When I think about my life I have no clue where I want it to go but I know somethings I want to do. Am I holding myself back? Are there people in my life who are bringing me down unintentionally? Am I surrounding myself with people and habits that are really just limiting my life experiences. Am I expecting too much out of life?
Well when I think about life and what could make me “realistically” happy I think maybe not stressing so much on where I wanna be. Or maybe even pursuing a dream career. I’ve learned so far that anything you wanna do that makes you money that allows you to live is gonna either A. Be uncomfortable most days or B. Require a good amount of discipline and in most cases both are these are the outcome.
I often day dream about seeing Japan and perhaps even living there. I find myself gravitating towards things that come from Japan for example, my car is Japanese , the game consoles I love and collect are Japanese and i tend to even lean towards Japanese foods , games/ art , shows and music. I feel like Tokyo is full of night life and neon signs , things in Japan seem so cool , advanced and convenient. But to me not in a bad way more like a way that encourages a better life style. I have a passion to try to stay mentally , physically and spiritually healthy. And from the outside looking in the Japanese culture seems to really agree with that too. I tend to find myself thinking logically and not really stressing on the little stuff. I’ve never met a Japanese person but from what I can tell it seems like within the culture life seems full. Well…at least most of the time. Because I understand the concern and problem in Japanese culture has been similar too and or over working/work life stress and depression but on the other hand it seems like after work many people tend to go out to eat or socialize. People are competitive care about their jobs , hobbies and family. People just seem more discipline.
Now before I continue. Let’s talk about what a dream careelife looks like to me. 1. My relationship with God is good 2. I am fit and in shape 3. My job is related to or flexible with my forever changing interest and need to adventure and learn 4. I work on more of my own time possibly owning my own brand or business 5. I invest my money in things that allow me to continue to travel or freely indulge in my passions of cars , fitness and life 6. I am motivated noticeably more than I was was in the past and my discipline is on point! 7. When the time is right I find myself finally settling down with a women that is physically attractive and mentally there for me So what can we do? Well I feel like I know but don’t at the same time. I work in an automotive shop making more money than I ever have with the chance to make more (40k annually at 20y old) which to me isn’t terrible but I feel like am I only doing this because it’s better than working at Walmart or am I doing this because I went to school for it when I didn’t really know what I wanted out of life, but to be a successful artist/entrepreneur? When I begin to feel lost in life I tend to day dream about Japan / Tokyo and I think hm Would life be better if I just started over but isn’t that sefish? I have a mom at home who’s blind she needs help my dad runs a business? My brother is 27 but he’s still family… is it selfish to want to leave and start over is this what God wants of me is it against his plans ? I mean he gave us free will and as long as we trust him we’ll be okay right !? I. Don’t. Know. When I lean on him and try to knock my bad habits I find myself distancing myself from almost everyone in my life. I go thru spells of unemployment because I feel like I need to gather myself and be alone make a plan and work on myself. Sometimes I do things like social media and it feels like it’s lined up with God or it doesn’t or my music doesn’t but producing music does, or making videos about travel seems fun making a channel based on finding the meaning of life or how to find your passion seems fun but according to religion it seems like the meaning of life is GOD and your passion should be GOD and all eyes on GOD and you will be okay and that sounds great it sounds okay and fine. But I’ve tried and tried and I’m confused I’m very confused. I need help and I do ask God for help , I pray I talk to older people to pick their brain and I come to a conclusion that feels fake I don’t ever really feel satisfied. I feel like I’m allowing people to create my life. My job selection and school career just felt very “people pleasy “ like oh I’m doing this because it would make my parents proud. But now I want my own life and have been creating it but I’m stuck with the consequences of my past decisions so I feel like I can only go so far. I feel stuck I feel nervous I feel worried about my future I’m worried that I won’t be satisfied And I even try to live as if God with take the wheel and then I snap into reality of my physical world and then start worrying am I going in the right direction is this God or is this me doing bare minimum? Am I fulfilling myself? Is that supposed to matter ? I need help. Please! 🙏🏼

