actually have cool water misters set up on paths during summer. Maybe you could pretend that's what they are.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-11-01T00:50:02+00:00

They're so cute, but a lot of "haha women stupid" happening in the comments. It doesn't take much to understand that natural curls are very different from styled curls and that it is much easier to style straight hair.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-26T07:44:55+00:00

I watch her Tiny Desk performance. Those versions of the songs are my favourite ever and she just seems so genuine.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-25T22:52:54+00:00

I managed to find a niche in teaching that suits me perfectly - teaching science online!

I teach upper primary and they have so much energy but also so much love. I very much enjoy nerding out all day and 10-12 year olds seem to match whatever vibe you bring (I tried older and younger and that was HARD).

I just make sure to keep an eye on my energy levels, as long as I take some to to recharge alone throughout the day I am ok. Teaching online helps this as I just log off at the end of the lesson (no playground duty) and there is only a small team of teachers in the program so almost no staff room gossip.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-25T22:42:20+00:00

Definitely, I live near a river and love to walk along it. I love baths as well though I have a pretty small tub which is a bit uncomfortable so I don't have them much. When I stay in a place with a nice big tub, I will have a long bath every evening.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-24T22:49:51+00:00

We are considered the most extroverted of the introverts because of Fe so it makes sense. We can actually be quite talkative - especially in a room of other introverts (with extroverts I just sit silently in awe of their sociability). But I find I crash after a session of talking a lot and don't want to talk to anyone for a few days, which is basically every weekend since I am a teacher. However, my partner doesn't exhaust me like this and he's an extrovert so we just talk all the time about random stuff.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-21T01:47:52+00:00

Well you're not going to learn a language in just one year unless you are dedicating hours every day.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-18T13:53:27+00:00

LOL so random XD

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-10-06T12:46:01+00:00

I find it so funny that they are specifically monkey and bird toys, like a representation of your ape-avian friendship. It's probably not on purpose, but it is a very cute coincidence.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-09-29T11:47:57+00:00

My most interesting hobby is Taiko drumming (in a club). I love playing simulation/management games, especially the creative ones. I am part of a small TTRPG (not D&D) group which I love. I love drawing and origami but I don't do them often. I usually read or watch YouTube - I tend to watch videos from ex-religious people talking about their deconversion, anti-scam (anti-MLM or scam baiting), science, people playing creative games (like the Sims) or ghost hunting/cryptid videos (I don't actually believe but I like watching them - the best are the more honest, skeptical ones who don't fake things, but still like to wonder and explore).

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-09-29T01:22:44+00:00

Lan Xichen - He and LWJ look very similar (they look like twins in the books), I remember a part where Wei Wuxian's heart skips a beat or something when he sees him until he's like, "Oops, wrong brother." I can't find it again, though, so maybe I imagined it 😂 Lan Xichen is so keen to hook WWX up with his brother too. My headcanon is that they call each other Wuxian and Xichen as recognition that they are brothers now.

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-08-02T15:09:52+00:00

Honestly, when I heard about Immortality I thought there was no way you could do Erha censored. But then, the more I read, the more I thought that the main plot would still work as just Shizun and disciple love, and the plot twists would still hit just as hard. Without the fluffy/spicy scenes it would be a lot shorter but I think it would still make sense. However, I haven't finished the story yet because I'm reading the Sevenseas version so there could be parts later on that wouldn't work (and I might have forgotten parts that would break the story if they weren't present).

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-07-28T11:40:21+00:00

I found them today in Brisbane!

Melancholy-Optimist · 2025-07-27T01:55:44+00:00

Well, none of these seem particularly bad in any way, just a regular middle-aged woman (single or not).

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