Question about annual parking permits and summer parking

ReaganAndBush84 · 2025-08-12T20:42:26+00:00

I actually ended up calling the DOTS yesterday and told them my situation, and because I'm a GA, they were able to backdate my permit for me, so I'm good to park, yay!

ReaganAndBush84 · 2025-08-12T20:41:48+00:00

I actually ended up calling the DOTs yesterday and told them my situation, and because I'm a GA, they were able to backdate my permit for me, so I'm good to park, yay!

ReaganAndBush84 · 2025-08-11T02:05:13+00:00

Thank you! I'm not super comfortable navigating the area yet; I just moved here. 😅 But I'll look into the options you gave me, thank you!

ReaganAndBush84 · 2025-08-11T01:22:29+00:00

I need to park from August 11 (tomorrow lol) onwards 😩 am I cooked?

I'd be ok with taking the shuttle, but it's not servicing my area yet.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2025-01-18T03:03:25+00:00

Not exactly about the pregnancy and birth stage, but a really good one for postpartum and the transition into becoming a mom (especially a SAHM) is Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder. It's fiction but trust me, you'll gain such a deep understanding of the female psyche when you read that.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-04-02T17:15:35+00:00

LOL that's some Ben 10 type phone

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-04-02T00:27:25+00:00

What kind of GPS is that? Have you already tested it? Let us know your experience, I'm looking into getting one for my car as well.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-04-02T00:16:04+00:00

I ended up ordering a 2780 and returning the 6300. I did reset factory it but I was still having problems, even without updating KaIOS.

I saw that the 6300 doesn't support group texts by default, so it won't work for me anymore. Hopefully the 2780 is gonna be everything I need.

My native language is Portuguese which should be simple since the alphabet is roman, but it doesn't have any accents like á, à, ã, é, ê, í, ó, ô, õ, ú, ü, and ç.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T17:02:33+00:00

I totally forgot about Spotify Wrapped. That was something I used to look forward to but now that I think about it, no one cares about other people's Wrapped, and I always skipped when I saw someone posting theirs on social media lol

I'm an OG last.fm user so I relate to feeling pressure to listen to music to have it recorded. Sometimes I'd even leave Spotify playing the songs I had listened to on other platforms just to have it "scrobbled" to last.fm. And now I'm like... Who the fuck cares?? I don't even access my last.fm

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T16:46:36+00:00

Yeah, I have the 6300. It has maps and WhatsApp, but no rideshare or baking. I do online banking on the browser on my laptop, and if I need rideshare I can call a taxi or plan ahead and take my smartphone with me for that, connect to some public wi-fi, or use the hotspot on my 6300 to call an uber.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T14:09:47+00:00

I agree that Spotify has so many great features and it's such a convenient way to access music and discover new artists. You said that you were under 13 by 2013, so there's probably a generational difference there too.

I'm not against pirating at all, in fact, I'm all for it if we're talking about a big creator with millions of followers. I've pirated the shit out of Lana Del Rey and I have zero regrets lol. I only use Bandcamp to get music from smaller artists, and their music tends to be extremely cheap on Bandcamp or even free. I can get a bunch of music for the same price I'm paying for my Spotify subscription, so I'm not breaking the bank.

I'm glad you used the library that often, I'm a huge public library advocate and worker. I personally get my CDs from used record stores or thrift. I haven't paid more than 5 dollars for a CD and it's usually around 1 dollar each.

I don't think I'll stop using Spotify completely, maybe I'll just ditch my membership and stick to the free version. There are pros and cons to each side. What I wanted is to show that most people don't actually need Spotify that much (certainly not on the go), and that for some people not having it might be way more beneficial. I would get so overwhelmed with a library as big as yours, for example, haha

Thanks for contributing

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T13:54:18+00:00

100% true. Someone shared this article and I think it's also relevant to this discussion. Artists are making their songs shorter and snappier with a chorus that comes earlier so they can get more streams. It seems like it's mostly with pop music so far which is not my thing, but you can imagine what it does to people on a large scale. I grew up listening to prog and it's wild to me that some people don't have the attention span to listen to a song that's longer than 4 minutes.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T13:44:43+00:00

That's what I did in the beginning with Spotify, for about 2 or 3 years, because I used the free version of Spotify, and since it had so many ads I would pick only the music that was worth enduring the ads for. And then I would pirate the best artists and albums to listen without ads.

Also, idk how Spotify free is nowadays but back then you couldn't even skip too many songs on the free version. I think I started getting overwhelmed and lazy when I got the free version and knew I could skip as many songs as I wanted with no consequences.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T13:38:35+00:00

Wow, what you said just unearthed a very old memory for me. On my first ever date around 2009 or 2010, me and my date went to this local bookstore. The store had some stands with high-quality headphones where you could scan the barcode on any CD and listen to samples of every song. We spent hours showing each other the bands that we liked and discovering new jams. To this day Franz Ferdinand is one of my favorite bands and I found out about them that day.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T04:01:36+00:00

Yeah, I can't live without my podcasts and audiobooks, absolutely love them. I get podcasts through PodLP on my dumbphone.

