u/Medical_Butterfly390

i’m a musician with about 150 followers. understandably, my reels are not doing much at all since i started trying to post more consistently (2-3 times per week. a video i posted 3 days ago got 10 likes and about 420 views, and one i posted 3 hours ago has 3 likes and 70ish views). it just feels so strange cause i’ll get more numbers on my non-reel posts (typically 20-25ish), and at the same time, i’ll post a new reel, put it on my story, and people who usually like my posts don’t like it this time.

i don’t wanna fall into doing things that’ll please the algorithm just for the sake of getting more attention (subtitles for lyrics, a bait and switch to get people to hear my song, “raw” live performances recorded on my phone, etc.). i want there to be some sort of nice presentation with a proper camera, but i’m starting to think that i may not be in a place to pick and choose how i get a bigger audience.

will i start to care less about numbers the more i post? do i really have any say in my creative control when it comes to getting attention on my reels?

me personally i think either another baby or fire

when i paid for my summer classes, i thought it was gonna be around $2000 cause that's what i was told in an email from UH about a charge that was due soon, but when i actually paid it, it was around $3000.

apparently it said around $2000 in the email cause i have "pending aid" of $1,188 for summer 2026.

since i paid the full amount for my summer classes, i should get a refund equivalent to the pending aid, right?

we just got a new toilet to replace one in our house, and we had to use caulk around the base because it was slightly smaller than the one we previously had.

its been about 24 hours, and i’ve noticed that if i shift my weight to one side, i can feel the whole toilet slightly move with me. i don’t know if the caulk needs more time before it can be used or what, but is this something that requires fixing? i’d hate to always remind myself to be careful about my weight distribution when using it

i’ve been single for almost a year and a half now. i was on dating apps on and off all 2025, got matches, but never met up with anyone. i don’t even feel like i’m ready to commit to someone new.

on a whim, i made it a 2026 resolution to not use any dating apps all year cause i could recognize i was using it as an ego boost and i didn’t actually intend to meet anyone. four-ish months in, however, i’ve had more urges to download the apps again. i know deep down i don’t want to and that it’s just a quick solution to find people in my area, but i just can’t stop thinking about it as of late.

i also don’t go out much to social events except for local music shows, and i honestly don’t feel like approaching someone at a place like that.

anyone else experience something like this?

we broke up near the end of 2024, stayed friends for about five months, then i went on no contact with them without telling them.

after a few months, i decided to text them happy birthday and that i hope they’re doing well. they responded thanking me and saying they hope i’m also doing well. we texted for a little bit, but no real conversation. by the time my birthday came around, they texted me and i thanked them, but nothing past that.

a week later, they unfollowed me on instagram and removed me as a follower, they didn’t block me, though. now the only place we still follow each other is duolingo and we have a friend streak that’s almost two years long at this point. my guess for them unfollowing me on instagram is either cause i started posting more around that time and maybe they just didn’t wanna be reminded of me, or maybe they had a new partner that made them unfollow me, i don’t know.

their birthday is a few months from now, but we really haven’t had a true conversation in almost a year now. for all i know, they could want nothing to do with me, i just don’t wanna come off as mean for not reaching out at all. and their birthday is before mine so i can’t wait for mine to happen first then go off of that. anyone else experience something like this?

this semester is the first time i might realistically fail a class (math). it all depends on what i get on the last unit test tomorrow as well as the final (on 5/14). as long as i get a C or higher, i’ll probably be fine, but i’m still nervous and feel unprepared.

the problem is there’s just been so much family stuff going on this semester that i sometimes have to get involved with, so it’s been hard to put in as much focus on schoolwork as i want to. i also just haven’t done a proper math class in a long time so i’m kinda re-teaching myself all of it.

my plan was to just stay on campus all day until my test tomorrow to study/get tutoring, but i might have to essentially “be on call” for one of my family members cause both his and my mom’s cars are in the shop, so i’ll be the only person with a car. if he needs to get somewhere, he’d likely have me pick him up before an uber will.

i don’t wanna take this class again, so i feel like i need time to study and be alone until the semester is over, but i don’t wanna get on my family’s bad side by making things harder for them if i‘m not physically nearby to help them out. can anyone help sort this out?

i randomly remembered the song “all by yourself” and thought the chorus sounded VERY similar to another song with its chord progression and vocal melody.

my current guess is i was thinking of “sleeping powder” by gorillaz, but is there another song with a similar chord progression and melody?

she lives alone in another state, so her only way of her contacting my family (really just my dad) is either calling or talking via her ring doorbell. however, her phone hasn’t been turning on today.

thankfully, her neighbor went over and tried to see if it was a problem with her charger or the phone itself, so right now it’s up in the air if she is gonna need a new phone or not.

i’m afraid that it’ll be too new of an adjustment for her and will make her nervous, resulting in more strain on my dad who is the one who talks to her most of the time. and she’s already an anxious person on top of that. she currently has an older samsung smart phone (maybe from the early to mid 2010s). do y’all know of any tips in case she has to get a new phone and how she can potentially have an easy time adjusting to it?

my sister in law recommended getting a newer iphone and just turning off a bunch of the features instead of a phone designed for elderly people, but is there anything else to consider?

update: her current phone is fine, she just dropped it and the battery became loose, but it's fixed now