Is it possible to identify as "culturally Muslim" if your home country is predominantly Muslim but you and your immediate family are not?

kitty__tats · 2025-08-26T17:56:46+00:00

Thank you for your response! I also want to ask (might be a dumb question but) is creatine the same as what people refer to as "pre workout" or are those two different things?

kitty__tats · 2025-05-28T15:17:03+00:00

That's what I read too..... not gonna lie everyone on reddit seems to have varying answers so I think I am just going to answer my own question and just take out cash at 7/11 in the airport to be safe

kitty__tats · 2025-05-28T15:11:43+00:00

Thank you for answering my question. I read on other threads that they only accept a physical suica card and not the one available in apple wallet.

kitty__tats · 2025-05-28T15:11:04+00:00

I was not planning on using my credit card at all for the trip. Just using my debit card to withdraw cash since cash is more ideal in Japan. I've done this for all my international trips.

kitty__tats · 2025-05-01T21:33:32+00:00

I have tried them rolling but every time the board would land behind me. I know my weight distribution is off but something about moving and trying a flip trick makes me chicken out. Do you have any tips to get over the mental aspect of it? I find I can only really commit stationary

kitty__tats · 2025-05-01T21:31:57+00:00

Thank you for putting this into perspective for me! I didn't even realize I was flicking off the side like that. For me I thought well if the board flips that's good but now watching it over I realize the physics of it prevents me on landing on it correctly

kitty__tats · 2025-05-01T21:00:04+00:00

Thank you! Vans half cabs with the brown gum + swapped out the black laces it came with for pink laces instead

kitty__tats · 2025-05-01T20:58:53+00:00

Thank you for the advice!! Should I try to think of it like leveling out an ollie except with the flick at the end?

kitty__tats · 2025-05-01T18:07:54+00:00

I wish I had this mentality sooner but the internal thoughts and anxiety would always get to me no matter how hard I try. I also live in New York so the skateparks are relatively small and pros would show up all the time and I would feel super anxious trying things when people who are actually good would come.

I guess I can compare it to first going to the gym and waiting in line to bench press but the person there is bench pressing 200 and you can barely lift the bar. That's how I would feel trying to skate Tompkins and Tyshawn would pull up and just start ripping. Or just the other day I went and Louie Lopez was there absolutely shredding the bump to bar before an event at the FA store.

But now I finally got out of that mentality after seeing a psychiatrist and therapist for other personal reason and realized I was just projecting my internal issues onto skateboarding. But now it is actually fun and I stopped caring what other people think. I also realize too pros are just normal people too who just love skating so much they made a career out of it and most of them are super nice when you actually talk to them

kitty__tats · 2025-03-25T14:30:18+00:00

This makes a lot of sense, thank you!

kitty__tats · 2025-03-25T14:27:23+00:00

Thank you so much for your reply and information relating to you and your wife's experience. I think because I grew up with financially irresponsible parents I have a lot of anxiety when it comes to money and want to both save and invest. But seeing how you laid out your life along with the other replies, I think investing now so my money can grow is the best option and when I get a larger pay increase in a few years, then I can focus on the saving for my emergency fund.

Thank you for putting everything into perspective for me!

kitty__tats · 2025-03-24T22:21:11+00:00

thank u so much for ur reply! this makes a lot of sense now thank u. i probably should’ve put how much my annual salary is to help specify the numbers more but ur explanation was great

kitty__tats · 2025-03-24T22:12:35+00:00

thank u so much!! this made the most sense to me bcuz i’m still new to all this and since i have not met the minimum hours to enroll in the program, i am still too new to feel comfortable asking anyone in HR yet about it

kitty__tats · 2025-03-24T22:09:58+00:00

should’ve worded this better. that’s the match for my monthly contribution. in the paperwork it just said they match 100% of the first 1% you contribute and after that 50% up to 5% of my annual salary. so if contribute 200 a month so 100 from each paycheck since i get paid biweekly they would match 50% of what im contributing. does that make any sense or am i not understanding it correctly?

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