u/Lumpy-Resource-1370

i go to sleep around 9. I don't eat 3 hours before bed. 1 hour before bed i put screens away and read a book. i try not to drink too much water right before bed.

i tried magnesium, it didn't really do much. haven't tried melatonin.

but basically, i can be restless for hours tossing, turning, etc. but maybe get 3 hours of sleep from 9-2 total. but the 4 hours i get between 2 and 6 really makes me wake up feeling like i slept decent.

I got offered around 0.5% in advisory shares vesting over 3 years, with room for additional salary/equity with continued growth.

But the work I’d do seems pretty essential and key to the company so that percentage seems awfully small.

But it also seems to be on par with what I’m reading so my expectations are definitely off so that’s why I’m here. What should I know/discuss?

I’ve never been big into spending a bunch on city hotels. Don’t want to be cramped and need good lighting for my wife to get ready but otherwise I don’t really see the point in spending thousands a night.

Are there any NYC hotels that you feel are worth the cost? Especially considering that in a place like NYC a majority of time will be spent out of the room?

I’ve never been big into spending a bunch on city hotels. Don’t want to be cramped and need good lighting for my wife to get ready but otherwise I don’t really see the point in spending thousands a night.

Are there any NYC hotels that you feel are worth the cost? Especially considering that in a place like NYC a majority of time will be spent out of the room?

I've been reading a ton lately. Have gone through a lot of the best of reddit books. Lonesome Dove made it to the top of my list for my favorite books ever. Enjoyed 11/22/63, pillars of the earth, project hail mary, dungeon crawler carl, jurassic park. Listened to the first book of the expanse, liked it but was meh on the ending so don't want to continue.

So then i decided to try Discworld with Guards! Guards! ebook and We Are Legion audiobook. Neither are very exciting for me and I have found myself reverting back to wanting to watch movies and TV.

So now I need something that might spark the interest again.

I've read East of Eden and Count of Monte Cristo in the past. I just watched Shogun. I don't remember much from them tbh but am also not ready to re-visit these. But this type of epic story is what i am looking for.

I freaking love this bag. At this point the organization and features are meh and now I travel with my wife and two kids vs years of using the farpoint as my solo bag. But I have so many memories and experiences with this bag I can’t make myself change.

And it’s in perfect condition. The zipper ties ripped last year but I emailed osprey and they sent new ones no questions asked. Amazing service.

So anyways, as I’m looking to expand my bag collection, primarily a segmented/compartmentalized duffel (tobiq vs matador), I’m trying to justify upgrade my osprey.

Anyone who had this bag that upgraded and have anything to say about why it sucks?

My favorite part about the osprey farpoint 40 is the versatility. There have been trips where I was able to stuff this bag and still they’d count it as a personal item (always prepared to pay if necessary but has only happened on Thai domestic flights). It’s sizable but still small enough to fit under the seat on an airplane if necessary. Perfect in between size bag for the flexibility.

I freaking love this bag. At this point the organization and features are meh and now I travel with my wife and two kids vs years of using the farpoint as my solo bag. But I have so many memories and experiences with this bag I can’t make myself change.

And it’s in perfect condition. The zipper ties ripped last year but I emailed osprey and they sent new ones no questions asked. Amazing service.

So anyways, as I’m looking to expand my bag collection, primarily a segmented/compartmentalized duffel (tobiq vs matador), I’m trying to justify upgrade my osprey.

Anyone who had this bag that upgraded and have anything to say about why it sucks?

My favorite part about the osprey farpoint 40 is the versatility. There have been trips where I was able to stuff this bag and still take a roller carry on and it counted as my personal item. It’s sizable but still small enough to fit under the seat on an airplane if necessary. Perfect in between size bag for the flexibility.

My main priority is it fits under the seat.

We up to this point had used my osprey farpoint 40. Love this bag, been going strong for over 10 years. But it’s a black hole when it comes to storage for kids stuff, hard to get one thing out without getting everything out.

So I’ve been looking at duffels. I love the idea of a compartmentalized duffel. The tobiq 30L seems perfect but I just wish it was a little bigger, I’m worried it’s too small to fit everything for a super long flight (we have a 20 hour journey coming up). Our older one is 3.5 we could probably get to watch movies the whole time and will have a backup iPad but the 1.5 year old I’m more worried about.

So I’m considering the matador seg45L. But the farpoint 40 barely fits under the seat especially when full so will the seg45 be even bigger to the point where they won’t let us put it under?