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When I think about my life I have no clue where I want it to go but I know somethings I want to do. Am I holding myself back? Are there people in my life who are bringing me down unintentionally? Am I surrounding myself with people and habits that are really just limiting my life experiences. Am I expecting too much out of life?
Well when I think about life and what could make me “realistically” happy I think maybe not stressing so much on where I wanna be. Or maybe even pursuing a dream career. I’ve learned so far that anything you wanna do that makes you money that allows you to live is gonna either A. Be uncomfortable most days or B. Require a good amount of discipline and in most cases both are these are the outcome.
I often day dream about seeing Japan and perhaps even living there. I find myself gravitating towards things that come from Japan for example, my car is Japanese , the game consoles I love and collect are Japanese and i tend to even lean towards Japanese foods , games/ art , shows and music. I feel like Tokyo is full of night life and neon signs , things in Japan seem so cool , advanced and convenient. But to me not in a bad way more like a way that encourages a better life style. I have a passion to try to stay mentally , physically and spiritually healthy. And from the outside looking in the Japanese culture seems to really agree with that too. I tend to find myself thinking logically and not really stressing on the little stuff. I’ve never met a Japanese person but from what I can tell it seems like within the culture life seems full. Well…at least most of the time. Because I understand the concern and problem in Japanese culture has been similar too and or over working/work life stress and depression but on the other hand it seems like after work many people tend to go out to eat or socialize. People are competitive care about their jobs , hobbies and family. People just seem more discipline.
Now before I continue. Let’s talk about what a dream careelife looks like to me. 1. My relationship with God is good 2. I am fit and in shape 3. My job is related to or flexible with my forever changing interest and need to adventure and learn 4. I work on more of my own time possibly owning my own brand or business 5. I invest my money in things that allow me to continue to travel or freely indulge in my passions of cars , fitness and life 6. I am motivated noticeably more than I was was in the past and my discipline is on point! 7. When the time is right I find myself finally settling down with a women that is physically attractive and mentally there for me So what can we do? Well I feel like I know but don’t at the same time. I work in an automotive shop making more money than I ever have with the chance to make more (40k annually at 20y old) which to me isn’t terrible but I feel like am I only doing this because it’s better than working at Walmart or am I doing this because I went to school for it when I didn’t really know what I wanted out of life, but to be a successful artist/entrepreneur? When I begin to feel lost in life I tend to day dream about Japan / Tokyo and I think hm Would life be better if I just started over but isn’t that sefish? I have a mom at home who’s blind she needs help my dad runs a business? My brother is 27 but he’s still family… is it selfish to want to leave and start over is this what God wants of me is it against his plans ? I mean he gave us free will and as long as we trust him we’ll be okay right !? I. Don’t. Know. When I lean on him and try to knock my bad habits I find myself distancing myself from almost everyone in my life. I go thru spells of unemployment because I feel like I need to gather myself and be alone make a plan and work on myself. Sometimes I do things like social media and it feels like it’s lined up with God or it doesn’t or my music doesn’t but producing music does, or making videos about travel seems fun making a channel based on finding the meaning of life or how to find your passion seems fun but according to religion it seems like the meaning of life is GOD and your passion should be GOD and all eyes on GOD and you will be okay and that sounds great it sounds okay and fine. But I’ve tried and tried and I’m confused I’m very confused. I need help and I do ask God for help , I pray I talk to older people to pick their brain and I come to a conclusion that feels fake I don’t ever really feel satisfied. I feel like I’m allowing people to create my life. My job selection and school career just felt very “people pleasy “ like oh I’m doing this because it would make my parents proud. But now I want my own life and have been creating it but I’m stuck with the consequences of my past decisions so I feel like I can only go so far. I feel stuck I feel nervous I feel worried about my future I’m worried that I won’t be satisfied And I even try to live as if God with take the wheel and then I snap into reality of my physical world and then start worrying am I going in the right direction is this God or is this me doing bare minimum? Am I fulfilling myself? Is that supposed to matter ? I need help. Please! 🙏🏼

Just a theory, possibly totally unrelated. But there are some new confirmable pieces and connections that I haven’t seen mentioned at all yet. So if I’m wrong at least there is a partially correct timeline here that can be edited to correctness. My last attempt to connect any dots I think. Please feel free to find holes and debunk it and suggest edits.
A 74 year old woman was murdered 1/18/23 and found on 1/21/23 bound, gaged, and SA’d in her ransacked apartment days later. This is on 83rd and The Mark Hotel is on 77th. Half a mile walk through the park away. EP mentioned a big bag that hotel staff was told to dispose of for Drake.
Here is what appears to be a bag in the video EP posted. There was a girl in the frame too.
A NY post article about this murder mentions:
“A young woman — who was entering the building carrying a large bag that appeared to contain clothing - choked back tears when asked if she was related to the victim. ‘It's very, very hard for me and my family. We've already talked to the police and the district attorney. I don't want to talk anymore,’ the woman said, without identifying herself.”
This woman was brutally SA’d. House was ransacked.
“The two suspects loaded up Hernandez’s belongings into a blue rolling Jansport backpack and a green rolling bag and were on CCTV divvying up cash, prosecutors said.”. The day this article is released, Drake is seen leaving The Mark hotel.. He is seen the next day at Lil Yatchy’s listening party in New Jersey.
These were posted August 2023 by EP on his Facebook page. They look like old lady clothes. I found other photos of the victim in this case and they look like what she would wear. They could just be things left behind at the hotel by others ofc.
The murder and robbery on 83rd street was almost certainly a boosting attempt, and by the sounds of the perpetrators counting cash on CCTV as reported by police, it sounds like it was a successful boost. This happens where I live but they typically steal from big chain stores. Ironically it keeps residential crime lower, it’s non-violent, and people would prefer new things anyway, or at least nice things. It’s a pretty common black market thing in cities to the point where I live, even regularly law abiding people will purchase things from boosters with the understanding it was stolen from a store. Iykyk. The victim being an upper east side woman she probably had some nice things, clothing and jewelry in particular as ladies do especially at her age. That’s what this looks like to me. And the jewelry EP posted didn’t look new or like it would have been for a younger girl.
This woman was brutally SA’d.Her home was ransacked. These were posted August 2023 by EP on his Facebook page.. They look like older lady clothes. I found other photos of the victim and they look like what she would wear. But ofc, this could just be things left behind at the hotel by others. Strange though, because these are the only clothes EP ever posted on his Facebook.
It is strange Drake only wanted one thing from a big bag and there was loads of jewelry left behind by him. They said the rest of the stuff in the big bag was trash but because the items were expensive and it’s Drake’s stuff, it was instead put into lost and found.
In my mind I would see it play out like this: a booster brings a bag of goods. Wealthy purchaser pays enough for one item he wants where the booster is like here, take this whole thing (get it off their own hands). And the purchaser only wanted one thing for so the rest, jewelry, clothing, etc. is disposed of.
OR
There was a specific item and something specific about this lady having it. The rest of what was in the bag was just to hide the one item. But I couldn’t find a single piece of info on her outside of crime articles and an obituary with family photos but no text to really know anything more about her. This theory would suit the little bag mentioned that was suppose to have been shipped somewhere.
Either way, Drake & crew take the one thing they need and the rest ends up with hotel staff for disposal, but it was a large bag full of expensive things. It appears EP was instructed to put it in lost and found.
There’s an incident report from Mark security on July 20th. Probably when EP had to protect Drake from protests that Theodore organized.. Or EP had to report an underage. Perhaps Drake was what led to the crackdown or a mandated report, and EP sees it as Drake’s fault he now had to deal with Theo and protect him from protestors, for which he nearly got arrested for doing his job. This was probably the next time he saw Drake since January. EP keeps mentioning 7/27/23. This is the day Theodore the underage drinking protest organizer filed a lawsuit naming EP as part of it.
Officer Viola had a CCRB citation for trying to contain the protest. Officer Viola and EP both got in trouble for protecting Drake that night. EP mentioned that this relationship probably saved him from getting arrested. The two probably had probably had to help corroborate eachother’s stories from the protest incident.
EP is so fed up with Drake at this point. [EP cites many examples of why he takes offense to Drake and crew for their treatment of staff. Their hubris.
The man he almost got arrested for protecting and his team are treating EP and his coworkers like shit. He cites cultural reasons as well, echoing Kenny’s “not like us” sentiments.
At some point EP’s is instructed by his director to clean out the lost and found. By August he’s so fed up that he’s going to sell these things and not protect Drake by what might come out if anyone recognizes these items as belonging to that lady from 83rd street. He posts them on Facebook.
Fast forward to now, and Kendrick drops a diss track. At some point, either Akademiks snitched on EP for having the items. or him and Drake both did.
EP has been pushed and pushed. He has to take this treatment and give the friendly enjoy your evening.
“Meet the Grahams” comes out and EP said I understood the assignment. Kenny at some point gets the album art from EP with item’s that appear to have belonged to Drake.
Drake releases “The Heart Part 6” said that he fed the cover art content to Kenny. Why would he lie about that? Why not say wow Kenny you got people going through my trash? Because buying stolen goods is illegal, and if they’re connected to, or even worse you ordered or someone you know is involved in, a murder and horrific SA of an elderly woman… yikes bad optics any which way. But EP, on the other hand, obtained the items after they were disposed of, which is legal even if they were stolen and especially if they were unclaimed after x many days, from my understanding.
EP’s manager finds out about the album cover and questions him about how the items were obtained. But she knew that EP had these items already, as he was instructed by to not throw them in the trash originally and then months later instructed to throw them out. EP implies that policy/practice allows him to claim the items at this point. From what I’ve heard from people who worked at hotels throughout my life is that this is generally true for other hotels as well.
He explains to his boss how the items were obtained. She advises him to get a lawyer which is strange because staff knew these items were in the lost and found and that by law, if they aren’t claimed within a certain amount of time they’re fair game. But if they’re stolen from a murdered woman, yeah you might want to speak to a lawyer because possession of stolen property is illegal even if you didn’t know it was stolen and it also may implicate you in a murder that took place nearby. It doesn’t make sense to me that EP’s boss would advise a lawyer when she knew all of this, unless she knew ALL of that.
CA knew about this, perhaps due to proximity? He sees the bag or hears the conversation about it. He thinks he has to do the right thing and tell the police, or somehow gets assaulted so that he keeps quiet. EP alleges that police were called because someone got assaulted that night.
I’m not sure who this is but It appears to be the same man pictured about a minute later.

