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TL;DR weight loss does not equate to running faster and can be detrimental when done as the primary objective for wt. loss. Please be kind to your body while training.
Hey folks! Longtime runner and lurker here but over the past couple weeks I’ve seen a couple of posts/comments about people losing weight to increase their speed and meet their time goals. I just wanted to caution people to be careful about this binary thinking. Losing weight does not directly correlate to decreasing your time, and the evidence suggesting it is shoddy at best. Runners world has an article about it here.
The studies made the assumption that you lose dead weight which is not true when it comes to running and weight loss. Often times you also lose muscle or healthy fat which your body converts to energy during prolonged bouts of exercise. This renders the weight loss ineffective.
Numerous coaches have ruined elite athletes by focusing too much on their weight, most notably Alberto Salazar of Nike’s Oregon project (although he had other issues too).
Finally losing too much weight can lead to a host of metabolic issues ranging from diabetes to stress fractures when you’re training hard.

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Chapter 26 - Rest for the Righteous
Last Time: Aiden, Laran, Leor, and Oriwyn - under the employ of Arcadia - executed a daring plan to rescue Oxcard from the clutches of the crime boss Daisy. They managed to get to his room without trouble, but leaving proved to be much more difficult. Laran was cornered and forced to fight several thugs after being seen while skulking around Daisy’s compound. The rest of the party found him and made sure he won the fight but were unable to prevent one of the thugs from alerting the entire building to their presence. What followed was a harrowing flight from Daisy’s forces and Daisy herself. With Leor’s assistance, everyone was able to clear the building and run off into the night, but not without sustaining several injuries. The party made good their getaway however with their client and target in tow and, determined to stay ahead of Daisy’s reprisal, left the city of Tripit behind.
Daisy clutched my throat, the slashes across her face leaking crimson blood that pooled in her snarled teeth. She looked like a wild thing and had me both lifted and pinned to a wall as if I weighed almost nothing. I struggled to breath, kicking my legs feebly, until I suddenly woke up.
Laran was staring down at me. He looked very concerned and more than a little frightened. It took my brain another few seconds to adjust to our surroundings and fully shake off the nightmare.
All of us were arrayed around a clearing underneath hastily constructed tents. I could see Oriwyn crouched beside Ox, who was laying out in the middle of the clearing. Oriwyn’s nose was swollen and her green skin was mottled purple around it - her face looked a little crooked in general, but she seemed to be moving fine enough. Arcadia stood next to the pair, holding a fan and waving it at Oxcard’s face. Groaning, I sat up. Leor sat on a tree stump and glanced at me with a tired grin. Brams lay curled up by her feet, and every once in a while I noticed she would reach down and scratch his head while Oriwyn busied herself with Oxcard.
As I sat up, Laran’s concerned expression broke into a relieved smile so genuine that it made my heart hurt. I wasn’t even injured, yet here he was acting like I’d just gotten up off my death bed. My head still felt fuzzy, so when he held a canteen out to me I took it gladly and took a big drink of water. I granted myself a few moments of silence before getting down to the business of trying to lead again.
“Where exactly are we again? I remember slumping down on the road when Arcadia’s golem gave out, but I don’t really remember anything after that.”
Laran smiled and nodded. The sun shone down on his jade-green skin and helped burn away the remaining damp from the night before. Laran sat back and seemed to finally properly relax. As he did, I couldn’t stop my attention from being wholly drawn to him.
In that moment he was really, really good to look at. And listen to. And be around.
“Ain’t surprised you don’t remember much - we had a time a’ things for sure. Last night - g’morning by the way - a teamster named Alex found us and dragged our sorry hides to this clearin’ off the road. They didn’t ask much about us, though they seemed to get the impression we were in need a’ help something fierce. Right now they’re headed back to Tripit to get our stuff from the Sable Sky - I worked out a price to make it worth their time and delay, then they only accepted half o’ it - and we’re patching everyone up.”
I nodded thoughtfully and took another swig of water. As I swished it in my mouth I realized my throat felt raw as if I’d been yelling or screaming - I hoped I hadn’t been and that the raw feeling in my throat had been solely caused by stress. My mind flicked through a few things to say - I figured I was the Commander, and as bad as we all looked and felt we had still won - before I landed on a sardonic tone. It was time to celebrate with the troops.
“Well everyone, good work. Sorry for sleeping in - I need my beauty sleep much more than the rest of you!” I grinned in what I hoped was a confident way. Oriwyn laughed a bit - it sounded like it hurt her a little to laugh unfortunately - while Leor just snorted. My tone and face shifted to sincerity as I continued.
“More seriously everyone, I think we did it. I think we won despite the odds. How is Oxcard doing?”
I glanced at Arcadia. Tears welled in her eyes and I could tell she was furiously blinking them back.
“Ox is okay, or stable at least. He keeps on breathing and Ori thinks she’s finally managed to fully stem the bleeding.” Arcadia looked down, worried, at her brother. Oriwyn smiled up at her and stood, wiping her slightly bloody hands on a cloth she had on her person. The goblin-mouse reached over and patted the taller woman’s shoulder.
“He’ll be right as rain, especially when he wakes up I think. He’s really quite deft with a needle - I’ve seen sloppier stitch work on people’s pants than he managed to do to himself.”
The ghost of a smile touched Arcadia’s lips as she gazed down at the sleeping Oxcard.
“Yes, he’s always been good with needle and thread. He was the one who kept our clothes in good repair when we were growing up, and unfortunately this isn’t his first improvised surgery. Ox is a survivor. He’ll pull through.”
I noticed, but obviously chose not to comment on, the quiver in her voice when she said that her brother would pull through. I looked him over myself - he seemed to be breathing evenly, and there were some bandages tied around his whole torso that were yet to be spotted with blood, so that seemed like a good sign at least. Satisfied, I turned back to address the group as a whole.
“Can I get a status report from everyone? How are we all doing?”
Laran immediately answered.
