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No frills, no expensive subscriptions, just a basic app that occasionally crashes (bless) with a limited number of meditations guaranteed to lull you to sleep. Personally, endless choice is the last thing I want when I'm trying to reach the Land of Nod. Give me the same sweet Englishman telling me how to dial down each of my senses and I'll fall asleep every time. They also have guided meditations for daytime situations if that's your thing, but I'm a "meditate till my earbuds fall out in the dark" kind of gal.
Dec 28, 2023
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You might first need to do some research on what sort of meditating you might be interested in, but if you're looking for mindfulness with none of the spiritual woo woo, I've used this app for years on and off and really like it. There's an intro section to help get you started, new daily meditations, and lots of lecture series if you want to dig in a bit further. I mostly just listen to the daily meditations.
Mar 25, 2024
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Try the Insight Timer app, so many amazing meditations and white noise that will help you fall asleep in no time!
Apr 17, 2024
Like anything else that lots of people are telling me to do, I resisted meditation for ages (that’s my contrarian complex). The continuous search for purpose finally broke me down and I tried meditation, starting with short, guided practices on insight timer.
This app has everything! Meditations, courses, music, trackers, and the eponymous timer. I am consistently impressed with the functionality of the app and the quality content that teachers generously share. If you’re using the free version and a particular piece of content really resonates, you can easily send money to the creator.
Plus, once you get into it, meditation is like free entertainment, advice, and connection, all in one.
Feb 26, 2025
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Yes, it’s 5 hours without an intermission. I saw it in Melbourne in 2013 and went back to see it again in the same run. It’s been over 10 years (wowwie!) and I can’t think of another piece of art that has imprinted on my imagination the way that performance did. I was also eighteen years old and green and wide-eyed! What a time that was.
Jan 5, 2024
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❣️Ins
Boring meals/leftovers delight (less time fussing over the stove)
Underwire bras
Yuzu-flavoured everything
Jewellery with a history
Dark painted interiors
Bare nails (preferably bitten, shows character)
Self-publishing
Re-reading books you love and ignoring TBR lists
On that note, not reading books you’re “supposed to” have read
Too many coffees (we’ve been playing it too safe, people. Let your heart remind you it exists, like a pitter patter of rain inside your chest.)
🗑️Outs
Kitten heels
Long manicures
Natural deodorant
Linen sheets (cotton percale all day)
Wolf cuts
Pay-in-4 - it’s a money trap, friends. Save your coins! By the time you’ve saved up the $, you might not want it.
Dogs with backpacks (smelling treats but not being able to access them is a special kind of torture)
Carrying everything you need (then you miss out on the beauty of that spontaneous Duane Reade trip where you leave with mint-flavoured toothpicks and a bag of gummies! What were you there for again??)
Dec 28, 2023
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I have to start off this recommendation with an apology, as for all your Northern Hemisphere-based folks wont be able to find this easily as I stock up when I go home to Australia. BUT, in all my years of hunting for the perfect white t-shirt that hangs just right, I have found my holy grail. Specifically, the Boody men’s crew neck t-shirt (NOT the new “classic” which is mostly viscose, ew), bit the original which is 95% bamboo. I buy them in a Small and they are the perfect oversized t-shirt. Buttery soft, expensive-looking and, most importantly, stay looking fresh after they’ve tumbled about in a washing machine. I’m hoarding a few!
Jan 1, 2024