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What happens when your constants disappear?
By: Hummingly Team
Tags: Disruption, Disaster, Change, Assumptions

It’s common to believe that certain things will remain constant in your life. But after years of living in a city, it is possible to suddenly stand on a street corner devoid of familiar landmarks and quite literally wonder where you are. Gone might be Grandma’s old home, the high-rise where you worked your first job, the pub where you celebrated your twenty-first birthday, the corner bistro with the friendly waiter and the best sticky ribs. Places come laden with memories, with traditions, with routine. It is a shock to learn they can disappear.

Disaster brings change at a pace you are unprepared for. Too much change coming too fast can make you feel brittle and untethered. Disasters can dissolve the everyday ordinary and test your assumptions about yourself and your life. You can be shaken to your core. This is confronting, but normal. As hard as it is, this can be the first step in charting your course to a more examined and intentional life — a process that will take time.

All our lives are based on unconscious assumptions. Disaster can call these assumptions into question. These truths might look like; “I’m a giver of help, not someone who needs it”, or “ If I work hard and follow the rules calamity won’t come my way”.

We all have assumptions about where our lives are heading. With disaster, that trajectory can abruptly change.

©McNaughton & Wills Ltd 2019

We have sat with people who had raised their children in a home infused with memories, expecting to retire and grow old in that comfortable familiarity. Expecting to stay and bear witness to the daily ebbs and flows of their long-known community . Disaster has taken away this away and they now have to move. They ask us, “What will my life be now?”

These questions bring both pain and possibility. Below (and more in the Cards for Calamity) are some tips from us for when you find yourself asking these kinds of big questions.

Tips:

Question yourself but be okay with not having the answers yet.

Know that feeling untethered is normal — it’s often the first step to a more examined and intentional life. This takes time.

is normal — it’s often the first step to a more examined and intentional life. This takes time. It may help to acknowledge that alongside pain, disruption can bring insight.

©Hummingly 2021
THE ONES WHO SEE YOU…
Tags: Life Coaching, Change, Alcoholism, Success, Change Your Life

As you’re changing your relationship with yourself, you’ll find that people who used to identify with you seem to kind of fade away or break off…

In turn, others begin to notice you as one of their own.

You won’t have much say in the matter.

This is because people don’t make friends with other people…

They tend to just make friends with themselves as much as possible…

Meaning, people want to associate with like-minded people.

So, clearly, if you change, so does your circle of friends and associates.

This is a good thing.

Obviously, there will be a painful period of loss of old relationships and loneliness.

But it’s worth it.

The new people in your life will want you to have the happiness you seek.

They’ll have a certain loyalty towards you.

They’ll care.

The speed at which you will achieve your goals will increase.

Your mission will become easier and more enjoyable.

The roadblocks will vanish.

And You?

You WILL become the man you’ve been missing all these years.

Because you have a group of men who want you to be successful as much as you do.

iamacomeback.com/today
MY PERSONAL BLOG:
By: Nabiha Waseem
Tags: Positive Thinking, Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

8th june 2021,

Nabiha Waseem

After attending the sessions of Taghayyur Fellowship Programme I learned many new things and trying to implement in my life with consistency. I learned in this session the real meaning of kindness there are many ways of kindness after attending the session I started to implement some ways of kindness in my life to others and with myself as well there are some ways of kindness are as follows:

Understanding the feelings and emotions of other don’t laugh on the people on there weaknesses , Talk positively with everyone , be patient and calm, talk nicely talk politely in a soft way with peoples , listening to the other person attentively, take care of others, help others , give complement and appreciate others, spread smile which give happiness and giving a good advice etc .

These are some ways of kindness that I use to apply in my life I learned Responsibility no matter any one is watching me or not I have to perform my responsibility with full honesty and take responsibility of our mistakes as well .

Now I am become a decision maker before this session I am not able to take decisions I found many ways of that problem and choose the best and the better option for me I also learn negotiation skills in which I learn criticize the problem not the relationship to the persons and find the solutions of problem and finding the interest of both the parties and create the win win situation I practiced this with my siblings and friends on any desire. I learned Leadership skills and implement this in my social project this is very helpful for me .

