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doing work at the same table
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Counting down till exams
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Everything Is Awful and Iām Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up
Are you hydrated? Ā If not, have a glass of water.
Have you eaten in the past three hours? Ā If not, get some food ā something with protein, not just simple carbs. Ā Perhaps some nuts or hummus?
Have you showered in the past day? Ā If not, take a shower right now.
If daytime: are you dressed? Ā If not, put on clean clothes that arenāt pajamas. Ā Give yourself permission to wear something special, whether itās a funny t-shirt or a pretty dress.
If nighttime: are you sleepy and fatigued but resisting going to sleep? Ā Put on pajamas, make yourself cozy in bed with a teddy bear and the sound of falling rain, and close your eyes for fifteen minutes ā no electronic screens allowed. Ā If youāre still awake after that, you can get up again; no pressure.
Have you stretched your legs in the past day? Ā If not, do so right now. Ā If you donāt have the spoons for a run or trip to the gym, just walk around the block, then keep walking as long as you please. Ā If the weatherās crap, drive to a big box store (e.g. Target) and go on a brisk walk through the aisles you normally skip.
Have you said something nice to someone in the past day? Ā Do so, whether online or in person. Ā Make it genuine; wait until you see something really wonderful about someone, and tell them about it.
Have you moved your body to music in the past day? Ā If not, do so ā jog for the length of an EDM song at your favorite BPM, or just dance around the room for the length of an upbeat song.
Have you cuddled a living being in the past two days? Ā If not, do so. Ā Donāt be afraid to ask for hugs from friends or friendsā pets. Ā Most of them will enjoy the cuddles too; youāre not imposing on them.
Do you feel ineffective? Ā Pause right now and get something small completed, whether itās responding to an e-mail, loading up the dishwasher, or packing your gym bag for your next trip. Ā Good job!
Do you feel unattractive? Ā Take a goddamn selfie. Ā Your friends will remind you how great you look, and youāll fight societyās restrictions on what beauty can look like.
Do you feel paralyzed by indecision? Ā Give yourself ten minutes to sit back and figure out a game plan for the day. Ā If a particular decision or problem is still being a roadblock, simply set it aside for now, and pick something else that seems doable. Ā Right now, the important part is to break through that stasis, even if it means doing something trivial.
Have you seen a therapist in the past few days? Ā If not, hang on until your next therapy visit and talk through things then.
Have you been over-exerting yourself lately ā physically, emotionally, socially, or intellectually? Ā That can take a toll that lingers for days. Give yourself a break in that area, whether itās physical rest, taking time alone, or relaxing with some silly entertainment.
Have you changed any of your medications in the past couple of weeks, including skipped doses or a change in generic prescription brand? Ā That may be screwing with your head. Ā Give things a few days, then talk to your doctor if it doesnāt settle down.
Have you waited a week? Ā Sometimes our perception of life is skewed, and we canāt even tell that weāre not thinking clearly, and thereās no obvious external cause. Ā It happens. Ā Keep yourself going for a full week, whatever it takes, and see if you still feel the same way then.
Youāve made it this far, and you will make it through. Ā You are stronger than you think.
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ā1. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise. 2. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable. 3. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else. 4. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything. 5. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice. 6. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small. 7. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full. 8. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you donāt want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle. 9. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck. 10. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dogās behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog. 11. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you donāt follow through. push yourself to follow through. 13. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything. 14. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends. 15. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasnāt a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.ā
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A Stash of Tiny Study Tips
STAYING MOTIVATED
Create realistic goals: get ___ grade on next ____
Manageable let down; get back on track
Keep track of grades: focused, know where stand, no surprises
Start small
Low risk confidence builders
Take time to relax/give self rewards
Days off, breaks, rewards
All work & no play =/= living
Little organization goes a long way
Reward achievements!
