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Congrats!
Exercise. I’ve now done it 8 weeks straight, and I think I have it locked in as a long term habit.
Never had that before in my life and I’m 48 now. It’s never too late to get going folks.
Exercise. I went from 0-1 days per week to 30 minutes every day for the past 6 weeks, only skipping two days over that time.
@Moobythegoldensock @ericbomb that’s amazing!!! I hope you keep it up :) starting a new habit like that and keeping it consistent ain’t easy - glad you’re nailing it so far.
Got an open source offline text to speech AI that can read me any text of any length, another that can convert my speech into text, and finally got another working directly on the command line using python.
Avoided being hung over, which I guess I could attribute to not drinking.
I was hoping to do that today, but alas I’m lemmying while i await a curbside happyhour order.
Put together a fun party with friends
Almost nothing, I suppose I should try and fix that
You made it through; that’s an achievement in and of itself these days.
I haven’t ate meat in 6/7 days, broke down and had a BLT yesterday. Tough to give up the bacon completely but I’m working on it.
I am proud of you!
You can do it! Just don’t get discouraged if you break here and there!
Ive actively started doing something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time now. I’ve always had a specific idea for a youtube channel, i made half assed attempts before to do something, but only last week actually started writing a script and got further than like 5 lines. I don’t know if and when I’ll be posting anything, but that’s not what matters. I used to love to write, just anything, be it poems, short stories, informative content. Over the years I kinda just stopped as I got more busy and other stuff got priority in my life. Finally I feel like I’ve found that old enjoyment again that writing used to being me. That’s what matters to me and that’s what I’m proud of.
That’s awesome!
Keep writing and don’t be afraid to publish something even it’s short. Momentum matters!
I wrapped a gift for someone by tying it up with string, no tape.
I never occurred to me before that the reason old packages and gifts were tied up with string or ribbon was because tape wasn’t a thing, it wasn’t simply decorative like it is most of the time these days.
@bob_wiley @ericbomb I think you just blew my mind a little. I’ve never thought of it that way before.
As someone who loves wrapping (my and anyone else’s who will let me) gifts around Christmastime, I think I’ll try doing just ribbons this year.
Any pictures of how it turned out?
I wrote stuff on the paper I don’t really want to post, but here is the video which led me to the realization. If you’re into gift wrapping, you’ll love this, as he shows 3 options and goes all out, and really thinks about the experience of opening the gift. The box I wrapped was a pretty decent size and I didn’t really have an issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSjUPb58fj0
He also has a video on making your own custom boxes to size things correctly, if you want to be really extra. His whole channel is amazing and very calming to watch. And fun fact, if you’ve ever seen the movie Mean Girls… he played Kevin G.
@bob_wiley genuinely just spent the last half hour watching this guy wrap presents - he gets so much joy out of it!
Reminds me of the start of every school year: my mom and I would sit and wrap my textbooks up in calendar paper, making sure the nice pictures ended up on the front cover.
Gotta step up my wrapping game now - I don’t know if I can commit to tossing all my dept store Christmas wrap yet, but I think it’s gonna be butcher paper or those awesome vintage posters for birthdays etc.
@bob_wiley also a bit click baitey, but I also found an article of why he left Hollywood :( https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/mean-girls-rajiv-surendra-reason-he-left-hollywood-rcna69448
Seems like he’s still doing what he loves though and enjoys it.
I’m starting to understand math after failing all my exams, i hope i can pass in October…
If it helps, I found Khan academy to be an excellent resource for learning math when your teacher sucks. It’s free and makes learning feel more like a fun game
Thankfully i have a good teacher that does classes via google meet so i’m covered, anyway, thanks for the help.
Wish you good luck (or not needing to be lucky).
After picking up the guitar 3 years ago, I recorded a song yesterday for the first time. Feels good, man.
Finally renewed my license. Only 4 months late this year.
For WinRAR?
A mass call-out the likes of which has never been seen haha
I laughed too hard at this. Thank you. XD
Beating twilight princess on Wii after leaving it for few years. Now I can start botw, it’s on same timeline :D
Omg congrats! I’d always wished I had beat twilight princess.
I’m teaching myself French. J’ai étudié le français pendant quatre ans when I was younger, but it’s been years. Maintenant, mes enfants want to learn French, so I’m re-learning with them. And just in the last week, we started making plans for a trip to France! Je suis content!
Rules for visiting France -
If you want to visit a city, it’s Lyon or Bordeaux
If you want to visit the countryside, it’s Provence and Haute Savoie
Huge généralisation btw but just… don’t go to Paris
Lol! My wife and I have actually been to Paris before and liked it a lot, but we stayed away from the regular tourist stuff and stuck to the weirder, off-the-beaten-path things you can do in Paris (the catacombs, poking around Roman ruins, etc).
We’re actually considering Versailles because we’ve heard it’s like being in a more relaxed and easy-going Paris, and the gardens appeal to my wife - as in, she’s thiiiiiiis close to simply insisting on it.
But neither of us had considered Lyon or Bordeaux, and I’ll add them to my list. What are they like?
Versailles is horribly crowded in the summer but lovely at other times.
Lyon is very cosmopolitan for shopping etc, loads of wee independent clothes shops and nowhere near as many tourist traps as Paris. If you like Roman stuff, Lyon is bursting at the seams with it. It’s also very close to the Alps so day trips to the mountains are only an hour or two by car
Bordeaux used to be a bit run down twenty years ago, but got their act together. Fantastic gastronomy, really laid back atmosphere, lovely little streets to wander around. Plus Saint Émilion, who claim to have the best red wine in France. (I disagree and nominate Chateauneuf du Pape for that) You can also day trip to Arcachon, a huuuuge beach on the Atlantic coast
France is massive, the size of Texas but without the empty spaces, and there are literally thousands of better options than Paris!
Merci beaucoup pour les recommandations complètes.
Avoiding tourist traps in favor of actual fun and fulfilling things to do is one of our major goals. I’ll look more closely at Lyon and Bordeaux (and other parts of France, too). You’ve helped me make a more informed choice, and I appreciate it.
