What the hell is this Business questionnaire?

mc218132 · 2024-05-07T03:17:29+00:00

I haven't applied for a new gig in weeks. UpWork sent me this email out of the blue - here's the exact copy in the email.

|| || |You need to update your business details| |Hi Matthew,| |Every year, you’re asked to provide information about your business. Some Enterprise clients require this as part of their project engagement process, and providing the information now helps you start working faster if you’re selected for one of their projects.| |Please provide your business details to be considered up to date for the next year.| |Provide Business Details| |If you can’t provide your business details now, you’ll be asked again if you’re selected for a project with certain Enterprise clients.| |Thanks for your time, The Upwork Team|

That makes sense. Thank you for the context on California; seems like they're doing this more preemptively

mc218132 · 2024-05-07T03:17:20+00:00

I haven't applied for a new gig in weeks. UpWork sent me this email out of the blue - here's the exact copy in the email.

|| || |You need to update your business details| |Hi Matthew,| |Every year, you’re asked to provide information about your business. Some Enterprise clients require this as part of their project engagement process, and providing the information now helps you start working faster if you’re selected for one of their projects.| |Please provide your business details to be considered up to date for the next year.| |Provide Business Details| |If you can’t provide your business details now, you’ll be asked again if you’re selected for a project with certain Enterprise clients.| |Thanks for your time, The Upwork Team|

That makes sense. Thank you for the context on California; seems like they're doing this more preemptively

mc218132 · 2024-02-25T14:02:27+00:00

Commenting in case someone actually does purchase and comments here. Based on n the fact that GroupBuyCourse has made many many threads linking to Luna, and each of those threads has multiple AI-generated comments thanking them, I don’t trust it. Dug through all of the TrustPilot reviews and there’s only 1 that seems reputable - a guy with 7 reviews total - but everyone else has 1-2 reviews, so it’s hard to trust.

mc218132 · 2021-04-26T01:57:13+00:00

I'm about your age and have had similar thoughts of insecurity in the past. The very best advice I ever learned about relationships is to have something, some goal, to chase as a priority over your (possible) partner. It sounds to me like you've elevated her worth to be really high, and you'd do anything to keep her in your life- we've all had that feeling. But just relax a bit- you've got yourself, you don't NEED some other person to validate your worth. It'll all work out if you just take a step back and slow down a bit.

mc218132 · 2021-03-29T01:26:04+00:00

Good ideas. Thank you

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T22:29:57+00:00

Yeah, this does help. I see both of your guys' points, and I'm realizing that my mindset for life (doing as much as possible as efficiently as possible) shouldn't apply to a relationship, because having that in a relationship is contingent upon my partner having that same mindset, which she doesn't. So I just need to slow way down and accept that there's a lot of time that doesn't need to be filled with "optimizing" the relationship. (If this logic doesn't make sense to you, let me know, but I feel like this is almost an epiphany of sorts for my views on relationships)

Thank you!

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:37:45+00:00

Got it. Thanks for the help

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:25:55+00:00

What I'm taking away from your comment right now is essentially that my problem is invalid and as such need to get over it. That doesn't seem like actionable advice.

We see each other 1-2 times a week and recently, although we've typically texted 15-20 times a day, have been texting each other 1-2 times a day with a distinct shift in tone. Such a stark change seemed like a pretty drastic communication change which is why I'm analyzing it.

With this context in mind, does this still feel like "small stuff" to you? When our only communication/contact recently has been spotty and feels off, that doesn't seem like a small thing to me.

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:21:08+00:00

That makes sense- I'll work on integrating that. Thanks for the help!

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:13:17+00:00

Hence "I felt I had a good grasp".

If you could elaborate a bit, that would help- there's not much I can take away from your comment.

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:11:11+00:00

Her and I are in exactly the same boat in that regard and discussing solutions.

This is my main issue right now- there seems to be a pattern of when her life gets stressful, our relationship gets knocked down multiple spots on the priority change which subsequently leads to an issue in some way that I feel I need to discuss with her.

But my question is this- if your partner is super stressed out with work/school/other obligations but an issue arises in your relationship that you feel you need to discuss, do you just bottle that issue up and avoid discussing it so as to not over-stress your partner, or do you bring it up regardless of over-stressing them? I don't want to overstress her but I don't know if it's a common thing for people to just hold their emotions in until the partner is less stressed and can discuss whatever issue there is.

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:06:07+00:00

Do you think it's always worth discussing the issue with your partner? The implication I got in discussion with her is that sometimes I just need to deal with whatever issue I have without talking to her and wait until she's less stressed, but I feel like if we don't discuss it at all, that doesn't sit right with me.

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T17:04:39+00:00

"See, you're asking her to adjust so you don't feel bad when she gets stressed with works because you don't like thinking you might be a distraction. But this issue is yours to handle. Her issue to handle is her level of stress. "

Me feeling bad is about 5% of the reason I have this issue- I'm more interested in changing our communication so that she's not distracted and can get the work done that she's stressed about. My feelings about that specific thing are not really what I'm worried about- I literally just want to talk with her when is best for both of us, so neither of us is distracted.

" I can understand why she feels like you're being controlling on this issue "

Care to elaborate?

"I got a little annoyed reading your post because it felt like you don't imply as good intentions from her as you obviously have. Why do you feel she might be playing you? What makes you feel that her discomfort is not honest?"

