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Jim's Cafe Thurs. January 28, 2021
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Thank you for the tag @Lane Im a day late but thought I would still have a go at the questions.
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I’m never good at positive talk about myself. In fact that’s an understatement. But I also understand that these sort of questions are supposed to help with this. So I will give it a go. Two things I can think of. Teaching in a secondary school up to A level. Having not been the best academic student at school teaching sixth form would have seemed completely out of my league when I was younger. Also have three grown up (almost) kids. Not without their problems but who hasn’t?
2) What do you love most about your home? 💗
Space. I know I am fortunate enough to have a spacious house
3) Do you have any reoccurring dreams? What do you think they mean? Do you dream in color?
I think I do dream in colour. My dreams are intermittent but I used to have a recurring dream where I was standing on a bridge over a river full of crocodiles and my brother was in the water. I took it as a sign that I cared about my brother because I can remember always being upset by it.
4) Would you rather scuba dive or sky dive?
Sky dive.
5) Do you have any house plants? How many? (I read recently that this is a form of self-care, who knew 🤷♀️) show us your pics.
I am terrible with plants. I kill them remarkably quickly. Spider plants tend to survive as the cope with drought and floods but I did buy a pineapple bromeliad a while ago because they are supposed to stop snoring. Not sure if it works but it was worth a try to get a peaceful night sleep.
Take care and stay safe.
Xx
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I’m never good at positive talk about myself. In fact that’s an understatement. But I also understand that these sort of questions are supposed to help with this. So I will give it a go. Two things I can think of. Teaching in a secondary school up to A level. Having not been the best academic student at school teaching sixth form would have seemed completely out of my league when I was younger. Also have three grown up (almost) kids. Not without their problems but who hasn’t?
2) What do you love most about your home? 💗
Space. I know I am fortunate enough to have a spacious house
3) Do you have any reoccurring dreams? What do you think they mean? Do you dream in color?
I think I do dream in colour. My dreams are intermittent but I used to have a recurring dream where I was standing on a bridge over a river full of crocodiles and my brother was in the water. I took it as a sign that I cared about my brother because I can remember always being upset by it.
4) Would you rather scuba dive or sky dive?
Sky dive.
5) Do you have any house plants? How many? (I read recently that this is a form of self-care, who knew 🤷♀️) show us your pics.
I am terrible with plants. I kill them remarkably quickly. Spider plants tend to survive as the cope with drought and floods but I did buy a pineapple bromeliad a while ago because they are supposed to stop snoring. Not sure if it works but it was worth a try to get a peaceful night sleep.
Take care and stay safe.
Xx
Thanks for opening @Lane and thanks for the tag @JMG (though I didn't get an alert for some reason) BTW, those pictures that you posted were beautiful
Warning - TL;DR
I'm only going to answer one question because I could honestly write a thesis on it!
First of all, I had NO idea that some people don't dream in colour! That's the first time that I've ever heard that! I find that really bizarre.
Now, for my thesis -
I dream every single night and even if I just nap.
They are extremely vivid in every way possible. For example, I experience every sense (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) just as intensely and accurately as in real life.
I love to eat in my dreams and the food tastes amazing too! It also tastes exactly as it would in real life but probably even better.
I have a thing for sourcing out and smelling perfumes. Each one has a unique smell and some I like and others, not so much so.
I feel physical pain very intensely. So if I get shot, which I sometimes do, it really, really hurts. Years ago I used to dream about cats attacking me and when their claws stuck into my legs, the pain was excruciating. I'd always struggle to detach them too. This was before I had any cats (so over 2.5 years ago) but I can recall at least one of the "attacks" very vividly.
I can recall dreams from weeks, months and years ago. Sometimes they'll just come back to me like regular memories and I can recall how I felt in them and everything.
I don't "relive" any dreams (because they are all new) but they seem to have a life of their own and can sometimes follow on from each other. Kinda like a storyline or timeline. Hard to explain.
My son is always around the age of two or three. He's 18 years old now but has never aged in my dreams. Just like my Grandparents are in my dreams fairly often even though they passed away 22 and 16 years ago. Sometimes I know that they are actually dead and shouldn't be there and other times, not.