“I thought you might want to know! For injuries, I’ve received a small cut on my torso. Arcadia has some pretty bad gashes on her left palm and right forearm. Oriwyn is bruised and her nose was broken - Leor snapped it back in place a few hours ago when Ori started having some trouble breathing, so it looks pretty nasty. Speaking of Leor, she has some burns on her hands from her stunt with the lightning, but Ori managed to find some weird plant I’d never heard of that’s been helping with the pain. Finally, Brams got something of a cut, but it isn’t very deep. It is on his wing though, so as it is healing he will need to be careful about moving too much.”
I nodded and thanked Laran for his report. He looked pleased with himself, and I resolved to thank him privately later for helping me lead the team. All in all, we had gotten off relatively okay. All of us were alive and we had managed to achieve our objective. I took a moment to savor the victory before my mind stumbled into the next inevitable question.
What now?
I sighed as I began to contemplate the question. We likely couldn’t go back to Tripit since Daisy knew what we looked like. Leor might be able to chance it since she’d been outside the whole time, but even then I didn’t think any of us were in a hurry to test that theory out. As another consideration, Arcadia had been through a lot with us, and I felt like I needed to address that fact before too awful long.
“Arcadia, what’s your plan? Or what was your plan? Because I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we don’t want to go back to Tripit any time soon.” I said it with a laugh, but Arcadia looked anxious. I suddenly realized what I said could come across as accusatory. “Hey, it’s not your fault. We knew what we were signing up for and we all did it willingly.”
“You shouldn’t have. Glad you did though.”
The voice was scratchy and strained, husky and rough. We all whipped around to see Ox’s head slightly raised. He had a hand up to shade his eyes from the sun. As we stared at the newly awakened orc, Arcadia sank to her knees and started crying what I could only assume were happy tears. Oxcard grinned thinly and shuffled back, bracing himself against the pillow that had been jammed under his head in an attempt to sit up a little straighter.
“Come on Arcay, get over here.”
Arcadia shuffled over to Ox, nearly crawling. She wrapped him in a gentle hug, careful not to disturb his wounds. He raised his arms and wrapped the human-shadeling in a hug. Her head nestled against his shoulder and she whispered something. The rest of us tried to give them what space we could. When Arcadia broke off the hug and sat back on her haunches, the white spots of skin on her face near her eyes were splotched red with tears. She turned to the rest of us.
“I cannot thank you enough. You all did what no one else was willing to.” It looked like she was searching for more words, but was having a hard time coming up with them. “We cannot thank you enough.”
Ox nodded low in an approximation of a bow.
“Assuming we’ve put enough distance between ourselves and the city, I think we’re safe for the moment. I should be ready to move on by nightfall.”
Oriwyn made a sound like someone lightly stepping on a chicken, a sort of strangled squawk with a burbling undercurrent thanks to her nose.
“Nightfall? As in nightfall tonight?!? As in you’re going to get up and walk tonight?” Her tone was incredulous, and I inclined to agree with her. Oxcard was clearly still not okay, and even if he could walk I didn’t think it would do his stitching any favors. Arcadia just smiled and stood up.
“Okay, we can get moving tonight if everyone else is okay to move. I’ve got a few golems here, and this time someone will be awake enough they won’t rip themselves open trying to get away from someone who is trying to help them.”
It was amazing how quickly her tone changed. She had just been tearfully hugging him, and now she sounded wry and sarcastic at her brother’s antics like he was a six year old who had brought her a mud pie or something. I shook my head in wonder - none of the rest of us in the party had siblings as we all were only children. Obviously Arcadia and Oxcard had not been born to the same mother - my rudimentary knowledge of how the birds and bees worked with the ancestries in Tala indicated as much - but still, they acted like how I thought siblings acted, and they obviously shared a deep bond. It felt good to have that dynamic around, as if it were something the rest of us might have been missing as a group. Shaking myself out of my reverie, I decided to make an announcement.
“I’ve been thinking, and I wanted to offer the two of you a chance to join our group.” I looked around at the existing members of the party, and they all nodded happily. Oriwyn nodded so aggressively she winced as the movement jostled her injured nose. Arcadia and Oxcard looked at each other. I hastened on to add more.
“You don’t need to decide now of course. Actually, if you’ll have us, I was going to ask if we could accompany you to wherever you planned to go Arcadia. We should be safer in a group if any part of the road is likely to be treacherous, plus new company is always a good thing.”
Oxcard said a few quiet things to Arcadia, who said a few quiet things back. I tried not to listen in despite my burning curiosity. Oxcard shrugged and said something else, and then Arcadia turned back to us all.
“My plan was to go to Diareen. It’s a trade city out towards the northern edge of the province. It’s not as big as Tripit, but I figured it would be big enough that we could find something to do.” Arcadia’s face fell a bit as she continued. “Also, I figured that having the river boats as well as the roads would make it easier to escape if Daisy caught up with us.”
The mood in the clearing soured as Daisy’s name was uttered, but after a few seconds Leor did her best to break the tension.
“Diareen, huh? Can’t say I’ve heard of it before, but it sounds like as good a plan as any. I vote that we follow along with Arcadia.”
There was a quick chorus of agreement as the rest of the party also expressed their support of the plan. We hadn’t spent long in Tripit, but we hoped this would also work well for us - we figured we could look for work as guards for a river boat or something. The only thing I was certain of was that it would be a long time before I accepted another rescue mission unless I absolutely couldn’t avoid it. I still felt a little nervous and jittery from the night before, and despite feeling mostly better the memory of the nightmare hung around in the back of my mind like the aftertaste of a bitter plant.
With our path being decided, I perked up and pushed down the previous night’s terrors. I felt a trickle of energy flow into my limbs and looked around the campground properly.
“Okay! With that being said, let’s make preparations for travel. How long is it to Diareen, Arcadia?”
Arcadia stayed kneeled next to Ox. As she spoke I noticed that she looked very tired - this whole ordeal had taken a huge toll on her, and it was beginning to show. I hoped I could convince her to take it easy for a bit. Regardless, she thought for a moment before giving me an estimate.
“About three weeks unfortunately, unless we get very lucky and the teamster is headed that way. Also at some point the road will go by the river so we could try and catch a river boat - they aren’t fast, especially since they’d be headed upstream instead of down, and we would need to pay our way, but we wouldn’t need to walk!”
