Absolutely! The production cycle of fast fashion companies is two weeks. Two freaking weeks! After two weeks, your clothing isn't fashionable anymore and you're supposed to get something from the new collection. This, along with a billion other marketing tricks of course, keeps people buying more clothing they don't wear and it just rots in their closets, and later on in landfills. A slower world with things that last longer would ultimately be a better world (IF coupled with decentralization and local, small business support. It wouldn't do anyone any good if it was all monopolies.) but the transition would definitely be hard.

Honestly, the more I get into sewing the more I appreciate the old methods. Zippers get stuck and break and you have to replace the whole thing, elastic gets irreversibly stretched out, Velcro loses its potency, but lacing, hooks and eyes, buttons, those will last you for decades because they're so easily fixable unless you literally tear the fabric they're sewn on. Lace snapped or got worn out? Buy a new one. Button popped off? Sew it back on (oh, and don't you dare do the loop around trick! It puts stress on the fabric and you can tear it! You can replace a loose button but not a hole in fabric.) Hook and eye bent out of shape? Bend it back or replace it. Ah, it's so much more convenient and eco-friendly because you can just replace one small part rather than having to buy a new thing or reconstruct your whole garment.

That's the point lol

Yeah someone must've planted it there as a reference to something I did. Whoever they are, they're out to get me. No I'm not paranoid, why are you asking? WAS IT YOU WHO PLANTED THE FLAG????

Imo the older you get the less of a deal an age gap becomes, and it's important that both partners are on the same "level". So for instance a 25 year old dating a 37 year old is fine (if they understand each other, which could potentially be another hurdle) since they're both likely out of school and working. But rewind 5 years and it could be a bit sus because the younger partner, in this case the girl, would still be in school and there could be a power imbalance and potential for manipulation through finances and status. This is also why I personally wouldn't enter into a "homemaker + breadwinner" type of arrangement, I absolutely do not judge people who do and I wish them all the luck and happiness in the world, but there's just a lot of room for manipulation or even abuse when one partner is so much more dependant on the other. Idk maybe I'm just paranoid and distrustful lol.

Ah, I wish I could do this but I've noticed that trying to focus on both the book and the workout makes me half ass both. In the end I don't feel as good about the workout and I don't remember much from the book.