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Thoughts on Riveron Consulting?
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AirPods ... D1 I’m the first, 99 more to go
Extra underwear and socks. I have enough now to see me through almost 6 weeks with no laundry. Changed my weekend!
A very practical, lazy bastard
Pappy Van Winkle 🥃
A juicer- makes almost 8 pints for $20 at Costco and I can edit the recipes so it’s less fruit and more greens. Sounds silly but it’s strangely cathartic to "feed the beast”
Fitbit 😊
Air purifier for the bedroom
Massager. Specifically the Five S deep tissue kneading shiatsu massager on Amazon. It’s like half the effectiveness of an actual massage, but $50 and can use whenever you want (daily)
Checking that out right meow.
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New crocs and a snuggy
Instant pot! Made cooking for myself so much easier
Fleshlight
For those in cold weather climates, a heated blanket is pretty great!
A Lamy Fountain pen - makes writing much more meditative. Also a new gymshark gym bag
D10, honestly I have a super cheap pen itself. I like holders that have a plastic or silicon nib holder rather than a metal one because it's easier to remove the nib.
Re: nib types, depends very strongly on preference. Stainless steel nibs are the easiest to maintain but are more expensive. I use a leonardt 256 for my daily writing since I like a fine point with minimal flexibility. I would say buy a sample pack of four or five nibs to see what you like writing with and go from there. Oh and make sure you get a pen with a cushion for your fingers. My prettiest dip pen is a thin metal one but it is hard to write long letters with.
Vibrating foam roller
The hypervolt is a dream ♥️♥️♥️
Sous vide
Are you a cook? I bought my bf one who loves cooking (a hobby) so he uses it often. Mostly meat and he always grills to top it off. Meat is sooo juicy.
I do think it’s extra steps, but if you love cooking and good food the extra work is worth it.
Silk eye mask
Love mine — also got this too this year 🙌🏻
AirPods and Weighted Blanket + 1
Amazon Echo. I love that I can listen to my audible books while cleaning my house. I also love ambient noise when I sleep so I don't hear anyone else in my house.
Ultraboosts
A bunch of boardgames with solo options. It used to be nearly impossible to get together with friends so now I largely play alone. It sounds depressing but being able to find a way to enjoy my hobby again has been deeply enjoyable.
I do have a number of apps that are great. Race for the Galaxy has a really good AI opponent. Otherwise, Splendor, Ascension, and Lords of Waterdeep have all seen a lot of time in rotation.
However, physical games is what I meant. All cooperative games can be played solo (Gloomhaven, Pandemic, Arkham Horror, etc...). But I've been enjoying others more. I've played a lot of Terraforming Mars, lately. It plays very differently from the multiplayer version and, imo, better. The Sycthe "AI" is pretty good once your learn how to run it. I just finished Legacy of Dragonholt, which is 1/3 game, 1/3 rpg, 1/3 CYOA and it was pretty good, though some at a younger audience than I wish it was. And, Agricola has a great solo player variant but it's so well executed on the Apple platform that I can't bring myself to play my physical copy.
I'm looking forward to Near and Far, a Feast for Odin, and Orleans.
I pay my sister $5 monthly to upgrade her Netflix plan so we stop getting the "multiple screens" warning.
Miele vacuum