When I think about my life I have no clue where I want it to go but I know somethings I want to do. Am I holding myself back? Are there people in my life who are bringing me down unintentionally? Am I surrounding myself with people and habits that are really just limiting my life experiences. Am I expecting too much out of life?
Well when I think about life and what could make me “realistically” happy I think maybe not stressing so much on where I wanna be. Or maybe even pursuing a dream career. I’ve learned so far that anything you wanna do that makes you money that allows you to live is gonna either A. Be uncomfortable most days or B. Require a good amount of discipline and in most cases both are these are the outcome.
I often day dream about seeing Japan and perhaps even living there. I find myself gravitating towards things that come from Japan for example, my car is Japanese , the game consoles I love and collect are Japanese and i tend to even lean towards Japanese foods , games/ art , shows and music. I feel like Tokyo is full of night life and neon signs , things in Japan seem so cool , advanced and convenient. But to me not in a bad way more like a way that encourages a better life style. I have a passion to try to stay mentally , physically and spiritually healthy. And from the outside looking in the Japanese culture seems to really agree with that too. I tend to find myself thinking logically and not really stressing on the little stuff. I’ve never met a Japanese person but from what I can tell it seems like within the culture life seems full. Well…at least most of the time. Because I understand the concern and problem in Japanese culture has been similar too and or over working/work life stress and depression but on the other hand it seems like after work many people tend to go out to eat or socialize. People are competitive care about their jobs , hobbies and family. People just seem more discipline.
Now before I continue. Let’s talk about what a dream careelife looks like to me. 1. My relationship with God is good 2. I am fit and in shape 3. My job is related to or flexible with my forever changing interest and need to adventure and learn 4. I work on more of my own time possibly owning my own brand or business 5. I invest my money in things that allow me to continue to travel or freely indulge in my passions of cars , fitness and life 6. I am motivated noticeably more than I was was in the past and my discipline is on point! 7. When the time is right I find myself finally settling down with a women that is physically attractive and mentally there for me So what can we do? Well I feel like I know but don’t at the same time. I work in an automotive shop making more money than I ever have with the chance to make more (40k annually at 20y old) which to me isn’t terrible but I feel like am I only doing this because it’s better than working at Walmart or am I doing this because I went to school for it when I didn’t really know what I wanted out of life, but to be a successful artist/entrepreneur? When I begin to feel lost in life I tend to day dream about Japan / Tokyo and I think hm Would life be better if I just started over but isn’t that sefish? I have a mom at home who’s blind she needs help my dad runs a business? My brother is 27 but he’s still family… is it selfish to want to leave and start over is this what God wants of me is it against his plans ? I mean he gave us free will and as long as we trust him we’ll be okay right !? I. Don’t. Know. When I lean on him and try to knock my bad habits I find myself distancing myself from almost everyone in my life. I go thru spells of unemployment because I feel like I need to gather myself and be alone make a plan and work on myself. Sometimes I do things like social media and it feels like it’s lined up with God or it doesn’t or my music doesn’t but producing music does, or making videos about travel seems fun making a channel based on finding the meaning of life or how to find your passion seems fun but according to religion it seems like the meaning of life is GOD and your passion should be GOD and all eyes on GOD and you will be okay and that sounds great it sounds okay and fine. But I’ve tried and tried and I’m confused I’m very confused. I need help and I do ask God for help , I pray I talk to older people to pick their brain and I come to a conclusion that feels fake I don’t ever really feel satisfied. I feel like I’m allowing people to create my life. My job selection and school career just felt very “people pleasy “ like oh I’m doing this because it would make my parents proud. But now I want my own life and have been creating it but I’m stuck with the consequences of my past decisions so I feel like I can only go so far. I feel stuck I feel nervous I feel worried about my future I’m worried that I won’t be satisfied And I even try to live as if God with take the wheel and then I snap into reality of my physical world and then start worrying am I going in the right direction is this God or is this me doing bare minimum? Am I fulfilling myself? Is that supposed to matter ? I need help. Please! 🙏🏼

