It's actually crazy that his comment is so realistic! Even after all this negative media he is STILL acting like it's real and it's so embarrassing.
Jason Derulo's comment section looks the same also. They must surely be using a service.
It's been a nightmare trying to find work over the last 3 years. I just graduated from Uni with a bachelor of Creative Technologies so the goal is to get back to Aussie asap but for now I'm happy to just see what cash I can make with food delivery.
I'd rather learn from people actually doing it than find out the hard way lol. Chasing real numbers. I'll be on a scooter so i'd love to knows as much as I can about...
Uber Eats vs DoorDash vs Delivereasy — if you've run more than one, which actually pays best per hour in Auckland once you factor in wait times and dead k's? Is multi-apping worth it, or is that a fast track to getting deactivated?
Zones — where's the money actually at? CBD, Ponsonby, out west, North Shore? Worth riding into a zone, or better off staying local?
Earnings and tax — what's a realistic hourly? And is something like HNRY worth it for the tax side, or is it simple enough to handle yourself?
Hours — is it basically Thu–Sun 5–9pm, or is lunchtime worth showing up for?
Week one — anything you wish you'd known? Mistakes, apps, gear, batching tricks.
Open to other options and ideas too. I'm CBD-based and weighing up courier driving as well — mainly after work that pays weekly rather than monthly, so if something else fits that better, tell me.
TL:DR: 40M, NZ citizen, self-employed creative professional. Lived in Australia for 8 years before moving back to NZ. Trying to decide between chasing a UK/US visa or just moving back to Australia (which I can do overnight, no paperwork) — and if it's Australia, I genuinely can't figure out where. Melbourne and Sydney don't feel like the answer anymore. Advice wanted on both fronts.
Throwing this out to the hive mind because I've spent way too long doing spreadsheet-brain research and not enough time actually deciding.
The setup: I'm 40, a New Zealand citizen, currently based in Auckland. I'm self-employed — run my own creative/production business (music production and creative-tech work, with some industry credits from earlier in my career). No employer, looking to find one in Aussie perhaps. Whatever I do next has to work for someone who runs their own show as well.
I lived in Australia for 8 years (2011–2019) before moving back to NZ. So Australia's genuinely on the table again, but so are a couple of other countries, and I'm trying to work out which is actually worth pursuing. At this point I want to move to the Gold Coast but i'm scared it will be too hard to get work.
Option A — chase a proper visa somewhere else:
Option B — just go back to Australia:
As a Kiwi I get automatic entry and unrestricted work rights (Special Category Visa) the second I land, no application needed. There's a direct pathway to citizenship for NZ citizens now, but it needs ~4 years of fresh residence immediately before applying, plus another year or so of processing after that. My old 8 years doesn't count toward it since it's outside the rolling window — so it's basically starting from zero again, just with none of the visa risk of Option A. But if anyone knows of extenuating optional pathways to citizenship for Aussie cos of Covid that'd be god to know also.
The part I really can't figure out:
If I do go back to Australia, I have no idea where. I lived there for 8 years, mostly bouncing between Melbourne and Sydney, and both cities just feel off to me now compared to when I was there and were already going down when I left anyway— cost of living, pace, vibe, homelessness and drug addicts and crime all of it. I don't want to default back to the two cities I already know just because they're familiar. Auckland is also pretty amazing but I can't stay here there is no money to be made or lifestyle to be had.
I'm self-employed, fully remote-capable, no kids, mid-career creative. Looking for somewhere with a real creative/cultural scene, decent quality of life, and not soul-crushingly expensive. Brisbane? Gold Coast? those could work if I worked online - Genuinely open.
What I'm actually asking:
Not looking for someone to just tell me "talk to a lawyer" about pathways (I know, I will, eventually) — more interested in real experiences from people who've actually walked one of these paths, or actually lived somewhere outside the Melbourne/Sydney bubble, and can tell me what surprised them.
Appreciate any war stories.
