It wasn’t me, I swear!

Not only a giant.

Everything was going well until the box I am not a robot had to be checked…

Thanks, I look awesome!

Can someone make an AI image of a rock band with gandalf on vocals, saruman on the base, the nazgul king on the drums and elrond on guitar?

Very good one. It’s the first image on my mind whenever someone says sunset

Instructions unclear. Got my dick caught in a toaster. Again.

I actually found this an interesting read.

https://examine.com/articles/are-cast-iron-pans-unsafe/

Agree on all counts, definitely regarding the story arcs too.

True words right here. Say no to cancer pans.

Quality tools in general. Be disciplined in storing them well and in one place.

A good chef’s knife and gear to keep it sharp. You will never want to go back.

Cast iron pan has been said. A good multi layered stainless steel pan (so layers all the way, not disc bottom). Indestructible and doesnt give you cancer like teflon.

A leatherman or similar multitool.

Good binoculars, if you’re into that kind of stuff.

Agreed on all counts

I would be a pirate. Because the other word for pirate treasure is Booty. (Beastie boys influence, I guess)

Do you then plunge it into a waterbath with an immersion circulator so you get to within 0.1 degree of ideal tape adherence temperature?

To be fair, it looks just like the thing aunt Beru hides under her bed.

The really cool thing is - it doesn’t need to be easy, you don’t have to be ‘good’ at it in order to work. I highly recommend the ‘mindfulness for beginners’ course by Jeff Warren on the app Calm (30 times 10-12 minutes) If you prefer reading, he co-authored the book ‘meditation for fidgety skeptics’ which is also down to earth and humorous.  By the way, I’m in no way affiliated to him in any way, was just relieved to find someone with his style to ease me into it.

I’m no expert myself, but what it definitely can do is help you recognize the different symptoms that you can feel in your body that your brain recognizes as anxiety, that way you can kind of break the cycle of the body influencing the mind and vice versa. Then there is non-identification, which means that you kind of look at your anxious feelings, as if you are a spectator, not identifying with them. This way you realize you are not your feelings, but you have your feelings and can snap out of them way quicker and not get caught in a loop. It sounds kind of trivial when talking about it, but experiencing it can be quite profound. 

I hate to be the guy to say this on an internet forum. But mindfulness really does help. There are thousands of resources out there and finding one that is the perfect fit can be tricky. Most of them are to ‘new wave’ for me, but some are great and can really help with this.