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Thanks. Yes, I finally asked him what he thinks about me over text, and he says he just sees me as a friend and I do not believe him. My other friend told me that he was on what appeared to be a 'date' with a female friend (not holding hands) last week at...

3 years ago

I wouldn't go to business school. I would start a business. Find something that is interesting and can be interesting for a long time. Since most small businesses fail in the first five years, best to learn by doing and keep testing your idea until you fi...

3 years ago

A gorge is a narrow valley between hills or mountains. It is like a ravine and will likely have steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.

3 years ago

In the winter, squirrels spend less time foraging outside their dens, and it's more common for several squirrels to share a den. Their body temperatures stay mostly constant throughout the year; they don't hibernate. They typically build extremely warm, d...

3 years ago

The Ivy League schools are usually good but expensive. I would do research on the field of business you are in, check out companies where you ideally want to work, and then work backwards. Try to look up on LinkedIn what schools their employees graduated...

3 years ago

Maybe he likes you or doesn't like you, but it is clear it is not enough to date you. Maybe he doesn't want to be awkward when he sees you around so is generally 'nice.'

3 years ago

To 'turn something on its ear' means to make it fresh or exciting in a surprising way.

3 years ago

Wine bar: Covelle East Hollywood Ramen: Silverlake Ramen Sushi: Hama Sushi Downtown LA Dive bar: Red Lion, Silverlake Hiking trail: Abalone Cove in Rancho Palos Verdes Strip joint: Cheetah's (kind of cheesy, but entertaining) Touristy thing: SkySlide in U...

3 years ago

It's a medieval chemical science of transforming base metals into gold. Practitioners can transform and change something in mysterious, impressive ways. "Gold" is thought of as spiritual perfection, while the lesser "base" metals such as lead are impure s...

3 years ago

Practical alchemy is studying and manipulating properties of matter to get what you want out of the universe.

3 years ago

Alchemy is an ancient tradition, the primary objective of which was the creation of the mythical "philosopher's stone," which was said to be capable of turning base metals into gold or silver, and also act as an elixir of life that would confer youth and...

3 years ago

There are 7 steps to the alchemical process: 1. Calcination: Heating a substance over a flame until it turns into ash. Breaking down the ego and attachment to the material world. 2. Dissolution: Letting ashes dissolve in water. Immersing into the unconsci...

3 years ago

Smoke as many cigarettes as you can in one day until you get a headache, smell and feel totally disgusting. Then quit cold turkey. It is easier to quit when you say you cannot afford cigarettes, and replace it with something else like iced coffee or exerc...

3 years ago

Write a list of reasons why you want to quit smoking. Post it on the fridge. Program yourself to be and think like a non-smoker. Examine what benefits you get from smoking and see if those are really benefits anymore.

3 years ago

Train for a 5k run or a marathon. As part of your training, quit smoking.

3 years ago

Make a list of distracting activities that you could do instead of smoking. Take a shower, walk outside, call a friend, write in your notebook, watch TV, jumping jacks.

3 years ago

Hipsters tend to have beards and tattoos and wear shoes with no socks in gentrified neighborhoods in LA and NY, have wealthy parents or old money, and act like they are poor with refined cultural tastes.

3 years ago

Generally stylish, urban young people with shifting unconventional attitudes and tastes according to what is 'cool' or 'hip.'

3 years ago

I think being a therapist or having therapeutic skills can get worse over time. If it is so regularly practiced to have 'empathy' for others as a job, there is some kind of deadening of one's empathic and listening abilities at an advanced stage of being...

3 years ago

Don't take it personally when someone has negative, toxic energy. Sometimes you do not know what they are really going through. If you work with this person a lot, if at all possible, try not to take on assignments where you will have to work so closely t...

3 years ago

Be frank and let them know it makes you uncomfortable when they say or do certain things. Maybe they aren't aware of how they affect you. Then they will not do it to others as well.

3 years ago

Talk to the boss and tell them that the coworker is being difficult making it hard to work and be productive. In theory, the boss would want to know if there is some kind of disruption in communication or work flow. It could be a simple conversation and m...

3 years ago

I think bosses have a lot on their plate. You do not want to come off as a burden. Show initiative and that you are capable of handling things on your own. Talk to the person in private and see if there is something you can do to help the coworker. If not...

3 years ago

Try to carpool. Track all your expenses in an app like Spending Tracker (will change your life if you keep to it!) Buy generic drugs, food items, cleaning products. Buy used clothes, used car. It's also better for the planet.

3 years ago

I would not worry about saving money like clipping coupons and trying to get the best deal. That costs time and money to do research for the 'best deal.' I would be also concerned with how to make more money. How to create more value for your job or in wh...

3 years ago

When you eat out, do not order two plates of food. Order one plate of food and share. Go vegetarian most days of the week. Reducing your meat and alcohol intake will decrease your spending.