Keep balance with exercise, clubs, friends
2h/d: friends and exercise
Remember that hard work pays off
Isnāt a breeze to try to get a 4.0 GPA; but itās possible
Youāre smart enough and can achieve it
90% there with these tips, 10% is just pure hard work
Only chill on weekends
Monday-Friday: school mode
Have time for some fun
If work as hard as should during week, will need weekends to blow off steam
Be self-motivated
Grades can matter, not everything, but follow through on what needs to be done
Not most important part of college but underperform? You will regret it
GPA cutoffs exist and matter to employers
College is full of distractions and opportunities
Nobody will hold hand and the work will suck but all the prouder of yourself to be
Suck it up, buckle down, get it done
If think need break, probably donāt
Turn off the little voice
Realize not alone in questioning ability
Avoid people who tend to burst bubbles no matter whatĀ
Physical triggers to stop
Incentive to get something done when know have something else during the day
Donāt have a gaping abyss of study time
Work has to get done, in the end
Books, examiners, and especially your future self isnāt going to care about your excuses for not doing the work
Take the first step
It will almost be fictional how hard you thought the task was going to be
Just keep going because you simply canāt afford NOT to do anything today, nonzero days
Leeway, donāt give your perfectionism control over your life
MUNDANE HABITS
Sleep! Think and function, mind & body
CAN sleep if keep up with coursework instead of procrastinating
Will miss out on some fun stuff
Need to stay awake in class
Figure out what need for full speed
Stay relaxed
Stay physically healthy
Diet and exercise
1 hour exercise during week
Weekends off
Traditional breakfast not necessary if value extra sleep
Systematic habits: neat, prepared
Master material
Look for real world applications
Learning is a process: be patient, donāt expect to master off the bat
Designate study area and study times
Do trial runs
Practice tests
Ask a TA to listen to your oral performance
Study groups
Donāt copy other peopleās psets and solutions
BEFORE SEMESTER
Spiral bound notebook, can color code with folders/etc if need be
Lecture notes: front to back
Reading notes: back to front (if fall behind on)
Seminar notes: mixed in with lecture notes, different pen color/labeled
Outline format
Bullet points for everything
Same NB for one set of class notes, separate notebooks for all classes
5-subject notebook
Midterm and exam material in it
Mesh sources, study guide
All study material from week/month in one place
Pick the right major
Indulge in favorite hobby feeling
Pick professors & classes wisely
Take a small class
Pick classes that interest you so studying doesnāt feel torturous
Want to learn
GRADES SPECIFIC
Prioritize class by how can affect GPA
More credits: more weight
Work enough to get an A in your easy classes: take something good at
Donāt settle, donāt slack off, donāt put in minimal effort to get that B/C. Just put in a tiny bit more effort to ensure A
Will have harder classes and need to counteract
Take electives can ace
Anything but an A in an elective is kinda mean and an unnecessary hit for your GPA
FIRST DAY/WEEK/HALF OF CLASSES
Get to know teaching style: focus most on, lecture/notes
Pick and follow a specific note taking format
Outline
Date each entry
Capture everything on board
Decide productivity system
Google Cal
Todoist
Agenda: remind meetings, class schedule, important dates/midterms/quizzes/tests, no homeworkĀ
Always wanted to be prepared
Rarely last minute
Have plan, stay focused
Homework notebook
Good redundancy
Study syllabus
Know it thoroughly
Plot all due dates after class
Penalize if fail to abide by
Study the hardest for the first exam
Seems counterintuitive
Hardest/most important test
Pay attention to content and formatLess pressure: just need ___ on final to keep my AĀ
Easy to start high and keep high
Go into crunch mode at the beginning
End softly
Get plenty of sleep, exercise, and good food in the finals days before the exam
DURING SEMESTER: PEOPLE
Get to know professors: go to office hours, care about grades/course/them
Easier ask for help, rec letter
Get to know interests and what they think is important
Figure out their research interests, 60% of their job is research
Learning is dynamic
Discussion helps
Get feedback early when not sure what doing
Take comments constructively
Consistent class participation: ask questions, give answers, comment when appropriate
Understand material
Find a study buddy in each class: donāt have to study with
Somebody can compare notes with, safety net
Pick somebody who attends, participates, and take notes regularly
Make some friends
Participate as fully as can in group activities
Be involved
Learn ā not be taught
Be punctual
Good impression, on human professors
DONāT BE LATE
Skipping class =/= option: Itās ācoolā to get attendance award
Make all the classes: itās hard to feel confident when missing key pieces
Get full scope of class, everything will make a lot more sense and save a lot of time in long run
Mandatory class: higher graduating cumulative GPA
Go to class when no one else does/want to show up, reward
