I'm a huge fan of this model but I haven't found a dial variation that's made me want to pull the trigger on one quite yet.
I have two dial variations here that I would have a very hard time not buying instantly upon release. If you could produce either of these I would be very thankful!
No text on the dial seems like a good choice for these, similar to the forge guilloche ones you've already released.
Cheers!
I have had this issue probably my whole life to some degree, but it's gotten much worse in the past couple of years. I just have no motivation to do anything, go outside, meet people, studying, working, etc. I basically can't seem to be societally "productive".
My brain seems to not be able to see any future for me because of my struggles and I think that's why it's just stopped caring about anything. I still force myself to do things but it feels like masking and it takes a big toll on me. All I really want to do is sit at home and make music for myself, watch videos, learn new things, explore hobbies where I don't have to interact with people in real life. But even when I try to do that it feels useless after a very limited amount of time.
I just can't be consistently motivated for more than 20 minutes it seems. It's gotten so bad that I can't really see myself succeeding in life to any real degree and it's making me despair a little bit, more than usual anyway. My parents and my sibling keeps trying to get me out of the house and to push me to do things in life but I feel like my whole existence pushes back against it. I just can't get myself to do anything for an extended period of time without it negatively affecting my mental health.
I guess this is burnout but I genuinely feel like I've felt this way for a decade and probably even before then. I don't know what to do about any of this, I just feel alone and like nobody in my life really understands me, I can't be myself and I have to force myself to appear as if I'm interested in doing things. I recently dropped out of studying something that I otherwise really enjoy, making music, because even that was too intense and taxing on my mental health. The only reason I even tried studying it was because I always feel like I'm letting people down if I don't at least appear to be "productive" in some way.
I feel like I've been gaslit my whole life, by my parents and my teachers, friends, etc, that things will get better. I've been told that since I was in primary school and I'm now 23, and I feel like, if anything, it's gotten worse. Much worse.
I no longer have time, I feel like I have to start a career and work but I just can't deal with both my general anxiety, social anxiety, sensory issues, migraines, constant shutdowns and meltdowns that I suffer from, etc. I just feel boxed in, with no way out, and no time to figure things out.
I'm not even diagnosed. I don't know when I will be. And even if I do get a diagnosis I don't know what good that will really do me. My parents say that they accept that I'm probably autistic but they don't seem to really understand what that means, even with me trying to explain my struggles to them. They tell me they understand but at the end of the day they still expect me to function like a normal person in day to day life. I feel like that's never going to change.
Not really sure what I wanted to get out of this post, I guess I just wanted to vent. I don't know if anyone else is in this situation or has been, any advice from people who have struggled with this would be nice. Although, I don't know what could possibly get me out of this rut. Thanks for reading.
Hello, I'm back again with a second progress update.
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I actually had a gap of about a month and a half during this winter where I stopped cold turkey for different reasons I won't go into, so I've probably lost some progress which I've had to regain since getting back on.
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I switched to foligain 5% foam instead of liquid because of how much less messy the application was. I've been using foam once per day now since I got back on, mostly for convenience sake, I've also not been microneedling.
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I've basically just been washing my face with a gentle cleanser, letting it dry (or using a hair dryer to speed it up), applying the foam and letting it sit for an hour minimum. Then comes the moisturizer and sun screen. I wash it out and moisturize at the end of the day. That's it.
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Still seeing steady progress with more terminal hairs popping up each month, although there are still lots of vellus hairs and transitional ones as well.
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Now I just need to figure out how to line this up without it looking horrid, I do apologize to you guys for having to put eyes upon this mess. I swear it looks very slightly less terrible in person!
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Added a pic of my natural growth before I started for reference, honestly hurts looking at it.
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Anyway, that's it for this time. Thanks for reading.
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Hello, I've been looking at these Red Tornado J97 reproductions on aliexpress but I'm a little unsure how the sizing works, there seems to be some conflicting takes.
I'm 176cm (5'9-ish) and 73kg (160 lbs), relatively slim build, wider shoulders. Can't seem to figure out what the best pick is in terms of sizing, Small/Medium is what I'm split between.
Let me know if anyone who's a similar height/build has any experience, either with the unlined or the lined versions. Thanks in advance!
Hello, I just recently bought myself a Kemei KM-1595, which is one of the newer trimmers that they sell. I was just wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to swap the blade for any babyliss blades, GoldFX, Graphite 2.3, etc.