I have special talents that I like to use to amuse myself and impress others! Lol.
There's absolutely tons of other things but the most noteworthy thing about my dreams is that I can recall them better than real life events! I often forget day to day things or special events but my dream "memories" can, and do, stick with me for years.
Tbh, it's extremely exhausting and I need time to lay in bed and process them before I can get up. If it's a bad dream, it can affect my mood for several hours just like a real life event.
I should totally start a thread about this and people could ask me questions if they're interested. My unconscious mind is a very fascinating thing!
Warning - TL;DR
I'm only going to answer one question because I could honestly write a thesis on it!
First of all, I had NO idea that some people don't dream in colour! That's the first time that I've ever heard that! I find that really bizarre.
Now, for my thesis -
I dream every single night and even if I just nap.
They are extremely vivid in every way possible. For example, I experience every sense (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) just as intensely and accurately as in real life.
I love to eat in my dreams and the food tastes amazing too! It also tastes exactly as it would in real life but probably even better.
I have a thing for sourcing out and smelling perfumes. Each one has a unique smell and some I like and others, not so much so.
I feel physical pain very intensely. So if I get shot, which I sometimes do, it really, really hurts. Years ago I used to dream about cats attacking me and when their claws stuck into my legs, the pain was excruciating. I'd always struggle to detach them too. This was before I had any cats (so over 2.5 years ago) but I can recall at least one of the "attacks" very vividly.
I can recall dreams from weeks, months and years ago. Sometimes they'll just come back to me like regular memories and I can recall how I felt in them and everything.
I don't "relive" any dreams (because they are all new) but they seem to have a life of their own and can sometimes follow on from each other. Kinda like a storyline or timeline. Hard to explain.
My son is always around the age of two or three. He's 18 years old now but has never aged in my dreams. Just like my Grandparents are in my dreams fairly often even though they passed away 22 and 16 years ago. Sometimes I know that they are actually dead and shouldn't be there and other times, not.
I have special talents that I like to use to amuse myself and impress others! Lol.
There's absolutely tons of other things but the most noteworthy thing about my dreams is that I can recall them better than real life events! I often forget day to day things or special events but my dream "memories" can, and do, stick with me for years.
Tbh, it's extremely exhausting and I need time to lay in bed and process them before I can get up. If it's a bad dream, it can affect my mood for several hours just like a real life event.
I should totally start a thread about this and people could ask me questions if they're interested. My unconscious mind is a very fascinating thing!
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I learned and practice: calm, patience, tolerance and restraint. I have not lost my temper with anybody in over 15 years.
2) What do you love most about your home? 💗
Peace and quiet in a rural setting without the assholes that might show up and be tolerated in other scenarios and places.
3) Do you have any reoccurring dreams? What do you think they mean? Do you dream in color?
I always dream time to time of end of the world type things: nukes going off, alien invasion, I always think it is because I expect the worst. I do dream in color or the Turner colorized version. LOL
4) Would you rather scuba dive or sky dive?
Scuba dive, I think exploring shipwrecks not sunk too deep would be interesting.
5) Do you have any house plants? How many? (I read recently that this is a form of self-care, who knew 🤷♀️) show us your pics.
No plants here except me, I claim to be the progeny of a Mr. Potato Head and a potted plant.
I learned and practice: calm, patience, tolerance and restraint. I have not lost my temper with anybody in over 15 years.
2) What do you love most about your home? 💗
Peace and quiet in a rural setting without the assholes that might show up and be tolerated in other scenarios and places.
3) Do you have any reoccurring dreams? What do you think they mean? Do you dream in color?
I always dream time to time of end of the world type things: nukes going off, alien invasion, I always think it is because I expect the worst. I do dream in color or the Turner colorized version. LOL
4) Would you rather scuba dive or sky dive?
Scuba dive, I think exploring shipwrecks not sunk too deep would be interesting.
5) Do you have any house plants? How many? (I read recently that this is a form of self-care, who knew 🤷♀️) show us your pics.
No plants here except me, I claim to be the progeny of a Mr. Potato Head and a potted plant.
