u/kittencoffee35

Hi everyone! When I play certain complex chords, for example a C shape D chord on the second fret, when my pinky is on the fifth fret of the 5th string, my middle knuckle goes flat. I try to bend it, but my fingers aren't very long. It feels like it puts a lot of pressure on that little knuckle, but bending it is so hard. Any suggestions? Thank you so much!

I don’t think the developers necessarily made the game worse, I think the game just gets worse. I don’t have any of the crazy events going on that are clogging down the screen. The only thing I have is the expedition. and some people have said that over the last five years they’ve added way too many. It’s not like that in the beginning. I guess it just progresses that way.

In the beginning, when it was a gentle pace with beautiful gardens and fountains, where you could actually pick your flowers, it was the best. Some of the levels could be challenging, but they were at least doable with either power ups or at least 5 to 10 tries.

But for some reason, it’s just the game itself that progresses to be downright terrible. I don’t think the developers naturally changed anything over the last couple of years to the game itself, rather the concept of the game just gets worse as you play it.

so I wonder if it feels like the developers ruined it over the last five years but I think that’s just the way it goes.

I’ve switched over to the PC app because I find clicking around is a lot more enjoyable than swiping constantly. I’m not as prone to just be manic swipe hurry, hurry hurry. I actually sit and look at the puzzle and look around and really observe things better. It slows me down to think. For now 🤣

anyway, if you like old Gardenscapes, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with starting over maybe on a different device. I like to put on my headphones and really listen to the music and enjoy what’s going on.

hey everyone! A fellow model posted up a thread just curious what other people struggled with, and a vast stated they had struggles staying on and getting on. As someone who battled with that too, here are some tips that I have that might help you overcome it.

LOGGING ON

1. set up way earlier than you plan to get on. This helps prevent being overstimulated and feeling rushed and frantic before you log on. Just tell yourself you tentatively plan to be on at 6 PM Let’s say. So have a game plan. Maybe sometime you just get your room cleaned up. Then after about an hour, you set your toys out. Then after about another hour or whatever, you put your makeup on. Literally get your laptop up and have the website actually logged in and ready to go. Where all you have to do is sit down and just hit stream.
2. Showing up is better than not. Don’t overwhelm yourself by thinking you have to do four hours at a time. Even just for 20 minutes and then regardless, give yourself the freedom to log off and take a break. You are your own boss. REMEMBER THIS. You’ll feel a lot better by even just taking small steps to just . That’s how I battled mine. I just told myself 20 minutes a day. And next thing I know, 20 minutes became four hours five days a week.
3. REMEMBER, YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS. if you don’t feel like getting on, don’t! You can still nurture your income by sending out cute messages with pictures of yourself for free just living your life. Engage with your customers and let them know that you’re taking the time off and let them know what you’re doing and ask them what they’re doing. Or even better yet, be open with them and let them know you’re struggling to get on because you’re dwindling on creative ways to keep the spark going. You’ll get a swarm of guys writing you telling you what they’d love to see. You’ll also make income through the messages if you have it set up right!
4. discipline yourself. Take small steps by just saying “no matter what I’m doing, this comes first.“ Tell yourself that no matter what’s going on, that you owe it to yourself to get on for 30 minutes every Friday. Or log on every Monday at 9 AM.
5. simplify your stream and space. You don’t need to have a full Cinemax production going on. Even just chat and tell people you’re just there to chat, unwind and have a good time. Ask people what they want to talk about. Believe it or not, this is where I get most of my income from. Guys love the connection and they love that downtime of being able to just chill and hang out. It’ll help take the performance stress off of you and the feeling that you HAVE to perform. If you have a good stream, you can ask some people to tip. But most of the time for me, guys start loving my conversation so much that they take me exclusive.

