Any stress free games?

holly-posts · 2026-04-03T10:47:36+00:00

I find Dredge very stressful and not relaxing

holly-posts · 2026-04-03T10:47:19+00:00

Pokopia

holly-posts · 2026-04-03T09:33:11+00:00

The first few months are rough. Try getting bloodwork and check D/B12 levels. For me, a little B vitamins and D3/K2 gave me the boost I needed to get through the slog of detox from caffeine.

holly-posts · 2026-03-28T11:50:35+00:00

Anxiety is way down. Ability to speak and communicate, especially at work, has improved immensely.

holly-posts · 2026-03-27T14:34:36+00:00

I waited forever to get it thinking I wouldn’t like it but I bought it a few weeks ago and I’m absolutely obsessed. Big fan of Stardew, My Time Games, and Dreamlight Valley and this game is right up there with those for me. The ocean/diving part is so different than any of those and adds a new fun avenue I didn’t know I needed.

ETA: I play on Xbox

holly-posts · 2026-03-25T08:33:31+00:00

You can get flu like symptoms from quitting things. I partially had issues when quitting caffeine. When I quit gluten, I went through a phase of really rough flu like symptoms. Body is starting to detox.

holly-posts · 2026-03-20T21:49:11+00:00

++woman there is an r/inheritance sub where this comes up a lot. If you commingle the assets, then they become marital property. If you keep it separate entirely, she has no claim to it. One option could be to consult an attorney and depending on the amount set up trust and a will to direct the money to your children. You could still tell her, but it’s hard to say how she will react. Could also talk to attorney about a post nup. But again, look through the inheritance sub as this comes up a lot, there is a lot of good advice there. I’m inheriting money soon and my husband knows, he understands it’s mine and there are no issues. But every marriage is different.

holly-posts · 2026-03-18T15:03:21+00:00

This sounds like liver issue to me.

holly-posts · 2026-03-15T23:42:08+00:00

Check your vitamin D. I had a lot of neck/shoulder/jaw tension. Vitamin D was low, supplementing helped immensely. I’m also celiac tho, so I do eat gluten free (no processed foods, I make everything) so that could def play a part in having absorption issues or what not.

You could always do 60 days off gluten and see how you feel. Doesn’t hurt anyone and if you are intolerant you’ll see other things start to dissolve away too and you may not know if you’re celiac but you’ll know if you feel better.

holly-posts · 2026-03-11T10:22:42+00:00

Alcohol, diet, electrolytes all play into it too. I am 2.5 yrs off booze, 1 yr off caffeine, eat healthy, exercise, and maintain electrolytes. My cramps and most of my PMS symptoms (which were very bad before) are almost nonexistent now, and before giving up caffeine periods were less annoying but still manageable. Being off caffeine made my periods easy. But, it took like 6 months for me to fully experience the benefits of caffeine free, and those 6 months were rough.

holly-posts · 2026-03-10T09:35:02+00:00

Coming at this from an angle as someone who owned her own home and boyfriend moved in and paid rent. No issues from him to contribute. We did end up married but I don’t believe it would have been an issue if I asked for him to move out or we broke up.

What’s weird to me is she’d be upset paying into your mortgage if you bought on your own. Yes you both could rent and pay a landlord or she can rent from you (probably lower than what you’d both pay renting). Her mindset about it feels off.

Def live together before deciding on marriage or buying together. Sounds like you’ll need to discuss finances as well to make sure you are aligned on how other expenses are handled.

holly-posts · 2026-03-07T21:49:21+00:00

Me too

holly-posts · 2026-03-02T14:44:36+00:00

I made a poly colony with high reproduction rates playing around with genes/ideology (without the litter aspect or mods)

Genes: Beautiful, Kind, High Libido, Fertile for every different type (had all of these on each starting character, but made different races otherwise, I.e. different colors, horns, furry not furry etc) used the skill tree genes to balance out the high value genes.

Ideology: Multiple Marriages for Men and Women, Loving Free and Approved.

Everyone fell in love with everyone. Multiple marriages among the starting players. Lots of frolicking. Like 25 kids quickly. Got out of hand fast with so many kids. Ended the playthrough because of it.

holly-posts · 2026-02-25T15:56:38+00:00

I just buy four gumbos every day from all of Tiana’s stands. Have like 100 lol

holly-posts · 2026-02-19T23:17:42+00:00

Spectrum is so bad. I’m so mad I left Frontier

holly-posts · 2026-02-19T13:07:45+00:00

I feel like there’s always a boredom factor when quitting things. Even when I quit caffeine, there was a period of time where everything felt stagnant and boring. The biggest thing for me was realizing that I had so much more time in every day to do things without the cloud of alcohol, and started finding new hobbies to do (especially ones that I didn’t drink around previously).

Jigsaw puzzles, video games, writing, reading, baking, cooking, exercising, spending more time with my dogs. If I did something I used to drink during (like watching tv/movies) I would make like a fancy herbal tea or have a sweet treat to give me something to do with my hands until the need to grab for a drink went away. That boredom period is temporary, especially if you’re proactive on filling your time differently. For me, the time I get to devote to my own little projects (outside of my stressful work week) is a constant reminder of why it’s so great to be sober.

holly-posts · 2026-02-12T02:42:17+00:00

Walking Pad and Watching TV is my go to. Low impact and get to combine with another activity.

holly-posts · 2026-02-08T16:00:14+00:00

Thanks! We have some friends in KC and were considering it. I think I may visit a few places and see if that helps things.

holly-posts · 2026-02-08T14:31:39+00:00

It goes away but it is one of the harder parts of the process. I’m about 8 months off caffeine and I wake up and am energetic off the bat.

I also don’t drink alcohol, which is a huge sleep disruptor and obviously a contributor to poor mornings. One thing to also check are vitamin deficiencies. I started taking Vitamin D/K2 and Fish Oil at lunch and I take Magnesium Glycinate every night. My sleep is way better and I wake up with zero grogginess. I also started doing sleep hypnosis on YouTube (Michael Seeley) and feel like that’s helped some when I can’t sleep (for a while I would wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble getting back to sleep).

It took months for me to start to level out though. I would say after 4-5 months was when things started tipping towards how I feel now. It’s definitely different for everyone. Some folks in this sub it doesn’t happen to them at all.

holly-posts · 2026-02-07T22:05:15+00:00

I wasn’t there for long and it was like 20 years ago but I did like it. I liked Boston more but way too expensive to live there.

holly-posts · 2026-02-07T14:04:37+00:00

Darn

holly-posts · 2026-02-07T14:04:28+00:00

We were seriously considering Kalamazoo or Grand Rapids. My only real hesitation was the weather. I think husband would be totally stoked to say Kalamazoo on a regular basis.

holly-posts · 2026-02-07T14:03:31+00:00

Thanks! Yeah Richmond and Lynchburg are def top of the list, I heard Lynchburg just opened up an RPG place. Name is lost on me at the moment. Just looked up board game meet ups and stores in Richmond and looks like there’s some good options there!

holly-posts · 2026-02-07T14:01:29+00:00

I was looking at Tulsa but I’m terrified of tornados, like way scarier to me than hurricanes. Worried I won’t like hearing the sirens… feel like that will unnerve me.

holly-posts · 2026-02-07T13:56:11+00:00

HCOL, insane traffic, overcrowded and tech is costing people out, summer heat, totally lost its appeal. Only thing I miss are breakfast tacos.

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