I've been struggling to stay consistent with guitar practice for the last year and change. I was in such a good spot last time I posted an update here - and honestly things are still generally good, but my health continues to do its up and down thing, and the last couple of weeks have not been feeling so great. On the plus side, that's...
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For the majority of my life I was straight edge. No alcohol, no drugs of any kind. I didn't like the feeling of my brain not being my own. Having lived most of my life with chronic health issues, several years ago I did start exploring CBD and then THC to alleviate pain/anxiety.

Over the last few years I've also leaned into weed recreationally -...
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Just thinking about all my SG friends and the SGHQ folks in LA and hoping everyone is safe from the fires 🙏🏻💜

Health stuff crashed quite a bit recently, haven't been able to run or do much at all for a couple weeks. May be a heart issue (I get a heart monitor tomorrow) or thyroid (waiting on blood test results). Really hoping thyroid as that's an easy fix! On the plus side, all the recent couch time has meant a lot of Baldur's Gate 3 time,...
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I struggle with slowing down - but am just wrapping up a really nice week and a half off. I did spend several days of that backpacking, which maybe is not so much relaxing or slow haha. But it was a good mental reset! Especially since I adopted a new kitten right after getting home. Which has made lazing around at home a lot more...
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"What is a piece of art that you have, or would love to have, hanging on your wall or sitting in your house?"

I just moved recently, so I'm still sort of getting things situated with what's getting hung where.

That said, in the last few places I've lived I've had a couple different iterations of my mirror wall. I thrifted a bunch of mirrors...
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Thanks @fredhincanada for the great idea, and @kiley for putting me onto it!

Tell us about one of your favorite songs of all time.

At any given time, I tend to have 2-3 favorite songs: there's my favorite song of all time, and my favorite song(s) of the moment.

A moment might be a day, a week, months, or even up to a year. Often...
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