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Hi Everyone! I've been getting some DM's after the score release thread yesterday, and it seems like it might be helpful for some to hear my experience with the test, so here we go.
BACKGROUND: I'm a US MD student at a T20 who has done pretty well academically, but certainly not top of the class in anything.
THIRD YEAR: Throughout clerkships, I used a pretty standard way for studying for every shelf exam. I would do all of the anki found within the most up-to-date version of the AnKing step 2 deck, did all the Uworld for the clerkship once, re-did all of my wrongs on uworld, then took as many CMS's for that subject as I could. I'd throw in a couple review videos from Emma Holliday and Divine here and there, but overall this was the setup. Generally scored about 85th percentile or so on those, and ended up scoring 74% on this first pass of uworld.
DEDICATED: Gave myself 5 weeks to study for it just to have a little more flexibility in how hard I went each day. On average I bet I spent around 8 hours studying each day, except for practice test days where it was more like 12ish.
Anki: I reset the step 2 AnKing deck at the very beginning of dedicated and set the due date for two days before my test. This came out to ~800-1200 review cards/day, which I mainly did at the gym while on the treadmill or in between sets. I also made anki cards for my wrong answers on Uworld and NBME's, which came out to about 800 cards total.
Practice Questions: Uworld is still king. I did around 80-120 questions/day on timed testing mode nearly every day that I was not taking a practice test. I would do all of these questions in a row in the morning and review them later in the afternoon at lunch. For reviews, I would honestly skim through the ones I got correct unless there was a knowledge gap, and read through everything on those I got wrong + make an anki card. Ended up getting through 45% and scoring 85% on this. Only other practice questions I relied on were the AMBOSS high yield risk factors, ethics, 200 concepts, and vaccine/screening blocks, which I did during my first week of dedicated.
Practice Tests: Do as many of these as you can. Both UWSA's and NBME's are great, but if you're in a bind and can't do both, I would focus on the NBME's since questions seem more alike to those seen on the test. I also tried my best to take and review the tests on the same day so I had a better recolleciton of my thinking during questions, but idk if this helped that much and it was brutal getting through on some days. Here's the order I did them and my scores:
NBME 9: 244 (35 days out), NBME10: 253 (28 days out), NBME11: 260 (21 days out), UWSA 1: 260 (18 days out), UWSA 3: 255 (13 days out), Old New Free 120: 91% (11 days out), NMBE13: 264 (10 days out), NBME14: 261 (7 days out), UWSA 2: 268 (5 days out).
I did these in this order based off the recommendation of some friends who had taken the exam previously, but I don't think there's a right answer. I also didn't take NBME 12 because I heard horror stories (I'm just a scared little guy) or the old old Free 120 since I heard it wasn't super representative at this point. SUPER IMPORTANT BOLDED POINT - I would normally take 1-2 days following my practice tests doing uworld specifically on the areas that were weaker based on my test result. I think doing this really helped keep things efficient.
Podcasts: Divine Intervention and Emma Holliday are the truth. For DI I listened to the rapid review series (there's a good spotify playlist if you type in "divine intervention rapid review") and the QI episodes. I also listened to all the Emma Holliday episodes by the end of dedicated. I mostly did this passively while exercising or cooking.
Day before test: This video right here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJgjMZk8\_To) is sweet. I followed a lot of the tips and found them helpful. Waking up early at 5 am and exercising helped a lot in terms of sleeping and calming my nerves. I also did NOTHING to study that day and recommend you do too. If you have to do something, try to keep it relatively light.
Day of Test: Got to the testing center half an hour early. I also had plenty of water with me and tons of different protein bars (shoutout kirkland brand protein bars) which I ate from during each break. The video I linked recommends having just a small cup of coffee before the exam to keep nerves stable, but if you're like me and a straight up caffeine junky you can do what I did and take caffeine pills before and during the test. I ended up taking one (200 mg) right before, another (200 mg) after three blocks, and a final (200 mg) after six blocks. Yeah I know that's a lot stop looking at me like that. For breaks I took my first after two blocks, one after the third, a longer one after the fourth, one after the sixth, and a final short one after the seventh. I will bold the following because I think this is what gives people an edge on test day, try to poop before the test begins. Nothing worse than thinking about that while trying to perform. Other than that, just be nice to the testing center folks.
OTHER STUFF: Try your best not to burn yourself out studying. Only you know what your capacity is, so strive towards maxing that out and no more than that no matter what those around you say. Also, try your best to eat healthy and exercise at least 3 days a week. Doesn't matter how you exercise, but just getting some movement is super helpful. I found going to the gym and mixing in anki was effective and efficient, but you do what's best for you. Last thing, try to find a hobby you can do at night after you're done studying. Mine was video games and seeing friends, but you do whatever makes you happy.
FINAL THOUGHTS: This test sucks man. It's long, the questions can be vague, and its stressful. That said it's also doable (especially compared to Step 1). The most important part is just doing your studying consistently and keeping yourself sane. That's easier said than done, but its definitely possible to do it. In the end, a lot of what happened in my case was just the form I got falling into my strengths, but being consistent with your studying and working on your weak areas through Uworld sets you up to be lucky.
tl;dr: 80-120 uworld questions/day, reset step 2 anking and set due date to near test date, take NBME's and UWSA's, hit weak areas, find a stress reliever, be cool to yourself, poop before test.
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I (18M) am basically my brother's (23M) caretaker, and I just can't take it anymore.
My brother is the laziest most slothful, uncaring person I know. He is 23 with no drive to do anything with his life. His hubris made him drop out of high school after taking a class he knew he couldn't pass, has never had a job or put effort into finding one, and has never had any form of a relationship with a woman.
He is a piece of shit with no care to change his ways. Here's some of the shit he does:
Pisses on the floor, wall, seat etc. Leaves shit stains on the toilet seat (I don't even know how that's possible.) Never change the toilet paper roll. Leaves stray pubes all over the toilet bowl. Shaves and leaves all of his hair in and around the sink. Lets water drip everywhere when he rarely showers.
He hasn't cleaned his room in months. He pisses the bed nightly and is so fucking lazy that he knowingly sleeps in his piss because he doesn't wanna get up. Or he'll go to our cabinet where I fold and put away clean towels and will lay them down on his freshly pissed bed, and immediately go back to sleep. His room stinks like urine, body odour and semen. It emanates from his room even with his door closed. He'll open his door to "Freshen it up" and the entire house will reek like piss, and I have to keep my door closed 24/7 or my room will start to smell.
He never does his dishes, simply places them by the sink for me or my dad to do. He also leaves dishes wherever he pleases. He'll open bread and leave it on the counter to get stale. Leaves milk out along with fresh foods that end up rotting if I don't do it for him. Cooks with oil and lets it splash everywhere. Never wipes the counter and leaves crumbs everywhere. Has no care for dropping food or condiments, resulting in me needing to mop daily. Leaves opened containers EVERYWHERE (i.e. peanut butter, jam.) If the trash is full he'll just put it beside the can instead of changing it. Lets food burn into a frying pan makes it 10x harder for me to scrub out, and leaves every cabinet open.
He has no responsibilities and does nothing but eat, jerk off and play video games all day and night. He'll constantly wake me up by screaming and cackling like an idiot at 2 in the morning, we have neighbours and they've complained to us about him. I've pleaded with him to be quiet and just talk at a reasonable level but he brushes me off every single time.
There is quite literally not a single thing that he does to help anyone or do anything in our house. Every attempt to get him to change his ways results in him giving a one-word response like "mhm" "sure" and "yeah." Or he stares at his phone not answering you. He complains about every little thing that he doesn't want to do, and meets any kind of change with resistance.
Now after my parents separated my dad met another woman who unfortunately lives abroad, so he's not in the country 75% of the year. So that leaves me do to it all. Daily I clean my brother's piss and shit, I wash and put away his dishes. Everything that he leaves out I put back. I get the groceries, I service the car, I vacuum, I mop, I clean, I DO EVERYTHING.
He's also a giant narcissist who blames our parents for his current position. Constantly saying our parents never taught him anything (which is of course a giant fucking lie.)
I'm starting to hate his guts but, I just don't know how to feel. I feel like an asshole, cause how could I hate my brother? But at the same time is that hate warranted?
I don't know what to do, he obviously won't listen to reason or change his ways. I just need some advice. Also sorry for the length.