I also learned how to introduce our self in elevator this session aware me about finance and starting a job or business. I also learned story telling and I decided when ever I tell a story I use STAR method first creating the situation then task then are actions and in the end the result. This session is also helpful for me in learning interviewer skills and I will start practice in my home and prepare for that I performed activities my assignments to practice more of these things in my life and become a better version of my self.
I’m 50+ and Still Worry about Being Liked
By: Bridget Layne
Tags: Beyourself, Transformation, Change Your Life, Life Lessons, Wisdom

A few weeks ago when talking with someone about my writing I was asked, “Do you think you will ever run out of things to say?” I took it as an affront that what I was doing was of little value. I wasn’t sure how to respond so I just didn’t. And that has been my MO my entire life. Out of habit, I just took it and walked away.

Perhaps I read into the comment wrong. Maybe what I’m doing IS of little value. I don’t think so.

I’m bolstered by feedback from readers like you who reach out and tell me how they resonated with something I wrote. I can’t lie. That feels pretty damn good. I, like most people, want to be heard and seen. Even when people unsubscribe from my mailing list, it tells me they heard me, but what I had to say wasn’t for them. That is a really hard pill for me to swallow, but I realize that I can’t please everyone. Yet, I still want to.

The Perfect Child

I don’t know about you, but I want to be liked. I want people to appreciate being around me so I’ve spent much of my life sitting back and not saying a whole lot. Growing up I was dubbed, “the perfect child.” I didn’t ruffle feathers. I didn’t argue. I did what I was supposed to do. I was responsible. I got good grades. All the things. But, inside I was aching.

When I did share my voice, it often went unheard. And eventually, that just became the norm. It was easier to not say anything than to say something and be ignored or rejected. So here I am at 50-something still trying to figure it all out.

Learning to Be Me

One of the hallmarks of my yoga classes is that I integrate yoga concepts with personal stories. For me, it’s safe to sit in the seat of the teacher and be vulnerable. The real challenge is to say what’s on my mind in day-to-day interactions. To respond when I feel hurt. To verbalize when I disagree. To not just walk away.

Because of the gifts of being a parent, experiencing life’s ups and downs, practicing yoga, and developing meaningful relationships, I am learning to express myself even when it might cause conflict. There are times, though, where I just can’t get there. I don’t want to get hurt. Being behind the armor is a heck of a lot safer than letting it down.

But, I know that those — in the moment, real, authentic, perhaps conflicting interactions — create deeper, more enriching, honest, and true relationships that far surpass “being liked.”

I’m still a work in progress, but I’m getting there.
Changing my Life Part 13: The First Drink
Tags: Mental Health, Change, Change Your Life, Mental Illness, Addiction

Hi all,

As I said in my previous post I have been going to AA meetings. Everyone there was super supportive and kind to me. As I sat in a meeting last Saturday and listened to everyone's stories I realised that fortunately, I am not an alcoholic. The fact just slowly dawned on me over the course of the meeting. I heard the same stories over and over again. “One drink is too many one thousand is not enough”. “Once I picked up a drink I couldn’t predict my behaviour”. That is just not me. I was drinking too much but I don’t think the disease of alcoholism runs through my veins.

After being sober for 55 days since being in the psychiatric hospital, I picked up my first drink. A red wine with lots of awards on the label. I sipped it while watching TV and this immense anxiety came over me. What if I really am an alcoholic and this drink triggers me into a spiral of death and destruction. I tried some internal positive self talk to calm my nerves but it didn’t work. I continued to sip the glass slowly constantly asking myself. Am I controlling my behaviour now? What about now? Is this going to lead to me saying just one more? Needless to say, my first drink back was not the perfect oasis I had been dreaming about. It was an experience wrought with anxiety.

I am glad to report after all that I only had one small glass and I am not going to drink again for at least another week. It is the first step in rebuilding a healthy relationship with alcohol. If I go out for dinner I want to be able to have a couple of drinks without it ruining my life. Alcohol needs to be a treat, not a daily indulgence. Hopefully, I am not a delusional alcoholic that's kidding themselves into having a drink. But the only way I can test that theory is to drink and see what happens.

In other news, I am stable on my medication since leaving the hospital and I am not having any breakthrough psychotic symptoms. My mood has been all over the place but I think that has to do with self-doubt rather than medication. I get into these funks where I think all my efforts to change my life are a waste of time and I am going to be on disability for the rest of my life and not able to work, have friendships or relationships. It is a battle that goes on in my head daily. I need to work on my self-talk and just make tiny changes every day and have faith that they will eventually lead to big changes. The Japanese art of “Kaizen” or continuous improvement. It is a philosophy that sees improvement as a gradual and methodical process.

