Technically I’m an archaeologist, I guess.
I’m pleased that she’s experiencing the fallout from all this, but whatever logic she used to calculate that political risk is baffling.
Four John Wick movies have grossed over a billion dollars on the conceit that harming a dog is a legitimate emotional catalyst for someone to kill 450 people.
My kinda person. If they were local and I saw the post, I’d be there for sure.
I’m a light sleeper with a loud mind, as well, so this kind of thing has always been a problem for me. The two main things I find helpful may not do the trick for you, but here goes:
First, trying to force myself back to sleep always just ramps my brain up worse and makes it more difficult than it already was to fall back asleep. I stopped trying to force the issue, which has counterintuitively sped up the time it takes me to fall back asleep. I don’t get up or engage my mind with anything significant, but if I’m awake, I’ll put soft music on my earbuds or scroll on my phone set to the dimmest setting. I may not fall back to sleep immediately, but I’ve found that lowering the pressure on myself to fall back asleep makes it happen more readily than when I spend 2 hours and 45 minutes being like “if I fall asleep right now, I can still get another 3 hours. go to sleep. fall asleep. sleep will happen… now!”
Second, I’ve increased my oversell magnesium intake. I know you said no substances, but I feel like this is different. There have been a few studies–popular science type stuff, nothing peer reviewed that I know of–indicating that magnesium improves sleep quality and the ability to return to sleep if woken up. Might be the placebo effect, but I don’t care because I’ve noticed an improvement.
Sorry you have to deal with this flavor of insomnia, too. Super sucks.
You’re fun.
I wish I would have thought of it first this time 😔
When I’m really stressed out, I’ll put on repetitive beep boop music and draw floor plans on graph paper.
There are local prefixes I will never answer no matter what. I’m looking at you, 243 and 422.
I love their recipe for no bake cookies, though! Just 12-15 minutes at 375°, and you’re good to go.
Here’s why that’s a [evaluative adjective] thing.
Is there an ultra niche market for flashlight customization, or is it mostly enthusiasts DIYing their own setups?
Hit me with your top flashlight fact.
You more of a tart apple or sweet apple person?
Cheese apples sound bomb.
Right?? Those are amateur numbers.
Christie electric chair drops Ramaswamy, transitions to a leg-trap camel clutch: ‘Biggest jabroni in America’
SEALEDforYOUR P R O T E C T I O N
Our friends and family can listen and respond to questions, practice empathy, humanize the other side of the debate, tell personal stories that are likely to intersect with our own lives, and see us as individuals with nuanced views and value outside of our political opinions.
How many people is this this the case for? My experience and the experience of my friend group might be anomalous, but empathy, humanity, and nuance are not present in my family when it comes to political conversations.
Two of the derailed cars were carrying molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached… it is believed that the fire is releasing sulfer dioxide
Sulfer dioxide is pretty nasty on a person’s throat and sinuses to breathe and can make fluid build up in the lungs, and it can have longer-term effects if the exposure is sustained.
With that baby around, I think it’s you who needs to worry about surviving a 20-story fall.