Tower

If it wasn’t for my kid, I’ve thought about doing the same. Without having to pay rent, you’d recoup what you spend within a year. You just have to find a friend and hook up at their house, because space rental (whether KOA or park) will add up waaaaay too fast.

😭😢🤨 Is that John Stamos? Did Nick know John Stamos?

Just outside of Portland, I got to take a field trip in my senior year eco-science class to go cut down blackberry bushes. They gave us machetes!

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Echoing the life-changing experience everyone else has shared.

But what I don’t see mentioned (or I just missed it) is don’t squander this time! You need to use this clarity to start to build routines and structure in your life, because if/when the meds fade, be it because you need a holiday, or other medical conditions necessitate stopping, or your insurance stops covering your meds, or…, those routines are structures are going to be incredibly important.

Think of it this way: the meds are a high-end power tool that finally makes doing the work of living possible, but the scaffolding you build now is what keeps the structure standing when the power goes out. The medication gives you the capacity to act, but your systems are what ensure that action isn’t lost if you have to put the tool down.

I’m surprised it took 2 weeks to finish that