Other than that things are chugging along ok. I am writing, getting my law school assessments done and getting to jiu-jitsu and couple of times a week. I am also getting to all my mental health appointments.

Hope you are all doing well and don’t be shy to drop me a line,

Nagame.

I will be posting regularly about changing my life, my journey from a socially isolated wreck to a functioning human being. If you want to track my progress follow me on Medium, Instagram and Join my newsletter.
Dodgers announce promotional schedule featuring 10 bobbleheads
By: Rowan Kavner
Tags: Dodger Stadium, Promotions, Dodgers, Bobblehead, MLB

Other promotions include a Mookie Betts jersey giveaway (June 16), a snapback cap (June 28) and a replica World Series ring giveaway (Aug. 18)

Friday Night Fireworks will debut on June 11, and Kids Run the Bases (following most Sunday day games after June 15) will also return for the remainder of the season in addition to Viva Los Dodgers, which will be held in the Centerfield Plaza on June 27, July 25, Aug. 8, Aug. 29, Sept. 12 and Oct. 2 (La Gran Fiesta).

Special event ticket packs, which include an exclusive item with the purchase of a game ticket, will return with LGBTQ+ Night presented by Blue Shield of California (June 11), Mexican Heritage Night (Aug. 18), Teacher Appreciation Day (Aug. 22), Filipino Heritage Night (Aug. 31) and Día de Los Dodgers (Oct. 1). Additional theme nights will be announced. Tickets for LGBTQ+ Night are available now, and tickets for other special event ticket packs will go on sale at a later date. In order to receive the exclusive item, tickets must be purchased through Dodgers.com/TicketPacks.

The Dodgers’ full promotional schedule can be found at Dodgers.com/Promotions.
What does a Principal Engineer do?
By: Bobi Pu
Tags: Careers, Computer Science, Promotion, Software Engineering

In my last story “Junior vs. Senior vs. Staff Engineer”, I uncovered the responsibilities for Junior-to-Staff level engineer. But they are not the complete picture of a SWE’s career ladder, and the top-notch tier is still missing, aka “Principal Engineer”. In companies like Facebook, Amazon, or Google, it maps to Level 7+ and its total compensation is around $800k a year.

In this blog, I will share my observations of “what does a principal engineer look like”.

From Levels.fyi

Definition

In general, a principal engineer should be able to spot, drive and deliver an initiative with multi-team, organization-level impact.

To expand on that, a successful principal engineer can constantly demonstrate following capabilities:

Identify opportunities that are business-critical and with org-to-company level impact.

Identify key success metrics and only focus on components on a critical path.

Abstract common issues from the products and fix the common infrastructure proactively.

Constantly influence the org’s engineering culture .

. Help to recruit senior engineer and managers

Assess the new products or technologies in the industry

Archetypes

From my observations, companies usually pair a principal engineer with an archetype to better support and guide a principal engineers’ growth.

Generalist: An established leader in a product/service area. Constantly deliver and land sizable impact. Specialist: Considered as an expert in a specific domain. Continuously contribute to the improvement in his/her field. Coding Machine: Build solutions to complex problems and does much faster than most engineers. Product Manager(PM) Hybrid: Solve a complex business problem that requires XFN communication, product strategy, and technical solution.

In Short

To achieve the “org-level” impact, principal engineers need to be very selective on what to work on and use as much leverage as they can. For example, to set them up for success and maximize their influence, a principal engineer usually directly reports to a “director-level” engineering leader.
Time to celebrate: 0% fee!
Tags: Proof Of Stake, Staking Rewards, Blockchain, Tezos, Promotion

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0% fee to show how much we love our delegates. Yes, you read that right: now it’s the best time to become a TezoSteam delegate (if you aren’t already).

It’s been a while since our last update, many things happened behind the curtains. We as TezoSteam and all our beloved delegates have been into this project since the very beginning, back in June 2017. Now, with our star finally rising, it’s time to celebrate; and we’d like to do that with a lot of style and a bit of extra flavor. A lot is cooking so, there we go with the first batch of news:

0% fee

Did I mention the 0% fee? TezoSteam has always kept the highest possible standard for its services. That’s why our fee was 14%. We created and sustained some of the best practices of the whole baking industry, that now all respectable operators have inherited, but we did that since ever.

With XTZ price rising, we’d like to give something back. Starting from the first snapshot happening in March, our fees will go straight to 0%. It’s our way to say “thank you” to all our delegators and to Tezos project. So, spread out the word — plenty of room for new delegations without any costs attached.

