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I'm going on a trip to a remote part of Tanzania for 3 weeks. I don't think I will be able to eat most of the food there. I have been lurking here and gotten some good ideas for shakes I can take in powder form. I'm just finishing a trip to several American and Canadian cities where I did OK because I never ate in a restaurant and I could buy food each place I went. It got expensive, but it worked. I'm pretty well controlled at home.

I'm really nervous about this trip since I won't be able to shop when I need to. The people who went on the previous trips don't understand about gastroparesis so I can't rely on what they say about the food. Also, I just found out today that the amount

I am doing a case study for my doctoral dissertation in education. I had my 6 participants fill out a short survey mostly about what types of software they had used. I included 5 Likert-style questions that asked for their opinion. One of my committee members suggested I use Cronbach's alpha to estimate the reliability. I didn't make any claims about reliability on these questions - they were a starting point for the interviews. I did compare what they said on the survey with what they said in the interviews and sometimes it was not the same.

Based on what I can find, Cronbach's alpha, omega, and H are all not suited to this case because of the types of questions, or size of population

Hi, I could use some advice. I have two baskets that I love. They are both attractive and have sentimental value.

One is 9 inches tall, round, larger on top than the bottom. It seems like it would be good for things that I can reach in and grab. Rags would work except I only need something much smaller for rags.

The other one is an oval 12" tall with handles. Part of the issue is that my cat likes to chew on basket handles. Any place I can put it that he can't reach it, I can't see into it so whatever I put into it needs to be light so it doesn't hurt when I drop it on my head trying to get it down.

I've been struggling to find things that I can put into them to declutter. I don't

How do you handle decluttering remorse? In the last month, I have needed two things that I got rid of. They aren't that hard to replace, but it's making me a little Leary of my judgement.

To put it in perspective, I downsized from a 4 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom apartment which is not cluttered. I'm down to 4 boxes I need to go through. I think I probably got rid of a literal ton of stuff. So, the fact that I got rid of two kitchen things I should have kept is actually a pretty good score.

That's what I keep telling myself, but I am starting to feel that I don't know what to keep and what to toss.

Have you had this issue and how did you deal with it?

I just made my first credit card payment. I used the "record payment" button and told it which account the money came from. But now it wants a category. That doesn't make sense to me. Every other transfer doesn't ask for a category. I thought the whole point was to categorize things on the credit card as they happen.

Here's what I'm seeing without the amount:

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Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

Yesterday, I was in my office with the door open and overheard my colleague talking with a student who was apparently failing his class. For at least 20 minutes, the student was explaining, in a condescending tone, why our curriculum was stupid and he really shouldn't have to take the class so of course he couldn't take it seriously.

My colleague was amazingly patient. He eventually got him to start talking about why he was failing and possible ways to change that.

I posted here a few days ago about my downsizing/decluttering project. Still working on that. I think it's starting to affect the way I think in good ways.

Today, I found myself pre-emptively decluttering. I'm still working on how best to arrange my living room/second guest room. I need a place to store pillows and blankets for when we want to sit on the floor or sleep in the daybed. The cedar chest I have now has too big of a footprint in the room. I had my tape measure in my pocket to head to my favorite consignment store to look for something that would work. Then I realized I have a beautiful 2 drawer oak file cabinet that turned out to have trouble with the weight of the files w

My youngest child is off to college, so I am downsizing. (The cats and I did not need a 4 bedroom house!) In packing up, I got rid of a lot of stuff, but I didn't know what kind of place I would end up at, so I kept a lot of things (furniture, mostly) "in case."

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Now, I'm in an adorable two-bedroom rental where the landlord takes care of the yard! I'm decluttering more as I unpack and I'm really changing how I think about things.

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For example, to hold the furniture, etc., while we showed our house, I got a storage unit. I got a good deal for 3 months. After that, it's $189/month!!! I want to be out of there before the 3 months are up. Complicating the issu

This is my worst problem with productivity. I have a chronic pain condition that makes standing up painful. (I am under a doctor's care and don't need medical advice. For this post, just assume I can't change it.)

When I finish a task and my next task requires me to get up and go somewhere else, some days it is extremely difficult to get myself going. I know waiting is not going to make it less painful. I know it will be less when I start walking. I know this isn't helping but I find myself just sitting for way too long.

How do you get yourself to do something small but unpleasant to get on with your day?

I've been using YNAB for over a year now. It's helpful but I'm still in the paycheck to paycheck state because I need to sell my house. But, getting the maintenance done to sell it is difficult with no money. I'm seeing the end of the tunnel now but I wanted to post one thing for people like me who are still in the "don't have money" stage.

At least 3 times since I started using YNAB, I have overdrawn my checking account. YNAB does not distinguish what account your money is in. So, if I have a bill of say $54 and I have $53 in my checking account and $15 in cash, i don't get a warning. Every time I've overdrawn, it's been by less than $5 when I was busy and didn't calculate the balanc

So, I have been really broke all December. Cancelling self-care to buy Christmas presents, postponing buying medicine, etc. I've was thinking to myself "I've worked so hard on my budget but it's pointless. I'm just getting more behind."

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So, when my paycheck came in, it was about $500 more than my mortgage so I was preparing myself for more struggle. But when I went to YNAB and the bank, I had way more money than I thought. Turns out, My Mortgage Was Already Budgeted. So in December, I was YNAB broke, not really broke.

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I don't know why it didn't gel for me. But in January, I get 3 paychecks (on the bi-weekly thing) and I should be able to get to 30 day

Freshman mom here. Has anyone bought the bookstore sheets and comforter, etc. set? Are they decent quality? I'm seeing good and bad reviews.

Thanks