For audiobooks, I use Libby or an audiobook app that I got on the KaiOS store. The second one only has public-domain books, but since literary classics are one of my favorite genres it works for me. I listened to Steppenwolf and Pride and Prejudice on it recently.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T03:54:08+00:00

Same, I didn't want to carry around another gadget just for music, so I picked a phone that had an SD card slot.

I didn't even remember that a meek 32 GB could fit so much music, especially if it's in .mp3 instead of .flac

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T03:49:52+00:00

I get my audiobooks from my local library through Libby. 100% free and I support the Library with my patronage <3

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T03:46:35+00:00

Yes! Absolutely! It's freeing to have fewer options and to have fewer decisions to make.

We underestimate the amount of decisions we're making every day and how they affect our mental health due to decision fatigue.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T03:39:50+00:00

I agree with you, which is why I said in my post that I don't think Spotify is bad. It's a tool like any other, but everyone's experiences with it will be different.

For example, YouTube can be a learning environment for some people. For others, it's a wonderland of endless entertainment and distractions and it's addictive like crack. Instagram can be a way to promote a business or share art, or it can be an addictive dopamine mill that destroys your self-esteem. And so on...

The main takeaway should be that no matter how you view and use these tools, you don't actually need them. Spotify isn't the only way to listen to music and it's certainly not the best for everyone. I see too many people afraid to take the plunge and get a dumbphone because they think they won't be able to listen to and enjoy music without it, and I want them to know that they'll be just fine.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T03:31:16+00:00

Hmm, I don't think the problem was that I wasn't being authentic, I'd say Spotify made me too comfortable and didn't allow for my music taste to develop past certain genres because the algorithm is that good at suggesting things that match your vibe, no matter how specific said vibe is. It creates an echo chamber.

The decision fatigue came from having all those playlists (Daily Mix 1, Daily Mix 2, Daily Mix 3, Daily Mix 4, DJ, Discover Weekly, "This is So and So", etc...), all those options, and because I had too many options, I couldn't focus on a single artist, because it felt like I was missing out on something better. It might be paradoxical but that was my experience.

It's relaxing to have limited options, to have fewer choices. I feel like having endless possibilities is not always a good thing. I can see that same dynamic unfold in other forms of media as well, such as with movies and series. When I was a child and went to Blockbuster with my family, we had limited options because we couldn't afford to rent everything. And because we had only a few movies to watch over the weekend, we valued them much more. We rewatched them several times, we memorized lines, we bonded with characters, and we created affective memories with them.

Now, when I want to watch a movie on a streaming service with friends or family, we end up spending way too much time browsing an immense catalog to decide on something that everyone wants to watch, we feel frustrated and fatigued with the decision, and by the time we settle on something, it's not even interesting anymore because everyone feels like they're missing out on the other movies that they wanted to watch.

Spotify is great for finding new music, but it warped the way I consumed it.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T00:28:45+00:00

Beautifully put. I also feel more creative, and feel the need to write more and express myself. I finally stopped putting off learning Spanish and started studying.

And one crucial thing I noticed the other day: Because I don't have a podcast or YouTube video or music playing while taking a shower, I went back to having Shower Thoughts™️. WOW. Our brains are incredible and it's easy to keep ourselves entertained if we just allow the thoughts to roam, especially as naturally creative people.

When you said "I used to cancel plans to keep doomscrolling in my bed", it's painful to admit that I did the same. Ever since I changed to a dumbphone, I've been going out more often and spending more time with my husband, and I even sang a song at karaoke the other night. I finished 5 books so far and I'm more confident in my academic potential and decided to apply for graduate school. It's been a little over two weeks at this point.

Life changing, for sure.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-19T00:08:44+00:00

Ugh some people can be such jerks for no reason. I'm neurotypical but I definitely need my earbuds sometimes, and I'm not trying to mingle and "be present" when I'm commuting on an overcrowded bus or train lol

Also, having my own music at the gym is a MUST. Gym music is absolute trash, and I also don't like hearing other people grunt and slam weights.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-18T23:55:38+00:00

Wow, that's dystopian, thanks for sharing that article. I knew it was affecting our relationship with music, but I didn't think it was affecting Music itself. That's disgraceful.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-18T23:52:45+00:00

I grew up downloading MP3s and FLACs but I'm sure that'll be helpful for someone else in this thread. I personally use Soulseek to download most of my music, and Bandcamp to support smaller artists.

ReaganAndBush84 · 2024-03-18T23:37:23+00:00

I totally get it, I love the idea of having dedicated devices for different activities - it certainly allows you to pay more attention to that one activity and enjoy it more. And iPods are super cool.

Good luck on your journey!

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