3 years ago

Think about the future value of every dollar you spend. You may have a nice sweater to wear for the next year that you bought from Macy's. But that on average for every dollar you spend you forgo a future value of about 5x that if you had for instance sav...

3 years ago

Go out less and stay home more. Have less friends. Go sober. Do not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes. Do a 'staycation' instead of a vacation abroad.

3 years ago

Drink PBR or whiskey on the rocks instead of a fancy $15 cocktail at the bar.

3 years ago

When you make daily purchases, ask if this is a want or a need. Only buy things you need for a month, and then adjust your habits accordingly.

3 years ago

It may represent fears of getting older, losing your abilities, good looks. It can also mean you're having communication issues of saying too much, lying, saying the wrong thing. Examine what happened the day before you had the dream to provide context.

3 years ago

It could mean that you are losing the ability to communicate well.

3 years ago

The Mandela Effect is evidence that you experienced something from a different reality. It is usually shared between a group of other people. Once you find other people, you can confirm that you experienced a false memory or something akin to the Mandela...

3 years ago

Heaven is a place on earth. A terrestrial paradise. But I think it is a gift from God or Universe. It is not something you can control or create by your own accord. It just happens. Human love can exist but it is usually something that fades over time, so...

3 years ago

Diet Coke and other diet products have an artificial sweetener aspartame that may affect the stomach's process of releasing chemicals that are not suited to break down artificial sugar. There are claims made by The American Cancer Society that states the...

3 years ago

I used to drink Diet Coke because I thought it would help me lose weight. Apparently, this makes you eat more and feel hungrier, thereby increasing your weight. There is now more evidence that diets do not effectively help you lose weight, especially Diet...

3 years ago

Yes, totally. I feel predisposed to certain skills and experiences and sometimes wonder where it comes from. I am naturally drawn to solving others' emotional problems, they seem to come to me when they have hit a dark rift, and then I will get a message...

3 years ago

It occurred to me that when parents have expectations of their children to do the things they think are 'right' ie. get married have children buy a house. It comes from biological impulses that naturally expect the next generation to resolve the pain and...

3 years ago

I have an affinity for dream interpretation. This means that I can take symbolic language and gather a material representation or emotional meaning from it in a way that feels somehow more authentic than my real life. So in this sense, I think this could...

3 years ago

I think a person feels alone according to a belief or thought process that can manifest in different ways. Either by not being alone enough or by being alone and not feeling connected to the people places and things that once were the norm. Being alone is...

3 years ago

I think most people get married due to fear of being alone. Perhaps, they misunderstand what it means to be alone. If being alone has meant for the larger part of their adult life to constantly run away from things that cause them pain. Then yes, marriage...

3 years ago

I would only get married if my soul knew it was meant to be.

3 years ago

If you can make it past 40 without getting married, then you will be perceived as 'the one that got away.'

3 years ago

Dreams usually help people deal with some kind of problem in their waking life. I would examine the context of your relationship or recent interactions with this person and see if there is something you are missing or some aspect to this person you are ov...

3 years ago

It's a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms show up after after 3-14 days. It can cause vomiting, headache, fever, muscle or joint pain, and skin rash. In rare instances, it can develop into a dengue hemorrhagic fever, resu...

3 years ago

He will reach out to you and try to get to know you better. He will pay attention to details, things you like or say. He will also be honest and let you know how he feels. He does not have to hide himself, or act a certain way to get a response from you....

3 years ago

Karma aligns with the Newtonian theory that every action has a reaction, every cause has an effect. Whatever you do comes back to you either in this life or the next. In a spiritual sense, karma governs human behavior in that we are responsible for our ac...

3 years ago

The Pareto principle states that for many events roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. There is an unequal relationship between inputs and outputs. I think the best way to use this principle is to hone in on what is the 20% of causes tha...

3 years ago

You have a psychic connection to the person, a past life or lesson to learn, or you are experiencing this in actuality in the astral plane on a different dimension.

3 years ago

What goes around comes around. That is the most commonly used way to describe how karma works. In my experience, I find that people do not always suffer consequences for their behaviors. If they did in equal measure to the ignorance and problems they crea...

3 years ago

They are haunting you. You must feel guilty or unresolved feelings toward this person. There was not a sense of closure. The dreams are there to create that harmony to move on.

3 years ago

Marriage is a personal choice. What is a blessing for one person is a lethal poison for another. To even give advice on this matter is counterproductive. One friend recently told me that he did not realize that getting married and having children would be...

3 years ago

It means there is some future even that is on its way to you now, that must appear in dream form, because the energy has arrive, it has not taken root. So that when that future event becomes 'present' as it were, then you are prepared. You will feel like...

3 years ago