Get to know professor, whatās on test, notice, r/s build, material not in reading
Unless optional and super confusing professor
Sit in one of the first rows
Donāt fall asleep
Fake interest if you have to
Tutors
DURING SEMESTER: THINGS TO DO
Take notes! Provided is bare minimum, accessed by students who arenāt attending lecture
Based on lecture and what read ā> test; itāll be worth it
Write it down
By hand
Bored? Doodle instead of going online
Read all assignedāeven if need to skim
Seems cumbersome and maybe impossible
Figure out whatās important
Look at the logical progression of the argument/whatās important/what trying to prove
Understand everything that you do readāeven if donāt read everything
PIck 2 examples from text per topic
Complete course material on time
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL DAY BEFORE IT IS DUE
Begin as soon as possible
Sometimes itās just straight up impossible
Have it look attractive
Library doesnāt just mean = study
Social media in the library is still social media
Confusion is terrible
Read other textbooks, review course material @ another uni/by another professor, google the shit out of it
Review
Do not wait, do throughout semester
Exam prep
Ask for model papers, look at style & structure, thesis, how cite
Get old tests
Look at type of questions (detail level and structure)
Can solve old exams cold
If give out paper exams in class: probs wonāt repeat questions, focus more on concepts but still learn the questions
Have class notes and psets down cold
Do all the practice problems
Read through notes a few times; rewrite into a revision notebook
Highlight major topics and subtopics
Different highlighter for vocab terms
Overall picture, go from concept to detail
Look at overall context and how specific idea fit into whole course
Ideas, donāt memorize all your notes
Better understand = more able to use and manipulate info and remember it. Understand = manipulation.
Charts, diagrams, graphs
Lists
Practice drawing labeled structures
Flash cards for memorization
Every school requires some degree of grunt memorization
Say it aloud, write it down
Get friends to quiz you
Self-test: severely challenge self, have a running collection of exam questions
Explain difficult concepts to your friends; force yourself to articulate the concept
Never pull an all-nighter
Do not spend every hour studying up to the exam
Eat, shower, sleep
Donāt wait until night before exam to study
Prep takes time even if reviewed throughout semester
Ask about formatādonāt ask the professor to change it for you
Law of College: it will be on the exam if you donāt understand it
Ask professor, internet, textbooks
Night before exam
Jot what want to remember/have fresh
Read through in morning/before exam
Physical prep
Sleep, have test materials
Day of exam
Donāt cram every single spare minute
Go to bathroom before exam
Never miss an exam/lie to get more time
You wonāt be any more ready 2-3 days after when supposed to have taken it
Slay exam. Get A.Ā
WEEKLYĀ
Friday morning: go through each syllabus, write down in HW notebook
All hw during weekend; study/reading assignments during week
Save everything
Divide big tasks into small pieces to help propel self
Standard study schedule: block off lectures, labs, regular commitments
Note the weeks that have assignments and tests that will require extra studying
Donāt oscillate too heavily every day with study times (i.e. donāt study 2-3 hours for weeks and then 10-12 hour days right before an exam)
Eat and sleep to make more extended work periods liveable and enjoyable
DAILY
Set an amount of time would like to study every day
Try to study most days
Avoid vague/zoned out studying ā> waste of time
Do a little bit daily but donāt let studying be your whole day
Review notes: 30mins/day, each class from that day
Look at important ideas/vocab
Prioritize new vocab because language is most fundamental and important tool in any subject
Circle abbreviations and make yourself a key somewhere so you donāt forget what the hell that abbreviations meant
Check spelling
Rewrite/reorganize notes if necessary
Format of ideas is just as important as the concepts themselves, esp. when it comes time for exam review
This helps you retain the material so youāll be ahead next time you walk into class
Chance to ID any knowledge gaps that you can ask about for next class
Keep up with reading
Skim text before lecture or at least main topic sentences
Jot down anything donāt understand; if lecture doesnāt clarify, ask the professor
After lecture: skim again, outline chapter, make vocab flashcards
Highlight similar class and lecture notes
will definitely be tested on
Review and make study questions
Study
Disconnect from anything irrelevant to study material: help focus and your GPA
Donāt limit studying to the night
Study whenever, wherever between classes
Variety helps focus and motivation
Especially if tired at night and canāt transition between subjects
Try to study for a specific subject right before/after the class
21 Tips to Become the Most Productive Person You Know
I wanted to help you create explosive productivity so you get big things done (and make your life matter). Here are 21 tips to get you to your best productivity.
