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Cake day: June 11th, 2023
  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Feeling lost and with no direction, what skill should I learn?English
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    18 days ago

    It’s really all going to depend on your tastes and lifestyle. Like I could recommend that you get a dog and start learning how to train dogs as a hobby, but that’s just not going to work for everyone. What’s important is that you explore things and maybe even try some hobbies that could potentially improve your well-being. Maybe you live somewhere near a good hiking spot and you could take up hiking to get outdoors and get more exercise. Maybe you could learn how to cook and explore how to make healthy meals that suit you better. Or maybe you just want to create something and you could take up woodworking or make model planes or something. The possibilities are endless, you just need to decide what you’d like to get out of it.

    Personally, I spend most of my time for work indoors on a computer, so most of my hobbies involve using my hands and getting outdoors. I took up a lot of extra hobbies during covid for obvious reasons. So here goes my list of >!hobbies that will maybe give you some ideas:

    • Cooking/baking/bread
    • Candy making
    • Jam making
    • Gardening
    • Canning (goes great with gardening!)
    • Succulents
    • Mixology
    • Dog training
    • Camping/hiking (this one is minimal only because I don’t live somewhere with good hiking spots)
    • Board games, video games, and movies during the winter when I can’t go outside

    Other things I’ve considered taking up but haven’t for various reasons:

    • 3D printing
    • Bonsais
    • Home brewing
  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•When did you know a career was either the perfect or the worst match for your personality?English
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    20 days ago

    I had known for a long time that I wanted to do something creative. Throughout highschool I was lucky enough to be able to take various classes that would allow me to try out different things. I ruled out music and was struggling to decide if I wanted to be an illustrator of some kind or an interior designer or maybe an architect? But then I took a class called “computer graphics” which was a stupid name for the class. It was actually a class about graphic design and it seemed to fit into everything I do well just perfectly. Looking back it was way more obvious that I should be a graphic designer as I used to do things for fun like doodle out magazine layouts and make weird computer art for icons and things back when that was how the Internet worked. Like what kind of kid does that for fun? A future graphic designer apparently.

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialtofood@hexbear.net•came up on a grip of red potatoesEnglish
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    5 months ago

    My favorite thing to make with red potatoes is crispy breakfast potatoes! Cut them into small pieces, microwave for 5-7 min depending how big you cut them just until they’re almost tender. Throw them onto a cast iron pan with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder and arrange them so they are all flat on the pan. DONT TOUCH so they get reeeeeal crispy. Then use a fork to flip them so another side can get crispy. Serve up with fried eggs and chorizo and you got yourself a 5 star breakfast baby!

    Aside from that, they are a waxy potato, so they are great for mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, hash, pot pies, etc. basically anything where you want the inside to be very soft. I usually also leave the skin on because it’s not as tough as russets.

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the biggest favor a friend or family member has asked you? And did you do it?English
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    6 months ago

    There was a time when I was a kid that my parents were struggling with money. It was an ongoing struggle that lasted more than a decade and they still haven’t fully recovered from to this day. Anyway, I was aware of their struggles and as soon as I was old enough at 16, I went and got a job. I made less than minimum wage and my hours were severely limited due to state laws about employment under the age of 18. So I was still going to school and making barely anything, but whatever I didn’t use, I put away in the bank. Skip ahead to when I’m 18 and I’ve saved a few thousand dollars. My parents had a few particularly rough months and didn’t know how they would pay the mortgage that month, so my mom asked me if they could borrow some. I still remember how embarrassed my mom looked while asking me and I remember thinking that I didn’t know if I would ever get that money back. But I agreed. It was a bit of an emotional ordeal, but they did pay me back eventually and my parents still have their house. So all in all it worked out for the best.

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialtoHouseplants@mander.xyz•How to prep for cold in Southern USEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I am in Chicago and so I don’t normally bring a lot of plants inside because I’m used to just planting perennials or replanting in the spring. But I do bring a few herbs inside and I also have a lot of succulents. If you have a south facing window, put as many plants as you can in that window and here rest can get put under a grow light. Make sure that window is properly sealed so as to prevent a cold draft or frost from getting in. Now some old Chicago homes use radiant heat under the windows which actually works very well to keep your plants warm and undamaged from a cold window, but I’ve found that an electric heater under the window works just as well. I doubt it will get cold enough in the south that you would ever need to move your plants out of the window, but if it does, they can survive a few days with low light. If you have a ton of plants, consider setting up a multi tiered shelf next to the window or somewhere else with lots of grow lights. That’s my method to the madness anyway. Don’t see why it wouldn’t work further south too.

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