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My therapist advised me to keep a daily gratitude journal. However, it seems like so many apps on the play store are full of features that I don't need, have AI assistants, require you to create an account, etc... It's all way over-complicated for me.

Can someone recommend to me an that 1) has reminders 2) has templates for the entries (like "Today I was grateful for {empty space for me to write out something}" ), but otherwise is very simple and doesn't require extensive setup?

Thank you in advance for any recommendation!

My therapist advised me to keep a daily gratitude journal. However, it seems like so many apps on the play store are full of features that I don't need, have AI assistants, require you to create an account, etc... It's all way over-complicated for me.

Can someone recommend to me an that 1) has reminders 2) has templates for the entries (like "Today I was grateful for {empty space for me to write out something}"), but otherwise is very simple and doesn't require extensive setup?

I know pen and paper are an option, but I want to be able to write my entries anytime without having to carry a physical journal, so I would prefer to stick to digital.

Thank you in advance for any recommendation!

Hi everyone! Soon I will have to update my resume and once again I find myself struggling to decide whether to build a resume that is based on a single column or two. On one hand I work in the tech industry and usage of ATS is widespread in medium-to-large companies, so it is a high priority for me to make it work. On the other hand, once my resume made it into the hands of actual humans, I have received positive feedback on readability and general visual appeal of the two-column designs I have submitted in the past.

If there's no other option, I will abandon the two-column design for the sake of ATS compatibility, but before that, I'd like to at least try to make it work.

Thank you in advance for any input.

Hi! My current resume is made in Figma. Not the best tool, but that's what I am familiar with. However, because Figma PDFs in a somewhat wonky manner which trips up the automatic tools that recruiters often use to parse resumes. Usually I have to enter all of my information by hand because of that.

I want to remake my resume in some software that is actually meant for laying out documents. Scribus is one of the options I am considering, but did anyone have any experience making a resume in it and uploading it to be automatically parsed?

Thank you in advance for any input!

Hi! My current resume is made in Figma. Not the best tool, but that's what I am familiar with. However, because Figma encodes text layout differently than most DTP software, it trips up some of those automatic tools that recruiters often use to parse resumes. Usually I have to enter all of my information by hand because of that.

I want to remake my resume in some software that is actually meant for laying out documents. Affinity seems like a cool option, but did anyone have any experience making a resume in it and uploading it to be automatically parsed?

Thank you in advance for any input!

I've recently become interested in philosophy and want to catch up on the most influential or personally interesting works in the field. I'm a complete newcomer, though, so I'm not sure about the best approach: should I start with contemporary works and then read the older texts that influenced them, or start with the older texts and then see how they shaped later works?

For example, if I want to learn about existentialism and Camus's philosophy (which, from what I understand, was in some ways a response to it), should I start with the earlier ideas or the more contemporary response?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

For the unfamiliar, Unhooked is a browser extension that makes the user experience more similar to older versions of YouTube. What I care about mostly is switching the home feed from recommended to subscriptions and removing all the irrelevant crap from the search results.

Is anyone familiar with an Android app that can do similar things? Even better if it runs on Android TV as well, but even a smartphone-only version would be good enough.

On the other hand, it doesn't have to remove the adds necessarily, I have a premium subscription either way.

Thank you in advance!

I feel like many outfits shared as "how to dress well as a man" are just layers upon layers. It looks cool and is nice and cozy when weather is cold, but the moment temperature outside rises it's much harder to not go back to boring regular tees. Or frankly even going from outdoors to heated indoors. You are forced to take off your layers and suddenly you are just a dude in a shirt, nothing interesting.

I know people don't like the setting and the typos, but I don't care for the worldbuilding as much, since I prefer to write my own stuff anyway. I think the idea of a Mork Borg game with slightly more mechanical meat on its bones is pretty cool, though. Seems like it would be better suited for long-term play, since I think it even has actual level ups?

So is BPB worth picking up just as 'slightly crunchier Mork Borg' or is it meh even by that metric?

Don't get me wrong, I love Warhammer and other offshoots of classical fantasy, but I feel like introducing elves, dwarves and all the standard fantasy trappings introduces a certain flavor to the setting that doesn't work every kind of story. I am curious what else can be done with dark fantasy. I wonder if there are RPG systems that feel more like Berserk, the Castlevania show or the Elric of Melnibone books? (Not saying those are similar, just using them as examples of dark fantasy that is not "Tolkien but darker").

In terms of mechanics, I tend to gravitate towards medium crunch systems. Something that is simpler to onboard people than modern D&D, but not so minimalistic the players who like to tweak the numbers have completely nothing to do. On the other hand, not a fan of completely classless systems. I like when players are guided at least a little towards the roles they could play in a party. In my opinion it makes things easier both for the players and the DM.

Out of the systems I am familiar with Mork Borg comes the closest to checking all of those boxes. It is fun, but I am looking for something better suited for a longer campaign and without the world as guaranteed to end soon, lol

Can anyone recommend to me a system that has both this kind of flavor and hits the sweet spot of crunch where it's neither too much nor too little? Thank you and advance for any rec!