Background

In June 2023, self-proclaimed free speech absolutist Elon Musk declared that the words "cis" or "cisgender" are considered slurs on X (Twitter). It would appear, however, that only recently did the platform actually start enforcing against these terms.
Naturally, the principled free speech advocates of /FreeSpeech took issue with this.
Or so you would think...

Drama

Thread: X now treats the term cisgender as a slur (mirror)
First, for an idea of the sub's prevailing views on the matter

It is often, maybe even most often used as a slur. [+153]

No, it is used most often to indicate that someone isn't trans. Do you consider that an insult? [-54]

It is used disparagingly every time. It is another petty attempt to garner attention from the demographic that is defined solely by its clinical narcissism. [+8]

Godwin's law in action

I got called a cisgender retard right here on Reddit a few weeks back, so... xD

If someone called you a white retard, would that mean the word “white” is a slur? The slur part of that comment was the word “retard” not “cisgender”.

I find cis stuff offensive as it forcefully puts me in a category that's part of a neo-marxist ideology that I despise with all my being - it's analogous with Nazis calling Jews untermensch, in my view.

A rigorous discussion on the nature of gender

Can you show me one example of someone using cisgender as a slur.

When you continuously refer someone as “cis” despite them not wanting to be called that
By the way, there’s only two genders

Hurting someone’s feelings is not the same as the word being a slur.
And prove there are only two genders, moron. I’ll wait.

If you need proof of the only two genders that have existed ever since the start of the human race, then you are truly stupid as fuck.
Don’t do drugs kids, or you’ll end up as brain dead as this moron Lol

This turns into a lengthy slapfight.
Won't somebody please think of the children?

A belief that you can become opposite sex by surgery, ingesting hormones, or even just by declaring yourself to be one, is absolutely an ideology, because it's factually, scientifically and provably incorrect.
They absolutely are coming for the kids. The countless photos and videos of gender ideology agenda in schools and kindergartens aren't proof enough? The drag queen show, confusing them about gender, forcing sexuality onto them from they youngest age.

Then please prove it scientifically, genius. I'll wait.

Yep, malice.

I have an opinion you dont understand therefore I must be evil.
This is real yokel shit.

Somehow the N word comes up

So now banning words is a good thing? Make it make sense...this is limiting free speech, no?

