u/Freerooted

Hey Reddit,

Any advice for my situation?

I’ve been running my poop scoop company for 1.5 years. I got up to around 20 customers, but summer churn hit, added a few back now I’ve been at 15 for months. While I’m motivated, it’s tough to keep going without any growth.

Top-line pulling $1.6k-ish per month and have a few thousand saved up to deploy in marketing. I’m also pretty decent with designing creatives as I have a graphic design background.

In my experience, Google Ads convert the best but there’s been little search volume. Meta ads were working but now it’s been quiet. Facebook groups do nothing. Nextdoor posts nothing. Bandit signs do nothing.

I’m considering doing door hangers but have read the ROI can be terrible.

Hey all,

I’ve been dealing with pretty bad hay fever for the first time in my life. I’m 30, and have had allergies for a decade but always just sniffles that a small pill fixed.

This year is different.

No sneezing, coughing, or itchy eyes.. just dry stuffed nose which an ENT said is swollen turbinates after a nasal endoscopy.

For about 2 months I’ve been taking Allegra, Azelastine HCI, and Flonase. Also, I do daily nettipot rinses, inhale steam from hot water, take multiple daily showers, use air purifiers, nasal strips, dehumidifier, saline, black seed oil and quercetin.

Perhaps this is overkill but I’ve become desperate to get this back under control.

Today I’ve been rather dry so I’m hoping to figure out a better remedy.

Is there any other medication or rinse I can try before needing allergy shots?

It seems wild to go from a tiny pill to allergy shots in one season.

Hey all, I’ve been titrating up extremely gradually on lamotrigine and have been at 25mg for about 2 weeks.

For the last 3 days I’ve randomly developed air hunger (basically an extreme difficulty to take a deep breath). I’ve had worse allergies this season, with a similar air hunger effect, but now the allergies aren’t as bad.

If relevant, I’m only on the medication for any potential anti-anxiety effects as I get slightly anxious on occasion.

Urgent care told me I’m anxious, but I genuinely do not feel anxious at all. I’m on vacation this week, so nothing is stressing me out really.

Thoughts?

Hello!

Question for you all to see if you believe I’ve worsened allergies or something else. Of course not asking for medical advice.

Age 30, and have had fairly mild seasonal allergies since college (for last 10 years or so). I usually take a daily loratadine or nothing at all.

This year I noticed my allergies were slightly worse as summer started so I started taking fluticasone propionate here and there.

Fast forward to end of July, and I suddenly had what seemed to be much more severe allergies. My nose was dry and clogged, but no cough or sneezing, mucus was clear, and I had trouble taking a deep breath.

Teladoc called it hay fever and provided azelastine HCI which has helped but I’m not 100% still after a week of usage. Perhaps that’s just how it is.

Does this sound like hay fever to you? Is there another specialist I should go to?

I run a local home services business and am looking to run a campaign for more customers.

Ideally, I’d run ads with creative mentioning $100 cash or a gift card for every person referred.

Can this be done and still comply with Facebook’s rules? I’ve been unable to find a clear answer online.

Thanks!

Here in the US, the job market is pretty terrible. It’s especially bad for new grads, but same deal for someone more mid-career like myself.

During the COVID boom, I’d have an interview for a new company every week. Now, these companies are banking so heavily on “AI” that job opportunities are rare. I’ve probably applied to 30 jobs and haven’t gotten a single first round.

I frankly cannot stand my job, but there’s nowhere else to go. The “job hugging” is real. Thankfully I’ve enough of a safety net to be fine without a job for a few years, but it’s not an ideal position to put myself in.

Curious if anyone else is in the same boat?

Here in the US, the job market is pretty terrible. It’s especially bad for new grads, but same deal for someone more mid-career like myself.

During the COVID boom, I’d have an interview for a new company every week. Now, these companies are banking so heavily on “AI” that job opportunities are rare. I’ve probably applied to 30 jobs and haven’t gotten a single first round.

I frankly cannot stand my job, but there’s nowhere else to go. The “job hugging” is real. Thankfully I’ve enough of a safety net to be fine without a job for a few years, but it’s not an ideal position to put myself in.

Curious if anyone else is in the same boat?