u/butuslap

Howzzit everyone,

Looking for a company that can come to my hale and pick up furniture for donation? Local bredren moving out of the aina for better opportunities and experiences in life gonna miss home.

I have emailed and inquired for Helping Hands Hawaii but nada. Not sure of other places. I leave in October but trying to set everything up as time is ticking.

All furniture is only a year old as I just moved into my studio in town from Waipahu lol. Bed, couch, standing desk, office chair, coffee table, and 3x3 cube organizer nothing mental lol.

Any ideas or suggestions helps

Mahaloz

Aloha fam!

I am located in Honolulu, HI! Anyone interested in trades? I have a lot of dupes! I’m also open to trades with anyone and would ship also via USPS. DMs are open! :)

Mahalo

I just got back from a solo trip to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte) where I spent about two weeks navigating daily life entirely in Portuguese. No safety net, just figuring it out as I went.

Honest backstory: I was in and out of studying for a while — nothing consistent, nothing serious. That changed in January when I committed to actually showing up. Started voice recording myself, doing more in-depth study, tracking my progress. It felt slow at first but something was clearly building underneath.

Then Brazil happened and everything accelerated.
Tonight, within 3 hours of getting home, I picked up Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese by Olly Richards and something clicked. I wasn’t just decoding words — I was reading out loud, understanding the full context, and actually feeling the mood of the story in real time.
It’s like my brain finally had somewhere to put everything I’d been storing.

For those who’ve hit a similar milestone — what did your breakthrough moment feel like? And what did you do to keep the momentum going after it happened? I don’t want to lose this.