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Thanks, the body is certainly adaptive and it can adapt to harmful things.

@Buck Edwards That is quite an impressive list.

Yes is a balance act, you should push yourself too. People can talk to you and approach you, and you can do the same. There is not better or worse technique really, the important thing is that you put your soul into it. You'll know what personally is best for you.

To clarify with what I just said and that is not misunderstood: there is a difference between being needy and being relaxed while socializing. When you go to social environments is implicit that you're looking for connections.

She wouldn't have the energy to yell in that case lol. This seems more like an upbringing problem to me.

Agree, and I would add: do this in social environments. Do not look for attention, silence is a powerful tool.

It's time for me to upgrade my diet. Wasn't really focused on it for the las months because I was trying to fix my sleep, but now I can get my hands on diet. A couple of days ago I had the idea to control the calories I take in a day and to take the same amount of calories everyday. Of course with high quality foods like the ones shown in this thread. My body is used to eat a lot of calories which will inevitably cause me problems down the road. In consequence, my main challenge is when I consume less calories I have cravings. On the other hand I am trying to quit caffeine, which will make the cravings for food even more accentuated, since caffeine is a hunger supressor. Eating the right ammount is as important as eating the right quality of food. Good thread anyways.

You should combine probiotics with a good diet. Plus, probiotic manufacturers don't care about your health or to create the best probiotics possible. Look for the best alternative without needing to spend millions of dollars.

Have you become addict to coffee already?

Nice, I started with that video too. But what really got me going with basic modeling and learning the main hot-keys is Polygon Runway's tutorials. You'll also learn how to apply basic materials and modifiers there. And this is a great playlist of his tutorials. Following the tutorial looks something like this: watch the video and copy the model in paralel. Like, watch a couple of seconds, change windows to Blender, copy it, and repeat, until you finish the scene. You will spend twice or a bit more as much as the length of the tutorial, which is very quick. But in contrast you'll miss some important concepts and habits like how to do optimal mesh configuration... He doesn't care much about N-gons for example. Also, there are a lot of advanced VFX artists in this forum to ask. I have a scarce understanding of materials, animations, rigging, nodes, cero compositing skills. Right now I am reading an E-book on Packt about rigging for begginers. I am still a begginer.

Never had a meaningful experience while meeting the jester-like figure. Just very puzzling and no insights associated.

Is your objective purely bursting limiting beliefs? Do you have a method? Cannot really give much advice since that work is not easy and very personal. But a very general advice would be don't give up and stay connected with people that have success with it.

I watched the whole episode. Went for silver and found gold! Really good.

I'll check it out. I need the motivation.

I don't really know, but one that has more creative freedom. I would hate to be editing videos for a YouTube channel which I don't even resonate with. Not apealing to me.

I am working on a model in Blender. I'd like to share a full rendered scene or animation in the future to document my process. Thanks for the support! Very apreciated. And here is a good summary about everything Blender can do, for anyone wondering.

Super cool.

I drink a cup of coffe a day, in the mornings, but I think even that is having an effect on my sleep and mood. So I am thinking in quitting. For the next several days I'll watch one video a day of people that documented the process of quitting caffeine. It will be the only way I can keep my mind to stick with that intention daily and not just occasionally. When I feel ready I'll go to challenge myself for a week or so without caffeine and see how it goes. I hate the dependency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLPXdSXitJg&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpDlv8t2_7k&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68rr3WGRAD8&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ghkBCq1GeU&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfqjYJp9mLw&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6tDDJAqqRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKjAws_old4&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kXq8na6Q9w&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrQjg_hNEYA&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsELsjjoUMI&list=PLD2igJqDnAbZulcNgFqjKViuuQi5lCESD&index=12 I am on day 2. You can do the same thing if you want to quit or reduce your intake, just watch one of those videos a day to motivate you.

@integral I encourage to share what you know my friend.

Don't be so sure about that, is very common for us nerdys and people within the self-help domain. But 80% of population don't care about it. On the other hand, you might know about that stuff but do exactly the opposite of the recommendation, i.e. going out and drinking alcohol and talking about good sleep. @trenton Try to reach out to a sleep specialist

This is good but you can't do that everyday. Not sustainable unless you're a nomad or a shepherd in the mountains.

I agree. Meditation is out of the ecuation here. It is not the big elephant in the room.

Having a controlled temperature of about 18°C is a huge component. Not drinking estimulants like caffeine is a huge component. If you do so make sure you do them 10hs before bedtime. Anything that is sedative is not sleep-promoting. Alcohol is sedative for example, but it won't actually induce sleep. Light exposure before bed is also a huge blocking factor of sleep. When the sun goes down, melatonin levels rises which signals your brain is time for sleep. But when the sun goes down and you turn on your lights and use your cellphone then you're impeding melatonin release. A keyword you need to know is sleep pressure. As you go along your day, sleep preassure accumulates just as you spend energy in the activities of the day, because it is the result of adenosine accumulation. And during sleep the adenosine accumulation is worn off, reseting the system. There are key concepts within the book (and on the internet too for that matter) that you need to integrate to properly assesing the problem of bad sleep. I advice you to give it an eye while also listening to advices from other sources or people.

Have you read it? It actually helps you generate a big picture understanding of sleep. The overthinking aspect is when you do not have a big picture understanding in my opinion. Maybe the summary I wrote doesn't even capture the spirit of the book and the point I am trying to make, but nevertheless you don't need to fully discard it. I reckon I have a bias towards reading. But please be open to it. This is actually a big issue since you're never going to be open to the actual factors that might be disturbing your sleep. Like, hyprevigilance causes bad sleep, ok great. But what if it is the other way around, meaning bad sleep causes hypervigilance? There is a correlation between chronic sleep deprivation and mental health problem like psychosis. We are talking about months and years of bad sleep, even though a single all-nighter is bad enough. Hopefully you don't need the book to understand is just bad. But the book is perfect if you want a better nuanced understanding. Read it at your own pace. In fact, I would argue that just having a list of factors disrupting your sleep withouth a background context won't actually help you. If you sleep bad then the other day you're going to have a bad humour and be excesively reactive to negative stuff. This is something you can see for yourself.

Got it, I would incorporate them over time if I ever need them. Also there are graphic tablets which make sculpting more intuitive. And this is the procedural aspect of animation I like too: A different approach and different skills needed. No sculpting there.