The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).
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All your ideas sound fine. At least you're thinking about what to do. Many do not. But I am gravitating to your last bullet point about the girl in London. It chafes. I suppose you're young enough that it matters a great deal to you what her friends and your friends think of each other--I wouldn't.
I wrote a long message to you, but deleted it because it was just me imposing my values on you, and I don't know you, not even from the Motte as you haven't really posted.
I will say this: This girl you're assuming is into you may turn on a dime, and be gone, without any intention of returning. Just keep that in mind as you carry on with whatever you do.
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