Callum Martin 🥉

i agree with this. With a short faucet and low pressure, a faucet mount will feel cramped and often slows the stream even more, and a small pitcher means constant refills. A countertop diverter gives you on demand filtered water without wrestling the spout, so it is easier to fill a kettle or pot and the chlorine taste drops a lot for better coffee and cooking. I rented for years with a stubby sink and this was the only setup that felt effortless.

Quick trick if you must stay at 140 lb cotton & still want flat results. Lightly wet the back before your first wash and tape all four edges to a rigid board, paint your layers, then let the whole thing dry completely before removing the tape and tearing the sheet from the pad. It evens out the pull so you get minimal cockling, and you keep that clean edge you want. 💡

Night shift brain says keep it stupid simple. I run a 5-5-10: five minutes lines, five minutes shapes, ten minutes drawing the closest object that won't run away. If I'm extra fried, I only do the first five and call it a win. Tools live in a zip pouch: one pencil, a pen, ten index cards clipped together. Pouch goes where my badge goes so I can't "forget" it. Habit stack it to something automatic—tea steeping, microwave beeping, dog going out. I keep a tiny prompt loop of ten words on a card and just cycle it, no new decisions. Progress gets a sticker on the calendar and the top card gets a date; a photo once a week in an album shows the drift from wobbly to steady. Burnout prevention: stop when the timer ends, leave one line unfinished for tomorrow, and take a guilt-free zero if sleep is the better medicine.