Hi everyone!

I don't need much from my planner app. Frankly, what for example Google Calendar offers, suits most of my needs. Many others stray too much into the area of "project management", while all that I need is "one-somewhat-busy-dude management". Not to mention the current fashion to shoehorn AI everywhere, regardless of value added.

However, there's one less common feature that I value a lot: a backlog. I like to have the ability to add tasks which I know need to be done, but I don't know when yet. This is something that for example Google Calendar can't do.

That being said, can anyone recommend to me some software that has this combination of "as simple as possible, but still has a decent backlog feature"? Closest I came so far was the Structured app, which is super simple and has a backlog feature, but their backlog sucks unfortunately. Can't set priorities in backlog, can't set due dates without putting tasks on the calendar, can't group tasks by tag.

Thank you in advance for any recommendation!

Hi everyone!

I don't need much from my planner app. Frankly, what for example Google Calendar offers, suits most of my needs. Many others stray too much into the area of "project management", while all that I need is "one-somewhat-busy-dude management". Not to mention the current fashion to shoehorn AI everywhere, regardless of value added.

However, there's one less common feature that I value a lot: a backlog. I like to have the ability to add tasks which I know need to be done, but I don't know when yet. This is something that for example Google Calendar can't do.

That being said, can anyone recommend to me some software that has this combination of "as simple as possible, but still has a decent backlog feature"? Closest I came so far was the Structured app, which is super simple and has a backlog feature, but their backlog sucks unfortunately. Can't set priorities in backlog, can't set due dates without putting tasks on the calendar, can't group tasks by tag.

Thank you in advance for any recommendation!

I believe that ultimately nothing has an inherent meaning. We are space dust that after an unimaginable amount of time, thanks to a random chance, managed to finally assemble itself into thinking beings. But, given a long enough time frame we'll return to being that space dust once again and nothing we ever did is likely to matter or be remembered.

However, while believing in something like that, it's not exactly easy to stay motivated in your day-to-day life to do much besides what is required by your basic biological drive to survive. I wonder if any philosophers managed to come up with some answers without ultimately rejecting the idea of no inherent meaning and without necessarily replacing it with human-created meaning?

I have read a lot of stories here of people on venlafaxine losing their interest in food, but I am having a diametrically opposite experience. I have been on 112.5 mg for a month (and before that on 75 mg for around half a year). Now I have been greenlit to increase my dose to 150 mg. This is my fifth day and I feel like every day my appetite has been increasing. Like really increasing. I am constantly hungry, including after meals that before left me satiated.

There's a chance that it might not be related to the medicine, but there has not been any other change in my life. My diet is very consistent and so is the amount of exercise I get on a regular basis.

Did anyone had similar experience with increased doses? Did it pass?

Otherwise it seems like I am taking the dose increase pretty well, so that's nice. I think my mood is starting to improve as well.

I enjoy consuming content about fitness and healthy living in general. It helps me stay motivated, it gives me ideas what to improve and it gives me a sense of community to listen to other people nerd out about my interests.

However, so much about fitness and self-improvement content has been infected by harmful ideas like red pill, tech broness, hustle culture and other bullshit that doesn't benefit anyone but its peddler. I would love to find some alternatives, so I can learn things and be entertained, but without supporting people who spread toxicity in our society.

Can anyone recommend me podcasts like that?

Looking for songs that you can belt out during a karaoke night to get a feeling of catharsis.

I think it's easiest to find those kind of songs in heavier music, like Duality by Slipknot or Is There Anybody Out There? by Machine Head. Or Creep by Radiohead if you want to go lighter. That being said I would love to hear examples that extend past rock and metal - those are just what I usually listen to, but I don't mind other genres. For example Heartbeat by Childish Gambino is a great non-rock example.

Thank you in advance for any recommendation!

EDIT: Obviously not a male voice, but I Am The Problem by Sophie Hunter is another great example of this energy.

Hi everyone! Air popped popcorn has been a life-saver as a low-calorie snack since I went on my weight-loss journey. However, recently my doctor suggested that I should start watching my sodium intake due to slightly elevated blood pressure.

Can anyone suggest to me things that could bring out the taste of the popcorn, but contain less salt than... well, salt? Green salt looks interesting, but it's really expensive where I live (Poland) - I would prefer to find other low-sodium alternatives if possible.

Thank you in advance for any suggestion!

I have a weird struggle with RDLs. Until around 90% of my bodyweight, my form feels great. Nice stretch in the hamstring, ass shutting the door, etc. Been told by more experienced lifters that the form looks good from the side as well. So you'd think that I got the movement down...

But, as soon as I hit my bodyweight and above, I just can't maintain the same form. I start to feel it much more in my quads, while barely feeling the hamstrings. And in general, the movement somehow feels off.

My first thought was that I am simply progressing the weight too quickly. I tried to downscale, to build up to a higher weight more gradually. But while my other lifts continue to go up (including conventional DL), I don't seem to be able to get clean reps of RDLs with a higher weight.

Does anyone here have a similar issue?