I’m waiting to see what the upgrades there are with the seg45 revamp.

I'm hoping to get a better understanding of where the gaps are in seeing a medical dermatologist and how i can better support my patients via supplements vs pharmaceuticals

We have two long haul flights coming up with a 1.5 and 3.5 year old.

Up to this point, I’ve used an osprey farpoint with packing cubes to put stuff in. But it still ends up feeling unorganized, pulling out stuff from
The top to get to the bottom, kids see all the stuff I have and then start getting picky, start burning. Through our plane entertainment and snack stash way too fast, etc.

Is there any bag out there that might help optimize organization traveling with two little kids?

i just started taking this for sleep, have to say it hasn'/t really done much for me. im wondering if i'm not taking enough or taking it too late.

EDIT: i mostly mean for the flights

Not sure if this is appropriate for this subreddit but i know we all are willing and able to make experiences easier and more luxurious and so what are things you do to make things easier with your kids?

As of now, i've stuffed a bunch of toys, snacks in different packing cubes but it all feels like a disorganized mess still. i pull out a packing cube to give my kid something, turns out he sees something he wants more and doesn't play with what i bring out. doing this, he burns through our snacks and entertainment within an hour and the rest of the time we are just hoping and praying he goes to sleep.

Now doing two long flights with our kiddos (1 egregiously long one from the US to india...) and i need help.

Are there certain strategies you use to introduce things in an efficient manner? Are there certain bags youve found to be helpful? I want to try and be as organized as possible.

India is two close family members getting married, one on my wifes side and one on my side. So our childcare backups will both be there and we both are very close to the people getting married so will make it work. roll with the punches, etc.

Europe is to one of those super kid friendly austrian hotels so flying to munich. Thinking of this as somewhat of a warmup flight to figure out what works and what doesn't for the much longer journey to come.

We've done a lot of 3-4 hour flights with our kids. These are nothing. But even with these, i find my setup to be very disorganized. i have packing cubes in my big backpack with different things, different snack containers, but it all still feels sort of stuffed in there and is frantic to get things out. And the worst is when my kids have options, if they see somethign they want more they don't have any interest in what i first give them so the system we have is kind of crappy.

So, what do you use to organzie stuff. How do you pull it out in an organized and streamlined way? What do you pack in that allows easy access to different compartments vs just different packing cubes stuffed in a backpack?

For some reason none of my posts are visible and always get deleted! How can i fix this??

I have $200 credit as a palladium holder. if i do $100 this month, do i need to use it this month? or can i stack $100 this month and next month for a total of $400 credit?

Was excited to see that I could fly direct from Charlotte to Munich for 28k points. Awesome. Until I saw that the fees were $350 lol. For some reason I thought the fees would be less via Finnair or Qatar or Iberia all the same despite slight differences in the amount of points it would cost.

Anyways, I've got 90k avios points about to expire soon (had a decent redemption for a flight to Cancun but had to cancel that flight, it was not a speculative transfer) and I've been trying for almost a year to use this but no luck

Traveling to a kinder hotel in October and landing in Munich for two nights. Lots of options, any in particular toddler friendly ones that might be the worth splurging on for a quick 2 night stay?

If it’s just a bed, probably won’t spend too much on this stay. If they do a bunch of cute little things for the kiddos, fun little kids amenities, etc then I’d pay for those experiences!

Traveling to a kinder hotel in October and landing in Munich for two nights. Lots of options, any in particular toddler friendly ones that might be the worth splurging on for a quick 2 night stay?

If it’s just a bed, probably won’t spend too much on this stay. If they do a bunch of cute little things for the kiddos, fun little kids amenities, etc then I’d pay for those experiences!

Would love any thoughts and comparisons between the two as a first time visiting this type of hotel. Moar Gut seems to be the more standard recommendation but the backdrop of Feuerstein looks so amazing and dramatic, looks like the food options are better there too, we are torn. We have a 1.5 and a 3.5 year old.

If it matters, we are flying into Munich. I think both are a train and a short cab ride away so I don't think this makes a huge difference either way.

Our first time visiting this type of hotel. Moar Gut seems to be the more standard recommendation but the backdrop of Feuerstein looks so amazing and dramatic, looks like the food options are better there too, we are torn. We have a 1.5 and a 3.5 year old.

If it matters, we are flying into Munich. I think both are a train and a short cab ride away so I don't think this makes a huge difference either way.