It's a slur

And so is whore but that word isn't limited nor banned in any way...so is Elon Monk now infringing on people's freedom?

Speech isn't free though. Try using the N word as a slur in your local coffee shop and see how long it takes before you're arrested.

I feel so banal just putting this down.
I've been married for almost 24 years now. There is way more background than I can put in here. [edit: Looks like I did my best though lol.]
In that timespan, in roughly chronological order, I've become a parent twice over, lost my mind and gone to outpatient mental health at a local hospital a couple of times, considered suicide, sat in the dark banging my head against a wall, found antidepressants which saved my life, started drinking, lost jobs, stopped drinking, started therapy, got in shape, found jobs, got out of shape, started drinking and hiding it, stopped drinking again, and finally concluded my marriage is a fucked up sham.
I keep a journal from time to time. The ones from 20 years ago are was full of "She is such a control freak bitch" vitriol about events I don't even remember anymore. The ones from 10 years ago? Same. The way I feel now? Same. She's to my mind narcissistic and expects everyone to act and change to her whims and has no patience when her requests aren't followed TO THE LETTER.
My role, and I am trying not to hyperbolize, boils down to: Earn money. Shop and cook meals. Fix things when they break. Find things when wife loses them. Unwaveringly support her home business, which involves moving hundreds of pounds of inventory from A to B and back to A again. Perform other tasks as ordered, and get an earful if I don't do them right.
My 9-5 job is... complicated. I'll just say every day is a new exciting ball of stress. I'm very very very appreciated there, but it is difficult for a variety of reasons. I come home most days feeling beat down and exhausted.
Now it gets specific.
Lately my octogenarian mother has started that downhill mental slide and my wife ostensibly has been "helping" me with her - which practically speaking means telling my mom what she needs to do using me as a conduit. (My father died years ago after a similar mental decline. My mother was his caretaker at that time, more power to her.) My wife has always been very vocal with her negative opinions about my wrong-side-of-the-tracks brother (who lives in mom's house in my area, is 50 and can't keep a job) and my wrong-side-of-the-aisle father (RIP he was really a nice guy) and more and more lately how difficult it is dealing with my mom. ("But you can't be mad at her, she can't help it" is always her follow-up comment.)
A week or so ago I got an abrupt phone message that mom was up and driving to Florida (a 14-hour trip from where we live) with my ne'er-do-well brother to get her snowbird RV working, cleaned up and on the market. This would conflict with some very necessary appointments I had made with her and I was furious at being blindsided. Mom was unwilling to postpone for admittedly valid reasons. My wife offered to call her and discuss this on my behalf since I didn't feel I could keep a level mind. I got a text from my mother shortly after that call asking if my wife had yelled at her own mother in that way\*.
I passed that on to wife with the question "What did you say?" and got back "I only spoke firmly with her" and she was overreacting and that I should text mom back and defend my wife. I texted and said something akin to "She called to save you from how much *I* would have yelled."
Fine. And life goes on. More and more shit hits various fans. TWO DAYS AGO we need to schedule other family things and I am interrupted at work with a photograph of an email on her computer screen showing some proposed info. I pull my attention away from what I'm doing and apparently take too long to sort the two months of events in my mind and she gets frustrated until she's yelling at me over the phone, "It's all RIGHT THERE IN THE DOC I sent, can't you read it? Why is this so hard?" and I kneejerk answered, "If this is the same way you talked to my mom that time, it is DEFINITELY yelling."
She abruptly hung up on me and I got a text, "Just read what I sent and then go to hell." I wrote back "I'm not sure why you think that tone of voice is ever helpful" and got radio silence.
We have normal life yesterday. I go to work. I pick up kids. I make dinner. I mow the yard. Every time I want to peel away to relax since it's been solid since I woke up, I am told how much stuff there is still to do. So I help trim the dogs. I help get springtime plants ready. I think, "I am only useful as someone who performs tasks here. I am a robot." (This is also a theme in my on-again off-again journals.) Finally go to bed.
This morning I am NO SOONER AWAKE than she starts in with how the other day I criticized how she talks to my mom and how she has THANKLESSLY done ALL THIS STUFF TO HELP ME OVER THE YEARS and in return she gets tone-policed and she doesn't appreciate it and the hell with everything and she'll just stop trying to help if that's my reaction. I have no response at that point (I am literally horizontal still, and it's pre-coffee) so I shower and go downstairs w/out saying anything.
We get into it a bit this morning. I try to get across the point that her helping out IS appreciated and what's NOT appreciated is raising her voice and being abrasive and I don't want to be spoken to like that. (Anymore.) She just gets louder, which is ironic, and goes back into how... well... something. I honestly don't remember because in not my finest hour I ended up doing a duck beak with my hand and muttering "blah blah blah." It goes over as well as you'd expect, but I swear to god it was more of how she's a victim because I told her I don't want to get yelled at. That more or less ended the conversation after 15 minutes of back and forth.
Throughout it though I kept trying to rephrase stuff to make it clear and she kept whatabouting. I pointed out "A week ago I told you I didn't want to sit there and be yelled at and you said 'Oh I'm sorry your highness,' do you remember that?" (This actually happened.) She said? "Keep your voice down, people will hear you." I was actually pumping up a bike tire in the garage at that point to help her with today's plans that SHE had made. (She opened the door to ask if I had anything I wanted to say. I said it. ONOZ KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN. Why did you ask me then?)
She reiterated that it's not HER fault that I get triggered by this tone, and EVERY time she does this I "take it personally." I said "I don't take it PERSONALLY, I don't like to be yelled at!" and asked, "So if you help with things then you get free license to yell at me whenever you want?" And -- finally!! -- the answer to that question is, it turns out, yes.
Some points:

• We have seen a marriage counselor various times over the years.
• She wants me to be more open - more communication and feedback.
• But not THAT KIND OF communication, I guess.
• And definitely not about her or things that upset me.

tl;dr:

Wife gets upset and raises her voice and her attitude is "That's how I talk, get used to it." I get upset and raise my voice and her attitude is "Why are you so angry? You have issues, you need to talk to a therapist." (Which I do, actually.) I finally called her out on her yelling and got - surprise - yelled at for it.