Join our Telegram group and learn how to delegate us!

More 0% fee

TezoSteam will evolve into something new and different. As many of our beloved delegators know, we are part of a much bigger project named Staking Team. For a bunch of reasons, we’ll switch to a new bakery. We’re finalizing details, but the good news is the new bakery will have 0% fee as well.

As soon as we’ll announce new project inception, we’ll kindly ask all our old and new delegators to move to Staking Team brand new bakery. The 0% fee will be active for a promotional phase — more info will come shortly, but be sure we’ll do our best to provide the same high-quality service you are used to.

What will happen later

TezoSteam bakery will turn into a private service. More info will come with the next blog post. Staking Team will be our new flagship bakery. Many improvements will follow, including a lower fee, a VIP loyalty system and other major news (including new projects in Staking Team galaxy).

But for the next weeks, it’s just time to celebrate. So enjoy the 0% fee, and if you want to thank us... Just spread the word! It’s going to be an unforgettable moment of your life as a Tezos holder.

Thanks a lot! :)

Staking Team

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#TouchOfCare- Celebrities Honors Dr. Bhosale
Tags: Services, Film, Campaign, Media, Promotion

The past year, the whole world witnessed a virus that made us stay at home. The whole year was a roller coaster where everybody needed support. We have witnessed the selfless services of our doctors and frontline workers all over India. We have experienced a new meaning of care. They tried hard and continues to save as much as they can.

In the past year, we lost a lot of personalities. We lost someone who we never expected to, who had a lot of goals to achieve, who might be an inspiration to millions.

Through The Campaign #TouchOfCare is gaining popularity across the country, by taking initiatives from celebrities from divergent movie industries. They have come forward to show their touch of care, and inspiration to hold the hands of the poor, the needy in this tough time.

Sonam Kapoor, commenting on this Campaign, ‘In this pandemic period, everyone needs to be with the family with the loved ones. Dr. Bhosale tough us the important lesson, a valuable thought, that to help selflessly and to make sure that everybody is safe. I appreciate the effort by @ Vicks India to extend this campaign and for keeping alive Dr. Bhosale’s dream. We should pledge to extend our hand of care to help the needy.

Bollywood Actor, Ranveer Singh Said, ‘the last year was tough for everyone. On this National Doctors Day, this Campaign is to remind us how important is our doctors to society and the services they are given and continues to do. Let’s take this opportunity to honor them’.

Shraddha Kapoor — ‘Got tears after watching the video of Dr. Bhosale, showing the care he has given and how he is making everybody happy in every room he enters. It shows the tremendous efforts and sacrifices by our frontline workers for caring the nation’.

‘Thanks, @Vicks India for coming up with #TouchOfCare and for helping me to see the real side of the story and for taking me through the tremendous journey of Dr. Bhosale’,

This Campaign is a huge support to the front line workers and on this Doctors Day, we can extend our hands in small ways to help them and their families. She added.

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(This article was originally published in Passionate in Marketing)
Teeth White spots by ALTA Whitening
By: Pro Unizone
Tags: Pro Unizone, Promotion, Teeth Whitening, Alta

Whitening toothpaste can appear to whiten teeth slightly by removing surface stains, such as those caused by drinking coffee or smoking. However, whitening toothpaste can’t change the natural color of your teeth or lighten a stain that goes deeper than a tooth’s surface.

To remove surface stains, whitening toothpaste typically includes:

Special abrasives that gently polish the teeth

Peroxide or other chemicals that help break down or dissolve stains

Some whitening tubes of toothpaste contain the chemical blue covering, which adheres to the surface of the teeth and creates an optical illusion that can make teeth appear less yellow.

When used twice a day, whitening toothpaste containers take from two to six weeks to make teeth appear whiter. Whitening toothpaste that contains a blue covering can have an immediate effect. Although whitening toothpaste is typically designed to maximize cleaning and minimize wear on tooth enamel, be careful to follow manufacturer recommendations.

If you’re considering using a whitening toothpaste, look for a label that has a seal of approval from a reputable dental organization — such as the American Dental Association Seal of Acceptance. This seal indicates that the toothpaste is safe and effective at removing surface stains.

