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Lisa Martens
Elon Musk Buys Twitter For $44 Billion
On Monday, April 25, Twitter accepted Elon Musk's buyout proposal. Musk offered to purchase Twitter at $54.20 per share for a total of $44 billion dollars. Twitter announced that upon the completion of the deal, the company would then be privately owned.
Nationwide Brands Like Coke And Cold Stone Create Limited-Time Flavors
Brands nationwide are releasing new and limited-time flavors before the start of summer!. Coca-Colarecently announced a limited-edition flavor inspired by the Metaverse...the Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte. The flavor is supposedly “inspired by the playfulness of pixels, rooted in the experiences that gaming makes possible.” The can is a fun purple color. The Verge's review of the taste is less than flattering, with the reviewer describing the new soda as "sickly sweet" and "vaguely fruity."
Report Reveals Stress Levels By State
Can the state you live in impact your stress level? The answer may surprise you!. WalletHub compared the 50 states and found some scored higher in stress than others. Four main factors were observed: work, money, family, and health-and-safety related stress.
Boeing Crashes At Costa Rica SJO Airport
Photo by yousef alfuhigi on UnsplashYousef Alfuhigi. A DHL aircraft, flight 7216, crashed into the runway of Juan Santamaría (SJO) airport after a forced landing the morning of April 7, 2022. Fortunately, only minor injuries and no casualties are being reported.
Air France Flight Averts Disaster, Sparks Investigation
Photo by Léonard Cotte on UnsplashLéonard Cotte on Unsplash. French aviation investigators are investigating an April 5, 2022 incident involving an Air France Boeing 777. The aircraft, according to one pilot, was "kind of out of control."
Remote Workers: Apply for the Digital Nomad Visa in Costa Rica
Currently, the longest a tourist can stay in Costa Rica is 90 days. This results in tedious "border runs" for perpetual tourists or digital nomads. However, a new digital nomad visa could make border runs a thing of the past.
Preventing White-Faced Monkeys From Stealing Your Possessions in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
White-Faced Monkey and BabyBullterriere on Unsplash. Tourists from around the world visit Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica to view wildlife. The white-faced monkeys, or capuchin monkeys, are a huge draw. Tourists love to see them carry their babies on their backs!
Yoga's Positive (And Negative!) Impact on Trauma
When I entered my first yoga class, I was about 25. I couldn't even squat. My wrists hurt from working on my laptop. I had been in an abusive relationship, and I was triggered by the most mundane daily sounds and tasks. For years, I didn't even get food delivered, because the doorbell ringing terrified me.
Toxic Relationships are Addictive.
There's a wedding, and the toxic relative is invited. You know they're going to say or do something, but what is it going to be? Will they cause a scene? Rip a wedding dress? Or will they wear white, and upstage the bride? Maybe they will go the other way, and finally be the loving mother the bride always wanted, and the whole thing will have a fairy tale ending.
Beat Family Triggers with an Observer Mindset.
A long time ago, I read that your family can best trigger you because they're the ones who put the triggers there to begin with. It reminded me a bit of a computer hacker who put his own code into whatever he built...no matter how much time passed, he could always get in immediately.
The People Pleaser's Pain of Having Goals
There's a reason that I am confident when I am alone, but melt down in the presence of others. I feel immediately on-edge if someone else is in the household. I am a people pleasure. I am traumatized—I learned fawn as a survival tactic. When I was young, an abusive caretaker would make me tell jokes to her friends. When one came over, she always told me to think of a joke.
Stress: Handle it, Or Get Rid of It?
As someone who suffers from trauma, I used avoidance as a way to cope with stress. I still do. This started to severely limit my life. Relationships were a source of stress. So was a career. So was moving—buying a house, making a plan, even taking a vacation. My avoidance created more problems: friends were angry that I couldn't commit to plans, I was unable to save, and I was unsure what I wanted to be good at. I didn't know what I wanted to do, and the idea of doing what I wanted—being a writer—was, well, stressful.
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