Stop Drinking meep_launcher • 2d ago • 100%

Hoping someone could point me in the right direction- quiting weed

Hi all, I'm looking to make a positive change in my life by quitting weed. I can't find any Lemmy communities though- does anyone know if one exists? Thanks!

MentalHealthSupport meep_launcher • 2d ago • 96%

Quiting Weed

Hey all, I couldn't find a community for helping quit weed but I thought this place might be close for it. I've quit so, so many times before and I'm tired of the rollercoaster I'm on. I quit, my life gets better, I smoke, my life gets worse. I feel like every time I quit, it just takes one lapse in judgement to go back into it, and it can happen anywhere any time. I need help and I don't know who to talk to. I saw that N-acetylcysteine can help quit, and I'm wondering if anyone else knows about this or has experience with this supplement?

cats meep_launcher • 1w ago • 98%

I think I figured out what was up with my cat

Charlotte was given to me as a 6 pound 6 year old lady, and I've had a wild ride with her health. At first things were good, but then she started getting diarrhea, vomiting, losing weight, not eating, and peeing outside the litter box. I took her to the vet where I spent $2000 on tests to no avail, so we went with a prescription food. Even then, she wouldn't touch the prescription food that was to help her sensitive stomach. She kept meowing for food, but wouldn't touch what I gave her. She went down to 4 lbs, which was really concerning. I tried so many things, until recently I decided to just put some canned chicken breast under her prescription food- my god it's working. She doesn't pee outside the litter box anymore (unless I forget to scoop it), and her weight is back up. Honestly I just think she hated the food I gave her so much that she would rather die than eat it. I also noted she likes diversity in her food, so I swap between canned tuna and canned chicken mixed with her normal prescription food. She also is much, much happier.

Ask Lemmy meep_launcher • 1w ago • 94%

What food and or drink will you eat when you are senile and forget you already had it the meal before?

At the end of his life, my grandpa subsisted on 2 pints of strawberry banana yoplait yogurt and a pack of Coors light a day. What dietary hell will you fall into?

cats meep_launcher • 2w ago • 97%

Halp

Hey I don't know where to post so I just have my darling Charlotte to trojan horse my bs into a community. I feel like the skills I have are useless. After years unable to hold down a job, I decided to go all in and follow my dream. My problem was that I was $10k in debt after a temp job ended unexpectedly sooner than promised. I've been able to get to a point where I'm set to make $60k on my own, which may not seem like much but as an artist that's huge, but not enough to help me dig out of my debt. I'm looking at moving back from Chicago to Seattle to get a higher paying job, but none of the skills I have seem to be wanted. I'm a music director at theaters, a multi-instrumentalist, and I'm putting together a non-profit for musicians to connect with values based organizations, but when I look to the world of tech, or at least where the money is, none of that seems to matter. I'm told I have skills, but I just don't think there's a place for me in this world. I just don't think what I bring is valuable enough for someone to say "hey, you should be able to eat". Frankly, today I've had that old voice come back telling me I shouldn't be here anymore. Charlotte is a needy girl and is making sure I don't leave, but man it's hard. It's like... I want to give up on the dream, but like... Where would I go? Who would I be? I have done this before when I left comedy- I don't have the constitution for that world, but at least music was something I'm good at. I can play 22 instruments. I write songs. Improv. Jazz. I teach. I conduct. But none of that matters now. None of it is wanted. Especially with this new world and AI stealing our work, artists just aren't valued. I grew up in Seattle, the arts capital of the US from 1990-2010, but tech came in and napalmed it. I thought maybe I could join the "evil empire" but sure enough they don't want me. I just don't feel like I belong here. I'm even thinking of giving Charlotte to a more capable human. Idk. Sorry.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26157267 > 4 October 2024