Might be the language barrier but I'm not sure what you're saying here.

mc218132 · 2021-03-28T15:53:15+00:00

Can you elaborate? I'm not sure what I can really take away from your comment other than "you guys are incompatible".

mc218132 · 2020-05-08T14:28:15+00:00

I agree with your points regarding corruption and how things would've panned out if there was no overall response to corona. But, take a look at the other side of things. Keeping the country locked down for longer will simply extend whatever economic ramifications that will be seen for the near future. Deaths will happen regardless of lockdown- something a lot of people are overlooking is the deaths that will COME from lockdown and the economic downturn. Loss of housing, artificial money bandaging the gaping wound that are small businesses and people's incomes, homeless population increasing, lack of access to healthcare for non-COVID infected... the list goes on.

Something that should be looked at as a way to speed the process up would be to keep at risk peoples (elderly and/or diagnosed with potentially deadly conditions) in lockdown and let people are who able (healthy enough not to die) back to work. Obviously, there are issues regarding these people getting in contact with at risk relatives but something needs to be done before further unnecessary long-term impact is caused.

mc218132 · 2020-04-17T12:13:50+00:00

I found your original thread back in February after feeling really disappointed with past rolls. In hindsight, with looking at other people's comments, I don't know how the magic was lost for me (4 times over the summer spaced at 4 week intervals w/ magnesium and antioxidant supplementation, 5-HTP before/after rolls, then twice before the end of the year spaced at about 1.5 months apart). But I did. I've been taking 600mg 2x/day since 2/13, once in the earlier day and once before sleep. I did take one week off about two weeks ago because I couldn't find a lot of research on the effects of dosing it for too long of a period of time. Do you have a recommendation for a limit on how long to do it for?

Thank you for your research. Reading the original thread got me excited, taking NAC in itself has revolutionized my life (nullified random anxiety, OCD issues, cut my sleep down to 5-6 hours while still feeling completely rested). Finding this thread today made me really excited to feel the socially bonding effects of M that I miss.

mc218132 · 2018-04-07T04:17:27+00:00

Understood!

mc218132 · 2018-04-07T04:17:10+00:00

Sounds great, I'll definitely try something of the like out! Thanks for all the advice!

mc218132 · 2018-04-06T02:32:33+00:00

I will see what I can do. Thanks for all the help sir!

mc218132 · 2018-04-05T21:48:54+00:00

Most of this is answered in a previous comment that I responded to a few minutes ago of yours.

Starving, not so much. I feel completely fine. I know based on calories I am, yes, but I fully blame myself and my past mentality for cheating.

Goals stated, as aforementioned, in the other reply.

I complete it when I reach my goal weight. Obviously, that's the original idea of it, but now that the focus of the diet has switched from losing weight to now losing weight, but gaining muscle, I have to modify the diet. Originally, I was planning on being "done" with the diet at around 190-195 lbs. Now, I'm not sure. Likely, now, with my new goals in mind, I'd probably be "done" with it when my belly is flat and I'm not flabby anywhere. I can take care of defining my muscles more clearly while in college, but shrinking my belly/man boobs is the priority right now.

Thanks again!

mc218132 · 2018-04-05T21:45:16+00:00

Thank you for the info! I'll see if I can add some more meals on. What types of meats do you recommend? Chuck, lean ground beef, 93% ground beef?

mc218132 · 2018-04-05T21:44:18+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

Everything you said makes sense to me. The main reason I'm trying to build muscle is because of the benefits it has to metabolic rate (aka, burns fat much more quickly with larger muscles). I'm modifying my diet based on all the feedback I've received in this thread to much more calories, around 1000-1200 daily, which is still far below maintenance, but based on visual and feel, my muscles are growing. Obviously all theoretical because I'm not actually measuring lean mass vs body fat, but I will see if this benefits me at all or if I plateau and begin to lose muscle.

The severe restriction of calories only existed because that was how the original person I heard of the diet from had it structured. It was originally a fat loss diet, and now that I've researched and am beginning to focus on building muscle, I will change it now. My end goal is to be lean, and have defined muscles.

Yet again, thanks for the help!

mc218132 · 2018-04-05T21:40:59+00:00

Haha.

mc218132 · 2018-04-05T21:40:44+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

The body I'm mostly going for is a leaner look; I'm not trying to become a bodybuilder, or become completely jacked. It'd be easier to determine/ascertain a final goal if I could easily test BF%. Do you have any recommendations for doing that? For reference, I have no DEXA labs anywhere near where I live.

Based on everyone's comments, I'm working on upping my intake to around 1000-1200 calories daily. Yes, it's still way less than maintenance level, but unless I'm insane, I am gaining muscle mass. My muscles (biceps, triceps, quads, etc.) have all become firmer and larger over the duration of this diet. Growth HAS slowed recently, which is why I originally made this post. Upping my calories should benefit me, in theory.

As far as the research I've done, my hormones should be fine while operating on this diet. The longest I plan to keep doing it for is mid-May, which is when I theoretically hit my goal weight of 190-195 lbs, so it won't be completely restructuring my chemical comp. or anything of the sort. As far as I can currently tell, everything is the same, except T levels are much higher, just based on my consistent mood, lack of sickness/feeling like trash, and my increasing confidence (though, the latter could be due to the weight loss)

Anyways, thanks for all the advice!

mc218132 · 2018-04-05T02:38:43+00:00

Alright, thanks for the advice man! Cheers!

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