I would like to update my previous answer to question 1:
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I have thought about it and I think my social skills are something my younger self would be proud of, young me never imagined I would be able to casually wander into a shop and start a fun conversation with a stranger like its a natural thing to do, or make a client cackle with laughter to defuse an tense moment, or ANY of the crazy social feats I pulled off at university.
I set off into the world to excel in academia and make lots money and instead I failed both of those and instead learned social skills -_-
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I have thought about it and I think my social skills are something my younger self would be proud of, young me never imagined I would be able to casually wander into a shop and start a fun conversation with a stranger like its a natural thing to do, or make a client cackle with laughter to defuse an tense moment, or ANY of the crazy social feats I pulled off at university.
I set off into the world to excel in academia and make lots money and instead I failed both of those and instead learned social skills -_-
Thanks for opening @Lane and thanks for the tag @JMG (though I didn't get an alert for some reason) BTW, those pictures that you posted were beautiful
Warning - TL;DR
I'm only going to answer one question because I could honestly write a thesis on it!
First of all, I had NO idea that some people don't dream in colour! That's the first time that I've ever heard that! I find that really bizarre.
Now, for my thesis -
I dream every single night and even if I just nap.
They are extremely vivid in every way possible. For example, I experience every sense (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) just as intensely and accurately as in real life.
I love to eat in my dreams and the food tastes amazing too! It also tastes exactly as it would in real life but probably even better.
I have a thing for sourcing out and smelling perfumes. Each one has a unique smell and some I like and others, not so much so.
I feel physical pain very intensely. So if I get shot, which I sometimes do, it really, really hurts. Years ago I used to dream about cats attacking me and when their claws stuck into my legs, the pain was excruciating. I'd always struggle to detach them too. This was before I had any cats (so over 2.5 years ago) but I can recall at least one of the "attacks" very vividly.
I can recall dreams from weeks, months and years ago. Sometimes they'll just come back to me like regular memories and I can recall how I felt in them and everything.
I don't "relive" any dreams (because they are all new) but they seem to have a life of their own and can sometimes follow on from each other. Kinda like a storyline or timeline. Hard to explain.
My son is always around the age of two or three. He's 18 years old now but has never aged in my dreams. Just like my Grandparents are in my dreams fairly often even though they passed away 22 and 16 years ago. Sometimes I know that they are actually dead and shouldn't be there and other times, not.
I have special talents that I like to use to amuse myself and impress others! Lol.
There's absolutely tons of other things but the most noteworthy thing about my dreams is that I can recall them better than real life events! I often forget day to day things or special events but my dream "memories" can, and do, stick with me for years.
Tbh, it's extremely exhausting and I need time to lay in bed and process them before I can get up. If it's a bad dream, it can affect my mood for several hours just like a real life event.
I should totally start a thread about this and people could ask me questions if they're interested. My unconscious mind is a very fascinating thing!
Warning - TL;DR
I'm only going to answer one question because I could honestly write a thesis on it!
First of all, I had NO idea that some people don't dream in colour! That's the first time that I've ever heard that! I find that really bizarre.
Now, for my thesis -
I dream every single night and even if I just nap.
They are extremely vivid in every way possible. For example, I experience every sense (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) just as intensely and accurately as in real life.
I love to eat in my dreams and the food tastes amazing too! It also tastes exactly as it would in real life but probably even better.
I have a thing for sourcing out and smelling perfumes. Each one has a unique smell and some I like and others, not so much so.
I feel physical pain very intensely. So if I get shot, which I sometimes do, it really, really hurts. Years ago I used to dream about cats attacking me and when their claws stuck into my legs, the pain was excruciating. I'd always struggle to detach them too. This was before I had any cats (so over 2.5 years ago) but I can recall at least one of the "attacks" very vividly.
I can recall dreams from weeks, months and years ago. Sometimes they'll just come back to me like regular memories and I can recall how I felt in them and everything.
I don't "relive" any dreams (because they are all new) but they seem to have a life of their own and can sometimes follow on from each other. Kinda like a storyline or timeline. Hard to explain.
My son is always around the age of two or three. He's 18 years old now but has never aged in my dreams. Just like my Grandparents are in my dreams fairly often even though they passed away 22 and 16 years ago. Sometimes I know that they are actually dead and shouldn't be there and other times, not.
