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Most months my hobby costs almost nothing. Then I need a major tool or pay for a workshop, and the purchase blows through a neat monthly entertainment budget. I'm considering a hobby fund that accumulates unused money ra...
Chicken cooked for dinner is juicy, then turns dry and stringy when I reheat it for lunch the next day. I've tried shorter microwave bursts, but the edges still overcook before the middle warms. I'm considering slicing i...
I'm tempted by a newer camera body because my current one misses focus when subjects move unpredictably. Static portraits and landscapes look perfectly fine, and the lenses are good. Before spending a large amount, I sho...
I shot a landscape with a bright clouded sky over a shaded street. Pulling the highlights down brings back cloud texture, but lifting the shadows enough to see the buildings makes the whole image flat and oddly gray. It...
One pleasure of traveling alone is that I can abandon a museum after twenty minutes and spend the rest of the afternoon wandering a market. Strangely, I still feel guilty changing an itinerary I spent hours planning, as...
I found a box of printed photos from holidays and family dinners. Some are technically terrible but bring back a vivid memory. Others are beautifully composed and mean almost nothing to me now. Digital storage makes it t...
This year includes a move, a family trip and several unavoidable one-time bills. My usual savings percentage looks impossible without pretending those expenses aren't happening. I could lower the target temporarily, keep...
Every item in my queue has acquired an ‘urgent’ label. When I ask what can wait, I'm told they're all important, which doesn't help when several deadlines overlap. I want to make the tradeoff visible without sounding unw...
The owner of our small shop—that's me—remembers when to reorder supplies, follow up invoices and check weekly reports. Staff ask because the information isn't written anywhere. I've begun moving recurring work into a sha...
I am chasing a small ceiling stain near an exterior wall. The strange part is that it does not show up during ordinary rain. It appears after storms where the wind is pushing rain toward that side of the house. There is...
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