Hi! I was wondering where I should get a refurbished iPad. I don't need the newest model by any means, am just looking for basic note taking and annotating.
I know Apple does great refurbished products but theirs are still pricey/not big selection. Is there any other place that is consistently good? Best Buy? Target?
I apologize for potentially beating a dead horse with the question but here it is anyway. I am starting my masters in clinical mental health counseling next week and am debating getting an iPad for note taking and annotating.
I am aware it is not needed/completely necessary but my question is if it will be beneficial or helpful at all. I took notes pen and paper all through undergrad which worked fine for the most part. I am huge on writing my notes versus typing them which is why I wouldn't want to use my laptop for notes.
The pros to me are that I can have all my notes centralized, I can search my notes easily, i don't have 20 notebooks to study from/store at the end of my program, I can use software to assemble study guides based on my notes much easier, and the biggest one is being able to annotate research papers directly on the pdf versus having to print them out or have a separate doc for my notes on them.
The cons are mainly the price as it is an extra $700 spent for the full setup that isn't strictly necessary. I also am aware that I do already have a laptop so there is some overlap in tech. Finally with digital notes I'm a tad bit paranoid about there being a glitch or somehow losing my notes versus the security of a traditional notebook.
If anyone can comment on their experience with using an iPad for notes or just any perspective on the issue I'd really appreciate it!
I apologize for potentially beating a dead horse with the question but here it is anyway. I am starting my masters in clinical mental health counseling next week and am debating getting an iPad for note taking and annotating.
I am aware it is not needed/completely necessary but my question is if it will be beneficial or helpful at all. I took notes pen and paper all through undergrad which worked fine for the most part. I am huge on writing my notes versus typing them which is why I wouldn't want to use my laptop for notes.
The pros to me are that I can have all my notes centralized, I can search my notes easily, i don't have 20 notebooks to study from/store at the end of my program, I can use software to assemble study guides based on my notes much easier, and the biggest one is being able to annotate research papers directly on the pdf versus having to print them out or have a separate doc for my notes on them.
The cons are mainly the price as it is an extra $700 spent for the full setup that isn't strictly necessary. I also am aware that I do already have a laptop so there is some overlap in tech. Finally with digital notes I'm a tad bit paranoid about there being a glitch or somehow losing my notes versus the security of a traditional notebook.
If anyone can comment on their experience with using an iPad for notes or just any perspective on the issue I'd really appreciate it!
Hi all! I have been trying to lose weight for a while but my biggest struggle is consistency. I am really good for a week or two but when I don't see results (cause that's obviously too early to see/feel them), I lose steam and revert.
I'm a very reward based person who has struggled with delayed gratification in regards to health specifically. This is why I want to see and feel a change right away and though I know logically that's not how it works, that's how my brain operates right now. I know once I start to feel stronger/have results even if they're non-scale victories, I'll become much more enthusiastic about continuing to get those victories. My plan until then is to introduce a reward system for myself for every week or stretch of days I execute healthy actions (track my food, 8k steps, stay in deficit, etc.).
My current struggle is my reward used to be food based, like a sweet treat or eating an unhealthy food of some kind which doesn't align with my current goals. Then I moved to shopping as a reward but that became almost an addiction. Plus I have all the stuff I want and just started grad school so money is tight.
Overall, what are some cheap/easy/non-food rewards that work for you or might fit my needs? Thanks!
TLDR: Seeking non-food and non-shopping reward ideas to give myself for sticking to healthy habits until the physical results start to motivate me.
My ex broke up with me almost a year and a half ago. He's been with a new girl for over a year. It took me almost a year to not be suicidal and a lump that does nothing. I went to a lot of treatment. I thought I was over him, there were a few months that I didn't think about him every day and I even started casually dating someone new. That person ended up passing away after 2 months. Obviously that threw me and I've been mourning him. At the same time I've found myself back to how I was immediately after the breakup. I just want my ex back. I miss him, he's the best partner I could've imagined or ever had.
