iPhone says that the translation to English is “Grains of rainbow chrysanthemum flower seeds”

I also dropped out very early. Struggled with that disappointment for a long time. Moved in with my SO’s parents and lived with them for years!

We moved out and got a rental when I was 25. I’m 29 now and working on my career in banking. Started exercising the last couple years and have been keeping up with it consistently. I feel like it was only in the last few years that I felt I was making progress but really needed some optimism to keep going. You just never know what’s going to change your life around. Try to improve yourself in any way you can and sometimes that can help you change your trajectory

50 times? I’m at about 500 with my current favorite song and with every play I fear the day that it won’t make me feel anything 😭

Buried with Ryan Reynolds

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Butterfly Effect

Living as an openly gay man. It felt like I was finally able to breathe

Don’t hug me

It’s rare for me to find a movie that actually scares me, but Sinister is one that really make me feel afraid. The soundtrack alone does it for me

I was on the right track but no way I would’ve guessed it!

Absolutely! It doesn’t matter how small you start.

I work a desk job and told myself I needed to exercise otherwise I would continue having back/health problems. I started with a 1-2 minute workout every day just so I could get in the habit. And if I didn’t feel like doing even that, I would at least do a few push ups or squats. Once I got used to taking that time every day I saw myself taking 5 minutes. Then 10, 20, 30… Now I commit to a 75-90 minute workout about 5 times a week. And I never thought it would get to that point but I started to enjoy it and look forward to that time every day!

LG Voyager. Loved that phone!

I could’ve sworn I heard of a Hannah Montana-type show/character years before the show came out…

Smart watch. I’ve been wearing one every day for the past 5-6 years. I like that I can check notifications at work, in a meeting, or any time it’s inconvenient to have my phone out. I also really enjoy having my fitness data tracked for trends over the years: calories burned, steps walked, heart rate, breathing, exercises, sleep, etc. It has really helped me become a more active person as I try to beat previous goals.

That chest 🥵

Yes, top down explanation of the game is the best: this is how you win, this is how you get there, this is what you do on your turn, etc. so many people try to explain a game starting with what you do on your turn and the player doesn’t even know what their goal is.

And then the guilt when they ask how (blank) is coming along…

I wish! My job is too fragmented that it makes it hard to get in a flow

Lmao that’s clever

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It goes over a lot of general knowledge and science, including the history of those discoveries, in a way that’s conversational and so engaging. I wish I could find more books like it, so I’m open to suggestions!

Me when I have to make calls at work 😭

Oh, I honestly didn’t know it had a different name. Perhaps Picross is just the name for the video game version