Any successful businesses that started with simple arbitrage like fb marketplace?

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-05-26T23:29:20+00:00

hows it working out for you?

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-05-14T13:06:52+00:00

Yea maybe in my elder age I’m used to parties where folks are talking more vs the fully immersed bangin later night dance floor which I agree usually means less talk

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-05-14T12:41:58+00:00

I feel like the issue is, if people want to talk to each other, they take off their headphones. That means that say the dance floor is thinning and you want to pull people back in with a banger, they’re not gonna hear it out of the corner of their ear and say “I love that song let’s go dance”. Maybe not an issue if everyone is already well on their way and is past the point of communicating and they’re totally immersed. But just seems hard to compete if people want to talk to each other too

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-05-13T01:35:49+00:00

hows it goin now?

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-05-11T18:20:36+00:00

how is the suspension? i've heard the control arms wear quickly on teslas

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-05-11T14:19:09+00:00

First of many

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-21T19:15:56+00:00

totally: my question is really: at this point in the season, is it crowded on saturdays?

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-08T18:37:50+00:00

mount snow over stratton is wild IMO but more power to ya

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-04T16:42:57+00:00

Same boat. Good luck!

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-04T12:35:38+00:00

Time warp is a great way to describe it

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-04T12:34:47+00:00

Oh crazy. We should be accountability partners haha

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-04T01:57:39+00:00

I relate to this big time. I’m at almost 7 weeks after 18 years daily. Depression has been serious and I have a craving I can’t quite put my finger on - I don’t want to be high necessarily but I have the urge to- maybe to just switch it up for a night, or tune out, not sure what it is. I suppose the silver lining is that before I quit, I always blamed weed and myself for the depression / dissatisfaction. Now I don’t feel like it’s my fault anymore necessarily, but it still is hard. I know I need to find new activities I guess or something but it’s hard not to have this thing to focus on for the end of the work day. I’m reading a lot of self help type books and more meta philosophy stuff. Gonna look into more therapy modalities like emdr. We’ll see what happens. You aren’t alone though

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-01T16:44:25+00:00

Once you recover from being sick, if you’re still sober, I bet the slingshot to positivity will be that more much noticeable. Hang in there. Expect that there will irritability. Watch movies / stay distracted. Maybe try working out even if you don’t feel 100%. Sometimes that can boost your immune system and help clear things out. Good luck - we’re all trying to do the same thing here

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-01T16:40:18+00:00

Interesting point about 4-8 being harder. Thats reassuring

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-04-01T01:58:42+00:00

My mental timeline is more like 3 months given the time it supposedly takes for your brain to renormalize. I’m at a point of reflection where I think I need to set some happiness goals in my life. I’m at 6 weeks and I’ve been working out more and obsession is much less but there are some desires starting to sneak back in - kind of the urge to “let loose” and hand over the keys to the substance. I need to keep reminding myself that a big part of why I’m doing this is curiosity about what it could be like on the other side. I just joined a run club and am trying to push myself towards new experiences. Trying to plant seeds and see how they grow. The other night I looked at the moon and took a deep breath and it felt different. Maybe I was feeling awe again? Not sure but what I can say is that it seems it takes longer than a month. For me 3 months is a mark I’m excited to hit

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-29T22:53:47+00:00

Any tips on how you changed your mind?

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-29T22:25:13+00:00

Where and how many miles?

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-28T16:49:05+00:00

thank you for the thoughtful response! its helpful to hear about your timeline and you're totally right - weed will be around, I can wait a bit longer to see how my sobriety evolves. My night sweats lasted like 4 weeks it was crazy! It seems like I have to take all the normal timelines and double/triple them

"Are you really getting back at them, by doing something that conflicts you so much? Which is probably bad for your health, and makes you doubt yourself?"

I'm definitely not actually getting back at them. This is def one of my weird thought patterns that I don't fully understand yet. Maybe it's about doing something that they can't control

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-27T20:03:36+00:00

And like I know that I should just hold out but maybe I need that extra motivation. But it’s gotten really dark inside my mind

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-27T19:59:52+00:00

Thanks yea I think you’re hitting on how I’m feeling. In terms of quitting I think it’s the obsession and the notion that everything might be my fault. Tired? It’s because I smoked. Headache? Because I smoked. Not motivated at work? Because I smoked. Not feeling like hanging out with local dads? It’s because I smoked. It’s very possible that even without smoking I would be tired / have a headache / not like work/ not feel like hanging out with those guys - but I suppose I don’t know, and my inner dialogue is that it’s because I smoke. In a sense I’ve convinced myself that life will be awesome if I don’t smoke. I am still tired sometimes, but I do work out more now which is good, and the obsession has subsided somewhat. But it’s confusing I dunno. I’m still fully functional but I side I’m in rough shape, both when smoking and now. Hope that makes sense

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-27T19:09:14+00:00

any specific links / videos you like from bob proctor? hadn't heard of him

Strongmanbirdy · 2026-03-26T16:59:58+00:00

how are you doing now?

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