Keen for some advice from people who know the NZ postgrad landscape.
Quick background: I'm finishing a Bachelor of Creative Technologies at AUT and want to roll straight into a postgraduate programme — ideally full-time, finishing before the end of this year.
My first instinct was AI, but I can't find an AUT option that's both full-time and wraps up by December. So I'm widening the net — open to design, business, fashion, anything adjacent.
Here's what I'm actually after: I want to do a certificate where the assessments themselves let me build my portfolio. So rather than study being separate from the work, the coursework *is* the work — a structured, supervised vehicle for producing portfolio-ready output with deadlines and feedback built in.
The portfolio I'm building targets a multidisciplinary space: live entertainment, product design, digital fabrication, and installation work — set design, lighting design, immersive/experiential builds, physical-meets-digital production.
A few questions:
• Any postgrad certs (AUT or elsewhere in NZ) with self-directed or project-based assessment I could aim at my own portfolio briefs?
• Anything that fits a single-semester, finish-by-December timeline?
• Has anyone done something in this experiential / multidisciplinary design area they'd recommend?
All advice welcome. Cheers.
Keen for some advice from people who know the NZ postgrad landscape.
Quick background: I'm finishing a Bachelor of Creative Technologies at AUT and want to roll straight into a postgraduate programme — ideally full-time, finishing before the end of this year.
My first instinct was AI, but I can't find an AUT option that's both full-time and wraps up by December. So I'm widening the net — open to design, business, fashion, anything adjacent.
Here's what I'm actually after: I want to do a certificate where the assessments themselves let me build my portfolio. So rather than study being separate from the work, the coursework *is* the work — a structured, supervised vehicle for producing portfolio-ready output with deadlines and feedback built in.
The portfolio I'm building targets a multidisciplinary space: live entertainment, product design, digital fabrication, and installation work — set design, lighting design, immersive/experiential builds, physical-meets-digital production.
A few questions:
• Any postgrad certs (AUT or elsewhere in NZ) with self-directed or project-based assessment I could aim at my own portfolio briefs?
• Anything that fits a single-semester, finish-by-December timeline?
• Has anyone done something in this experiential / multidisciplinary design area they'd recommend?
All advice welcome. Cheers.
Keen for some advice from people who know the NZ postgrad landscape.
Quick background: I've finished a Bachelor of Creative Technologies last year at AUT and want to roll straight into a postgraduate programme — ideally full-time, finishing before the end of this year.
My first instinct was AI, but I can't find an AUT option that's both full-time and wraps up by December. So I'm widening the net — open to design, business, fashion, anything adjacent.
Here's what I'm actually after: I want to do a certificate where the assessments themselves let me build my portfolio. So rather than study being separate from the work, the coursework *is* the work — a structured, supervised vehicle for producing portfolio-ready output with deadlines and feedback built in.
The portfolio I'm building targets a multidisciplinary space: live entertainment, product design, digital fabrication, and installation work — set design, lighting design, immersive/experiential builds, physical-meets-digital production.
A few questions:
• Any postgrad certs (AUT or elsewhere in NZ) with self-directed or project-based assessment I could aim at my own portfolio briefs?
• Anything that fits a single-semester, finish-by-December timeline?
• Has anyone done something in this experiential / multidisciplinary design area they'd recommend?
All advice welcome. Cheers.
Lipids
Liver markers
While these are still elevated, they've improved significantly over time:
Background
My doctor is encouraged by the overall trend and believes things are moving in the right direction, but is understandably cautious about adding anything that could place additional stress on the liver.
The current suggestion is to
For context, access to TRT and oxandrolone is highly restricted where I live, even when there is a legitimate medical case, so options are fairly limited.
Current goals
Diet
Questions
Not looking for medical advice or ways to ignore my doctor's recommendations. I'm mainly interested in hearing real experiences from people who have dealt with similar liver enzyme issues and body composition goals.
Thanks in advance.