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I watched a YouTube video that advocates staying awake for 36 hours straight to reset your internal clock for sleeping normally again. Anyone think there is any merit to this?

Does Benadryl make you groggy next morning?

In the past 4 months, I have developed a pretty bad case of insomnia. I can usually sleep for 3 or 4 hours initially around 9 or 10pm but will wake up middle of night around 2 or 3am and can't go back to sleep. When I finally get out of bed around  630am, I feel fatigued a few hours later around...

Hi Adrian, Thanks for your kind words buddy. I tried to PM you back but could not cuz your mailbox is full so you need to delete messages. Casey

I'm not sure why I'm feeling this way. I'm almost at a point of scolding myself for my past decisions. I'm 50 with little savings, working a temp job making $15 hourly with no benefits. I quit my stable job with benefits to do ride sharing which later turned out to be not worthwhile. The one...

Friends, I thought I'd share my feelings here. I'm not exactly sure why, but lately I've been feeling a little down. I'm starting to have second thoughts about my actions of quitting my stable job and leaving my rent controlled apartment. After doing this full time for 2-2/2 years, I'm beginning...

Can someone recommend a decent and simple to use battery tester to check if the battery in my Ford E150 van is at fully charged or low?  Sometimes I don't drive enough and I'm worried the vehicle battery is getting low. Thanks, Casey

The mother situation is complicated. The GF who is a US citizen sponsored her mom to immigrate here as a permanent resident. The mom's hubby died a couple years ago from cancer and mom was depressed about it. So GF brought over her mom to live with her to cheer her up. I don't speak mom's...

Hi Adrian, sounds good. Let's do that! -Casey

Jay, my friend. Thanks for your kind words. I've been through numerous breakups in my lifetime. But the current one is usually the worst. I didn't realize how hard I would take it. I wish time would speed up to get over this. Casey

Hi Popeye, She doesn't communicate verbally very well. But she's been avoiding me lately and I just have a strong gut feeling the relationship is ending. She's been disapproving of my lifestyle lately. Casey

Hi Nicole, Thanks for your kind wishes. Sometimes freedom comes with a price. Thanks for your empathy. Casey

I'm going through a breakup with my longtime girlfriend of 6 years. She was with me for 4 years while living in a comfortable apartment. Although she wasn't keen on the idea, she even stayed with me for 2 years when I moved into the van. But then a major change happened. Her mother moved into...

Yes, I had a nice time with my buddy over dinner yesterday. I appreciate his positive outlook on life despite his struggles. When he tells me about his life, it makes my own life look like a piece of cake. We both talked about how he might one day also live the RV lifestyle. Something to look...

I'm also grateful I can meet up with my longtime college buddy for dinner tonight. I have so few friends nowadays it seems. I don't take friends for granted anymore.

Lately, I've been trying to practice being grateful. I now realize happiness is less about the large events which happen infrequently. Rather, I'm grateful for the many small things in life that make up happiness. Something as simple as going to the gym after a hard day's work for a long hot...

I don't know if I posted to this thread. But I haven't told any of my family members in the past 2 years of doing this. I don't want them to worry about me nor to ask me questions. Only a tiny handful of friends know. Makes things easier for me.

What also consoles me about the van life is reminding myself that I was depressed about all kinds of $hit when I lived in a comfy apartment and with a decent job too. So going through rough patches while van living shouldn't make me feel any worse off.

What helps to make me feel better is knowing I had my day in the sun when I was in my 20s and 30s and partying and living it up like there's no tomorrow. So when I see the current crop of young techies and hipsters living it up, it reminds me of what life was like for me some 25 years ago. It's...

Yes, it's so true that when I first started doing the van thing it was new and exciting. Now it seems ho-hum to me. It's probably a good thing cuz that means things are going rather routine and smoothly with no major problems. The one thing I take comfort in is entering the van at night and...