I started feeling hungry a while ago.

I was sitting and playing on my laptop, but that didn't result in dinner.

So I closed my laptop and I tried snuggling with my husband, but that didn't work either. 😔

Now I'm trying writing on Nostr, but I'm not sure it's working either...

Ok, fine, I'll head to the kitchen 🙄😅🤣

Well, you're paying for their minimum wage, the building, the electricity, and everyone up the chain, plus any permits and such that's required before they can sell it.

Conclusion: Yes, make it at home!

Is that only for Google, or more search engines?

Sounds horrific! 😳

Yes! It's kinda like talking about a mansion (bitcoin) vs. a sandcastle (xrp)

Sure, it's faster to add a "wing" to a sandcastle, but at any moment a wave can come in and destroy it all. The mansion won't get swept away by a little rain!

(Ignoring harsh hurracaings etc. in this analogy as bitcoin is sturdier than a building)

I'm glad I don't have money in a savings account. Kinda wish I did so I could put it in bitcoin, but I already moved all of that into real money years ago now 🤣

Ok, so a teenager might outrun a seasoned runner for 100m, but the seasoned runner will keep going and surpass the teen and win the long game! 😎

I'd rather be part of the long game.

This is why I like bitcoiners, we tend to not be a part of "them", in this scenario.

We are all headed in the same direction.

Poor? You'll get there soon, keep stacking.

Rich? Well done! Keep stacking.

Strong men know how to cry, and don't hide when they do.

This is shit. I married my husband because he was the most mature and strong man I've ever met, who also knows how to let out emotions.

God made emotions. Jesus cried.

Emotions aren't bad, they are not to be controlled or withheld.

Emotions are supposed to be felt, because they are indicators of what is going on. They are valuable.

Crying isn't female or feminine, it's human, or else men would be born without tear ducts, but they're not.

I feel so grieved whenever I hear men talk about how emotions are bad, or wrong, or how somehow anger is allowed, but not sadness, hurt, or grief.

There are countless men in the bible, strong, mature men, who cry.

A man who lacks emotions is NOT a man I'd consider mature, but rather stunted.

I'm not saying I think men need to cry all the time, or be hyper emotional. But I am saying that if it is an emotional situation, God made man to also be able to express emotions as a healthy part of their being!

I just learned that rain in korean is pronounced, "bi", but it sounds kinda like "pee"... 😇🤣

This is sad!

I just published a book with my husband called, "How to prepare yourself for marriage", because we want to help people meet and stay married to someone that fits them really well, as this will also increase the likelihood of people having kids.

It's something I've noticed and really appreciate about the bitcoin community! People here are pro marriage and babies!

Fiat has destroyed so much, but bitcoin restores!

I had access to a gym for free, and even got paid for working out one hour a week at my last job.... however, working out at home was way more comfortable, especially since I didn't know how to really use any of the equipment, and it was a 95% or more man dominated place. (I still got paid)

So, I see how a home gym, especially if you can also show them how to use the stuff, would definitely make it easier to get around to it!! 🙂

Pretty sure my belly has started dropping, as the last couple of days I've been feeling extra weight across my lower abdomen.

I'm not sure I wobble while walking, but wheel walking through the grocery store today, I was supporting the bottom of my belly with a hand, cause it made it easier to go faster that way. 😅

Just over 5 weeks left until our son comes out. 😳🤗🥰

When people say "my body, my choice", they claim it also has to do with the baby growing in their belly.

The reality of how it works is that an egg gets fertilized, and then it sticks to the side of the uterus, and begins to grow, and the placenta is stuck the uterine wall like velcro, and the baby is swimming around in the sack, with the umbilical cord sticking to the placenta, so, no, the baby is NEVER the same as the mom! It's a separate entity, it's own being!

The only real choice that has to do with the woman's body is if she has sex or not.

Did you know that you can increase your intelligence? 😎

Some years ago, my husband, nostr:nprofile1qqsfepkhw5m6vwqvudc78fyxp0r7r7e2mwegyxl34rcu6n5vuq3ypjgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsvy7dle wrote a book about it. It's called "How to become extremely intelligent", and gives actual practical insights as to how to do this.

We sell the pdf for 15 000 sats through DMs, or you can find it for fiat through FikaTimeBooks.com in Audible, kindle, paperback or hardback. 😊

Selling my books for bitcoin, I actually adjusted my price down, due to bitcoins deflation!

At the moment, bitcoin is already growing so, if I wanted to upp my prices, I'd definitely feel like I needed to add a lot more value, first to keep the same price, and then to even increase it in bitcoin terms.

I really love how bitcoin works!!!!

Yes, exactly.

I might write it as a book and then have it rewritten as a screenplay. 🤔

Yes, we do! That would be so awesome!!!!

My style of writing might be a bit too relational to be able to put something like that off... but that's a cool idea.