Teaching meep_launcher • 4w ago • 100%

Tips for Teaching Private Music Lessons

Hey all! Not sure if this is the right community since it's geared towards private lessons, but I thought in my experience it's helpful to have resources of different exercises you can give to a student when learning an instrument. Some walk aways I've had- Direct the lesson towards a practice plan. A student's progress does not happen in the lesson, it happens when they practice. My job as a teacher is to make practicing as easy, accessible, and fun as possible. Always begin the lesson asking "how was practice this week?" and if they say "I didn't practice", do not shame them. I start with "Hey, that's okay, it happens. What do you think made it difficult to get practice in?" Sometimes it's lack of motivation, sometimes they have competing schedules like school and math homework, sometimes it's something else altogether. I had a 6 year old ukulele student who said she didn't practice and when I asked why not, she pointed to the wall where her ukulele was hanging on a hanger *8 feet in the air*. Sometimes it really isn't their fault for being unable to practice. Understanding why can open doors for solutions. When developing a practice plan, I use this 4 point strategy that we create during the lesson. - Set an intention for their practice. What do they want to walk away with that they didn't have going into it? - A technical exercise. These should be geared to making the instrument more physically accessible to the student. These could be scales, long tones for horn players, stretch exercises, even simple hand workouts for guitarists. - Something to perform. Give your student a goal, and see if you can create a date for a performance. I've had my students hold a small concert at a cafe, and it really gave them the push to be better players. - Something they love. Ask what their favorite thing to do on their instrument is. This may also unearth some issues if motivation is the problem. They should play their instrument, not work it. This should be fun. -------------------------------- I also make sure to send follow up texts to the parents. This is a good way to keep them in the loop, and make sure they are able to be part of keeping your student accountable to practice. Parents have a huge influence over a child's schedule and are also the ones with the pocket book, so it's important they understand the value of the lessons so they keep scheduling you for more. If you are private practice, this is also a good opportunity to remind them to pay you. -------------------------------- If you are going private practice and need some help with the business side of things, here are some things I've found. I have set my prices in a two tier system. I have a price for one off lessons, and then a reduced price for bundle purchases. This means I give a good 20% off if they book 4 lessons at a time. Even though this may seem like a hit, I've found the biggest hole in my bucket are cancelations. For me, my one off lessons are $100 for an hour, but with the bundle it drops to $80. If I am offering lessons to someone who is lower income, I have also figured out other ways to help lower the cost on them without reducing my rates. I travel to my students, so if they come to me, I may give an additional discount. Another one would be to offer a group lesson with multiple students with another discount. For Marketing, Facebook is a great place to post advertisements. Join a neighborhood group and make a post ~once a week depending on the activity of the group. You don't want to spam them, but you also want to make sure you don't fall off the algorithm. If you add in a video of you giving a 60 second taste of what you teach, that also can get you some interest. --------------------------------------- In a lesson, I make sure to have improvisation games as it can take the pressure off the student to read music. I reserve the last 5 minutes to cool down where I will lay down a bass line or chord progression, and give the student a few keys they can play to make a solo. As they progress I give them more and more freedom. It's amazing what they can do! There are some games for technique- I created a little game called "pianist's-monte" where the student has to conceal a small paper ball in a hand and then start playing the piano. I then have to decide what hand is holding the ball. It does exaggerate the "claw" needed to have good technique, but it can really help undo the spread fingers that a kid could develop. For horns, I play mouthpiece games where we imitate different animals. Reed's can be geese and brass can be ducks. We then have a conversation as a geese or ducks. It's hilarious and it can help with some embouchure practice. That's all I can think of now! Hope this helps someone!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/23106804 > A side-cut of what the deepest cave in the world looks like rule

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19456618 > rulecago

Hey all, We have hit **682** subscribers, which if you are not aware, is the legally recognized limit where we can become a church rather than a niche community of map nerds. I just wanted to take time to thank every one of you who were sent here by a prank hyperlink, saw what we do, and thought "I want front row seats to this train wreck". Your optimism to consider !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee a train is what drives the mod team to continue to not have to do jack shit but cross post maps of the US that have been photocopied a couple times, read a few comments and proposals for marriage, light up a massive ol' bong, and watch [Marble racing YouTube videos](https://youtu.be/HWd7OUVq5k4?si=4jQ8VIgbOTP2G_7_). When I started this sub, I was just a guy with nothing to prove but that I could hijack a subreddit, build my own mod team, go dark in the protest of 2023, fight god, lose, get exiled to Dallas, get told about Lemmy in prison, join after being rejected by yiffit, Lemmynsfw, and lemmy.ml, create a community devoted to tearing the western world down brick by brick, and then pivot to silly maps after seeing the wifi name "AbsolutelyNotFBI" pop up in my phone. But here we are, and "AbsolutelyNotFBI" no longer shows up when I try to connect to my wifi. Thank you all so much for making that lemonade stand across my street that was run by two grown men in suits and wearing earpieces go away. With that said, I want to announce that in our next year, we will go where no other Lemmy community has gone before. The moon. That's right, with your help, I can ask my wealthy and politically influential dad to bully Elon Musk into giving us a spaceship. As a subscriber to this community, you will be on that spaceship too, whether you like it or not. We will create a new society separate from the mess of late stage capitalism. We will wear silly clothes. We are not a space cult. We are not a space cult. We are not a space cult. If you feel the same excitement as I do for the future of !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee, please post more maps, comment, mention us in other threads when relevant, sell all your possessions, and buy my book on how a life of memes on the moon will liberate you from the horrors of this earth. I continue to be humbled by how many people have been posting, and how many people here are A list actors. Keep up the good work! Sic Semper Tyranus, ~Meep

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/17674138 > Trippin

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19179362 > Canada.

Ask Lemmy meep_launcher • 3mo ago • 89%

I'm drunk, so I'm not gonna do it, but I'm wondering

How many of you consider texting an ex that was an amicable breakup to see if they'd be up for a hookup. **Update** : I created a group text with all of them and now we are planning a 30 person Orgy at the Marriott in San Francisco. Lol jk I just woke up and made eggs.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18005265 > Unique ways to peace out as national leader

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/14696904 > basic geography rule > > it came to my attention that my previous post on basic geography https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/14668411 needed an inset for Michigan to provide better geographic context, thanks @Technus@lemmy.zip for the catch!

memes meep_launcher • 3mo ago • 94%

Harry Potter and the Nuclear launch codes

Harry Potter and the Military Industrial Complex