#1. Check email in the afternoon so you protect the peak energy hours of your mornings for your best work.Ā
#2. Stop waiting for perfect conditions to launch a great project. Immediate action fuels a positive feedback loop that drives even more action.Ā
#3. Remember that big, brave goals release energy. So set them clearly and then revisit them every morning for 5 minutes.Ā
#4. Mess creates stress (I learned this from tennis icon Andre Agassi who said he wouldnāt let anyone touch his tennis bag because if it got disorganized, heād get distracted). So clean out the clutter in your office to get more done.Ā
#5. Sell your TV. Youāre just watching other people get successful versus doing the things that will get you to your dreams.Ā
#6. Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm).Ā
#7. Run routines. When I studied the creative lives of massively productive people like Stephen King, John Grisham and Thomas Edison, I discovered they follow strict daily routines. (i.e., when they would get up, when they would start work, when they would exercise and when they would relax). Peak productivityās not about luck. Itās about devotion.Ā
#8. Get up at 5 am. Win the battle of the bed. Put mind over mattress. This habit alone will strengthen your willpower so it serves you more dutifully in the key areas of your life.Ā
#9. Donāt do so many meetings. (Iāve trained the employees of our FORTUNE 500 clients on exactly how to do this ā including having the few meetings they now do standing up ā and itās created breakthrough results for them).Ā
#10. Donāt say yes to every request. Most of us have a deep need to be liked. That translates into us saying yes to everything ā which is the end of your elite productivity.Ā
#11. Outsource everything you canāt be BIW (Best in the World) at. Focus only on activities within what I call āYour Picasso Zoneā.Ā
#12. Stop multi-tasking. New research confirms that all the distractions invading our lives are rewiring the way our brains work (and drop our IQ by 5 points!). Be one of the rare-air few who develops the mental and physical discipline to have a mono-maniacal focus on one thing for many hours. (Itās all about practice).Ā
#13. Get fit like Madonna. Getting to your absolute best physical condition will create explosive energy, renew your focus and multiply your creativity.Ā
#14. Workout 2X a day. This is just one of the little-known productivity tactics that Iāll walk you through in my new online training program YOUR PRODUCTIVITY UNLEASHED (details at the end of this post) but hereās the key: exercise is one of the greatest productivity tools in the world. So do 20 minutes first thing in the morning and then another workout around 6 or 7 pm to set you up for wow in the evening.Ā
#15. Drink more water. When youāre dehydrated, youāll have far less energy. And get less done.Ā
#16. Work in 90 minute blocks with 10 minute intervals to recover and refuel (another game-changing move I personally use to do my best work).