Considering writing a fiction next, called something like, "The Bitcoin Hotel". 🤔

I used to be a receptionist, so I have some insights to how a hotel is run, so it would probably be from the perspective of the employees.

Sounds like a fun TV show, but I'm not sure about how to write it into a book yet... 🤔

I'd say I was weird but my adaptability and "girl next door" looks didn't expose my weird to the general public 🤣 well, until I spoke I guess... hehe

I had to read that in school... I don't think it's appropriate for children! Sure some parts might be, but I don't want my kids reading about sex 😬

I don't wanna curse myself and future generations. I'll stick to asking God for insight 😬

Yes!

Benefits of Bitcoin is focused way more on the natural and social consequences of how Bitcoin will impact and change the world for the better. It contrasts fiat incentives with bitcoin incentives, and shows how bitcoin will take over.

It might sound "too good to be true", but those of us here are already living proof of how that works.

My husband nostr:nprofile1qqsfepkhw5m6vwqvudc78fyxp0r7r7e2mwegyxl34rcu6n5vuq3ypjgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsvy7dle wrote it, and we sell a pdf version for 15 000 sats through Nostr DMs, or for fiat on Amazon, through FikaTimeBooks.com

(Also available in Spanish.)

Met someone recently who said he got married pretty quickly, then added 6 months.

Yeah, I used to think that was pretty fast, but then this man, nostr:nprofile1qqsfepkhw5m6vwqvudc78fyxp0r7r7e2mwegyxl34rcu6n5vuq3ypjgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsvy7dle asked me on a skype coffee date, and we ended up talking about everything we could think of, sharing all our secrets, including dreams and hopes and who we are, and then we ran out of reasons not to get married.

Probably would have been even shorter if I hadn't been in a different country and needed to wait until I was done with work before Christmas.

We didn't even last a full 3 months!

68 days was all we needed between first date and I Do. It was intense, and I think we knew each other better than some people do who date for 2 years before they get married.

For some reason the lie has crept in that love and marriage is supposed to be experienced blindly, while everything else we do in life usually requires some study or training before we can do it really well.

This is part of why we wrote "How to prepare yourself for marriage", because marriage can be amazing, when you know what it is and you have prepared yourself for how to do it well!

I love Nostr and the bitcoin community, because this place appreciates marriage and babies.

"Don't trust, verify" is one of the core leading values that bitcoiners use in all areas of life. This should also include finding and picking a spouse, and I think our book will thoroughly assist in this endeavor.

DM me for a pdf copy for 10 000 sats, or get it through FikaTimeBooks.com for fiat in other formats.

No, but I recently learned that primal doesn't recieve DMs from other clients. Hubby and I tried it and I'd see messages he sent from primal, but he never got my responses from Amethyst. Then I asked, and apparently this is a normal thing 😔 now if someone wants to buy something I need to check which client they're using so I can make sure they're receiving my responses 😖

Doesn't seem like the primal devs really care, so if the app is slow, I'm not sure they care about that either...

Bitcoin isn't the only thing that has some scarcity and value!

This sounds like a good trading circle 😎

Well done! Now you can start reading one of our books 😇

FikaTimeBooks.com

Finished translation about chapter of Benefits of Bitcoin to Swedish! 🥳

Only 3 chapters and the epilogue left now! Yay!

I look forward to this book helping to orange pill Sweden 😎

We sell our books for sats, cause who wants fiat anyway?!

FikaTimeBooks.com

Thanks! 😊

Yes, books would be harder than random stuff.

Thank you!

I'm so happy I didn't grow up with controlling parents.

The only rule I can remember having as a kid was that my mom didn't want me crossing the big through street alone when I was like, under 5. But if my older neighbors were with me, I was allowed.

My mom always shared "Why" rather than, "because I said so". The only time she ran out of answers was when I was that age in toddler/child development where I just kept asking why way past the answer.

She taught me to think for myself. To make my own decisions. To think about the consequences, because she would point them out when she noticed them around us. Like how bridges, roundabouts, and intersections are always going to be iceier than other parts if the road. Because bridges have cool air going underneath, and at intersections and roundabouts people use their breaks and turn, causing friction to make the road slicker.

By simply sharing how she saw things, I learned at a young age that the idea of getting drunk seemed highly unpleasant. Why would I force myself to drink something that didn't even taste good, just so I can wake up the next day feeling like shit? Not to mention the possibility of opening myself up to demonic influences, as I am not in my right mind while drunk. No thanks, not for me 😅

I wasn't isolated or restricted, I was given freedom to learn and try new things, while having been introduced to Father God, Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus was my best friend, and I wanted to get closer to Him, and act more like my Father.

My mom (and dad) sent me, alone, to join a missions trip to Mongolia when I was 17! Sure, I joined a team, but I started the trip alone, then joined 2 people the 2nd day, spend 5 days with them on a train through Russia before joining the rest of the team.