I nodded, not particularly relishing the idea of that long spent traveling but resolved to its necessity. Leor spoke up with a question.
“Are there towns on the way? I don’t know how we’re doing with money exactly, but three weeks is a long time. We will definitely want lodging and we may even need to stop to take on work.”
Ox answered as Arcadia was trying to remember the route.
“Though Arcadia and I haven’t left Tripit much, I’m aware of some of the routes and where they lead. By my reckoning we have four or five small villages and two places big enough I’d call ‘em towns. Could be worse.”
I nodded, relieved. If the places that Ox had mentioned were spread out relatively evenly, that would be a village every few days - that felt a lot better than the ten day trek from Eightside to Tripit. With a grin, I stood and stretched.
“Well, I’ve been asleep too long today as it stands. Let’s get things prepared around here so we can head out tonight!”
There was a flurry of activity afterwards. With much protest, we managed to convince Arcadia to lay down for some rest. Despite her repeated insistence that she wasn’t tired, she was asleep within a minute of laying down and slept almost until nightfall. Oxcard also lounged, drifting into fitful bouts of sleep. As they rested, the rest of us tried to get things shifted around and packed as best we could. Most of our stuff had been at the Sable Sky since stealth had been so paramount to our mission, so we would need to wait for the teamster - Alex - to get back to actually be fully ready to go.
In addition to packing and resting, Oxcard, Oriwyn, and Laran took another go at closing Oxcard’s wound. I made the mistake of watching them remove the old stitching and had to stumble away to get sick in a bush. Eventually, I got the all-clear from Laran and came back into the clearing. Oriwyn had a bucket full of bloody rags that she was going to take to a river and wash. Leor volunteered to go with her, and the two of them left. Meanwhile Oxcard was sitting propped up fully after some time to recover and looked a little better, though redoing the stitches had obviously caused him pain. By the time Alex returned, Oxcard looked like he might actually be healthy enough to walk.
We still didn’t let him of course.
I talked with Alex a bit, thanking them for their help and making good on the price that they had haggled down from Laran the night previous. They offered to give us a ride, which we gladly accepted, and helped us pack our bags up as well. In return for their kindness I offered whatever services we could render to make their journey more comfortable. They accepted, though both of us knew there wasn’t much we could do to help. We learned that Alex would be able to take us as far as Squat’s Hollow - about a third of the total journey - before needing to attend to their own business, which was about as lucky as we could reasonably hope to be. As night began to fall, we had everything loaded on the teamster’s wagon, including Oxcard. Just in case, Oriwyn went ahead of the impromptu caravan to check for any of Daisy’s goons, but seeing no one, we made our way out to the road and started on the next stage of our journey.
Elsewhere: The large man was on his tiptoes trying to reach the top of a shelf, straining to get the can of beans down. Frustrated, he rocked his weight back down onto his heels and glared at the beans disdainfully. With a sigh, he called for his wife to help him out, hoping she wasn’t busy with customers. As his wife opened the door, he reflected on how lucky he had been to find her - she was kind, warm, smart, had a great way when dealing with people, and was taller than him by at least half a head. The man didn’t know why he liked tall women, but he knew he certainly did and fate had seen fit to imbue this lovely giantess with everything else he had been looking for in a partner. She immediately saw the offending can and got it down for him, taking a quick moment to give the man a quick kiss on the tip of his nose. A goofy smile spread across his face as she turned back and closed the storeroom door, returning to the desk at the front of the building. After all, Yada’s combination inn, bath-house, and general store was the only thing in the woods for miles, and someone would always show up eventually.
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Hello, I have muscle issues and would like to make my gameplay easier, mainly by minimizing unnecessary clicking.
From a logical standpoint, combat is particularly challenging. Character movement is easier (less repetition, no fast action here).
#1 First idea.
While reading about a mod (polymorph), I came across an interesting line: "To attack, approach a hostile target and you will attack automatically."
Could this approach be implemented in combat overall? I would like to play the game normally with my character, having them attack without my input. There are some mods that enable continuous hitting when clicking once, but this still drains my energy. If my character could attack on his own, it would make my job easier and allow for longer gaming sessions. I could then use another mod to lock onto targets and move around to have my character attack.
I believe there is an automatic casting mod, but it seems to be focused only on casting and not solely combat-oriented. Simulating the entire combat with this mod would likely be difficult, even with "locking on" modifications. At most, I could use an overpowered spell once to defeat enemies, but that's not what I'm looking for.
#2 Second idea.
I'm also wondering if it's possible to add NPC-like AI behavior to my player character.
Followers can take care of themselves in combat. Is it feasible to incorporate automatic combat behavior for my character? I would focus on what I can do, such as moving and interacting with the world. If a combat situation arises, my character would engage in an automatic (NPC-like) behavior pattern, running and fighting enemies on their own.
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I understand that most people might find this unusual, but Skyrim is not only a combat-oriented title. For individuals with disabilities or those in need of higher accessibility, this solution could provide an opportunity to explore Skyrim's fantasy world and enjoy the story / quests. Together with modding (on this area there is no other game like Skyrim).
Regarding playing on god mode, I would prefer to watch my character fight rather than use it. Additionally, it doesn't address my clicking issue.
Regarding follower usage, I will certainly utilize them. However, I was hoping to have my character involved as well since Skyrim emphasizes character progression and leveling. I would enjoy acquiring new weapons or perks and using them to some extent.
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I would greatly appreciate any assistance with both ideas, although the second one is more important (though perhaps more challenging). I would greatly appreciate if you can recommend mod authors who might have knowledge about what I've mentioned, or if you know someone who understands how to add similar automatic states or behaviors.
I would appreciate if mod authors (people experienced with creating mods) could contribute and voice themselves as well.