#17. Write a Stop Doing List. Every productive person obsessively sets To Do Lists. But those who play at world-class also record what they commit to stop doing. Steve Jobs said that what made Apple Apple was not so much what they chose to build but all the projects they chose to ignore. #18. Use your commute time. If youāre commuting 30 minutes each way every day ā get this: at the end of a year, youāve spent 6 weeks of 8 hour days in your car. I encourage you to use that time to listen to fantastic books on audio + excellent podcasts and valuable learning programs. Remember, the fastest way to double your income is to triple your rate of learning.Ā
#19. Be a contrarian. Why buy your groceries at the time the store is busiest? Why go to movies on the most popular nights? Why hit the gym when the gymās completely full? Do things at off-peak hours and youāll save so many of them.Ā
#20. Get things right the first time.Ā Most people are wildly distracted these days. And so they make mistakes. To unleash your productivity, become one of the special performers who have the mindset of doing what it takes to get it flawless first. This saves you days of having to fix problems.Ā
#21. Get lost. Donāt be so available to everyone. I often spend hours at a time in the cafeteria of a university close to our headquarters. I turn off my devices and think, create, plan and write. Zero interruptions. Pure focus. Massive results. I truly hope these 21 productivity tips have been valuable to you. And that Iāve been of service. Your productivity is your life made visible. Please protect it. Stay productive.
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college advice from someone whoās been on both sides of it
So Iām finishing up my Ph.D. and preparing to depart for the real world (no, just kidding, Iām going to be in school forever, only in a different capacity)Ā and I thought Iād put together a list of some college tips to share with you all. I graduated with my B.A. in 2012, magna cum laude, with 2 majors, 1 honours thesis, 2 on-campus jobs, and 3 music things. Since then, Iāve gone to grad school and also taught six semesters of first-year seminars. Now Iām going on the job market for teaching positions. All of this means that Iāve seen both sides of the college experience, as a student and as an instructor. There are a lot of great & useful college advice posts going around studyblr this time of here, and I wanted to add my own. I hope itās useful. So here we go, with a āread moreā because itās long (sorry if youāre on mobile):
academics
find your classrooms ahead of time (profsā offices too)
figure out how long it will take you to walk between places
figure out where your best seat will be & claim it
say hi to the people next to you, learn their names
take notes in class
take advantage of extra credit
try your best not to fall asleep in class (and if you do fall asleep, apologise to the prof afterwards)
bring your glasses if you need them, donāt be stubborn about it
check out the library, wander in the stacks, talk to the librarians
figure out how & where to print
buy used books/textbooks, or rent them, but be careful with ebooks (some profs donāt allow them)
plan breaks into your class schedule, or block everything together, whichever works best for you
work out the pros & cons of 8am classes and/or night classes
plan ahead ā have a planner, put things in it, do them
fake deadlines are a thing (write down earlier deadlines, trick yourself into meeting them, bask in satisfaction)
grades wonāt be what they were in high school
keep in mind GPA values: a 3.5 will see you graduating with honours
be nice to the departmental administrative staff, thank them for helping you (even with small things)
office hours versus emailing profs: both will get your questions answered (probably) but if you can go and talk in person, do it
profs & TAs are people too, they have lives, they have bad days
if something comes up, talk to your prof, be honest but donāt overshare, just show them youāre trying
on that note, try
Keep reading
TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY
All of NASAās still shots can pound sand, this is the real MVP of today.
The Great American Eclipse as seen from Oregon
Photo by Jasman Mander.Ā
Small room? No problem!
the smell of Home Depot is cathartic
fairies live in the lights & chandeliers section, gnomes live in the outdoor gardening department
Stop romanticizing home depot
pixies live in the paint aisle. fuck you

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bedroom details
When you guys have visited potential apartments, what kind of questions did you ask besides the basics like what rent and utilities include?
Here are questions I didnāt ask but should have: what does the basement look like?
What measures are taken to secure the building ?
Are the walls thin? Brief info of who lives in the building. Are they college kids? People that work through the day? Elderly? Is it a mix? Where does the garbage go?
