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A very useful trick that provides immediate results - when you notice you are going into a roller coaster of bad or anxious thoughts you need to distract your brain for a minute to break this cycle. What will work instantly is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique - try to identify:

• 5 things you can see - notice furniture, window, the sky, whatever is in your surroundings
• 4 things you can touch - touch your clothes, your nose, walls around you, pillows, etc.
• 3 things you can hear - can you hear noise from the neighbours, traffic sounds, your breathing, etc.
• 2 things you can smell - can you smell your parfum, the fresh air that comes from the outside, soap in your bathroom, food that is around you
• 1 thing you can taste - do you have bitter, fresh, sweet taste in your mouth? Or maybe you’re chewing a gum?

This is known to help people with anxiety attacks but the concept works equally well when you catch yourself spiraling bad thoughts.

Don’t let anybody rush you. When they say “Just let me know if you’re interested; we had somebody else looking at it this morning and they just went home to grab some paperwork…” No they didn’t. And even if they did, so what. There will always be more cars for sale. I can’t stress this enough: do not let them make you feel rushed. If you need a break, just say you need a break, or that you’re going to go call a friend for a few, or that you want to look something up on your phone. This will give you the time out to clear your head a bit.

Don’t let them sell you on window VIN etching or sealant coats or leather treatment or whatever. It’s the FINANCE people who will try to pressure you into these, not the person you initially negotiate with. And yes, you have to talk with the finance folks, even if you bring your own financing.

Stay strong! It’s a long process, and it can wear you down, but go into it expecting that, and you should be okay. Best of luck to you!

What works for me is Audiobooks to drown out my own thought train and switch to visualise the story.

Good tip! I recently switched to Costco car insurance and so far it has been great. The coverage is great, and the customer service is top notch. Highly recommend!

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I pay 1500 per year for full coverage on a 2022 blazer and a 2023 corvette. So obviously beatable.

Try a hydrocolloid plaster, as long as the wound doesn’t need to drain. These are coated with a gel that helps the wound to heal rather than fibres that may get stuck in it.

You don't know that person's history, health/mental conditions or disability.

Afford the same grace and respect you would expect people to give your vulnerable loved ones.

You can and should buy non sticky patch. First clean the wound with antiseptic, let it air dry a little, apply the non sticky patch on it, and THEN use the gaze to hold the patch. You can reuse the gaze but not the non sticky patch. Clean it daily until the scab is forming. Then you can leave it to air dry and moisturize it if it becomes to itchy (and that the wound is perfectly closed)

There are non stick wound pads that can help. Depending on the wound a different type of closure could help as well, such as zip stitches

Call a medical professional, However I use a thin layer of petroleum jelly to form a barrier, either on the wound or the gauze/band aid.

Also, hard water can be helped tremendously by attaching a mineral magnet on the incoming line. Doesn't seem like it would make a difference, but it even helps prevent tub rings and toilet bowl rings.

https://www.amazon.com/Trillium-Worldwide-TWI-5001-Mineral-Magnet/dp/B005AU9XQW/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=1JHNG2WNAJLCO&keywords=magnet+for+water+pipe&qid=1680077000&sprefix=magnate+for+water+pipe%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-3

Go in and establish dominance, let them know you are the alpha, piss on their desk if you must. Their first offer simply respond with "Suck my balls."

They also offer great deals on rental cars.

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Lots of great points here!!

When you say full coverage, what’s your tort option? Do you have unlimited tort/no verbal threshold/no limitation on lawsuit or do you only have comprehensive and collision?

This is how companies like Geico save you 15% or more in 15 minutes by getting you to sign away your right to make a claim unless you overcome the tort threshold (permanently disfigured, dead, compound fractures)

I’m a personal injury attorney by trade. I deal with these tragic situations on a daily basis

Lastly, $15k/$30k is a paltry amount of insurance to be considered fully legal. If you don’t have underinsured/uninsured motorist coverage you’re screwed

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My husband started to count the family whenever we get in the car. It is an excellent habit! With three, somebody is likely to be the quiet one, so it is easy for two to make so much noise you don't realize one ran back in the house to get something.

Read a childhood development textbook. It will be kind of disheartening because you will look ahead at all the stressful things that are coming. But, when those things happen, it helps a lot to know that all kids go through these stages. Some of the hardest stages are "textbook," and knowing ahead of time that it is normal and won't last forever really helps.

Sibling dynamics change A LOT with three. The youngest is likely to be resented at times and seen as a favorite. And that is totally normal. Don't try to stop it. Be prepared to talk with your kids about how it can be hard to have a younger sibling, but there are also good things. Help them face the reality of jealousy in a healthy way.

Try to schedule a date with your spouse at least once a month. At least while kids are small, you have to hire the babysitter and PLAN the time away. If she does most childcare, he should plan the dates. Whoever does the most childcare is more likely to emotionally struggle with leaving kids behind, but they need that time away the most as well.

Remind your kids, when they are getting older, that if they take care of each other they could be the most important friendships of their life. It is up to them if they want to be good friends forever, and it takes work to take care of each other even from a young age. I started talking about this stuff at about 5 years old. It seems crazy at the time, but little kids are thinking about "when I grow up" all the time, and knowing they can have friendships with their siblings later helps them regulate emotion in difficulty sometimes.

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Get a loan with your own bank. Theyll approve you for a certain amount. When you go to the dealer haggle . I recommend haggle enough so that the price is a good amount less than what your loan approval is for.

For example you get approved for 10k. The dealer is trying to sell you a car for 9k. Tell them something along the lines of ‘I can only go up to 8.5k. They’ll surely agree to that cause they also use a similar method as you except they try to increase the price and see what takes, while you are trying to decrease it if that makes any sense.