If you’re not satisfied with the effect of whitening toothpaste, ask your dentist or dental hygienist about other tooth-whitening options — before-mentioned as over-the-counter or professional bleaching products. Results from these products are more expected because they stay in contact with the tooth surface longer. These products are more expensive, but the extra cost may be worth it if you want better results than are done with whitening tubes of toothpaste. Some of these products can make your teeth sensitive, but this symptom is reversed by stopping use.
I will do organic spotify promotion without bot
By: Dolapo Ruth
Tags: Spotify Promotion, Music, Spotify, Organic, Promotion

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Learn About Headless Commerce & Microservices | Talon.One
Tags: Microservices, Headless Commerce, Retail Technology, Promotions

One of the biggest changes that’s taken place in the world of business/ecommerce software is a move towards headless, microservices-based platforms — driven by consumers’ desire for personalized experiences and tailored content.

Monolithic systems are increasingly unable to provide the level of flexibility and service customers and businesses require.

Our new ebook takes a look at headless commerce & microservices, and why they’re becoming an increasingly popular choice for businesses in all industries.

Here’s a quick preview of some of the things you’ll learn in the ebook — Headless Commerce & Microservices Explained.

What is headless commerce?

The core principle behind headless commerce is headless software. You’ve probably heard the term, but many people are still unsure what headless software actually is.

Ultimately, headless software is backend software (software responsible for non-user-facing functions) that operates without a frontend (the software users interact with).

This is the opposite of traditional monolithic systems, where the frontend and backend are coupled together.

When backend and frontend software functions are decoupled, the platform becomes much more flexible, scalable, and versatile.

Benefits of headless commerce and microservices

There are many reasons why headless software and microservices have become the go-to choice for ecommerce:

Headless commerce allows businesses to create their own custom software stacks using many different microservices

Headless commerce provides much greater flexibility for new ecommerce channels

Headless commerce saves on developer time and reduces the risk of new changes disrupting the rest of the system

Ultimately, ‘best of breed’ microservices represent the next generation of ecommerce software platforms. Building upon the headless software model, best of breed microservices each fill their own niche within the wider ecommerce software stack.

They can be compared to monolithic software systems as follows:

Microservices are especially suited to large enterprise level businesses because they’re modular, scalable, and packed with features.

This means that businesses get much more for their money, and they don’t have to worry about upgrading or changing their system as their demands grow.

Ultimately, because microservices each serve their own specific niche, they tend to provide greater functionality than monolithic software systems can.

You can find out more about headless commerce and microservices, including tips on how to choose the right ones for your business, in our ebook.
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Tags: SEO, Promotion, Digital Marketing

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House Impeachment Managers Request Former President Trump Testify Under Oath Next Week
By: House Judiciary Dems
Tags: Trump, Impeachment

Washington, D.C. — Today, Lead Impeachment Manager Jamie Raskin sent a letter to former President Donald Trump requesting that he provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, about his conduct on January 6. The letter comes after former President Trump’s legal team filed an answer to the Article of Impeachment, denying incontrovertible facts about the President’s conduct on and leading up to January 6 and asserting that “[…] the 45th President of the United States performed admirably in his role as president, at all times doing what he thought was in the best interests of the American people.”

In the letter, Lead Manager Raskin wrote, “Two days ago, you filed an Answer in which you denied many factual allegations set forth in the article of impeachment. You have thus attempted to put critical facts at issue notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your constitutional offense. In light of your disputing these factual allegations, I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, concerning your conduct on January 6, 2021. We would propose that you provide your testimony (of course including cross-examination) as early as Monday, February 8, 2021, and not later than Thursday, February 11, 2021. We would be pleased to arrange such testimony at a mutually convenient time and place.”

“If you decline this invitation, we reserve any and all rights, including the right to establish at trial that your refusal to testify supports a strong adverse inference regarding your actions (and inaction) on January 6, 2021,” Lead Manager Raskin continued. “I would request that you respond to this letter by no later than Friday, February 5, 2021 at 5pm.”

Below is the full text of the letter to former President Trump.
Historians and Constitutional Scholars’ Statement on the Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump
By: Historians, Legal Scholars For Impeachment
Tags: Impeachment, Trump, Insurrection, Democracy, Congress

As American historians and constitutional scholars, we support the impeachment and removal of President Donald J. Trump. Throughout his presidency, Trump has defied the Constitution and broken laws, norms, practices, and precedents, for which he must be held accountable now and after he leaves office. No future president should be tempted by the example of his defiance going unpunished.