My mom concluded that, "if I don't hear anything, I'm gonna assume everything is fine". I was gone for over a month! With only minimal contact with my parents.

I learned to make my own decisions and follow my own dreams. Because I had the opportunity to sit in an admin building for 9 months during some of my ministry schooling, I discovered how I'd actually LOVE to have a cubical job, where I got to do admin and paperwork and such.

I later became a hotel receptionist because I'd also gotten the opportunity to try being the checkin person for a conference we hosted,and I loved that as well.

Because I knew what I liked, I was able to communicate that with my bosses, and though I was supposed to be a receptionist, I ended up getting little tasks that suited me from other departments! (I didn't work at normal hotels 😎)

I have lived my adult life in the world, but not of the world.

Because I was taught how to think and reason at a young age, I've been able to avoid a lot of pitfalls other fall into as they grow up.

My parents never had to deal with rebellious teenagers, because we had nothing to rebel against.

Instead of being told what we had to or should do, or not do, we were encouraged and believed in. We were treated like capable humans even as kids. Obviously, we were under the care of our parents, but if anything, we were supervised, not controlled. We were believed in.

I'm so grateful to have found an amazing husband I can partner with in life. Someone who understands that there is nuance and that the best thing we can do for our children is to believe in them and encourage them. We'll assist them as needed, and train them, share "why", and allow them to make their own decisions. If they wanna try something, we won't stand in their way.

We'll have boundaries, but they'll likely be more relational than dictatorial, and where we share why we set that boundary, instead of just claiming that we are the parents, the gods, and they're just to fall in line.

Eh, even the thought of that kind of controlling behavior irks me!!!! 😖

Once I got married, I wasn't allowed to work for 2.5 years due to immigration. However, I because a published author during that time, and I have no plans to stop. I get to partner with my husband in our joint dream of being authors. It's truly a gift and a blessing! 🥰

And soon we get to embark on the journey of raising our son, together! 🤗🥳

Yay, all 4 version of our latest book, "How to Prepare Yourself for Marraige is now available for sale on Amazon!

We also sell the PDF for 10 000 sats here on Nostr.

*Please DM me first so I know who you are and can make sure to send the download link.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Prepare-Yourself-Marriage-practical-ebook/dp/B0FJPPRKPM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0

I sent you a message, you already zapped me, right?

After struggling to come up with a good blurb to put on the back of our book, I tried something new, and I really like it!

The paperback and hardback are now in review and will be available through Amazon shortly! 🎉🎉🎉

The book is written together with my amazing husband nostr:npub1njrdwafh5cuqecm3uwjgvz78u8aj4kajsgdlr283e48gecpzgrysmg2mct

*Also available as a PDF for 10 000 sats through DM's. ⚡

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Here's a link if you want to check it out!

https://a.co/d/1cmCkJp

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Levi M. Johnson only needed 68 days from the first date to the wedding day once he came across Ann-Sofi. As he implemented all the tools and habits he had spent years gathering, like keeping no secrets, and sharing what he knew about himself and what he wanted out of life, choosing not to hold back, but give Ann-Sofi every opportunity to reject him if what he shared wasn't the kind of life she was interested in joining. She knew what she was getting into and excitedly chose to join his adventure! Because of his leadership, she decided to also be fully vulnerable during their dating season, which led them to run out of reasons not to get married quickly. To others, it seemed fast, but the reality is that they were more prepared than most people are, who have been dating for years.

Having watched so many people struggle as they dream of a good marriage, the desire to write this book overtook Ann-Sofi in 2025. She enlisted her husband, and in seven short months, "How to Prepare Yourself for Marriage" was completed.

In this book, you will learn the tools and habits that made their amazing marriage possible. By doing the exercises and exploring the references they cover, you will prepare yourself for a lifelong, happy covenant marriage to the spouse of your dreams.

Just came across someone's negative take on running a lightning node after someone else had asked for advice on how to get his working...

My first thought was, "eh, did you just come off of twitter?" 😅

I know everyone can post whatever they want here, but I'm not used to seeing that kind of language on Nostr, except for fun.

I think that might be the only thing I have going for myself 😅 humans have a tendency to have an aversion to change....

So, there is one pad on each side of the disk, and one of them literally fell out. I'm guessing it got so worn that the clamps didn't hold it anymore, and one of the pads came lose from the clamps and fell out. Like flew away type of fell out.

Does that make more sense?

You're also missing "Benefits of Bitcoin". 😇

Hubby went into town alone today as I stayed home working on our audiobook.

I tried to do the wifely thing by having food ready when he got home, except he was already halfway home when he said he was coming home, so i saw the headlights before I'd even started 😅🤣

Maybe next time 🤔🤣