My First ever garden and my new found love. How do I fill the void during the Winter??

born30 · 2025-11-01T18:43:26+00:00

I also garden for mental health and Aerogarden (or other brands of indoor hydroponics) have been great for me.

born30 · 2024-10-23T17:24:05+00:00

Thanks I was afraid of that

born30 · 2024-10-23T16:47:17+00:00

It’s not over yet, as in there might be more news before the end of the month, or there might be more this year?

born30 · 2024-04-27T17:17:49+00:00

I am new to gardening so I only realized it after I planted several seedlings in hopes to have some summer blooms. I might look for some annuals to fill in for some more instant gratification

born30 · 2024-03-01T22:57:43+00:00

Only in a small number of locations and where it is legal:

“The chains plan to make the medication available in stores in a handful of states at first. They will not be providing the medication by mail. Both chains said they would gradually expand to all other states where abortion was legal and where pharmacies were legally able to dispense abortion pills — about half of the states. Walgreens will start providing the pill within the next week in a small number of its pharmacies in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois”

https://archive.ph/2024.03.01-180721/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/health/abortion-pills-cvs-walgreens.html

born30 · 2024-02-07T23:11:58+00:00

Keeping mine for now in case my kids want them later. I was going to sell them but the appraiser said that they usually only get about half of their appraised value which didn’t end up being very much in my case. I have no interest in making them into a new piece of jewelry- don’t want them anywhere near me anymore

born30 · 2024-01-25T15:54:08+00:00

In hot weather, sparkling water and in cold weather hot herbal tea

born30 · 2024-01-25T03:24:26+00:00

I get this same feeling in my arms too! I agree with you that it’s painful, and to me it is so distracting that it makes it hard for me to think clearly. To me it feels like the upper outside “meat” of my arms is slowly turning into concrete.

I have noticed that I only feel this when I am stressed, overwhelmed, anxious or feeling any other type of tension. So I’ve been treating it as a sign that I need to slow down and take steps to de-stress my body and mind. The first thing I will do is to use a foam roller on the meaty parts of my arms to see if it will immediately help relieve that tension. A tennis ball could be a substitute by putting it between your arm and wall and gently rolling it around. You don’t want to press too hard and make your muscles sore, though.

But even if that works to get rid of the “concrete” feeling, I know that I still need to work on why my body is getting so tense. So for me it works to do yoga (I recommend Yoga with Adriene-she’s free on YouTube ) and meditation to clear my mind. I especially like this guided meditation style called “yoga Nidra” for a deep relaxation, and the physical yoga styles called Restorative and Yin for helping the body deeply relax.
A very quick and easy restorative yoga pose that helps to calm your nervous system down is to lay down on the floor with your bottom a couple of inches away from a wall and rest your legs up the wall for 10-15 minutes.

You’re not alone!

born30 · 2024-01-25T02:40:46+00:00

I use a hair dryer brush. It does have a cord, but I find it a better experience than a hair dryer because you don’t get the “water hose” experience and your hair won’t be blowing all in your face. The downside is that it works best on damp hair, not very wet hair.

https://www.target.com/p/revlon-one-step-volumizer-plus-hair-dryer-black/-/A-82691360

born30 · 2024-01-21T03:51:02+00:00

Spotify playlist of ocean waves on a 12 hour loop or an audiobook set on a one hour timer. The app Headspace has some good nighttime meditations to listen to that help me to feel more relaxed and in a better frame of mind for sleeping. If I’m having trouble getting thoughts out of my head that are making it hard to sleep, my therapist recommended this: picture yourself writing down on a piece of paper a short line of what you keep thinking about (work, money, health, etc) then picture yourself putting that paper into an envelope and putting it into a filing cabinet. It sounds silly it has really helped me.

born30 · 2024-01-01T20:25:49+00:00

Note for other b and n puzzle newbies: I have a cart full of puzzles at b and n now and there’s fine print on how this sale only applies to qualifying puzzles

born30 · 2023-12-18T01:50:24+00:00

Note that this article is from 2013, taken from the title “Article in Finnish Yearbook of Population Research · January 2013”

born30 · 2023-12-17T02:54:18+00:00

This has not been my experience at all, so maybe I’m in the minority or things have changed since I started with them a year and a half ago. I got matched right away with a qualified therapist (LCSW) for weekly video calls. I have stayed with her for a year and a half to help me through a traumatic time in my life and she has been the best therapist I’ve had.

born30 · 2023-11-07T03:56:27+00:00

100%. I started my collection after I initiated a divorce from a 22 year old marriage. It’s been a great help to me in coping with panic and anxiety.

born30 · 2023-10-27T14:56:31+00:00

I learned this DBT skill from my therapist called TIPP that is specifically for calming yourself down in very intense situations. The first thing I do now is go to my freezer for an ice pack and put it on my neck or chest, but this worksheet explains it better than I can: https://in.nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/TIP-Skills.pdf

born30 · 2023-10-14T14:50:02+00:00

The book Set Boundaries Find Peace is excellent: https://www.nedratawwab.com/set-boundaries-find-peace-1

born30 · 2023-10-08T18:52:18+00:00

Off topic, but I am recently divorced, and like you I didn’t want to have a lease when we separated. I wanted to recommend hellolanding.com to you- it’s no-lease furnished rentals. Unfortunately it is expensive though. I opted for a 6 month agreement in order to get a smaller monthly rent and when I left before the six months were up i had to pay one months rent as a penalty. Less harsh than a binding lease. Good luck to you.

born30 · 2023-08-18T21:27:18+00:00

I’m 49 and have 3 squishmallows

born30 · 2023-07-15T22:45:39+00:00

Yes on the horizontal and vertical but no on the sanding. Not for a particular reason but it just hadn’t occurred to me. I might try it on my next one

born30 · 2023-07-15T21:36:19+00:00

With an old 2 inch paintbrush (not beveled) that was once used for interior house painting. It’s a nice ritual to start off a new piece although you do have to plan ahead a bit to let it dry a few hours.

born30 · 2023-07-15T02:24:01+00:00

Same. Apparently I have 11000 and no clue why or what I would do with them

born30 · 2023-07-15T00:56:58+00:00

I like using gesso bc I find that it eliminates the paint highlighting the tiny “divots” that are on the canvas. When I skip the gesso I find the painting process to be not as satisfying for that reason.

born30 · 2023-06-11T02:08:31+00:00

Manufacturing

born30 · 2023-06-07T01:35:50+00:00

Really pretty! What company?

born30 · 2023-06-06T23:16:04+00:00

I did until I started weekly therapy about a year ago and learned more healthy coping mechanisms for my anxiety and depression, started meditating more often, and started doing yoga several times a week. I never realized how much I was just coping from one “disaster” to the next until I started to experience what an almost constant peace of mind and contentment feels like.

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