One of Trump’s earlier abuses of power did result in his impeachment on December 18, 2019, for attempting to coerce a foreign power to interfere in the U.S. presidential election of 2020. But since November 2020, Trump has refused to accept the results of a free and fair election, something no president before him has ever done. Instead of engaging in the peaceful transfer of power, he encouraged an insurrection by a mob of his supporters on January 6, 2021, urging them to march on the U.S. Capitol, to “fight,” in his word, and halt the constitutionally prescribed process of counting the Electoral Votes that would confirm former Vice President Joseph R. Biden as President-Elect.

By fomenting violence against the Congress and seeking to subvert constitutional democracy, which resulted in the killing of a Capitol police officer and the deaths of several rioters, Trump has violated his oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. He is a clear and present danger to American democracy and the national security of the United States. He has disqualified himself from continuing to serve out even his few remaining days as president, as well as from ever again holding, according to the Constitution, “any Office of honor, Trust or profit under the United States.” We urge members of the House of Representatives to conduct a speedy impeachment and the Senate to hold a prompt trial as the Constitution stipulates.

Signed, *

*Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only. We will continue to accept additional signatories. Historians and constitutional scholars can add their name by completing this form.
IMPEACH JOE BIDEN IMMEDIATELY
By: Amy Thompson
Tags: Policy, Impeachment, Border Wall, Immigration, USA

Regardless of your party affiliation, Americans should be in the streets right now. Our sovereignty is directly under attack and Joe Biden’s actions are criminal. Right now our southern border is virtually nonexistent. People from over 100 countries are flooding across our border. Migrants are even taking flights into Mexico from across the Atlantic and Pacific, just so they can cross our southern border.

Joe Biden has instructed OUR military to take these migrants deep into the interior of our country. Migrants are militarily escorted and transferred onto buses and planes and shipped to U. S. cities all paid for with our tax dollars. This puppet of a president is aiding and abetting in crimes on a daily basis. The slap in face on top of him allowing any and everybody into our country, already over a million people, is it is all being done with our hard earned money. I didn’t agree to this.

Right now there are United States cities i.e….Chicago and Baltimore, that are more dangerous than the places that these border crossers are coming from. The media is nowhere to discuss this. They officially are propaganda pushers.

Joe Biden is also directly attacking our freedoms. He swore to protect these rights but instead this mentality feeble old man has admitted to not believing in our freedom of speech. American citizens are having their private text messages censored under the guise of misinformation. Joe Biden what exactly is misinformation? Is it just information you don’t agree with? Notice it’s not called false information, but even false information is constitutionally protected.

Joe Biden’s administration took down a story from the American journal of medicine that states… children wearing protective COVID masks suffer from Hypercapnia. What is Hypercapnia? It happens when there is too much carbon dioxide in the bloodstream. Symptoms of Hypercapnia are inability to focus, disorientation and headaches.

Last year we lost 96,000 Americans to drug overdoses but nobody is talking about this crisis, crickets. Where did all those drugs America’s children are dying from come from? Yet our southern border is wide open. COVID is up over 900% with migrants crossing our border. Yet if I cross the border I have to prove I am negative for the virus. What is going on here? Clearly Joe Biden doesn’t care about the citizens of the country he has sworn to protect.

Joe Biden needs to be impeached before he does any more damage. He is easily the most corrupt president our country has had the misfortune of representing.
Let’s Face It, Nancy Pelosi Is Pretty Smart
By: Ruy Teixeira
Tags: Politics, Impeachment, Nancy Pelosi, Election 2020

Let’s Face It, Nancy Pelosi Is Pretty Smart

I know a lot of people are annoyed that Pelosi is not leading the charge to impeach Trump….but really any sober consideration of the evidence would lead one to conclude she is doing the right thing. Instead. she had concentrated on uniting her caucus to pass progressive bills that, for sure, will not become law but do force GOP members to cast potentially costly votes against the bills.

Perry Bacon, Jr. has the goods on 538:

“Pelosi has outlined an agenda of nine signature bills. Democrats have approved six of them. And Pelosi’s agenda, unlike impeachment, is popular with the public; it unites congressional Democrats and to some extent divides congressional Republicans. And these bills, as opposed to impeaching Trump, align well with what appears to be Pelosi’s broader strategy: to force GOP incumbents to vote against popular legislation in advance of the 2020 elections, protect Democrats in closely divided districts from tough votes, and keep the Democrats talking about and doing things that the public likes.

