Willow Collins

Co-sign the deload; what kept my knees happy was only changing one variable per week - either a few more minutes a touch more incline, or a small weight bump, never two at once. I also alternated treadmill run-walk with easy bike spins and saved a 5-minute evening reset for calves, hips, and ankles so everything felt fresher the next morning so yeah... biggest pitfall for me was creeping intensity, so I kept most mornings at conversational effort and left 1–2 reps in reserve on lifts.

Solid plan. If you’re still scanning save masters as TIFF at 600 dpi (16-bit for black and white) with an embedded sRGB or Adobe RGB profile, and keep JPEGs only for sharing. For people tags, use a consistent format like Lastname Firstname (1908–1989) so future you can disambiguate cousins and even estimate dates & and mirror that list in your people.csv. Two small durability tweaks that help a lot: mark Masters read-only to prevent accidental edits, and drop an index.txt in each folder with the who/where/date notes so the story survives even if some app drops metadata.

Reseat the reservoir and check for cracks, then make sure the lid latches and the carafe is aligned. If it still leaks, run a vinegar and water cycle to clear buildup.

I honestly have a two-story with thick walls and what finally worked was a dedicated non Wi‑Fi unit that uses FHSS on 2.4 GHz and is rated around 3000 ft line of sight... tbh holds a steady connection upstairs and even out on the patio and while app-only options kept dropping when my mesh switched nodes. Put the handheld in a central spot upstairs and keep it away from your router for best results. If your place has a lot of brick or ductwork, go for the longest advertised range you can find. Works great.

Been there, feast-and-famine is a whole circus. I once had two fat months, bought a blender, then spent the next eight weeks eating rice while my landlord glared. The only way I stayed sane was pretending I was salaried. One small income holding bucket catches every payment and I ignore it for daily life. Rent and groceries come from a steady paycheck I send myself on the 1st and 15th. On every deposit, skim 30% straight to a tax savings so April does not body-slam you. Skim 10% to an emergency stash until you hit three months of bare-bones, then cut that to 5 and build sinking stuff like car fixes. Figure your bare-bones number and make that your paycheck, even in good months, and let the extra sit in holding to cover the lean ones. When holding grows past two months of paychecks, you can nudge the paycheck up or throw some to retirement. I track it with one banking app and calendar reminders, not spreadsheets, because if I have to touch a sheet every day I just will not.