AJ Lauer

Do you like your Fibremood subscription? I've considered getting one..

Let me know if you need help! I know a good coach who can work with you on that 😉

Oh for sure! I spend a lot of time working on that too.
Also, sometimes at that level what seems like hubris can be a cover up for imposter feelings.

Are you feeling like you're not good enough, you only got here by luck, or that “they” are going to figure out you're a phony and take it all away?

Do you find yourself doing any of these things in order to avoid those feelings?

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Omg those are SO cute!

Two thick books sit on a coffee table. Each of the books has 10 sticky flags sticking out, to mark where to transition between the books. There's a pair of reading glasses, a pen, and the leftover stickies on top of the books. Other books and clutter are visible in the background.

Marked out the first 20 "chapters" for my tandem read of @sarahjmaas.bsky.social 's Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn! It's a funny, different, way to read a couple books and I'm looking forward to it 😄

A scatterplot shows cost per lead for the last week. A negative sloped dashed red line goes through the data, but the plots are not really close to the line.. so it's value for data prediction is likely limited.

Did I run a linear regression on my marketing data? Yes, yes I did. 🤓
Is it actually useful? No, I don't believe it is. But it was fun to exercise my stats brain!

#stats #marketing #entrepreneur #WomenInSTEM

It really is! That lumpy neck line fell into the intolerable category, unfortunately! 🤷‍♀️
Here's to attempt #2..

A tall piece of fabric sits on carpet in a shaft of light. A portion is detached, with a stitch picker next to it.

If you don't end up unpicking have you really learned anything?
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#sewing #garmentSewing

So many parts! And the IRS site was down earlier so here I am logging back in before bed, hoping it's working so I can pay my taxes on time. (It did work! 😅)

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The IRS Make a Payment option is down for scheduled maintenance. On Quarterly Estimated Tax Filing Day.
The site helpfully states "Your tax payment is due regardless of system availability" 😒

#entrepreneurship #UnitedStates #SchittsCreek #WTF #taxes

Where do we find your shop? ☺️

Ooh that back peplum! 🔥

Seems appropriate today
🧶 #knit #knitsky

Share pictures! I'd love to see what you do ☺️

This was super interesting! Now to go read all your prior posts..

An army green jacket sits on my lap. Pink and white stitching is visible. On the sleeve is a triangle made up of simple flowers.

Yesterday's airplane sashiko. I'm really happy with how it turned out!

#sewing #upcycle #sashiko #embroidery #textileart

Ouch! I hope you get to walk soon!

A smart watch on a white woman's wrist displaying a time of 11:17pm and 10,085 steps

Just hit 10k steps in one day for the first time since breaking my ankle!! An auspicious start to the new year?

The back of an army green jacket, decorated with straight stitched wavy pattern in pink thread. On top of the jacket is a bright pink bit of thread on a board that says saahiko. A needle is stuck into the thread.

Little bit of airplane sashiko 🧵🪡
Brought this jacket on our trip so I can fancy it up a little bit. Got more done on the plane than I expected!

#sewing #embroidery #upcycle

Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports This study examines diachronic trends in stress-related language, sentiment, and lyrical complexity in popular music’s lyrics from 1973 to 2023, exploring how major societal shocks influenced people’s music preferences and offering insights into collective mood management through music. Over 20,000 lyrics of songs in the US Top 100 charts during this period were analyzed using Natural Language Processing techniques, with stress-related language assessed using a dictionary-based approach (LIWC), sentiment estimated via a rule-based sentiment analysis tool (VADER), and complexity via the LZ77 compression algorithm. Our analysis reveals a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity over five decades. Surprisingly, societal shocks like COVID-19 coincided with attenuations rather than amplifications of these trends, indicating a preference for emotion-incongruent music, which may serve as a form of emotion regulation, such as escapism. When controlling for long-term trends, we found no significant relationship between income growth and stress or sentiment in lyrics. In contrast, periods of high-stress language corresponded with increased lyrical complexity. These results support the notion that music plays a dual role in collective mood management, functioning as mood management and regulation, depending on the context and intensity of societal emotions.

Over the past 50 years the lyrics of popular songs in the US have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that their findings reflect the complex ways people use music to navigate stress. 🧪

You do not need a new project!

I had to say that to my husband after he checked out two really lovely sewing books from the library as a surprise for me. I have to finish the three projects I have going before I start another!

A cheer at the #SaveNCAR protest: "What do we want - science!!! When do we want it? - after peer review!"

🧪 #hpc #womeninstem

That's a delightfully niche interpretation 😊

I read this as "book club look" at first and was like hell yeah! Haha

Holy shit. I just.. the hits keep coming.
I worked at NCAR for 8 years. The work they do is invaluable. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

That is such a perfect description! I'm stealing it. ..if i can remember it later 😅

Reddit doesn't know what it's talking about- that dress is gorgeous!

Lolol

A Freddy's frozen custard bag sits on a red counter. In the background a guy in a black shirt, blue jeans, and black ball cap leans over a serving station

Shoutout to the guy at our local Freddy's who is scooping so fast it's like watching a cardio workout!

#FrozenCustard #icecream #FASTfood #PTAfundraiser