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Cake day: May 18th, 2024

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  • I get very grumpy and useless when I don’t sleep. Tried a few times, things like a birthday party in my teens where we would play poker all night long, and a hackathon where we wanted to make the deadline. I try not to do it anymore, because nothing good comes out of my hands/mouth at some point.

    Regarding the issue of being afraid you won’t be back in schedule before school starts: i totally recognize this. I try to make an effort to plan enough time to wind down on Sunday evening (if i have to get up early again). No social media, no news, no action packed movies or tv shows, some herbal tea around 8pm, only a few lights on in the house, meditation a bit earlier in the day to clear the mind, start brushing my teeth on time (around 9-ish) and actually go to bed at or a bit before normal weekday bed time.

    I don’t always manage, but I do find i cannot sleep when I totally disregard these steps. I then just lay in bed being afraid i dont sleep wel enough and that makes it even harder to sleep.

    Some thoughts that help me reduce stress:

    “My body knows what to do and will make sure it sleeps when it really needs to. Worst case we can just try again tomorrow”

    “It’s ok to wake up in the middle of the night, that’s just how sleep cycles work. Just go to the toilet for a bit and try to have another go. If it’s thoughts keeping me awake, write them down so they can be handled later on”

    Sleeping is important, but your body can handle quite a lot, so try not to worry too much.

















  • We (Delft, NL) have underground containers. You drop your trashbag through the hole and there is a sensor that detect when the container is full. At that moment the municipality comes to empty it. I like that I don’t have to store my trash in my appartment but can just drop it in the container whenever. But, the place when the containers are can get messy when they are full and neighbours are too lazy to walk the 200m to the next container and place their bag next to it instead, where seagulls rip it open.

    The containers are HUGE. Sometimes the fire dept. rescues things like wedding rings from them. Also, there are several different kinds to split kinds of waste - paper, glass, textiles, plastics, residual and maybe some more i never use.

    For bigger items or things like chemicals there is also a “milieustraat”, where you can drive into and the guys there tell you where to put your stuff.

    Still for me this is the best option I can think of.