I'll guess it avarages out to roughly 3-4 hours on weekdays and 10-20 over a weekend. I also love longform journalism, which can eat up a few hours per week.
I do little in general haha :/ My own reclusiveness combined with a relatively severe mental illness have kept me inside my apartment around 23/7 for years. I'm self-employed and try to hit 10-20 hours/week of work. Aside from that, my free time is endless and basically consists of reading, Netflix, and browsing the web with my two cats!
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - a creative and compelling deviation from typical true crime storytelling.
The author and the narrator do a brilliant job at really transporting you into Savannah, Georgia (I'm not even a fan of the city, but I nevertheless was totally consumed by the fascinating characters, society, and atmosphere).
This is pretty unrelated, but your post reminded me of the frustration I experienced during the housing crash.
I bought my condo in 2006, essentially at the peak of the market - then was out of work for long time during the recession and had to go through foreclosure.
During that time, I watched as the government sprung into action with those sweet incentives to stimulate people to buy real estate (e.g. the $8,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit!).
I understand it, but it just rankled me to be on the losing end of time!
Pretty interesting. I happen to live in one of those areas where demand has not only held steady but somehow increased since last year--I've received multiple (cash!) offers on my place in the past 3 months and many of my fellow condo owners have had the same experience, but I can definitely see interest rates reducing demand in less desirable neighborhoods.
Interestingly enough, the higher priced homes are the only ones somewhat holding up. "Sales below $500,000 dropped 21 percent on a year-over-year basis, while deals of $500,000 or more fell about 3 percent, marking the first annual decline for that price category in nearly two years,” said LePage. “Home sales of $1 million or more last month rose just a tad – less than 1 percent – from a year earlier following annual gains of between 5 percent and 21 percent over the prior year.”
The article cited higher interest rates. I've talked to other people who say we are in the tenth year of an average 8 year real estate cycle. I think the market is peaking now and will downturn in the near future. But, I think it will be short and shallow consistent with national economic growth.
Thanks for sharing your experience and articulating this so well.
I have been on the same dose of Ambien for nearly 2 years. I'm fortunate that it does its job with zero side effects. The negative experiences and feedback in this thread are overwhelming - if I were unfamiliar with it, I would be freaked out!
It's generally accepted that Ambien's benefits outweigh the costs. I don't mean to downplay the negative experiences, but it's not as bad as this article/thread infer. Ultimately, it's something to discuss with a GP or Psychiatrist.
