u/Clear-Structure5590

Greetings, all, I'm a newcomer here. I have been studying the i ching and using it on my own for a few years and it has influenced my way of thinking about life quite a bit. I'm now at a sort of plateau where I struggle to know how to more deeply understand my readings. At first, I would simply read the text on various i ching websites; eventually I got some books of translations. But sometimes the symbols and their system is obscure to me and I feel like I am still at a "beginner layer" of understanding their meaning, and I would like to progress. What would you suggest?

Here is an example of a reading I am getting. I have received 51.3 > 55 three times in the past week or so! The situation surrounding the readings is essentially that I am considering making some huge changes in my life including maybe changing jobs or moving countries or both, because my current work and life, while really fulfilling, is increasingly unstable for me due to my pay being so low that I can't afford housing in the area where I work, so I house myself by working as a pet sitter. I'm currently traveling in another country where my expenses are lower, and considering staying here, or otherwise just reconfiguring life from the ground up.

My questions to the i ching have usually been simply "can you tell me about what is happening right now" or "will any new elements come into play in this situation?" The reason I ask about the new elements is that I intuitively think I might get some alternative offers or opportunities over the summer that might help me change things -- I'm hopeful that I will. Also, my travels have at times themselves been "shocking" -- I hoped that this summer would feel more stable than my regular working life, such that I could return to regular life and be satisfied with it, but I've had a handful of surprise changes here too, leading to anxiety (and a revelation of how much fear and anxiety I carry with me all the time), and deeper consideration of what it means for me to live well and be responsible to myself.

I am deeply grateful for any insight!

I’m spending the summer next to an Aztec pyramid, have just discovered this book, and cannot get mail where I am so can’t order it to be delivered. Gratitude.

Hola Ciudad de México, voy a viajar a tu ciudad por 5 días en julio. ¿Alguien conoce algún hostal con una taquilla o compartimento con cerradura lo suficientemente grande/alto para mi guitarra? También me encantaría recibir recomendaciones de hostales que se ajusten a mis necesidades: tengo 40 años, soy mujer, sociable, artista y no bebo alcohol. Estoy aprendiendo español, disculpen los errores y ¡gracias!

Hello mexico City, I’m traveling to your home for 5 days in July. Does anyone know of a hostel with a locker or locking pod that is big/tall enough to fit my guitar? I would also love recommendations for hostels that might fit me: I am 40, female, social, an artist, and I don’t drink. Thank you!

Hi all, I thought I was being so smart by copying a couple of Reaper project files from my external hard drive to my desktop for easy workflow access. My whole computer (old Macbook pro) started to get constant beachballs of death after that, even if I just opened Finder or my browser. I then deleted the files from the desktop hoping to undo the damage I had done. I probably stupidly broke some kind of file pathway, right?

Eventually figured out that I should clear the finder cache and reboot, which fixed most of it, but not all of it.

When I open either Reaper or my external drive (which is mostly full of Reaper files), I get lags and spinning wheels of death.

My mac has 335 GB available of 500, and I checked my external drive's health and it's fine.

My mac, though elderly (2015, Catalina 10.15), had no issues prior to my putting those files on the desktop.

If it matters, I also did a double back up of Reaper files to Google Drive in this process (through the browser; I don't have the Google Drive app on my mac), just coz I wanted a secondary backup.

I also seem to have misplaced the most recent version of a project in this mess, but for now I'll just settle for getting things working again. Thank you for your Reaper wisdom and I hope to pay it forward!