How do I try to get him back or have a chance. I know life is long and weird but I feel like he's never going to give me a chance again or there won't even be a chance again while he's with this girl. I know the majority of advice is move on and find someone new but that's not something I'm willing to do, I love him so much and he's all I want.
My ex broke up with me almost a year and a half ago. He's been with a new girl for over a year. It took me almost a year to not be suicidal and a lump that does nothing. I went to a lot of treatment. I thought I was over him, there were a few months that I didn't think about him every day and I even started casually dating someone new. That person ended up passing away after 2 months. Obviously that threw me and I've been mourning him. At the same time I've found myself back to how I was immediately after the breakup. I just want my ex back. I miss him, he's the best partner I could've imagined or ever had.
How do I try to get him back or have a chance. I know life is long and weird but I feel like he's never going to give me a chance again or there won't even be a chance again while he's with this girl. I know the majority of advice is move on and find someone new but that's not something I'm willing to do, I love him so much and he's all I want.
I don't know if this is the right community to post this in to be honest, sorry if it isn't.
A year and a half ago, my ex (now 22) broke up with me (now 23). We had been together nearly 3 years and he was my entire world. Not in the sense that I did nothing else and had no one else, I had a very independent life and friends and stuff. But he was the backbone of it all. We were making plans to move in together once I moved home from college, he had a savings started for a ring, we were certain we would marry each other and planned our lives out to be intertwined till we were old. I had mental health issues flare up the last few months. I got self centered and anxious, didn't give as much as I took. I went to a lot of therapy and made the necessary changes to become a better person/go back to the girl I was before the issues. It wasn't enough for him. The breakup destroyed me. He was with a new girl 2 months later who seems so much better than me in every area I was lacking. Meanwhile, I dropped out of the grad school I had dreamed of attending, I attempted to end my own life, I cut off all my friends, and I essentially became a lifeless body. I went to residential and hospital programs for mental health. It took me another year from that point to stop thinking about him and often crying over him every day.
In March 2026 I turned a corner though. Some part of me accepted he wasn't coming back and while that was what I wanted I figured I at least didn't have to be miserable in all areas of my life. In April I figured why not get on the dating apps, just see what emotions come up for me and if I'm ready to try again. I excepted nothing. Then I met someone. He was incredible. We aligned on so many views and values and interests and humor. We talked daily and for the first time in over a year I was considering a future I was excited about, one that included him. Our dates were incredible, spending time with him made me so happy and light like maybe there was hope after my ex. After 2 months, he stopped talking to me and I couldn't get a hold of him. I figured I'd been ghosted but that didn't make sense and was very much against his character. A few weeks later his dad reached out to inform me that he had committed suicide. It was some of the worst news I'd ever received, not just because it meant no longer having a romantic future with him but mostly because he was such an incredible person that the world suffered such a loss. His parents graciously invited me to the funeral and I've just been mourning since I found out. He genuinely was one of the best people I've ever come across in life and I miss him dearly every day.
Now I'm back to wanting nothing, accepting life with no romantic connection because I just don't want to settle and can't imagine anyone else. The last day or two I've been thinking of what I lost in my ex, how good he was to me and just that his arms are the only ones I want to crawl back to after losing the man I was with. If I'm honest, I thought this new guy was going to be the one to be with longer term and made me actually want a relationship again. Now he's gone and im mourning him plus the relationship I lost before all over again. It's a weird spot to be in for sure, I readily admit that. It wasn't that I didn't care for the new guy and I just wanted my ex back the whole time, quite the opposite. But now I find myself crying over both of them. Now I just want my ex back because outside of this person who is no longer with us, that's the happiest I've been. I don't know what I feel and this is getting long so I apologize but I'm so confused and so hurt and alone. It's not that I don't want to be alone and want a boyfriend, I want this specific boyfriend and no one else.
I know I can't get either one of them back, for different and obvious reasons. It hurts more than anything and I know I'll spend forever wanting my ex back and mourning the person who passed. It's been so long now and it still feels awful. I don't even know where I'm going with this. If you made it this far, thank you. I just feel so alone and so full of grief for what should've been, what I had, who I lost, and the future I don't want but am stuck with.