STAYING ON

1. nowhere in the world is somebody working and engaged nonstop in their job. Even ICU surgeons have times where they’re just sitting browsing social media. Do whatever you feel you have to do to take your mind out of it. If your room is slow, pull up your favorite mobile game or even get up and clean your room. You can even just lay down and rest. Pace yourself and just be chill. The rush-hour will come!
2. Stop looking at the clock. A majority of the psychological factor of the inability to stay on, is the need of instant gratification. We need that stimulus of people talking to us or money coming on to make us feel like we’re being productive. For every minute that passes by without engagement, we dread we’re losing money and it’s worthless to Stay on. It’s not. I know some people could say, “well I stay on for six hours at a time and I make nothing. That’s not me having instant gratification needs that’s me being sick of it.” well here comes the tough love. You reap what you sow. You’re never gonna have a voluptuous garden you don’t show up to tend to it every day. I started 15 years ago, barely making $12 an hour. But I kept up with the grind. I took a lot of breaks and learned a lot of stuff. You can too!
3. enjoy yourself. yes it is work. Yes, it sucks sometimes. But if we start learning to be in the present moment and actually enjoy the conversations when they come in, it makes it less daunting. Working in real estate taught me that you’ll have a lot of people calling you that talk up a big storm, but never actually hiring you as their agent. Working in retail taught me the same thing. You’ll have dozens of people that come in and browse and chat with you but then they leave with nothing. It’s just the nature of the game. As long as you enjoy your work, and try to have a good time there is something to be gained from it.
4. snacks and drinks and breaks. I don’t care how busy it is for me, I tell all of my people that I take a break at 40 minutes for 20 minutes. It helps me to truly log off and reset my mind and rest. I also keep easy access snacks in my room and drinks as well to keep it fun and also to where I don’t get up and go to the kitchen just cause I get hungry.
5. and it’s actually interesting when men find out I’m gonna log off for 20 minutes. They don’t wanna wait lol! Sometimes that’s when I make my biggest chunks!

some people may disagree with me and that’s OK. This is just what I found helped me. I do have ADHD however I choose not to take medication for it. I try doing mindfulness and simple therapy things to practice, mindfulness, and being present. I do hope this helps someone!

PS: edited about 5000 times I spoke into my phone for this and my iPhone decided to randomly delete words

Hey ladies/gents! Thank you all so much for the responses on my last post. I'll respond to them when I can but for now, I've had a lot of people DMing me about how as a bigger BBW how I'm able to pull the numbers I do with such a basic setup. I just wanted to share one thing I've done that I've noticed makes a huge difference:

When you log on, choose a day to get REALLY dolled up to the nines and take a wide variety of both sexy photos (SFW style though) and other photos that might show your personality. Like lying down on the bed and smiling, or giggling or twirling your hair, or whatever. Take at least 7.

Then, for the next seven days, send out daily messages with them. It doesn't have to necessarily be work related. Say things like, "I went to the gym today and it was AWESOME! My legs are so sore!" Anything to give them insight to your life as well. If you plan on being on, or being off, let them know.

I also take photos of what I'm doing that day whether it be doing a graphic design order, what I baked, my walk out, etc. Guys have gone crazy for it. And here's the biggest ticker:

ASK ABOUT THEM. Say things like,, "Do you go to the gym?" or "Where's your favorite place to walk?"

I found out this morning that's how I bagged the guy who kept me just chilling while he played video games. He had been following me for a year but my content kept popping up in his inbox and he loved it.

I've had so many guys tell me they love the uptick in activity, even if I wasn't active. Through paid messaging (this is on SM), I made $450 in one week, and i didn't even stream. And I only clocked about 8 hours of actual "work" that week from messaging and stuff.

I hope this simple tip helps!

he paid for a fifteen minute block and all we did was talk. after about ten minutes he noticed me being a bit fidgety or “performing“. He asked me to lay down and just be cool and chat. I never realized how tense I am on cam until that moment. He ended up having me going in the background while he turned on his cam and I watched him play video games.

No weirdness. Just a bomb ass hangout session for about an hour. It was awesome considering yesterday was the pits. And I’ve been battling anxiety lately

every team I join never talks to each other. I feel so awkward and out of place🤣 I play every day and try to complete things. I think I have a pretty good strategy.

i have no idea what it is. but when it’s just me, men ask for penetration, domination, Roleplay, BJs, teasing and strip, etc.

but the MOMENT i bring on another girl?

spit in her mouth, slap her, suffocate her, rape her, make her cry, force anal on her, degrade her, sit on her face till she passes out, kiss her NOW (in free chat)

WHAT THE HELL? it never fails!

just about thirty minutes ago, I had a regular and a newbie tell me I should update my room. My problem is my room is really small, and it’s MY BEDROOM, which means I don’t want my private sanctuary to constantly look like a camming room. I’m also doing double duty in my room as there’s another small spot dedicated for my graphic design stuff, so I can’t keep cramming all this stuff like lights or whatever, because I physically won’t be able to walk around 🤣

my room IS nice, but I just don’t have a bunch of things on the walls or fancy lighting because I want to keep it my personal space still.

so my question is, do you feel that adding extra decor spiced up your revenue? I mean for me all they really see is a bit of a bare wall cuz that’s where I cam for the best lighting