There's not a lot of information out there about this trimmer so would be helpful if anyone has any useful info about blade compatibility and so on. I'll attach some images of the stock blade that came with it, maybe it might give you a better idea, thanks.
Hello again, I ordered some straps for the JD-DZ09S the same day I received it, because of the lacking strap that comes with it. Here's what the watch looks like on a dark reddish brown alligator leather strap from cnswatchbands.
Two thing I would like to mention is that the lugs on this watch will most likely shave some of the leather off of your straps when putting them on. It's a very tight fit and the lugs are a little bit sharp, and as you can see the integration is very tight. I had some slight issues even getting the spring bars on these straps to reach into the holes, although it was possible with some effort.
I don't fully blame the watch head for this, it's probably the straps being slightly wider than advertised as well. Thought it'd be good information for you guys.
Cheers!
I made some AI mockups (I know), of some dial color variations I'd love to see for the new chronograph. I think these three look great. I'd have a hard time picking which one I like more honestly. Also, don't look at the messed up text and numbers, this is just to get an idea of the colors, AI sucks, but I suck even more, so it is what it is.
Let me know what you guys think!
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Just picked the watch out of the mailbox and thought I should post a photo and some first impressions of the watch.
It's proportioned beautifully in my opinion, and I don't have a very large wrist at all, about 16.5cm or 6.5 inches. Case sits beautifully on the wrist and the slightly downturned lugs makes it so it hugs the wrist a little bit which is great, it's also very thin.
The finishing is amazing, not a sharp edge anywhere except for on the top on the inside of the lugs, which you won't come into contact with at all.
The crystal is possibly the least reflective one I've ever seen on a watch, I assume it's from the same supplier as the Warrior crystals. Even my Cronos L6037, which I thought was amazingly clear doesn't hold a candle to the clarity of this crystal. It's also nice faceted on the edges which gives it a bit of dimensionality which makes it look much more interesting than a standard flat crystal.
The dial is expertly executed without a single printing flaw, it's genuinely perfect. The one thing I could mention here is that it is indeed more "champagne" than what the product pictures on the site would have you think. It's got a tiny bit of a salmon tint to it, although very subtly, I think it looks great in person.
There is one thing I could point out as a clear negative, and one thing I have a gripe with but is not anything to really worry about, I'll explain.
The strap is very subpar. It's a very cheap feeling leather strap, dry and not very supple. I would advise you to pick up a nice leather strap elsewhere if you're planning on purchasing this model. The buckle is the one thing I like about it, very well polished and not sharp, fits the look of a watch of this nature well.
The gripe I mentioned is the crown, it's genuinely difficult to pull out since it sits so flush with the case, so it took me a bit of effort to get it out to set the time. The reason why it's not an actual problem is because it's a quartz watch so you'll only have to set the time once or twice a year at most.
Overall extremely happy with the purchase, it's a perfect dress piece which you can wear semi-casually, especially in this dial configuration. I would not hesitate to purchase one if you were even slightly interested in it, it's genuinely a great piece.
Lastly, I hope you got something out of my rambling, thought it'd be nice to get some impressions even if it may not come from an expert at these things. Cheers.
Not sure how open IXDAO is to design ideas like this outside of their recent warrior dial contest but I just wanted to try out and see what a deep royal blue dial could look like for the JD-DZ09S.
Tell me if you guys would like to see something like this in the future, I think it looks really classy whilst still being a bit different from the dial layout of the current version. I also had to use a different logo version because I couldn't find a high res version of the one on the JD-DZ09S dials so just imagine it's the correct one.
These days all you see here is "how is my progress? It's been 25 seconds since I started my journey" or "How much potential do I have", with a picture attached. It's getting really damn annoying because if these people had been on the subreddit for like 10 minutes and read some comments under posts they'd know there's no point in asking. Same thing with "will tret help" or "does derma stamping help" or any variation of those.
We should only be seeing posts of progress 3 months onwards and people asking questions about things that are specific to their unique circumstance and not general advice on growth, because that stuff has already been answered a billion times. There's already a new Wiki/FAQ for minoxbeard that just hasn't been pinned for whatever reason.
All I'm asking is for the moderation and rules to be a little more strict because the subreddit has just turned into spam these past couple of months. Let me know if I'm way out of line here tho, maybe I'm alone on this. Also, I'm not even 100% sure there's a single active moderator on the subreddit anymore so maybe I'm just speaking into the void.