I have special talents that I like to use to amuse myself and impress others! Lol.
There's absolutely tons of other things but the most noteworthy thing about my dreams is that I can recall them better than real life events! I often forget day to day things or special events but my dream "memories" can, and do, stick with me for years.
Tbh, it's extremely exhausting and I need time to lay in bed and process them before I can get up. If it's a bad dream, it can affect my mood for several hours just like a real life event.
I should totally start a thread about this and people could ask me questions if they're interested. My unconscious mind is a very fascinating thing!
i think one of the only one's I "actually," know - is *t.w. & that's only because it took me so long to figure it out- yup, I'm that quick (we're probably talking about a period of years, of being on here?) maybe more- oh, & also: "o.p.p." (yeah! you~know*me^)_
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Thank you for the tag @Lane Im a day late but thought I would still have a go at the questions.
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I’m never good at positive talk about myself. In fact that’s an understatement. But I also understand that these sort of questions are supposed to help with this. So I will give it a go. Two things I can think of. Teaching in a secondary school up to A level. Having not been the best academic student at school teaching sixth form would have seemed completely out of my league when I was younger. Also have three grown up (almost) kids. Not without their problems but who hasn’t?
2) What do you love most about your home? 💗
Space. I know I am fortunate enough to have a spacious house
3) Do you have any reoccurring dreams? What do you think they mean? Do you dream in color?
I think I do dream in colour. My dreams are intermittent but I used to have a recurring dream where I was standing on a bridge over a river full of crocodiles and my brother was in the water. I took it as a sign that I cared about my brother because I can remember always being upset by it.
4) Would you rather scuba dive or sky dive?
Sky dive.
5) Do you have any house plants? How many? (I read recently that this is a form of self-care, who knew 🤷♀️) show us your pics.
I am terrible with plants. I kill them remarkably quickly. Spider plants tend to survive as the cope with drought and floods but I did buy a pineapple bromeliad a while ago because they are supposed to stop snoring. Not sure if it works but it was worth a try to get a peaceful night sleep.
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Take care and stay safe. Xx
1) What is something that you are doing now or that you've accomplished that a younger you would be proud of?
I’m never good at positive talk about myself. In fact that’s an understatement. But I also understand that these sort of questions are supposed to help with this. So I will give it a go. Two things I can think of. Teaching in a secondary school up to A level. Having not been the best academic student at school teaching sixth form would have seemed completely out of my league when I was younger. Also have three grown up (almost) kids. Not without their problems but who hasn’t?
2) What do you love most about your home? 💗
Space. I know I am fortunate enough to have a spacious house
3) Do you have any reoccurring dreams? What do you think they mean? Do you dream in color?
I think I do dream in colour. My dreams are intermittent but I used to have a recurring dream where I was standing on a bridge over a river full of crocodiles and my brother was in the water. I took it as a sign that I cared about my brother because I can remember always being upset by it.
4) Would you rather scuba dive or sky dive?
Sky dive.
5) Do you have any house plants? How many? (I read recently that this is a form of self-care, who knew 🤷♀️) show us your pics.
I am terrible with plants. I kill them remarkably quickly. Spider plants tend to survive as the cope with drought and floods but I did buy a pineapple bromeliad a while ago because they are supposed to stop snoring. Not sure if it works but it was worth a try to get a peaceful night sleep.
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Take care and stay safe.
Xx
& miss you, too- but that looks fantastic AND an Educator 'to boot!' My Mom would be "in love," with you--as a fellow educator of sorts, Herself! ( ; ba da bum da dum...
I was just reading something the other day about how you can get like certain kinds, or types of plants, to act or serve as "air purifiers," of sorts. . ; ) I used to discuss this sort of thing with old member @flowers (flowers?) -sorry, kiddo!! & miss you, too- but that looks fantastic AND an Educator 'to boot!' My Mom would be "in love," with you--as a fellow educator of sorts, Herself! ( ; ba da bum da dum...
& miss you, too- but that looks fantastic AND an Educator 'to boot!' My Mom would be "in love," with you--as a fellow educator of sorts, Herself! ( ; ba da bum da dum...
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