I think it was Lewis Black who said, "I don't know if you've noticed, but the two party system in this country is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the mirror."
I vote for who earns my vote. I refuse the forced choice of two terrible options.
I have a coworker that had to talk to a colleague about something that they perceived as "difficult". They worried about it for a month before finally scheduling it, and in the end, everything was fine. Our colleague took the "difficult" feedback very well, said they would make sure to work on it, encouraged further feedback, etc.
All this time, I encouraged them to just get it over with. When they finally did, I shared Seneca's quote that, "We suffer more in our imagination than in reality." They suffered for a month over something that was trivial in the end.
Debian. Stable and works for what I need.
300 hours of sick leave? I think I feel a fever coming on.
Flaked barley is for a bit of grain flavor, but mostly head retention. I added it because that's what the recipe I used said to use... Not exactly a good reason, but it's also pretty common in Irish Stouts.
I added some carbonation and your moka pot coffee trick, and that combination did the trick in my book. It's much more interesting now.
Thanks for the tip!
Be careful, brewing is just as much about collecting gear as it is making tasty beverages.
Welcome!
Keep a Bullet Journal or similar. (I actually use tasks in Outlook this way.)
Break big projects into chunks, get chunks done, even small ones. Checking off boxes gives a good sense of accomplishment.
Schedule breaks, like with a Pomodoro timer. 20 minutes of work, take a 5 minute break. Repeat. After a bunch of work cycles, take a longer break.
Karate? No.
I do let my imagination play out an action/fight scene that will occur when the elevator "dings" and the doors open. Often with an action based song playing in my head.
I watch too many movies.
Interestingly, I used to do extract brewing, then switched to BIAB, and now an all in one. I don't think BIAB really increased my brewing and cleaning time much.
With my All in One, I think I'm right back to my extract days in terms of time spent because I ferment right in the AI1. Very little cleanup. (Or at least the cleanup is spread out a lot more.)
I think traveling alone is such a great challenge and adventure. It's really relaxing actually, to be able to just do what you want, when you want.
Traveling with a trusted partner is also great, but I wish I could solo travel more often. Somewhat ironically, I've made so many friends when traveling solo.
Good luck on your trip!
superfly_samurai
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Blue Bells - For when you get left hanging under the mistletoe.