u/Lumpy-Resource-1370

So i've been going through a list of reddit favorites recently. and have had some amazing reads. Lonesome Dove is up there as one of my favorite books. 11/22/63 was awesome. Listened to project hail mary, dungeon crawler carl both of which i enjoyed.

But I just picked up jurassic park. and it honestly feels like a breath of fresh air reading this. The way it reads, the pacing, how it immediately hooks you with the prologue, its great. Idk if its just good for my ADHD brain but something about this book makes me so excited to read it. While the other books i'm not going to lie it felt more like a grind trying to get through. Lonesome Dove put me to sleep many many nights lol

So what are the greatest reads that have similar pace to jurassic park?

We have really tall ceilings in our living area and we are looking to revamp the area. So we have tall windows we want to cover. I’m talking just under 22 feet ceilings and we are thinking of ceiling tracks.

So when I look online for material, I want to choose high quality material that is sheer to allow light to continue to diffuse but what do I look for to ensure the quality is good? I’ve gotten a few swatches and I can’t picture in in large form.

As of now, it’s just data. If you aren’t meticulously journaling on your own, there really is nothing useful
About the numbers.

Whoop was awesome because there is a whoop age that breaks down all the components that go into it so you can consciously say “ok I need to aim for 9k steps vs the 8k I was getting” and then see the whoop age improve. Of course “age” is BS but it’s a useful baseline metric for score

Oura needs some features like this to help people actually improve their life vs just giving data

One plug let me do my entire 2200 sqft first floor, few low pile rugs but otherwise mostly hardwood, rolled around like a charm

I did realize that part of my issues vacuuming is that I just halfass it and don’t go over everything lmao. Now I know anything remaining is bc I missed not because the vacuum stinks lmao

But it sure is satisfying watching hair and crumbs get sucked into the vacuum.

Question.. any reason to not do max power at all times on hardwood?

Would love to support a local business. Need someone to help us add warmth to our home but also execute the plan. We are busy with two very little kids so I’ve used ChatGPT and the likes to come up with stuff that looks good but am overwhelmed at actually finding where to buy stuff and pulling the trigger not to mention installation of large artwork, curtains, etc.

I don’t mind spending money when it’s worth it but do have a budget so I don’t want a designer who
Just picks out super expensive items like some we have talked to in the past.

Just got the Sebo d1. Have an open floor plan home with around 2200sqft, all hardwood with 2 low pile rugs on the first floor.

I was sold the d1 as it’s long enough that I’d be able to plug it in and not have to unplug it to clean wherever I’d want on the first floor. Sounded awesome in theory.

But in application, I’m overwhelmed. Having to unreel the entire 40ft cord every time feels so cumbersome. Not to mention to mention then navigating and vacuuming around not only this gigantic cord but also super long hose.

The dealer I used actually marked it down pretty nicely and it wasn’t more expensive than the E2 so
I thought “why not get the bigger one” plus having features like the swiveling hose, extra wheel do feel more maneuverable so I love those features.

I think I’m doing something wrong and this is a me issue, not a vacuum issue. So what are the tips for managing the cord/hose? Does unwinding it start feeling easier?

For example, I want to improve my zone 4-5 cardio per week. Any apps that monitor this? Or I want to get more steps. Or I want to do more low intensity cardio. Etc.

The whoop I used to have tracked all this stuff, compiling it into a mostly BS but still wildly motivational “whoop age”. Now it had no bearing on how old my body is lmao but improving those metrics to get my whoop age to improve was awesome.

Its super annoying to have to first pick up the big dirty stuff, second vacuum, third mop. There has to be something to help make this process easier. we have kids making messes, we have adults dropping stuff while cooking, food splattering, etc.

He has been spitting lately. Something i figured he picked up at school. But he actually spit on his teacher the other day and I was appalled and disgusted.

So after that all day I kept reinforcing “good boy” and “bad boy”. Saying you are a good boy, bad boys spit. And I think he’d understand the concept.