Five of the bills passed without a single ‘no’ vote from a Democrat. A bill to expand background checks to nearly all gun sales drew two “no” votes among Democrats — both from members who represent districts won by Trump in 2016. That’s more than 1,200 total “yes” votes for the Pelosi agenda among Democratic House members, compared with two “no” votes….

The key planks in the bills all have the support of the majority of the public — and some of them (like expanding background checks for gun sales) are extremely popular, according to polls….

[A]s Pelosi faces an increasingly vocal faction of her party pushing for impeachment, the speaker has a pretty strong anti-impeachment argument: Why should Democrats push a fairly unpopular position with no chance of success when they can instead push forward equally fruitless but at least popular positions?

Her view might carry the day. Lots of House Democrats might ultimately support impeaching Trump if it were to come up for a vote. But only about a quarter of them are pushing for it now. The rest are tacitly approving of Pelosi’s strategy — and it’s not surprising that a bunch of politicians approve of a strategy that looks so good politically.”

In short, Nancy Pelosi is doing her job and doing it well. We’ll just have to get rid of Trump the old-fashioned way — by voting him out of office. And by steering her party away from divisive issue of impeachment, Pelosi is increasing the chances of accomplishing that goal.

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Fat Suits
By: Cynical White Male
Tags: Sarah Paulson, Impeachment, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky

Sarah Paulson was criticized recently for wearing a fat suit for her role as Linda Tripp in the limited series on FX, Impeachment: American Crime Story.

The series deals with the sexual relationship between President Bill Clinton and his intern, Monica Lewinsky. He lied about the relationship and, as a result, was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998. The Senate later acquitted him.

The case against Clinton would have been impossible without Linda Tripp. She secretly recorded Lewinsky’s account of the sexual encounter with the President. Tripp claimed that her motives were purely patriotic.

Could Sarah Paulson play Linda Tripp without a fat suit? No. Would we allow a fat person to play the role of someone who is thin? Nope. The majority of roles played by fat people throughout the history of film have been degrading. We owe them better. I know, firsthand, what they are up against.

I’ve always been thin. My parents were thin, so, genetically, I’ll never weigh 200+ pounds. But, I put on 20–30 pounds when I was prescribed psychiatric medication. When I got off that particular medication, I lost the weight. It wasn’t an issue of will power. It was something neurological. I could eat and eat and eat and not feel full. Trying to sleep when you are hungry creates a whole other set of psychological problems. Eating fruits and vegetables didn’t solve the problem. Exercising didn’t solve it either. It’s not will power. We need to stop treating fat people as horribly as we do. And we need to give them roles that they can be proud of.
Being Valuable, Not Known
By: Haikal Satria
Tags: Self Improvement, Journal Kita, Personal Development, Writing, Musings

And so, to be valuable is not to give material things. It’s not to be known by as many people as possible.

It’s to be impactful.

To impact the lives of those around us. To help uplift those who are in need. To shine lights on issues that need attention.

That’s being valuable.

If we think that value can only be attained by getting exposure or only by giving material benefits, then we forget to think about all the other ways we can impact those around us.

Being a shoulder to cry on for a grieving friend. Helping your siblings do their homework. Writing a letter to your grandma. Washing the dishes with your mother. Accompanying your significant other when they’re stressed out. Volunteering to help teach kids.

There’s so many small things we can do each day to be of a bit more value to the people around us — and the world at large.

You know what’s the best part about small impacts? You don’t have to share it with others in order for it to be meaningful. Even if no one else knows about it, you do. The person you helped does. And that is often more than enough.

Is it wrong to pursue being known? Of course not.

Realistically, everyone wants to be known, in one way or another.

But being known, being famous, is not a prerequisite to becoming valuable.

A husband helping take care of his sick wife can be just as valuable as a billionaire giving millions of dollars to developing countries.

Some would argue he’s even more valuable.
The Torment Of Hope
By: Haikal Satria
Tags: Self Improvement, Emotions, Personal Development, Writing, Musings

Pandora’s Box by Rene Magritte

“Because in certain circumstances, hope can be the worst torment of them all.” — Tom Holt

One of the most famous Greek myths is the story of Pandora’s box. Pandora was the first human woman created by the Greek gods, and as a celebration of her existence, each of the gods bestowed her a gift which were gathered into a box. The gods told her that these gifts were beyond beautiful, yet Pandora was forbidden from ever opening the box.

