How do I deal with having an incredibly long reading list, and no time to feasibly read all the books I'm interested in? The book posts on this thread always make it worse. Takes me about a week to read fiction and a month for non-fiction if I really want to understand it (taking notes, writing thoughts, re-reading important bits).
12 good books a year isn't enough, what can I do about it? I still need time for exercise and work and and cooking and sleeping and other hobbies.
I'm really struggling with fashion, I rarely ever buy clothes and when I do I usually just pick the first thing I see. I've had the same clothes for probably 10 years or so and I don't have any outfits. I wear jeans or /out/ pants with a sweater when I go out and just jean pyjamas or sweat pants when home alone.
I want to pull of this "old fashioned adult" look without comming out as an autistic, snobby hipster but I don't know where I get the clothes that I want. Mainstream clothing stores just sell sweatshop clothing and thought they are fairly cheap they're not really good quality, they're also very generic.
Any brands and particular pieces of clothing I should avoid?
White, durable t-shirts.
Pants you like for durability. Others needed for social commotions. Third even for special cases like beach parties etc. You'll quickly discern what's fitting for what occasion.
Males are noticed for not being noticable. Women atleast in western society excessively try to look more noticable, even when it's evident it's just for Ego lulz most of the time.
The silent worksman is the highest valuable part of society, so just because you've been on a 16-hours shift and got dusty clothes signals you've got drive, work and can steer off by yourself.
Durable work clothes, of course don't fit in some occasions. In case you're wondering what clothes are good there go to the thrift shop and make your imagination wander off. Get a feel of the stuff laying around and for what purpose it has been made.
Fancy looking bluberry shit is just shit. If you want to signal something, simply signal 'I don't give a fuck about fashion'. Some pants look good on some, some shirts look good on others and a few people only got the fedora option because of their ginormous head, for instance.
Realise;
This is a new hobby. You'll have to spend a lot of time figuring it out. No one jumps into deadlifting 200kg first go or writing an opera: you're going to suck at it for a few months or years at first before you finally have it nailed.
It will cost you money. If you want to set yourself apart and turn heads/get compliments, you will be sinking a lot money into quality items you will wear a lot, and also "experiment" items/outfits that you end up disliking and not wearing. You will wear regularly maybe 30-40% of your actual warddrobe.
If you are unable to accept these two requirements, stick to the sweatpants. If you are ready to embrace a new expensive hobby, I suggest buying second hand until you've found your style, after a year or so you'll know what you like and where to get it. I buy a lot of my clothes on eBay.
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Not so much this, LD50 for iodine is similar to salt so is actually a lot less toxic than iodineophobes would have you think, the reason many people have bad reactions is to do with detox rather than the actual iodine so make sure you follow salt protocol described and get plenty of vitamin c (and make sure its not soy derived C ffs as soy is a know goitrigen, also I recommend Himalayan or celtic salt). Also when in doubt start slow, get a 2% lugols, start with one drop a day for a few weeks and incrementally increase your dose and monitor your health state
The RDI (mere micrograms) was only set at the point that goiter is controlled, dumbfucks never realized iodine is used by the entire body not just thyroid; your skin, organs, brain, and most critically all of your glands including the ones you use for procreation need iodine. The actual RDI from what I've read goes from a conservative 3mg right up to 25-50mg per day. When you take into consideration the info in PIC related you realize that you actually need to not only hit RDI but take in more to mitigate your exposures to other halides (fluoride, bromine, chlorine).
Personally I cycle between 12.5mg a day to 25mg a day (lugols 5%, so one drop is 6.25mg, take half dose in morn and other half in evening) every few months and have been on it for close to 2 years now with no issues with my thyroid hormone levels, my missus was getting 25mg a day up until conception and pretty much reversed her PCOS and she conceived on second attempt, once bub was on board we switched her back to 6.25mg to 12.5mg a day, shes now nursing and is continuing the same dose. Studies show iodine supplementation pre conception and prenatally boosts bubs IQ by a standard deviation, so make sure you take notice so you can breed some smart AF ubermensch.
that image is gold. i started taking a few drops of iodine every day 2 months ago and i still can't believe how much better i feel on a day to day basis. of all the health bullshit that gets thrown around, i'd rarely ever hear anybody talk about fucking iodine, and that really bugs me, especially because it's so cheap and easy
Note if you're already taking a good multi (which you SHOULD BE), check how much iodine you are already taking. If you already have alot of iodine in your diet, adding this extra iodine could put you at risk of iodine poisoning. This WILL screw up your thyroid.