Can I pay rent bi-weekly? What kind of fuses does the apartment use? (My fuse box is in the basement. If I blow a fuse I have to replace it myself. They screw until the box. All of which I didnāt know until it happend and I was sitting in the dark suddenly)
Who do I call for repairs? (If itās a private rental) Am I allowed to paint the walls? Is there any additional storage? Do you do regular pest control?
count the outlets, ask about recycling policies, ask if thereās a noise restriction (nothing loud after midnight, everything goes on the weekend, etc)
LAUNDRY FACILITIES Definitely ask about security Whether subletting is allowed (esp if youāre in college and might want to sublet for the summer) If you have a car, whether thereās parking/how much it costs What kind of heating/AC there is Procedure/response time for any maintenance How mail/packages are received/protected from theft (seriously people stealing your packages can be a huge problem) What kind of verification of your salary will they want, and in what circumstances will they accept a guarantor instead? Whether the apartment is furnished
Assuming you are in the middle of looking at/choosing between places: When does the lease start? Are you going to give preference to people based on when they can move in? Whether groups of a certain number of people get preference Really anything about who they prioritize for applications, it can save you a lot of trouble in trying to apply to places youāll never get into
not something for asking the realtors, necessarily, but important rights you should be aware of as a tenant:
when and for what reasons are your landlords allowed to enter your home? how much of a notice should they give you before entering?
can the landlord make modifications to your home or apartment without your approval? to what extent?
what are the options and conditions for breaking your lease early if thereās an emergency? (this is ESPECIALLY important for anyone moving to a new state/considerable distance where you are not able to visit the apartment/home before you rent ā students get taken advantage of ALL THE TIME with this shit)
if your first or last month at the property is a partial stay (i.e. you move in on july 15th, and rent is typically due on the first) make sure you donāt pay the full first monthās rent before you know the area laws! in many states, you are only legally required to pay for the time you are occupying the property
is renterās insurance necessary? many apartments want at least 30k coverage, which can run a couple hundred dollars extra per year
are the landlords/property management liable for crimes on the property? for example, if your car was broken into. if not GET RENTERāS INSURANCE
-ask if thereās any property upkeep you can do to get a bit off the rent (aka, can they take 100$ off the monthly rent if you maintain the lawns/garden, etc.)Ā
-ask if thereās been any consistent/frequent trouble with electricity/internet connectivity/cable if you have it
-what KIND of electricity?Ā
-what kind of heating (hot water/electric)
-how secure is the neighborhood (if you donāt know)Ā
-ANY PLUMBING ISSUES? check ALL the fucking taps, the showers, EVERYTHING WITH WATER to make sure it all works right.Ā
-ANY PLUMBING ISSUES? check ALL the fucking taps, the showers, EVERYTHING WITH WATER to make sure it all works right.Ā
I CANNOT SECOND THIS ENOUGH.
ALSO
- who last lived here? why did they leave?
- Do they charge anĀ āamenities feeā (Around here you canāt avoid them at all now, but some places you might still be able to)
- Do they have a policy on rent increases? (Also check if thereās a legal limit to rent increases in the area).
- Are utilities paid in a separate check or with the rent?
- Are utilities metered or pro-rated (in older buildings itās common to be charged by square footage and/or number of occupants, which can leave you subsidizing the people who turn the a/c down to 60 in the summer or the heat up to 80 in the winter - you may not be able to avoid this but itās worth trying).
- Are there any switched circuits in the apartment. Buildings built in the late sixties through the early eighties oftenĀ have switched circuits. If they do, then with the number of devices used these days you will probably have to have something important on the switched circuit - tape the switch in the on position! (Trust me).
- What are the rules on hanging pictures?
- Who is responsible for paying for and replacing bulbs in permanent fixtures? If itās you and thereās a fixture with weird/unusual bulbs (globe style, chandelier style, etc) ask where you can buy the bulbs.
- What are the rules about pets? Do they have breed specific restrictions on dogs? Size restrictions on fish tanks? (Believe it or not thatās not uncommon).
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