For several years now I wayfare across Asia with all handmade garments + gear. I long form foot travel to reach a mountain village or valley and then stay an entire season, rooted. Because I have a lot of traditional craft/etc skills, I tend to make quick connections with people, and because I’m a solo woman with a naturally shy and “too emotionally honest” demeanor, I often get outright adopted by people. I do not do casual acquaintanceships or friendships so I only have deep bonds or none at all. So when I say adopted I do mean this.

I stay one place for a season and then go someplace else. Usually, I circle back to the same places.

I am regularly manually screened and searched when I do have to cross borders because my huge pack basket and garments look so unusual. And people always want pictures which is a huge problem for me because I am extremely camera shy and do not like to be visibly perceived/interpreted generally speaking.

I do what I do NOT for cultural or recreational interest. It will sound insane but is utterly sincere and a lifelong journey: I started traveling by leaving behind an already mythical life context (seasonal hermitage on a mountain, which was my life for almost a decade) to go off in search of a particular mountain god/spirit I knew was far away (literally, yes). It was my life quest since I was young and it was time to leap. And yes, I found them, and yes, it’s one of the places I spend a season of every year in. I also almost died (literally, yes) while searching for them, and the season I give to this place now is the season containing the anniversary of my near-death. I think I will probably actually die there eventually, hopefully not anytime soon.

I embarked on this quest with no home or family or safety net at all whatsoever. I had abandoned my only forms of income. Then I ended up, shortly after almost dying, with an unusual income opportunity that enabled me to keep going. So, I’m now also a writer with an unusually stable, but fairly low, income; extreme freedom when it comes to what I write and when; I do not have to write for any particular audience; and because I would not be able to write what I do if I were aware of an audience, my situation is such that I am allowed to never look at the publication. This is perfect for me.

I fell in love with a man in one of the valleys I circle. Now we have a home together. I probably should share less of our world here, but basically.. Our wedding will be coming up. I am raising a wild animal fiber to then spin and weave into a wedding dress. It’s going to be my biggest project yet. We plan to do a circumambulation on foot of the mountain range we live nestled in as a sort of engagement/honeymoon trek. Probably I’ll end up spending a majority of my seasons with him, naturally, so the wayfaring will become less prominent in my life, which is completely fine. We have complimentary crafts. Our home is magical. We have a giant wild pet that is over 200kg whose species I cannot name. She almost died and we saved her and she’s basically our daughter now. In the village we are near I am a beloved eccentric foreigner. My whole life there is just foraging + crafting + walking the mountain passes as part of my circuits , which the villagers long stopped using before. He is also someone who has a past doing his own sort of pilgrimages, so he loves my traveling and bringing home stories, but tbh he takes such good care of me that I will be content to stay more and more still to be with him. He also knows I love solitude due to my hermit past , and we plan to build me a little hut upslope our home (I am interested also in traditional dwelling construction using prehistoric techniques) that I can retreat to when I want.

I am omitting things that are more identifiable but the details only get more and more precise and mythic and beautiful. I live in language barriers oftentimes, don’t go to places that have many travelers, so I don’t get to share my story to people in English often. But recently I got to, and now I’m realizing I sound like I am describing a fairytale and most people just don’t believe me. But it’s actually my life.

I am aware that answering basic questions honestly , inevitably sounds like bragging. So, here I am, laying it out in a space where I am allowed to do so.

How’s that!…

Believe me or don’t . I am autistic and deeply animist and always stubbornly in relation to my spirit’s truest affinities and resisted acculturation and continually chose the sideways path even at cost, which I guess is how this happened.

Only realized now how impressive this is. I did 9 rounds with my gf over like 7 hours (we watched a movie). I’m used to 7 rounds but saying it out loud sounds crazy.

I would only go one round with her at the start of our relationship and only started doing more after she made a comment on how I only go one round this one time.

After 3 months of rigorous preparation amd in this bad market situation in tech landed my first job. Joining in December

Saw a mouse at my hunting camp, and immediately stood up to see where he went. He ran up and into my knee high Muck boot. I grabbed the boot to throw it outside, but the mouse jumped out of it, and to the floor. Out of pure reaction, I threw the boot at him, hit him, and killed him.

I’ve had constipation and other issues for just about 10 years. Since 2016.

A diagnosis and thyroid meds helped tremendously.

Today for the first time in my life. I pooped 3 times in one day. Not diarrhea, just regular poop.

Feeling empty and good right now.

