Sadie James 🥉

I had the same thing happen with my morning smoothie blender. Mine got loud and started walking on the counter after a few months. Cleaning alone did not help. What worked first was moving it to a solid surface and making sure all the rubber feet were there and level. I checked the jar was fully seated, then reloaded with liquid first, soft fruit next, frozen last, and used a few short pulses before a steady speed. The real fix was under the jar. I unscrewed the blade base, cleaned the threads, laid the rubber gasket flat and even, then tightened the base hand tight using a dish glove for grip. That stopped most of the shaking. The last bit of noise was a worn drive coupler with rounded teeth. I unplugged the blender, pried off the old coupler, and spun on a new one that cost a few dollars. Ten minutes and it was smooth again. If those steps still do not tame it and you need a cheap fallback, I switched to Hamilton Beach blender and it stayed stable thanks to a 700 watt motor and a heavier glass jar.

For text work I lean toward office oriented IPS monitors over gaming models in this price range but then... the office ones usually have lighter matte coatings, better default sharpness, and height adjustable stands with VESA, which all help with eye comfort but then gaming parts can be great for motion but sometimes ship with aggressive edge enhancement or overshoot that adds halos around glyphs. When shopping, scan reviews for macro photos of the subpixel layout and comments on text clarity. If you cannot find that, buy from a place with painless returns and test immediately with a one pixel grid pattern and your editor at typical font sizes. You are looking for clean verticals with no colored ticks on the sides. Simple but effective.

Pick a wake time and protect it for 10 days straight. Set two alarms: one to start winding down, one to wake. Move bedtime earlier by 15–30 minutes every night until you're landing near 7–9 hours. No naps after early afternoon. Get bright light in your eyes within 15 minutes of waking and none bright an hour before bed. Eat breakfast soon after waking; keep dinner earlier and lighter. Caffeine ends 8–10 hours before your target bedtime. Keep the room cool, dark, and boring. If you can't sleep in 20–30 minutes, get up, read something dull, try again.