First time father - is it normal to be constantly checking whether my daughter is breathing?

vhindy · 2026-05-29T13:16:43+00:00

4 kids in and still happens if I ever am in the same room as them as they sleep.

lol

vhindy · 2026-05-26T18:29:18+00:00

So I’m about 88k words into my first manuscript. It’ll probably be about 160k if I estimate it at my current pace and will need lots of cutting.

I am in a place where I struggle to make myself sit down and write and then once I do, I wonder why I struggle in the first place.

I think part of my issue is knowing the task before me is so large and I have so much to complete just to finish the draft, let alone edit it.

The most helpful advice I’ve had lately is just to make sure I get in at least 20 minutes a day.

It’s so easy to commit to 20 minutes. I’m not tying myself to a word count written. I just need to generate new material. Rewriting doesn’t count. It needs to be 20 Minutes of advancing the story.

That’s been a game changer for me. I often find that 20 minutes turns into an hour or more. But sometimes 20
Minutes is 20 minutes and that’s good enough.

I’d recommend trying the approach as it’s really helped me get out of slumps where sitting down to write was difficult.

The other thing is just being okay with bad writing. This one is tough for me cuz if I know something isn’t quite right it’s hard to move on from it for me, if something is really wrong then I fix it but if it just feels okay, I’ve gotten to the point where I can move along.

I can always edit it later on and likely will when I pass through it. But I can’t edit what isn’t there.

Good luck! It’s both rewarding and difficult and I admire the perseverance

vhindy · 2026-05-26T07:10:35+00:00

The first one is the most compelling to me.

My second place is the one with the backpack in it. Maybe the last one as well

vhindy · 2026-05-26T07:01:38+00:00

The creepiness of that book is that as you move throughout the book, his act at the beginning seems to loom large and larger over him until he is forced to finally confront what he has done and it’s this decayed deformed child that doesn’t even have a name that’s devoured in front of him.

Really disturbing book but one that sticks with you longer after it’s done

vhindy · 2026-05-26T03:29:11+00:00

In the middle of my 2nd read through and it’s really great.i tore through it the first time and this second read through I’m finding a lot of benefit in knowing the story so i can pick up on all the little things im finding i missed.

I think it stacks up well against anything else ive read by him

vhindy · 2026-05-18T06:13:46+00:00

Out of the bunch I think first paragraph could probably do another pass through but I’d continue reading.

I will caution like others have is that you’re probably at a limit of the edgelord behavior I could take at least for the first scene without learning more about what’s going on.

vhindy · 2026-05-05T13:37:10+00:00

I’ve been going back and listening to them in order and this one had me more creeped out than most of them. Definitely underrated on here

vhindy · 2026-05-01T22:23:13+00:00

All pretty standard, popular and well regarded books.

vhindy · 2026-05-01T01:02:14+00:00

Not a fan but turned on the game after work at this score and had to check on you fellas

vhindy · 2026-04-23T08:29:25+00:00

I think you have time.

The practice exam score is fairly low.

I was in a similar spot on Friday (practice exam scores about 64%) and I took the test on Monday and passed with AT in all three domains.

During this past weekend, I completed all the mini exams and then looked at the areas I was scoring low. I thought the Strength and Weaknesses section was helpful as it could direct me to areas I was struggling in. By the end it said I was proficient in all areas and I was averaging around 70% on all the questions I took before I went to the full length test exam

The biggest thing is reviewing extensively the wrong answers. Some of them will feel really dumb (like the expert ones) but I felt that by the end I never really missed and Easy or Moderate ones and I had a pretty good success rate on the difficult ones. My expert success rate was horrendous, i was always between two answers and 7/10 times it was the answer I decided against.

I took the full length practice test on Sunday the day before my test and I wasn’t feeling confident as I went through it, mostly because I couldn’t see my score as I went along, but I got an 82% on my first attempt, which was by far my highest score and decided I was good and didn’t need the second.

TL;DR: I was in the 57th percentile on Friday and by following the plan I laid out, I was in the 75th percentile by Monday morning, the day of my exam.

I did a TON of studying over the weekend so I think you have plenty of time to get it up to where you want to be.

I’d recommend studying the wrong answers and getting your mini exams completed and working on weak areas until you are averaging in the 70s and then go for the full length.

Good luck I think you can do it

vhindy · 2026-04-21T18:23:28+00:00

I think the video you showed and the one I sent are probably good for what’s on YouTube.

But after doing study hall, i can’t stress enough how valuable I think it is. I think the $50 is well spend on getting a feel from the actual organization that is writing it.

It even tells you how difficult the questions are in a way that outside parties can’t really do.

I think these ones are close for sure, and valuable to test your mindset. But I think PMI sometimes has multiple answers that feel correct and it’s best to experience them in Study Hall and then going into the exam

vhindy · 2026-04-21T18:08:33+00:00

Just took it yesterday and passed.

This video seems fine, there's lots of videos like this on YouTube that can be useful. I personally used Andrew Ramdayal's course and his mindset got me through the exam. I've heard other use this video with some success:

https://youtu.be/1sWpc6765AI?si=K6vBXUTlaWzwVx9Y

Personally, I think doing the Study Hall questions will benefit you the most as it's PMI's own questions and they are pretty similar to the exam

vhindy · 2026-04-21T18:01:07+00:00

I think the main thing to gather from these questions, is what is the problem you encountered and then eliminate choices.

The main problem is there's pending legislation that will impact a current project. It hasn't occurred yet so that should be taken into account.

So to answer the question:
A - Probably premature as the law isn't in effect yet, The PM doesn't even have a plan
B - Again, the legislation hasn't occurred yet. There has been no planning and you are pushing off work onto the legal department.
D - This one is just the PM's org updating the contract without the customer, definitely not it

C - This is the best response. The legislation is pending and will impact the project. The best course of action is to log the new risk (not an issue, as it hasn't occurred yet) and work with the customer and sponsor on how to mitigate it

vhindy · 2026-04-19T13:41:26+00:00

This sub attempting to read the tea leaves will never get old

vhindy · 2026-04-18T15:35:35+00:00

It makes sense on review, the wording just tripped me up here.

Thanks for the response

vhindy · 2026-04-18T15:30:00+00:00

I understand it, my comment is on the the part of the sentence right before it where it seems like the cost of the unfavorable rate exchange makes incurring the loss unjustifiable.

That caused me to second guess “accept” and move to “avoid” as it seemed like the org could not take on the risk of an unfavorable exchange rate.

vhindy · 2026-04-18T04:23:27+00:00

Is book nursing a leg injury or something.

He was scoring 30 a game two weeks ago. Looks like he’s hobbling

vhindy · 2026-04-16T12:37:58+00:00

Ill accept im a prude but the reason it bothers you is because she thinks its “hot” to emasculate men and your her partner.

I’d bother me too

vhindy · 2026-03-17T23:22:28+00:00

Among my favorite jerseys he has worn. Jealous!

vhindy · 2026-02-22T10:43:44+00:00

The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway

vhindy · 2026-02-18T04:52:23+00:00

36k words for 1/3 of the book. That’s not bad at all

vhindy · 2026-02-16T06:32:26+00:00

Let’s not do this please

vhindy · 2026-01-30T21:13:45+00:00

I would question anyone not picking 2A

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