Just a quick little thought. I've been struggling with being inspired to stream for a long time now. It wasn't until I realized I was having to move a bunch of stuff around and take like 30 minutes just to set up that I realized I was burnt out by the time I went to stream. These are some things I changed:

1. Closet - I have a small closet. But getting white wooden cube storage racks in there along the left side organized all my shoes. Bought an over-the-door storage shelf rack that hangs inside my closet door. I put all my hair extensions, jewelry, purses, books, and stockings in there. I added an extra shelf up top so I could change out my winter clothes and put them up there and now I have room to hang my lingerie and bras and even had room for more outfits for changes.
2. Toys/Lube - Because of rearranging my closet, I freed up two drawers that are right next to where I cam (by my small dresser). Now, I just have to reach into the drawer from my chair and just grab a hairbrush, chapstick, lube, a toy, lovense, my clipon light, my camera, etc. I used to have to walk to my closet and dig around in a junk box to find all my stuff or just plop it all on the bed.
3. Snacks/Drinks - I moved my vanity dresser a bit and had room for a mini fridge. Now I keep my Gatorades, pops, water, snacks, and the like in there so I don't have to walk all the way to the kitchen when I'm hungry.
4. Second Laptop - I know this may be out of some people's budgets, but I got a really nice new laptop for only $500. Since I can write it off on my taxes, I thought why not? Now instead of unplugging my studio laptop for all of my recording stuff and bringing it in from my practice area, I can just leave this thing sitting underneath my bed at night. All I have to do is plop it on my dresser and I'm good to go. It stays plugged in.
5. Work Chair - Instead of bringing in my practice chair, I bought an actual WORK chair so I can just wheel it from my vanity over to where I work. Much easier!
6. Calendar In Plain View - I bought a physical calendar that I can see right in the morning when I wake up. I know when I'm going to work, and I've written down my days off and when I make content.

Have any of you had things like this? Where you realized that setting your workspace up to run more efficiently made it better?

I'm not going to come here and brag about what I made or didn't make, but I just wanted to say this is why I love this job. These last four months have been hell. And I got back on and was so welcomed back by my regulars. The energy lifted me up. I felt more in control of my room. I had a better attitude. But long story short, I've had some health things come up that have made doing some things very difficult, but here I don't have to worry about anxiety attacks in the car on a long commute, nor do I have to worry about bathroom access. I can decline shows. I can take breaks when I need to.

I am very satisfied with what I made today, and it felt so good to get back on. I hope you all a great day/night!

I’m exhausted. I hate saying this, but I am. My blind friend has gone through a lot of mobility training, and has a cane. But lately they’ve asked me why we don’t go out together as much as we used to. And I have no way of how to say this, but it’s because it’s exhausting to me.

I’ve had years of learning how to help them cope and walk and guide them. But lately, their car anxiety is so bad that I’m having to warn them of everything so they’re not gasping, clutching their body, constantly sighing, and getting highly worked up. I have to warn them of potholes, construction, diesels coming up, if I’m slowing down or speeding up, why I’m doing it, etc.

I’m spending so much energy trying to keep them calm.

Then if we do go out, they get so disoriented even if I guide them directly to the car. Sometimes they almost blank out and say “Wait a minute I have no idea where I am!” then it stresses them out, and I have to re explain where the car is and calm them down.

if they’re trying to exit a building and people are behind them, they go into full blown panic thinking people are pushing them along. If they bump into something, they get highly stressed and I have to calm them down again.

Even just walking in the city casually, I couldn’t just enjoy their company because their breath was racing and they were worked up. They hold my arm constantly and they move fairly slow.

I’m trying to be sympathetic. But I feel I spend more time trying to cater to their blindness and anxiety when we go out than anything else.

I see people on here all the time talking about being fairly independent, navigating stores on their own mostly, etc.

can anyone please just give me any advice? Any insight? They’ve gotten better about certain things but this crushing anxiety is what’s exhausting me.

hey everybody! I grew up on the original RE games, and finally got to play RE 1 remake. There were some things I liked about it but some things I didn’t like. I think the aqua ring was probably my favorite addition. I thought it was really cool. As somebody who is a big fan of deep water I could’ve stared at those graphics for hours. I don’t want to write anything more because I don’t want to give spoilers, but I think the biggest thing I was upset about was the ending when the triggering system gets activated. In the original, everything gets loud, the sirens get loud, the woman’s voice is loud, the music is pumped and loud. This one was kind of anti-climactic, lol.

So I’m just kind of curious, if you played the remake first, and then the original second, which one did you prefer and why?