I’ve freelanced. It was never enough to live on and I used it to supplement my income. On the year I lost my job, I only had freelancing to support me. I racked up so much credit card debt just buying groceries. And then tax season came along and I owed 8000 (to say nothing of the fact that I only made ~16000 that…

I like this! It solves the inevitable problem I always have of running out of room on the paper.

It was so relieving to get a new doctor (after avoiding one for way too long because I didn’t want the lecture on my weight) and have her look me over, check my vitals, and declare me healthy.

So many times I have wished I had the option to download a free ebook version of a hardback tome—if only to make the reading process more comfortable.

My friend and I were both reading Youth in Revolt. She bought the Kindle version and I had the paperback copy. She would frequently ask me “where does this happen in…

So many of his more recent novels would have been 30% better with a really good editor given free reign.

Ah, I read ~50 books a year and only one at a time—mainly because the genres I read tend to overlap and things get confusing (similar world-building, similar character names, similar conflicts, similar plots, etc). I also like to give one book my full attention. I used to read more than one book at once, but I noticed…

I thought the same thing while reading the hardcover copy of Under The Dome. I can’t even read these books in bed. I have to be sitting upright with a pillow in my lap just to help support the book and give my arms a break.

I think setting 25 pages a day is a good start. That feels like an achievable number and it is highly likely that I’ll go over that amount.

I just settled down to finally read 11/22/63 and though I am enjoying it, the fact that I bought a physical copy is causing me some reluctance when I think about picking it up. It…

I ended up placing my feet about 1-2 feet away from the wall just so I could shift my hips enough to get my spine flat against the wall. I can’t find any posture test for women (specifically) and all the men in the demos don’t have butts.

So much exposure! You can cash that exposure in for karma, upvotes, or stars on social media platforms!

“Excellent opportunity to build your portfolio” - We’re either not going to pay you well, or at all, to design things for us. We expect you to be happy to do things for free because you chose a career in the design industry.

Last one I saw wanted to pay $100 for a designer to build a 100+ page catalog. Even at my best…

As someone who has a big booty, I feel like I’ll never be able to meet these standards. I could pass this test if I performed it from a sitting position, but not standing.

Ah, this is interesting. I have a retroverted uterus, so I tend towards pads as tampons are uncomfortable at best. Before I opted for implanon, I had been reading up on cups. Knowing it could make my pain worse is a bit of a dealbreaker. I’m already taking prescription strength painkillers just to get through three…

I think they mean instead of aligning your elbows straight out from your shoulder (making a 90-degree angled armpit), you should tuck your elbows in a bit (making a ~45-degree angled armpit). This would make your body (from a top view) look more like an arrow than a T. _|_ vs. \|/

Interesting and helpful! A few days ago, a family member on facebook shared a coupon for 40% at a local grocery. It looked like it was for 40% off the entire purchase—obviously fake, but the coupon looked exactly like the coupons that grocery normally sends out

I would think contact-safe eyedrops would be okay. I (personally) use senstitive eyes saline because the rest of that stuff burns like a mother.

I don’t think this is a quick fix process. You can’t simply hire more woman/minorities if all your applicants are white men.

Honestly, since you have young children around you, I think the best you can do is to continue to encourage them, provide them with good role models (role models that share their…

I recently had to ride in an ambulance to the local ER (surgery gone bad). My husband was trying to talk my parents out of calling for an ambulance because he was fearful about the bill.

In the following weeks, I scoured every medical bill that came to my house to see what the ambulance ride cost. It’s been seven…

Not sure why, but I’m finding this crazy depressing. 85k household income in rural PA puts my home in the top 18% and yet we’re still having problems making ends meet (mainly due to a past layoff and subsequent incurred debt over a period of 12 months of unemployment).

I mean, I feel like I’m over the hump of debt…

Interesting! I have noticed that I don’t typically receive text messages until I get home. I don’t really use text messages (maybe 5-10 messages sent/received a month), so it hasn’t really bothered me that much. I can see how this might be an issue for people who use text as their primary form of communication,…