At first I was a little disgruntled about having to play a non-stasis class to unlock the challenges in Iron Banner, but after playing around with this new aspect- wow, excellent. This may sound counter intuitive, but AFTER trying to combine Bombardiers with this (fail), I swapped to Sixth Coyote, and actually swapped out the grenade aspect for the new aspect-
So now both aspects are tied to the dodge ability. But because Sixth Coyote can generate dodge energy (via mods), I found being out of dodge charges to be infrequent.
So now the utility; here’s a list:
-Contorts opponent’s Aim assist and reticle stickiness
-Creates an extremely annoying radar presence
-Great for putting in doorways
-Barely losing a fight often turns it into a trade
-Can be used as a shield in difficult situations
-Creates an additional source of damage
With Sixth Coyote, you can ground slam, and if you miss, dodge away leaving the dummy in-between you and the missed target. So this exotic allows for a more forgiving experience. This is my favorite part- the more frenetic your gameplay, the more you can exploit the mechanics.
I have always been a fan of the glass tank builds, ever since playing as Krieg from Borderlands. Those are the kind of feels that bubble up when in the zone while using this. It is a lot of fun and forces your opponents to rethink vanilla strategy.

With ChatGPT blowing up over the past year, it seems like every person and their grandmother is launching an AI startup. There are a plethora of AI tools available, some excellent and some less so. Amid this flood of new technology, there are a few hidden gems that I personally find incredibly useful, having reviewed them for my AI directory. Here are the ones I have personally integrated into my workflow in both my professional and entreprenuerial life:

Plus AI for Google Slides - Generate Presentations There's a few slide deck generators out there however I've found Plus AI works much better at helping you 'co-write' slides rather than simply spitting out a mediocre finished product that likely won't be useful. For instance, there's "sticky notes" to slides with suggestions on how to finish / edit / improve each slide. Another major reason why I've stuck with Plus AI is the ability for "snapshots", or the ability to use external data (i.e. from web sources/dashboards) for your presentations. For my day job I work in a chemical plant as an engineer, and one of my tasks is to present in meetings about production KPIs to different groups for different purposes- and graphs for these are often found across various internal web apps. I can simply use Plus AI to generate "boilerplate" for my slide deck, then go through each slide to make sure it's using the correct snapshot. The presentation generator itself is completely free and available as a plugin for Google Slides and Docs.

My AskAI - ChatGPT Trained on Your Documents Great tool for using ChatGPT on your own files and website. Works very well especially if you are dealing with a lot of documents. The basic plan allows you to upload over 100 files and this was a life saver during online, open book exams for a few training courses I've taken. I've noticed it hallucinates much less compared to other GPT-powered bots trained on your knowledge base. For this reason I prefer My AskAI for research or any tasks where accuracy is needed over the other custom chatbot solutions I have tried. Another plus is that it shows the sources within your knowledge base where it got the answers from, and you can choose to have it give you a more concise answer or a more detailed one. There's a free plan however it was worth it for me to get the $20/mo option as it allows over 100 pieces of content.

Krater.ai - All AI Tools in One App Perfect solution if you use many AI tools and loathe having to have multiple tabs open. Essentially combines text, audio, and image-based generative AI tools into a single web app, so you can continue with your workflow without having to switch tabs all the time. There's plenty of templates available for copywriting- it beats having to prompt manually each time or having to save and reference prompts over and over again. I prefer Krater over Writesonic/Jasper for ease of use. You also get 10 generations a month for free compared to Jasper offering none, so its a better free option if you want an all-in-one AI content solution. The text to speech feature is simple however works reliably fast and offers multilingual transcription, and the image generator tool is great for photo-realistic images.

HARPA AI - ChatGPT Inside Chrome Simply by far the best GTP add-on for Chrome I've used. Essentially gives you GPT answers beside the typical search results on any search engine such as Google or Bing, along with the option to "chat" with any web page or summarize YouTube videos. Also great for writing emails and replying to social media posts with its preset templates. Currently they don't have any paid features, so it's entirely free and you can find it on the chrome web store for extensions.

Taskade - All in One Productivity/Notes/Organization AI Tool Combines tasks, notes, mind maps, chat, and an AI chat assistant all within one platform that syncs across your team. Definitely simplifies my day-to-day operations, removing the need to swap between numerous apps. Also helps me to visualize my work in various views - list, board, calendar, mind map, org chart, action views - it's like having a Swiss Army knife for productivity. Personally I really like the AI 'mind map.' It's like having a brainstorming partner that never runs out of energy. Taskade's free version has quite a lot to offer so no complaints there.

