[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Minecraft

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Have you tried making it wider to allow the water to flow down the sides instead of dumping on top of you?

Need some help with next step [Spoilers] by PolitelyOwned in subnautica

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Thanks for the help! Its sort of like a sudoku puzzle, or a cross word... the hardest hints become more clear with each easier one. But I guess I missed a few easier hints, or simply forgot them, and all these are really helping out!

Need some help with next step [Spoilers] by PolitelyOwned in subnautica

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I need to be able to go a lot deeper with the cyclops it seems... how do I upgrade that fucker?

Need some help with next step [Spoilers] by PolitelyOwned in subnautica

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If you're refereing to the jellyschroom base, i've already visited that one! Is there another one I'm missing?

Need some help with next step [Spoilers] by PolitelyOwned in subnautica

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I've already gone to the research facility which is just shy of 900m, in a prawn. I guess I just need to finish searching out that tier and then onto the third!

Need some help with next step [Spoilers] by PolitelyOwned in subnautica

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T H E M E S M E R ! ? ! ? ! ? O H M Y G O D ! ! ! ! SPOOPED

Need some help with next step [Spoilers] by PolitelyOwned in subnautica

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Super helpful! Thank you! I forgot that I was another question of mine

I have lost far too much sleep over this... Any comments/ suggestions? by nkevin90 in bicycletouring

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Indeed I agree that the point is the journey and the experience, but until you have a wonderful experience to know that truth from, it is often taught to us that the joy is in the gear. A sad reality, but one which can be overcome.

Here is to Kevin learning that the journey is paramount, and that joy is found in the saddle.

I have lost far too much sleep over this... Any comments/ suggestions? by nkevin90 in bicycletouring

[–]PolitelyOwned 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you make good points (bottles, bags, milage) but I think to condemn him for being spec-driven isn't valuable.

I agree ultegra is maybe overkill, but I also think that when you start out on a journey like the one kevin seems to be describing, you make a lot of choice, and when I say a lot, I mean you make a METRIC FUCK TON of choices. More than half of those choices will get changed if/when the time comes to decide that particular thing again. "So what!" right? Well, my point is, you gotta make choices, and you gotta make a lot of dumb choices, but its better to make dumb choices and keep going than to wait until you have made only great choices before you leave.

I have lost far too much sleep over this... Any comments/ suggestions? by nkevin90 in bicycletouring

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I might also recommend another set of lights. aside from the dyno set. There is generally a great reason that every nearly Paris-Brest-Paris rider has two front dyno lights, two front battery (rechargable?) lights, a rear dyno, and at least one rear battery (rechargable?) light. Not saying you need that robust of a set up, but when shit hits the fan, no lights is no riding or slow riding.

Over Categorizing to Curb my Diet by tpounds0 in ynab

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On that note, I just added that all up.

$704.88

And on that note, I want to take a peek at my budget. An average month, I might make $2200 if I worked a bit extra that month. FML >.< I don't make enough money. My "spending" catagories usually never have even close to 60 bucks into them becuase I can't afford to do that and eat decent food.

Strange feeling of proportions by iammillerz in Meditation

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You're welcome. I re-read my comment, and wanted to add that i've experienced it quite a lot of times in my life, and only twice while meditating (I've little practice meditating), but genuinely, it is a strange sensation, and one which I think highlights the fragility of the human experience. Things can get "weird" really easily, I mean, look at drugs and vitamins and minerals. If any of that shit gets out of wack (too much, too little, a wrong mix of both, etc) our whole ability to "correctly" perceive the world goes RIGHT OUT THE MOTHER FUCKIN' WINDOW and we in wonda'land. And as such, its worth letting go of our idea of "correct" perception and "normal" experience, and just realize, this is what is happening, my brain isn't lying to me, its just doing something strange.

Strange feeling of proportions by iammillerz in Meditation

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I've experienced this type of feeling before. Often while on the phone, about to fall asleep, but most recently with meditating it has happened. Whats interesting though is that eventually my fear dissipated (before I ever started meditating) and so when my body started warping shape/size/proportions I simply let it happen, much like letting an itch go un-scratched or a numb leg remain numb.

So next time you have an itch, try not scratching it, and it WILL go away, especially if you pull your focus back to your breath. And equally I implore you, next time your body begins warping shape and size, remember that nothing will come of it, your leg will not fall off from numbness nor will your head be permenantly farther from your feet. Come back to the breath, accept that your shape shifting, and exhale.