Pandora, being a human, believed the gods’ promise of beautiful gifts, and was beset with an intense curiosity of the splendor that she expected to be inside of the box.

So Pandora broke the gods’ one rule and opened the box. However, instead of glamorous gifts, all of the world’s evilness and illness escaped from the box and spread across the world. By the time Pandora had came to her senses and closed the box, only one gift was left inside the box: hope. When humans were faced with plague and illness, hope was their lifeline to help them get through.

But a more important question is raised by various writers:

Why was hope in the box in the first place?

Maybe hope was never meant to be a savior from the torment of illness and pain.

Maybe, hope was one of the torments.
Square Zero
By: Haikal Satria
Tags: Self Improvement, Journal Kita, Personal Development, Writing, Musings

Commonly, we are taught that consistency is key. Especially when it comes to your life.

Choose the right career, a career that’s in line with whatever you studied in college. Spend the rest of your life studying and working your way up the career ladder, honing the skills that you got years ago during college. Do this consistently and you’ll be ‘successful’ — as long as there is no deviation, no straying from the predetermined path.

As a result of this common belief, every time you feel lost, you can’t help but feel like a failure. Once the path isn’t so clear, you feel like you’re making a mistake, and you force yourself back on the same life path, even if you no longer know if it’s the right path for you.

But maybe we’re not meant to follow the same path for our entire lives.

Realistically, most of us don’t know who we are. The person we want to be at the age of 20 won’t be the same with the person we want to be at the age of 30, 40. Heck, even at the age of 21, we might not have the same dreams we had a year prior.

Yet we often feel ashamed to share these revelations about ourselves. We’re scared of being seen as unsure, unconfident, flimsy. And so we resign ourselves to trudging along a path that we know won’t make us happy — for the sake of appearance, to please others, to show that we are ‘secure’.

We stay in the same friend groups despite knowing we don’t belong, to protect other’s feelings, to avoid conflict, or simply because we’re afraid that we won’t find any other friends out in the wild.

Staying in the same place is comfortable.

But it’s not always the right thing to do.
Broken, Just A Bit
By: Haikal Satria
Tags: Self Improvement, Journal Kita, Personal Development, Writing, Musings

How do you see yourself? How do you see other people?

We often make judgments of people based on what we see at a first glance. Each person has their own parameters for how they size up other people — whether it be their social media followers, how many times they smile, or the figure of their body.

In the era of social media, it’s easy to construct ideas of people we’ve never met, to fit the puzzle pieces of people’s life stories from the tidbits they share, to make judgments of people’s character from the photos they post. We take a tweet, a post, a story, and use it to craft an image of that person in our mind — how they speak, how they act daily, what their family relationship is like, and more.

It sounds ridiculous, but in a world where we can barely spare more than 10 seconds on one thought, where our limitation is almost exclusively limited to a dimly lit screen, where more interactions happen over cables rather than clubs, it’s difficult to piece together a person’s identity from the various details they’ve shared online.

It’s much easier to take one tidbit of information and use that small tidbit to define a person, both inside and out.
On Trust
By: Haikal Satria
Tags: Self Improvement, Journal Kita, Personal Development, Writing, Musings

What is trust?

Trust (noun): firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

When you expect someone to behave in a certain way, that’s trust. When you believe that they’ll act in a certain way, that’s trust. Give them money to keep, they’ll keep it for you. Tell them to save you a seat, it’ll be ready for when you’re there. Ask them to help you, and they’ll be there when you need them.

Trust is expectation. It is a belief in someone’s set of behaviors, that they will not do anything unpredictable, and will only do things within that set of behaviors.

But enough with the boring definitions.

Let’s talk about breaking trust.

When people break your trust, they act unpredictably. You ask them to bring you something and it comes in shatters. You ask them to hold money and they spend it on a game. You ask them to help and they say no.

To be honest, one way or another, people will always break your trust. Whether it be your work colleagues or your close friends, there will be times where trust is broken.

And that’s just simply because people don’t always act the way you want them to.

Like it or not, the world does not revolve around what you want. Everyone is moving at their own pace, everyone is just trying to live their best life — and sadly, you’ll get the bad end of the stick sometimes.

When someone breaks your trust, it hurts. And it doesn’t hurt for everyone involved in the friendship/relationship — it usually only hurts just for you.

Betrayed, backstabbed, double-crossed, blindsided — whatever you call it, it is not a fun experience.

So when someone you trust breaks that trust — what do you do?