Zapier + OpenAI - AI-Augmented Automations Definitely my secret productivity powerhouse. Pretty much combines the power of Zapier's cross-platform integrations with generative AI. One of the ways I've used this is pushing Slack messages to create a task on Notion, with OpenAI writing the task based on the content of the message. Another useful automation I've used is for automatically writing reply drafts with GPT from emails that get sent to me in Gmail. The opportunities are pretty endless with this method and you can pretty much integrate any automation with GPT 3, as well as DALLE-2 and Whisper AI. It's available as an app/add-on to Zapier and its free for all the core features.

SaneBox - AI Emails Management If you are like me and find important emails getting lost in a sea of spam, this is a great solution. Basically Sanebox uses AI to sift through your inbox and identify emails that are actually important, and you can also set it up to make certain emails go to specific folders. Non important emails get sent to a folder called SaneLater and this is something you can ignore entirely or check once in a while. Keep in mind that SaneBox doesn't actually read the contents of your email, but rather takes into consideration the header, metadata, and history with the sender. You can also finetune the system by dragging emails to the folder it should have gone to. Another great feature is the their "Deep Clean", which is great for freeing up space by deleting old emails you probably won't ever need anymore. Sanebox doesn't have a free plan however they do have a 2 week trial, and the pricing is quite affordable, depending on the features you need.

Hexowatch AI - Detect Website Changes with AI Lifesaver if you need to ever need to keep track of multiple websites. I use this personally for my AI tools directory, and it notifies me of any changes made to any of the 1000+ websites for AI tools I have listed, which is something that would take up more time than exists in a single day if I wanted to keep on top of this manually. The AI detects any types of changes (visual/HTML) on monitored webpages and sends alert via email or Slack/Telegram/Zapier. Like Sanebox there's no free plan however you do get what you pay for with this one.

Bonus: SongsLike X - Find Similar Songs This one won't be generating emails or presentations anytime soon, but if you like grinding along to music like me you'll find this amazing. Ironically it's probably the one I use most on a daily basis. You can enter any song and it will automatically generate a Spotify playlist for you with similar songs. I find it much more accurate than Spotify's "go to song radio" feature.

While it's clear that not all of these tools may be directly applicable to your needs, I believe that simply being aware of the range of options available can be greatly beneficial. This knowledge can broaden your perspective on what's possible and potentially inspire new ideas.
P.S. If you liked this, as mentioned previously I've created a free directory that lists over 1000 AI tools. It's updated daily and there's also a GPT-powered chatbot to help you AI tools for your needs. Feel free to check it out if it's your cup of tea

Hello Shopify community,
I'm in the early stages of searching for a Shopify app idea aimed at assisting store owners. To make sure it's genuinely useful, I'd like to understand the issues that you're facing when setting up or running your Shopify store.
Would you mind sharing the specific challenges that take up most of your time/energy? If you're open to a 20-30 minute call to discuss this in more detail, that would be fantastic. There is no app or service being marketed here.
Thank you in advance for your time and help! 🙏

As a high school student (17M) aspiring to attend a prestigious university, I face significant stress and anxiety due to various factors, including school, a demanding home life, and bullying. However, my parents dismiss my feelings because I don't have a job, implying that my lack of employment invalidates my right to express my stress openly. Consequently, I've been refraining from discussing my emotions with my friends, feeling guilty for potentially monopolizing conversations. Unfortunately, this has caused my friends to become concerned about my well-being.
On the other hand, my parents (49F & 50M) hold the belief that without the responsibilities of a job, I have more time and energy to assist them, considering that I do not contribute financially to the household. They limit my free time to accommodate my academic commitments, household chores, and their own projects. However, I yearn to utilize my personal time as a late teenager to focus on my studies and pursue my own interests, as it relates to preparing for my future job after fulfilling my household responsibilities.
I perceive their expectations as a drain on my time and energy, leaving me exhausted at the end of each day and feeling as though valuable time is slipping away. In response, my parents have reached a breaking point, insisting that I participate in their projects as an act of respect and compliance with their decisions. They accuse me of laziness and stress the importance of mutual respect within the family dynamic. They emphasize that their expectations are not solely about me but encompass the well-being of everyone involved, which has led me to suppress my thoughts and emotions around them.
Reddit, am I the asshole?