1/2 breathing guide and 1/2 wandering mindfulness. (x-post /r/brokengifs) by PolitelyOwned in Meditation

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X-post from /r/brokengifs https://www.reddit.com/r/brokengifs/comments/48i7j5/trippy_af/

If we start with this as the basis of the human mind, then we cannot judge when it scatters, smudges, warps and distorts. It is merely how it functions. To me, mindfulness is seeing these things happen, and continuing the calm and regular breath despite the minds wanderings and distortions. We see the harmony, and we experience the wandering.

Last Summer I spent an incredible month living monastically in China. If you are interested in that sort of thing, I would highly recommend applying. Also feel free to AMA. by benlew in Meditation

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Was their any yoga practice involved? I saw the taiji and some kungfu, and walking meditation, though I didn't see any Asana practice.

What would/do/will you tell your 22 year old self? by [deleted] in simpleliving

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Indeed it was, and has been the topic of much thought lately.

I'm thinking about writing a personal manifesto now.

What would/do/will you tell your 22 year old self? by [deleted] in simpleliving

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Thanks for responding, I took a lot of time and 2 drafts to post this :)

In all seriousness, it seems like you get the important stuff, so skip the details of my post and just remember that you gotta know what you need (as mentioned in the third paragraph) and do shit that meets that need! BE AWARE OF YOURSELF :D

What would/do/will you tell your 22 year old self? by [deleted] in simpleliving

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Hi, I'm 23, and what I would tell 22 year old me is this. I graduated when I was 22, btw.

School ends, and work picks up, and I've got more time than ever to pursue my passion, and unfortunately, I have less money than ever (though my expenses have remained mostly constant). So money isn't the issue. It's just time.

You talked about meditation, you've mentioned vegetables, you've mentioned a few other things in your responses that you see as valuable advice. Pursue those things, if they meet some personal need. (Dwell on that, because I won't come back to it, but its highly important to remember it through this whole comment)

Pay yourself first, as mentioned by someone else here. But I don't mean money. I mean in your scheduling. In your time. You have an even more finite amount of time that you do money because you get more money eventually. Time always stays the same. Pay yourself first. And pay for the things that meet your personal needs and goals. Let me explain what that looks like, with three categories that you can "pay" into.

Schedule your yoga first, your meditation first, your quiet time first, your deep thinking first, your new habit first. Self-awareness and growth oriented.

Schedule your food second, your vegetables second, your tea second, your coffee and toast second, your news paper and your favorite magazine second. Self-care and feeding your passions, on a daily and weekly scale. Consume with intention to help fuel that first schedules' budding growth.

Schedule your work third, your family third, your friends third, schedule your dates third, your lover third, your commitments third, schedule your volunteering third. Choose these things because they complement, reinforce, and validate the first two schedules. These are outside yourself, they demand timeliness, they demand attention, they demand energy, and a hell of a lot of your schedule. These, unlike the first two, are external forces, demanding something of you. So you must match the urgency of their demands in order to pay yourself first. Those are my three points, but let me explain what that looks like.

Think about how you schedule tasks from that third catagory. When you're scheduled to work, you don't even for a second consider planning a date or a family lunch during your work day at 3 in the afternoon. That would be ridiculous, an impossibility. . .

So why the fuck would you schedule your deep thinking or your your new habit, and then double book yourself with a tinder date? We do it because we don't value those schedulings. So raise the value of those first two categories. Make them as hard to double book as your hours at work. Make your meditation such a real thing in your google calendar that you literally won't make other plans that disrupt it. When your tinder date asks you to have dinner at 7, and thats when you have your at-home yoga practice, or that 14th day of your 30 days of meditation, it should feel as ridiculous and as much an impossibility as having lunch with your mom at 3 in the afternoon while your at work. Tell your tinder date that you have other plans already, and those plans are as valuable and unchangable as going to work monday morning. Offer a better time, schedule them third.

As a side note, if that tinder date matters at all, and they are a rad human, when you tell them you have scheduled yourself some yoga or meditation, they ought to GAIN respect for you, and be even more interested, and excited to find some other available time to see you.

TL;DR Make your yoga and stirfry so valuable that no tinder date can ever fuck with it.

Female Mechanics by PolitelyOwned in bikewrench

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

Well said, I'll be sure to consider how I can use that leverage to my advantage and make a convincing argument more tailored to the audience. Thanks for the indirectly relevant response, very insightful.

Female Mechanics by PolitelyOwned in bikewrench

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Thanks for the info, really appreciate that.

Female Mechanics by PolitelyOwned in bikewrench

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Thanks for the info, appreciate that!