So that's a giant spew of stuff. I've tried to be as neutral as possible.
I'm absolutely empty. I am feeling buried under so many responsibilities and they seem to keep piling on. The one person who is supposed to be there for me is treating it like some gigantic unappreciated favor. I voice negative thoughts or try to set boundaries (difficult for me for many reasons) and get shut down or dismissed. I had to call in sick this morning, since I feel so... well... Idunno. But I'm so much of it that I created a throwaway account to post here. I feel like crying but can't.
I guess the meds have helped, I'm not feeling self-destructive. I just want to not feel so shitty about trying to stand up for myself.
Thanks for reading.
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\* The answer: yes, she actually DID yell at her own mother that way. Brought her to f*ing TEARS on more than one occasion. MIL passed away a decade ago, wonderful lady I miss her a lot.

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I used to weigh nearly 170 lbs, and then a few years ago I finally lost the weight.
I used to be a fat, smoking, pothead of a loser who didn't exercise at all. I'm proud to say I'm 5 years smoke free, lost 50 lbs and now only use weed on the weekends.
When I first started losing weight, I didn't exercise at all and lost about 15 pounds without any exercise. However, I was MISERABLE. I felt constantly deprived. Once I hit around the 150s, I added in exercise. I upped my calories to 1600 and still reliably lost around 5 lbs a month. Furthermore, exercise has lead to a MASSIVE uptick in my mental health. Here is what I do:

• I work Mon-Fri and work out for 30 minutes every morning before work. Tues-Thurs I run a 5k, and Mon/Wed/Fri I do a strength training video.
• I have two big dogs that need to be walked on a 2 mile loop at least twice a day. My husband walks them in the mornings, and I walk them in the evenings (he also takes them out to play on his lunch break.)
• A couple times a week I'll go to a yoga class (GAME CHANGER for my mental health.) I started doing that instead of constant happy hours with coworkers.
• One day a weekend we'll hike with the dogs. The other day is rest day.

I get around 10,000 steps a day. I'm not trying to lose weight anymore - I'm actually trying to put on a bit of muscle now. I realize not everybody can exercise due to disabilities, life circumstances, etc. but this is what works for me. Exercising more + eating more is WAY better for me than being sedentary and eating less for many reasons. I try to keep my breakfast to around 400 kcal, lunch is around 550, and dinner is around 700 kcal and that leaves me 450 if I want a little ice cream after dinner, if I want to split a bottle of wine with my husband during dinner, or just if I want snacks for the day.
I'm glad I found something that works for me.

Yo! First I want to say thank you for taking the time to read my post. I’m still searching for a few more people to talk to regularly, so I thought I’d try another shot to find some decent people.
Anyways about me:
So a little bit about me. Im 25 M and I live in the US. I’m pretty chill and easy going for the most part. I love joking around a lot, so don’t take me seriously most times haha 😅. I like to think that I’m a good listener, or at least i try my best to be. I’m pretty decent at holding conversations too, I can talk about a wide variety of stuff, and I’m not opposed to even talking about more difficult topics, as long as it is civil. I’m go with the flow pretty much, and the energy I get from you I’ll give back in return.
I’m introverted and a homebody, my ideal way of relaxing is wrapped up in a blanket watching a good Netflix series 😌, or just kicking back with some friends playing some games.
I spend a lot of my free time gaming lately. I mostly play Apex whenever I game but I also own some other games too. I have both a PlayStation and a Switch and I’m open to suggestions if you ever had another game you wanted to try playing. Feel free to ask me what games I own btw.
I enjoy listening to music. I listen to a little bit of everything. I like watching tv shows and movies on Netflix, and I’m a huge anime fan! I have more nerdy hobbies overall 😅 and I really enjoy science related topics, i like learning in general tbh. I enjoy playing card and board games, domino’s, ect, and I’m semi decent in chess too. I was learning to speak French at one point but consistency is kinda my arch enemy in well….everything 💀. I like reading every now and then, and I love a good story. I love memes and funny/interesting videos, so definitely feel free to share memes whenever you find them, and I definitely will do the same.
Long term wise, I prefer to keep talking on discord after talking on Reddit for a bit. I also would like it if in the long term you’re comfortable with voice chats. I’m cool with just chatting, but long term it would be better if we could call every now and then. Also, it would be good if we could do virtual hangouts from time to time. Maybe play some games, vibe out to some music, watch some shows/movies/anime together. I’m open to suggestions as well, so if you ever had something you wanted to plan then I’m open to trying new stuff.
Hopefully something in my post appealed to you. If it did, don’t be shy, even if we don’t have the same hobbies it would still be nice to have more consistent friends to talk to. I can hold pretty decent convos, and can talk about a variety of stuff. So don’t be shy, feel free to say Hi! 😁👋

