u/LeftyOne22

quick question for you all - what wallet are you actually using while onebagging?

ive been traveling pretty light for the last couple years (usually 32-40L) and i finally ditched my old fat bifold that was just taking up space and printing through my pockets. felt way too bulky for the onebag mindset. switched over to the everyman holden card wallet from the grafton guys, super slim, full grain leather, holds 4-6 cards plus a couple folded bills, weighs basically nothing. the leather is already getting that nice patina too.

most days its just this + my phone and im good. feels so much better not carrying extra junk.

whats your current setup? still rocking a traditional wallet? ridge? bellroy? airtag wallet? or are you team "zero wallet, just cards loose or in the phone case"?

Im so sick of luxury brands swearing their powders are "truly invisible"

we went to a club for my friends bday last weekend and someone took a flash photo in the dark. I literally looked like a floating grey ghost next to everyone else. being a medium olive is already hard enough without $40 powders leaving a chalky white cast that horribly clashes with my neck. the beauty industry just completely ignores that "universal translucent" usually means ashy pink or straight up baking flour when it touches a green undertone

I got so frustrated i just tossed my expensive sephora one in the bin. right now im just relying on a basic сlub translucent setting powder I found in my travel bag because Im too tired to shop for another disappointment. at least it actually stays clear and doesn't make me look dead on camera

so over wasting my money on overpriced dust that just ruins my base anyway

I’ll go first: treating my face like it personally offended me.

Every time I broke out I would panic and throw the entire bathroom cabinet at it. Scrub? Yes. Harsh spot treatment? Obviously. Exfoliating because maybe I just needed to “clear it out”? Sure. Touching it constantly to monitor progress like I was checking stock prices? Absolutely.

And somehow my skin kept getting angrier. Weird.

I got one of those painful blind pimples last week and ended up reading a guide on treating blind pimples, which honestly made me realize I might have spent years making inflammation worse instead of better.

So now I’m curious: what was your skincare mistake that took way too long to figure out?

Over-exfoliating? Picking? Using too many actives? Following random TikTok advice? I need to feel less alone here.

Finished Orwell last month. The surveillance and thought control got under my skin. Now I want another classic dystopia where the government controls people in a different way. Not Brave New World because I have already read it. Something where the fear comes from a different angle.

Does anyone know another well known dystopian novel that feels just as heavy but for different reasons?

I'm thinking about getting income protection insurance and trying to figure out how much it actually costs each month. For a 35-year-old guy in an office job wanting a $4,000 monthly benefit, quotes seem to sit around $55 to $65. It goes higher for women or people in physical jobs.

My main worry is whether premiums keep rising every year. From what I've heard, stepped premiums usually increase as you age. Just to see the difference, I checked out this provider for income protection. Their quote for similar cover (90-day waiting period, benefit to age 65) came back at about $58 per month. Not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either.
Has anyone here got real numbers from their policy? How much are you paying and do the premiums jump a lot at renewal?

P.S. I'm based in Australia.

There are scenes that hit one way the first time, but after you know everything, they feel completely different

For me, the “I am the one who knocks” scene changes a lot on a rewatch. The first time it feels intense and almost powerful, but later it comes off more like Walt trying to convince himself he’s in control. It feels less like confidence and more like insecurity

What moment changed the most for you when you watched the show again?

There is something incredibly profound about the way the mind finally decides to let go of the handlebars especially when you realize that sleep is the ultimate biological reset, a heavy and deliberate rejection of the high-speed demands of reality in favor of a frequency that only you can hear, it feels like a masterclass in restoration where the raw and heavy pressure of your thoughts is slowly smoothed out until the only thing left is the rhythmic, heavy pulse of your own breathing, and even with all the productivity hacks and the high-energy demands of a 24/7 world there is still no replacement for that first and vulnerable moment of the eyes closing and feeling that heavy and tactile slide into a space where time doesn't have a watch

Im an IT Manager for a mid-sized company (250 employees, mostly remote). our HR team got budget for an employee recognition platform. they want something to automate gift cards, swag, and anniversary rewards.they came to me with three options. two are big names everyone knows. one is a smaller platform called iRewardify that looks flexible but I’ve never heard of it.

my job is to figure out can this thing integrate without breaking everything else? Is our data safe? and how much work will this be for my team to maintain?API basics- does it have a real API or just a CSV import? HR wants automatic triggers from our HRIS (we use BambooHR) for work anniversaries and birthdays. if I have to write middleware or use Zapier for everything, that’s a red flag.

security: Do they have SOC2 or something similar? what happens if we cancel the contract - do we get a data export? I don’t want to explain to leadership why past gift card redemptions are locked in a vendor’s database forever.

authentication: SAML or Okta integration is a must. I’m not creating separate logins for 250 people and dealing with password reset tickets.

user provisioning: can I sync our employee list automatically? when someone leaves or changes roles, their access should disappear without me manually removing them.

I’ve looked at their API docs and they seem complete, but I don’t want to miss something basic that becomes a problem later. how do you evaluate a smaller vendor’s stability when they’re not a household name?not looking for sales pitches. want a checklist from people who already went through this.Thanks guys!

some days i wake up feeling okay maybe even a bit motivated and then out of nowhere everything just dips and it feels heavy again without anything obvious triggering it

it makes it hard to trust the good moments because it feels like they will just disappear anyway

does anyone else deal with this kind of swing and what helps you get through it when it hits

I’m trying to sell my 3-bed townhouse in Southeast Calgary (near Seton). It’s a 2016 build, about 1,650 sq ft with a double garage, nice open concept layout, and a small backyard. We’ve kept it in really good condition, fresh paint last year, new appliances, and the basement is fully finished.

We listed it 5 weeks ago and we’ve had a decent number of showings, but the offers have been low or full of conditions. A few people have told us the place feels “small” for the price even though it’s priced right at market comps.

I spoke with a realtor calgary last week and they told me the market has definitely cooled compared to last year, especially for townhouses and entry-level family homes. They said inventory is up and buyers are being much more picky and price-sensitive right now.

For anyone who’s bought or sold in Calgary in the last 3-6 months, how are things feeling on the ground? Are houses still selling reasonably fast if priced well, or is everything sitting longer? Any honest advice for this area would be really appreciated.