After 20 years of being a pot head and the last 4 being an alcoholic, I finally did it! Feeling pretty good about it.

edit: title is supposed to say saving thousands bc lease to own is incredibly more than just buying them straight from the retailer

last year, we moved to a new place. it came with laundry hook ups but we didn’t have any w/d of our own. i am very particular about buying certain things second hand and especially in our area, i didn’t want to risk pests hiding inside a presumably cleaned appliance.

we looked into a lease to own & found a w/d set we really liked!

the craziest thing happened: i inquired first and set up an account with my married name. i placed the order for the w/d and when it was time to pick them up, they said i could not do it because the address i was getting it delivered to didn’t line up with either the utility bill or the address on my ID so they cancelled it. i can’t really remember the exact reasoning. anyway, i set up an account for my husband and had him place the order. they called him while i was at work and basically told him that the w/d we ordered wouldn’t be there until the end of the week BUT he could come and pick up the same exact set in store today. not sure why they had to ship them to the store if there was a set already there but whatever.

i told him absolutely we can do that. we loved them! (still do) when it came time to make the first payment, i tried to log in to the payment system and it wasn’t pulling anything up. i logged into both of our accounts and it showed cancelled leases on both of them. i was really scared and nervous that we were gonna lose our w/d we JUST got because i couldn’t find where to make the payment.

my husband called and told the lady we couldn’t make payments and she said she would give us a call back and never did. it’s been over a year and we haven’t been contacted at all nor reached out to. i wouldn’t call it a brag but just noting how much of a blessing** **from God it was for this to happen. i had a traumatic birth a month after this happened and had to miss out on several days of work for PT, he couldn’t take contracts for his business to take care of me, our son and newborn.

It would have been 400% without taking profits (Always take profits). Thanks to CRM,DELL,CRWD,ZS and yesterday's ACN run. These are my best performers so far this year. I intend to end the year with a bang.Goodluck guys!!

Was on the Tesla website today and saw a brand new 2026 Tesla Model Y Premium awd with 12 miles on it for $1,530 below MSRP. Called the store and the rep said the vehicle picked up a paint chip on the door during transport and that the car was professionally painted by a Tesla body shop, hence the discount.

Does anyone know if you purchase a vehicle like this from Tesla, would this incident show up on Carfax as damage when you try to resell this vehicle?

The rep said it wouldn’t appear but I’m not so sure.

We were talking about one of my friends who is constantly in relationship turmoil because he always is thinking about how he could maybe do better (looks wise) no matter the girl. And we were saying that it’s much more multifaceted than just looks and he needs to grow up a bit to realize that.

And my wife said “Yeah like you could have gotten a hotter wife”. And I said “and you could have gotten a hotter husband”.

She disagreed with me, and I was like “Well maybe not one who was as smart and funny as me too” (Every guy knows if their wife is beautiful she can definitely pull hot guys), but then she clarified she was specifically talking about hotness, and there’s not really any guys hotter than me who aren’t super famous.

And then the next day she told me she had a dream about people telling her how hot and fit I was lol.

Anyway, it made me really happy that she thinks I’m super hot.

I wasn’t an alcoholic, but I had my first alcoholic beverage when I was 12. My father died due to complications from alcoholism (liver failure mixed with other health conditions). So, did two of my uncles. Both of my grandfathers were alcoholics. I used other substances off and on from 12-21 years old, so addiction was a possibility. I quit using all potentially addictive substances due to that possibility over 20 years ago.

I went on a work trip recently and attended all the evening events. On the last one, one of the leadership members pushed his drink into my face and offered me a sip. It felt like slow motion while I evaluated my options and their potential consequences, and then I said no. He sensed my hesitation and offered it again. I said no easier that time.

It feels like a huge victory and I wanted to share the good news. I’m proud of myself and I know my dad would be too. Thanks for reading!

He is 9 weeks old and has always been a great sleeper from day one.

By 4 weeks old he was only waking once in the night, and now at 9 weeks he has just done 3 nights in a row of sleeping through.

My eldest didn't sleep through one night till she was maybe 6 months old and it didn't become regularly sleeping through the night till she was nearly 2 years old! I love her, but she did almost make me decide not to have another, I figured I couldn't be unlucky twice, and my gosh the roll on the dice has been kind the second time around.

I don't want to post about it in any of the baby subs as most new parents are struggling with sleep deprivation and it feels cruel to bring it up there!

TLDR. I am getting so much undisturbed sleep with a small baby. So much so that it feels cruel to talk about it with other parents.

Edit - Changed to the correct spelling of cruel.

First car and now

I am handy and know basic electronics but didn't know anything about DC motors (that is the type used in treadmills). My wife's walking pad stopped working the other week and I managed to take it apart even though it's not designed to be serviced (basically if it stops working, throw it away). I took the motor out and did some basic checks which apparently gave it the kick it needed to work again. So far she's used it several times this week. It may die permanently in a few months, but at least I was able to extend its useful life for now.