Hi! I'm a long time press on nail user but at the most basic level (using the glue that came in the pack and just the prep there). My nails last a week at most and I'm constantly impressed by the people on here getting 2-3 weeks out of theirs. I was wondering if someone could recommend the products they use to get that outcome and/or relevant steps in the process. I think based on my skimming of this thread I'd need a dehydrator of some form (when/how to apply), nail glue recs, top coat (is this needed?), and of course removal oil/things to get them off with minimal damage. Thank you in advance!
I was dating this guy, admittedly only for a month and a half so it was casual still. I fell hard for him and he really seemed to like me too. Every time we hung out he said he had fun and was genuinely happy. We saw each other basically every weekend (since we lived an hour apart and he worked evenings). He always talked future oriented things like going back to school, his long term workout progress, things he wanted to go to, books he wanted to read, we were even figuring out his haircare since he wanted to "work on his appearance" (he didn't need to). He called me on 6/20 saying he was in a bad place, asking me what kept me alive after my suicide attempt and why I no longer wanted to die. I did my best to tell him, say things to help, anything. I made him stay on the phone with me that night so I knew he'd wake up the next morning. The next day I went on vacation with my family but still offered to call him and still texted. He barely responded to me that day, only when I asked if he was still alive did he say he was hanging in there. The next day he said he was anxious but still okay, it was just something he needed to work out on his own. Then he asked about my day and that's the last I ever heard from him. I assumed he ghosted me, I knew being casual he had every right to talk to others and pursue other relationships. I reached out w few days later sending a message that I was here for him and understood if he needed space, I cared about him and hoped to hear from him soon which he never responded to. I thought he was just done with me and just didn't want to have the conversation (this was very out of character from him), even though he swore he wouldnt ghost me. He said he was okay enough and talking to his therapist so I figured others who could better handle it were helping him.
His dad texted me yesterday saying that he had committed suicide and passed on 6/29. I completely fell apart and am at a loss of how to even proceed from here. I care about him so much and am falling apart. I feel like I should've done more to help him even though he didn't really let me. I wish he would've called me or his mom or therapist or anyone instead. I have so many voice memos, I can hear him laugh and rant and joke around still but he's just gone. My brain can't believe that if I drove to his apartment he wouldn't be there. The world lost such a beautiful, kind, empathetic person and I don't know how it keeps spinning without him. How do you just function knowing someone you cared about is just no longer on earth, that the person holding you a month ago while you felt them breathing isn't breathing. My heart is absolutely broken. Just none of it makes sense, his dad for the first time they thought he'd really turned a corner towards getting better and talking about his life in the long term not like someone who knew he wouldn't be there. I don't know what to do and I know there's nothing I really can do but my heart feels hollow and I just can't believe he's really gone, it's so wrong that he's gone.
It's been 1 1/2 years since he broke up with me after 3 years together. He started dating a new girl not quite 2 months later. They're still together now and it hurts me every single day to wake up and know that. I'm trying so hard to fix all the things and patterns that made him stop loving me. I'm trying to be someone he's proud of and get back to the girl he fell in love with. Not even because I think I can get him back but because I don't want to be the version of me that lost him forever cause neither of us liked her. I think about him several times a day. Sometimes crying cause I miss him, sometimes cause I'm reminded of him in daily life, sometimes hoping he'd find his way back, sometimes just hoping he would be proud of me. But always wondering if he even thinks of me anymore. He said when he broke up with me that he had fallen out of love with me, that I hurt him too much with how centered around myself I was. Since he has this new girl I doubt I ever cross his mind. I know he doesn't think of me how I think of him, the one who I love more than anything and my true person, but I don't want to be nothing to him at the least. I wonder if I cross his mind at all, if he briefly gets reminded of me or looks back fondly. I know he doesn't miss me, I know he doesn't still care for me much. But idk I just don't want to be like something that never happened.