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Cuddly Cactus

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Cute! Looks like that lion is ready to give somebody a fist bump.

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Urban exploring (for lack of a better term) with no purpose other than to discover. I live in a city and I’m constantly just wandering around going down streets I’ve never been down or into alleys I’ve never been in or checking out stores I’ve never been to. This is my approach when I travel to other cities and other countries too, I often don’t have a plan for my trip/vacation, I just arrive there and then start to wander and see what I find.

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I haven’t figured this out either, there might not be a way to do it at all within the app. Hopefully that will come in a new update because it’s really annoying when I see a link for a community I want to subscribe to and I just want to stay in the app!

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Where are my fellow Giants fans? We need a place too! I’m a total newbie to all this I have no idea how to create one myself :(

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I thought I was the only person that almost exclusively listened to the radio! I live in an area with a good variety of stations so that helps, I realize some people have very little options when they turn on the radio. I occasionally put on Pandora when I want to listen to a specific obscure genre or YouTube when I’m looking up a specific artist.

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I read The Road and it just didn’t click with me, I finished it feeling like it was just “ok.” I think part of the problem was how much it had been hyped up by other readers and how famous it was and I went into it expecting to be changed when I came out, though I wasn’t. I’ll give McCarthy another try though, I have both No County for Old Men and Blood Meridian sitting on my bookshelf and I’ll get to them eventually.

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String cheese, piece of fruit, some nuts, beef jerky, all are convenient because they don’t need refrigeration or preparation to eat them.

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When I’m at home I prefer physical books, they simply make me happy. Also, buying them on my Kindle is really not much cheaper than buying the actual book, especially when I have a huge and amazing used bookstore a couple blocks away from my house where I can get them for the cheapest!

When I’m traveling, I prefer my Kindle because it’s light and takes up very little space in my suitcase. Also, I can have multiple books on me during a trip which is great because sometimes I like to read multiple books at the same time and I’ll pick up whichever one I’m in the mood for. When I’m traveling, I’m certainly not going to bring two or three different physical books with me. One other area that the e-reader is superior in has to do with all the wonderful classics that are public domain and free!

I’ve tried audio books two or three times but I just can’t get into them. I don’t feel the same level of engagement when I’m listening that I do when I’m reading and I don’t feel that I experience them the same way, so I just don’t bother with audio books anymore.

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It’s perfectly natural to be scared of change but it is fruitless because change is going to happen whether you want it to or not. Even if you stay here, things are going to change. Remember that and use it to help you get past your fear of change.

You’re also focusing on the negatives, what about the positives? What if this internship turns out to be the best thing you’ve ever done? What if it does lead you to wanting to stay there which then leads you to an amazing life that you love and makes you happy? Even if you stay here, you and your partner might not stay together and how would you feel if you gave up this opportunity and you guys break up 6 months down the road and you’re full of regret for not taking the internship?

If I were you I would 100% take the internship abroad, that’s an opportunity that the majority of people don’t get. Take it!

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