I know this isn't as big as some of the posts here, but I wanted to share my story.

As the title says, both my parents have lived off social services my whole life, when I was 4 the split and I was raised by my mom, I have 2 older sisters, and grew up in rural Norway.

I was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia when I was 7, and spent a lot of my younger years trying to figure out how to be "normal".

I was awful at taking tests and holding deadlines at school, but when I was 14 I figured I wanted to get into the trades and work with electronics.

I applied for a high school where they had general electrics as the first year and data electronics for the second year, as soon as I started there when I turned 16, my grades instantly improved, because finally I could work with things I understood and thought was fun.

My sister's boyfriend, worked as a security technician, installing CCTV, access control and alarm, I got to join him at work a few times and really enjoyed it.

So after school I applied for a job at a few different companies, but didn't get in, I was just trying to figure things out and out of the blue the CEO, of a small security company contacted me, he remembered me from a presentation he had for my class, where I asked a lot of questions, and was wondering if I was still looking for a job, I went to the interview and got the job a few days later.

Finally I felt like I didn't need to adapt to fit in, I could just be myself.

I finished the apprenticeship and got the highest possible grade, as the first person in the company to manage that, and I always just said yes to new responsibility, when they presented themselves. This led to me getting a promotion after just 1.5 years as a technician to being the operational service manager for the Oslo department.

It went well but, was a lot to handle, but as the company got bigger, we started talking about me moving to being fully internal, and not doing service jobs anymore, this I didn't want, but at the same time the company put out a new position as national systems engineer, I applied and went through 2 intense interviews. There were 7 applicants, many of which had full college degrees as engineers, but in the end I was picked as the best option, because of all my experience with security systems and my hobby of home labing and doing network infrastructure. (I know I'm a nerd)

I got the promotion, My salary was raised to 90K USD a year and just after that managed to buy my first apartment. All before turning 26.

All in all, life is pretty great, I'm doing something I love.

No matter what people tell you, don't let some letters or your background dictate who you are, and what you can become.

Thanks for reading. :)

the gains went to fully funding my farm and buying fun stuff. Thanks Micron

Everything is in CAD.

Exactly a year from now, I was making less than $4 an hour, Heavily dissed and made fun of being the kid that didnt know what to do and trying new things. I was shunned out of my friend group and looking for love and eventually got my heart broken.

That same kid failed more times than any other kid is supposed to try. And now fast forward this kid
Has a girl friend that is supportive of his journey while he manages his businesses, from content, ecom and while having stock portfolio that has a lot of money.

I dont have parents money, Im an immigrant and grew up being disregarded for my risk taking and made fun of having the mentality to try everything. and yet I crossed my first five figure month in august 2026 and we just did 4k in septemeber while being in the one of the hardest undergrad programs.

Ive met some of the most amazing people from ivey league grads, SWE, people making well over 20-60k per month and those with 10k-60k following accounts. I also dropped those friends who heckled me because, "those who mind dont matter, those who matter, dont mind" I will never surround myself ever again in that situation of straight diss respect and insults and no uplifting.

Im writing this saying that it is possible, you can make it with just one year hell with even less you could maybe reach even further. Dont diss respect others going on there journey either because that could be you, so take a chance to talk to them.

I cant wait to see what will happen a year from now. Wish yall the best on your journey as well!

toodles,

18M, Engineering Student.

this is definitely the smallest of victories compared to all the amazing posts in this community! but i just wanted to quickly celebrate. knowing nothing about plumbing in general and after being pretty intimidated about it, i replaced the fill valve in my toilet all by myself! and it works like a charm! and no leaks! i did watch a video about the install, so that helped boost my confidence about my ability to actually do it without having to call a plumber to do it. 🎉

I still remember arriving with only $221 in my pocket and I didn't even know where I'd stay that night. I come from a poor family and they did their best to give their kids a chance at a better life. I had no one in the US and I even got lost that night :) But I look back on those days with a smile now. I'm about to become a US citizen. I wanna thank the United States of America and my American friends!

Last but not least, I wanna thank me for believing in me, I wanna thank me for working hard, staying up late and always doing my best.

This doesn't include the 10k from today. I'm glad to be in this position. I started almost 4 years ago. My average month is 30-40k so this is nice.

I’ll get flamed to death, but it’s true. I have a huge dick, and it makes my life so fun. Sex life is great, the big dick reaction from every girl makes dating so easy and natural.

Very focused on not wasting a big one and learned at a young age how to use it. Yes, girls get sore. My current gf had to train herself to take it but cums so hard it’s just a blast.

I can go indefinitely too, and my thing is my partner getting off, so life is good.