Tried to watch their newest sesh episode and they spent nearly 10 minutes of just chit chatting before going into their topics. The first 10 minutes was just Kendall shitting on Jimmy Kimmel. Then calling him stupid and “Jimmy dog kibble”. I don’t care for talk show hosts and I know many have opinions of both Kimmel and Fallon, whatever. Still, what a negative tone to set right as you start a podcast. I’ll also can’t stress enough how annoying it is that they’re STILL reacting to video clips on a PODCAST. I can’t see what they’re reacting to when I’m driving, and I can hardly hear what’s going on between the video clip playing and then talking over one another trying to react to these clips. I don’t understand why they’re choosing The Sesh to be a pop culture podcast when they don’t put in the time and effort to research their topics (their second newest episode with the Drake and Kendrick drama with little to no research) and one of their cohost not caring about anything Hollywood. All Janelle does is shit on The Office, Taylor Swift, not knowing what Adam Sandler looks like, etc. If that’s what you’re basing you’re podcast off of, you need to put in the work and interest, otherwise, what’s the point? Anytime they react to anything, they’ll always make an exaggerated frustrated face and say “that’s so stupid” or taste testing and reacting to food that they hate, giving the most obnoxious reaction, “Ugh EW that’s disgusting! You like that? How can you like that?” and will drag it on and on for 5-10 minutes. At this point, just get rid of the whole podcast. I’ve lost count as to how many times Kendall will end the podcast with cutting it off and saying she needs to get back to her daughter and take care of her. There’s nothing wrong with being a mom and wanting to be with Holly, but my god, not the way to end the podcast. Making it seem like doing this podcast is such an inconvenience to her and making her being a mother her whole personality. Constantly saying how she has difficulty with Holly with certain things, but both Josh and Kendall have the luxury to hire a nanny. Also, side note, it’s actually crazy how often Kendall has posted pictures of just Holly on her Instagram reels and feed. Even some celebrities know better and will at least only show the back of their child’s head or have an emoji covering their face. Having the job that they do, you’d think they would do better to protect their child’s identity. Too many pedos out there and AI becoming a problem as well. They also go on multiple vacations in a year. They have all these people surrounding them for support whether it’s work or personal, they have their hands mostly free and can’t even pre record when they know they’ll be on vacation. Unfortunately, with more people on their team, it means more responsibilities and theoretically should make work easier for them, but quality has gone down so much within the past year and a half or so. All of their content/podcasts no longer feels like them anymore.

Hey All,
Let me preface this by saying I was always a crappy student in school. Was never motivated, slacked off as much as I could, and pulled more allnighters the night before a test than I would have liked to - just to get an average score because I didn't study more in advance.
With that being said, I did officially pass the PMP on my first try on 5/14/24 with AT in all 3 target areas! I wanted to share my advice as I know when I first started studying I felt lost and wasn't sure if I was wasting time studying the wrong materials.
1.) PMI Study Hall is THE NUMBER ONE thing you should be studying. The questions on the test very closely mimic study hall. Look at the reasoning of why you got questions wrong and memorize the vocabulary as best you can (there are some vocab questions on the exam). As everyone else notes, the mindset is key. Caveat: use the expert questions as additional practice, but try not to confuse yourself with the explanations - some of them are contradictory to the PMP mindset. However, I wouldn't say skip them all together as some people suggest because it is additional practice. I did find there were some VERY challenging questions on the exam and maybe those were expert level. It's hard to say.
2.) Don't waste too much time/money spreading yourself too thin between all of the different study materials. This may sound controversial but - AR Mindset, 3rd rock notes, different PMP programs you can find online and pay for - keep in mind all of these people are making money off of you and of course they're going to tell you that their program is the best, no one ever fails after taking their course (BS - you can find plenty of people here that failed after meticulously studying AR's mindset course). My biggest problem with people who make their own "PMP Study Course" is that they're making up the questions themselves and you're not getting an accurate representation of what the exam will look like. The most helpful thing from these programs is probably the mindset - but again it could lead you astray. I would emphasize that PMI study hall was the single most helpful tool I used.
3.) David McChlaclan's youtube videos - primarily 200 agile questions, 150 waterfall, and the 7th edition PMP questions videos helped a lot - and helped break up the monotony of reading through Study Hall content every day. I would constantly rotate between study hall questions and then watch david's videos and follow along when my brain started to fry for the day.
With that being said, the questions he goes over are most likely generated himself or outside of PMI - but SOME of them look similar to the questions you'll find on the test - and his explanations really help you master the mindset of eliminating bad answers and narrowing them down to the right choice. He also really helps fill in the knowledge gap of the AGILE questions - which as many people state here on Reddit - are a huge portion of the exam. The agile knowledge and vocabulary around agile processes is KEY.
Side note: I specifically remember many questions about deliverables, and the stakeholders rejecting deliverables at the end of a project: what to do, what SHOULD the PM have done, etc. Maybe take a note of that, and how it relates to acceptance criteria of deliverables.
2nd Side Note: I never once referred to the PMBOK 7th edition guide or Agile Practice Guide Books - again I thought reading through these was like watching paint dry and felt it was a huge waste of time instead of just diving right into study hall and YouTube and cross referencing things when I didn't understand them (google searches for definitions, etc.).
Make sure you're not just memorizing the answers in PMI Study Hall (there are about 700 questions total) - mix it up between the practice questions and practice tests to make sure you're getting a well rounded understanding of all of the material.
TIme Management: This was harder than I thought it was going to be. I was taking too much time deciding between answer choices and reviewing answers for the first 2 sections of the test. This left me with 65 minutes for the last 60 questions and I REALLY busted through the last section as quickly as possible - I ended up with about 7 minutes to review my flagged questions for this section and got some peace of mine before submitting everything. With that being said, make sure you manage your time well from the beginning - mental fatigue really does start to wear on you.
Last rant: the power of the internet now is amazing. There is so much good content on youtube and people giving away free information - and that was a huge contributor to my success - especially when concepts in Study Hall/the explanations were confusing.
I never expected to pass AT/AT/AT - (I studied maybe 3 months total with 1-2 hours a day and sometimes not studying for days in a row - the last 2 weeks I turned it up hardcore and studied 3-8 hours a day depending on my mental capacity for the day). But with consistency and really dedicating yourself, it's possible. I thought the exam overall was CHALLENGING, some easy questions but some very tricky ones.
I just wanted to post this to say THANK YOU for all the helpful information and references to helpful study material. My success wouldn't have been possible without the Reddit PMP community. I'm very glad I'll never have to take that 4 hour, anxiety-inducing test again.