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My pill organizer (simple white plastic with blue sans-serif lettering for the days of the week: SMTWTFS) was a gift from my boyfriend. I used to have to announce whenever I took my vitamins (“HERE I AM TAKING MY VITAMINS!”) so that someone else in the house could corroborate that I'd done it. Now I rely only on the case. I love collecting the pills from their compartment in the morning—I imagine this is what it feels like to collect eggs from a chicken coop–and I love refiling them all when the week is up. Each of the little closures has a satisfying snap. As an aside, I once heard that not all countries consider Sunday the first day of the week. I wonder if their pill cases say MTWTFSS instead.
Jun 6, 2023
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One day you wake up and you’re in your 30s and there’s a mix of prescriptions and supplements and vitamins you’re meant to take daily. Some of them are for the morning and others are for the evening. By lunch it’s like, did I take them this morning? I think I did but maybe that was yesterday. Same thing happens as you go to bed.
Now I just ask my pill organizer, and it answers by either being empty or not in the relevant space. Tuesday morning? Check. Friday evening? Still there, try again next week. Can’t recommend it enough.
Apr 17, 2024
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you will never catch me opening up a bunch of different bottles and trying to remember what i take when. instead, once a week, i organize all my little pills into a little container with the days of the week on it and then it takes zero mental effort. my grandma and i have the same one
Mar 11, 2024
Ok… this one might seem a bit silly but i could not keep up with refilling my standard pill box. I’d get to Saturday then forget Sundays exist and not refill my case for the following week which would lead me to lose track of whether or not i took my meds… that all changed when i got this cute flower pill case 🌸 Idk why it works better for me but i STAY on top of that shit now! No more brain zaps 4 me!
Maybe TikTok commenters would say this is enough evidence to diagnose me as neurodivergent. Maybe time is a flat circle. yada yada.
Mar 22, 2024
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I feel like it’s popular to hate on assigned seating so I want to show my support. When you assign my seat, you’re doing me a favor. You’re freeing me from the tyranny of choice, or the burden of asserting myself. Walking into a wedding reception to find my name on a little tag with a table number—my fate decided, nothing I can do about it now—is heaven. Walking into a movie theater and knowing my seat is saved is a perfect experience. No notes.
Jun 6, 2023
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I’m including this because it’s a vaguely unapproachable art film and I hope you’re impressed that I liked it. I saw it at Metrograph in January. Dreams consists of eight vignettes, each inspired by real recurring dreams from Kurosawa’s life. It was made late in his career and is described by Metrograph as “the work of a filmmaker with nothing left to prove but a great deal to say.” (I’ve been thinking about that phrasing ever since I read it.) I hate to sound like a frat boy but I was on mushrooms when I saw it and I am going to have to recommend that. I’ve never seen the uncanny nature of dreams captured so well.
Jun 6, 2023
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Optical 88 is an optometrist in Chinatown that turns around prescriptions in a single day for $80. Just bring the glasses you want to fill and your prescription and they will treat you like a queen. I think they'll also check your prescription for free but I'm not sure because I already had mine, that's just what the girls at Fabulous Fanny's told me. That's where I bought my frames btw—if you want to make a real day of it, start there, pick out some frames, then walk 10 minutes to Optical 88 and you'll be set in 24 hours.
Jun 6, 2023