So yes, the iodine redpill is correct, you do need extra iodine in your diet. Just make sure you don't already have it before you add this on.
lads…i'm the anon from a thread or two ago that announced that my girlfriend was pregnant. we went in for the ultrasound Thursday. now, if measured by cycles, that would have been around 11 weeks, but I reckoned that 8 or 9 weeks had passed since actual conception. anyway, they did the ultrasounds, and saw what they ascertained as a 10 week gestational sack, and a 6 week embryo. they couldn't detect a heartbeat. we have to go back in Monday for more ultrasounds.
sorry for the blogpost, but I can't explain how I feel about all of this, and I don't know.
I'm really sorry to hear that this has happened to you and your wife. I haven't been through it so I can't offer any concrete advice beyond what I would I hope I would do in this situation.
In most countries there are services for miscarried and still born children to be buried in graves with other lost babies. It might still feel impersonal but I think I would feel a lot better knowing that my child's final resting place was outside in nature.
I can only really say that inwardly I am very angry at the situation, while outwardly trying to remain something positively stoic
Remember that it's ok to grieve. Spend time with your wife, comfort her and let her support you. Women are often more resilient than we give them credit for. I would say that's it's important for both of you to attend the final appointment. I learnt while my wife was pregnant for the first time that a lot of what is done to pregnant women is degrading and humiliating. Be with her and make sure that she's treated with respect and allowed some dignity.
Never consider such an event a blog post. This is /sig/ and thus we are brothers come what may.
You are the patriarch of your family unit, the first thing to do is remain stoic. Your lover will need your support and strength to maintain her composure. The second thing is do not panic. Nature, much like our lives themselves, can sometimes have darker moments. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst is the best advice that can be offered if the tidings are as ill as they could potentially be. If it was an error with the machine and the follow up is good news, then celebrate. If not then you nor your partner are at fault, it was merely an unfortuanate roll of the dice and thus you must roll again when the time is right.
The most important thing you can do at this juncture is be the man you need to be for your wife. Take both your minds off of it tomorrow, mayhaps take a small trip somewhere, just the two of you, maybe even go out for a pleasant dinner. Remind her this is a unison between the two of you and allow her to vent her feelings to you, no matter what they are. Do not however allow your feelings to overwhelm your good senses and share indiscriminantly, if she begs for your emotions on it make sure to offer only strength, no weakness for it will compound her emotional turmoil even further, you must remember you are the her guardian regarding both the physical and mental aspects of her wellbeing and thus showing fear yourself will be severely damaging. Guide her back to hope should the worst come to pass and tend her wounds as best you can and offer succor.
Hope be with you, please return and let us know for good or ill.
Thanks, buds, sometimes this is still a magical place. Well, the results were only confirmed today. My child died 4-5 weeks ago, and will be unceremoniously sucked via a plastic tube into probably a garbage bag or some shit. I can only really say that inwardly I am very angry at the situation, while outwardly trying to remain something positively stoic.
I've been there before anon, it was heartbreaking because it was around my birthday/Christmas and my wife and I were around lots of family. It was hard at the time.
We now have a daughter and another child on the way, so DON'T LOSE HOPE! Many women have miscarriages their first time.
Be there for each other and you'll make it through– but YOU have to be the rock. Women are not emotionally capable of it. The other anon has excellent advice so I won't repeat it all. Regardless of the outcome, you will grow closer. Pray to Jesus. I will be praying for your family too.
How much would you share with your daughter? Barely anything. Only the most justified or vague things; my parent died so I'm down honey, I'm just a bit stressed sweetie I need to be alone for a while.
But you wouldn't tell your daughter every little thing that bothered you, nor would you whine about injsutices or your problems. And you'd never, ever, cry in front of your daughter.
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Fuck, 4chan just got really gay. I guess I'm gonna hang out here from now on.
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