Then I’d say things like “good boys get bubble baths” “good boys get stickers” etc

And one time I put him in a time out area for spitting. So I said “bad boys get time out”

Then this morning while brushing I said “you know one place you can spit? In the sink after brushing!” And he did it and seemed to like it.

Idk if this worked but I’m almost ashamed and embarrassed to take this kid back to school after spitting on his teacher so I have been desperate.

We don't really do any deep cleaning ourselves, we have a cleaning service that comes by once every 2 weeks to do that. we have about 2500sqft of mostly hardwood with 2 low pile rugs

so with little kids, spills, dirt, dust, sand, we mostly touchups throughout the week.

everyone is saying that a canister vacuum is overkill for touchups. but the dyson we have stinks, we vacuum over the same few spots and still feels sandy and dirty after so i wanted something better.

now im thinking we should have just got a fancy robot vacuum mop for in between that is automated.

any thoughts? recommendations

The breakdown for how it calculates whoop age. When I first got it, I thought it was so gimmicky. You can’t possibly get an “age” based on like 7 basic metrics. But then I got past the fact that it’s estimating age and took it less literally and more so just used that as a baseline for a number that I want to improve.

And there is nothing else that motivates you with specific things you can incrementally improve in your life to be healthier.

Every other service just sends out a bunch of data. Whoop tells you hey aim for 1000 more steps a day than you used to. Or try some more intense workouts. Etc.

And the beauty of it is that after doing that for a week or two, you see your numbers improve! It’s amazingly motivating.

Anyways, I use Apple features of the watch too much to give it up in exchange for the whoop and I don’t want to over accessorize lol but for anyone reading, whoop is definitely worth it if you don’t miss other features of the alternatives.

the whoop was amazing for this. it gives you a whoop age. and then it breaks down all of the various components that went into this age and so there are very specific things you can work on to help improve that number. of course you take the actual "age" part with a grain of salt but it was so motivating to see that number go down as i increased my activity.

sleep consistency, sleep time, time spent strength training, time spent in zones 1-3, time spent in zones 4-5, steps.

These are all things that the whoop kept track of and the more you did, the better you numbers got. it was amazing.

There really is nothing but data in oura and the apple watch. nothing really guides you about what lifestyle changes to make. which is fine for what it is, but its something i'm greatly missing that the whoop was amazing at. In fact, i'd probably keep the whoop over the oura if it was cheaper and i didn't get so much additional functionality from my apple watch.

I downloaded the bevel app. too much going on with that interface. especially with the new features they are selling which i'm sure are great but not something i'm willing to commit to at the moment.

the whoop was amazing for this. it gives you a whoop age. and then it breaks down all of the various components that went into this age and so there are very specific things you can work on to help improve that number. of course you take the actual "age" part with a grain of salt but it was so motivating to see that number go down as i increased my activity.

sleep consistency, sleep time, time spent strength training, time spent in zones 1-3, time spent in zones 4-5, steps.

These are all things that the whoop kept track of and the more you did, the better you numbers got. it was amazing.

There really is nothing but data in oura. nothing really guides you about what lifestyle changes to make. which is fine for what it is, but its something i'm greatly missing in the oura that the whoop was amazing at. In fact, i'd probably keep the whoop over the oura if it was cheaper and i didn't get so much additional functionality from my apple watch.

I just got a d1, it hasn’t arrived yet but am feeling some buyers remorse. I wanted one bc the dyson we have wasn’t cutting it. There would be sand, crumbs, dirt and after what feels like multiple passes it would still feel dirty after. But these are messes we’d clean up every day.

Enter the sebo. Wanted a much nicer vacuum in our primarily hardwood floor home so settled in and ordered the d1. But now I’m reading posts saying people only use a sebo for a weekly deep clean but our house functions more so as a clean up as we go and then we are lucky to have a cleaning service every other week for the deeper clean.

So did I just waste my money? Is this vacuum really that inconvenient to pull out and use daily