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Are we supposed to shed a tear? The only thing I'm looking for is some alternative to my iPhone, even very basic and very feature-limited, preferably made in the EU, that would let me ditch that last piece of Apple tech I own... while still being able to easily access the banking and security apps I do need.

Have you had your health checked recently? If there is nothing wrong, maybe you're like me: I was getting bald at a relatively young age and then my hair started greying out.

Instead of fighting it, I decided to assume it and make it simpler to live with for me. I shaved myhead and have not looked back since then ;)

Easy: destroying the world out of sheer stupidity and greed.

Writing things down, using the pen and paper I always carry with me. Doing so, I don't try to make literature or to sound smart, I just write things down as they come. Later on I'll read them back, that's quick, and decide if they're worth using or if I strike them out and forget about them.

• It frees the mind (no need to waste brain power to remember stuff)
• It helps brainstorming freely, even by oneself
• It helps remember stuff I would otherwise don't remember
• It helps mixing ideas I may not even consider mixing together

I would not be able to work as efficiently without the simple but so powerful pen and paper.

Like the others: jam.

No worries, I just wanted to make sure there was not some mistake. Here is my edited reply:

Two things:

1. why can't a teen not sleep? At his age, the body needs to sleep because its constantly growing and changing. That would be the first thing I would try to understand and fix. And if it is something the kid is not willing to discuss with his parents, which is ok too, maybe with someone else they can trust.
2. if you have discussed with your son and there is no ambiguity between you I would just make sure that you sleep under separated sheets or whatever (he is not a little baby anymore and the body of a teen boy can react in ways neither you or him would be willing to see happen), provided you made it clear this should not become a habit because sleeping with mom may not be the best way to develop good sleeping habits.

Hope this helps.

(end of the edited reply)

.........27 year old mother with a 12 year old kid equals 15

Thx a lot......... captain obvious. I wished for the op to answer the question themselves.

Edit: at what age did you have you kid?

Sorry for the edit, I just realized your son and your age and it raised some questions... I will put back my answer once this has been clarified ;)

I too am quite surprised so few people seem to have been reading that book. I'm not even American but I've read it.

So much of what has been happening recently is explained in it.

Being bored is not a bad thing. If by being bored you mean 'not doing something' and not being 'busy' because then it means one can start thinking by oneself. Something that seems to be severely lacking in our so modern and so constantly busy societies.

If you want to know what are my usual activities, beside welcoming boredom, I would say: read, write, paint, go out for a walk (that's amazing too, for the body as well as the mind), spend time with my spouse, making stuff with my hands.

But it has kings and queens and knights, armies of pawns and thick towers to defend them during merciless battles. It also has bishops, but I much prefer the French name: les fous aka the crazy ones ;)

It's a beautifully deep game, and it's refreshing to be able to pour time into something with staying power that people of every age play all over the world.

So much this :)