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"This is exactly what I'm talking about," Y/N said, her voice tight with frustration. "You're not even listening to me right now."

The tension in the estate was palpable, thick enough that it felt like another presence in the sleek kitchen. The late afternoon sun slanted through floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the hardwood floors and illuminating dust motes that drifted between them like silent observers to their conflict.

Y/N stood near the kitchen island, arms crossed defensively over her chest, her hair pulled into a messy bun that spoke of her rushed morning. She wore leggings and an oversized Oxford University sweatshirt, comfortable clothes for the long day of lectures and study groups she'd just endured. The dark circles under her eyes betrayed her exhaustion, but the fire in them was unmistakable.

Harry paced near the windows, running a hand through his already disheveled hair, his jaw set in that stubborn line Y/N knew all too well. He was dressed in black joggers and a faded vintage t-shirt, his feet bare against the cool floors. Despite the casual attire, the tension in his shoulders and the tightness around his eyes revealed his own fatigue.

Harry stopped his pacing, turning to face her with exasperation written across his features. "I'm standing right here, Y/N. How am I not listening?"

"Physically being in the room isn't the same as actually hearing what I'm saying," she countered, uncrossing her arms to gesture emphatically. "You've been somewhere else entirely since I walked in the door."

Harry's expression darkened. "That's rich coming from you," he shot back. "You've barely looked up from your textbooks long enough to have a proper conversation with me in weeks."

Y/N's eyes flashed with indignation. "I'm trying to complete my degree, Harry. You know how important that is to me."

"Of course I know," he said, frustration evident in every line of his body. "Just like you know I'm in the middle of finishing an album. That doesn't mean we can't make time for each other."

"I have been making time!" Y/N insisted, her voice rising slightly. "I'm here now, aren't I? Despite having a mountain of reading to get through before my morning seminar."

Harry scoffed, the sound harsh in the tense atmosphere. "Yeah, you're here physically. Just like you accused me of being a minute ago. But your mind's still buried in those books."

Y/N felt a surge of defensive anger. "That's not fair. I came straight here after my last lecture instead of going to the library like I'd planned. I rearranged my entire study schedule to be here tonight because you said you missed me."

"And then you spent the first hour on your laptop answering emails from your study group," Harry pointed out, his green eyes flashing with hurt beneath the anger.

"It was twenty minutes, tops," Y/N corrected, though she knew even as she said it that the exact time wasn't really the point. "And you were on the phone with Mitch discussing track arrangements when I arrived, so don't act like I'm the only one bringing work into our personal time."

Harry ran both hands through his hair this time, his frustration evident. "That was different. The call was already scheduled—"

"It's always different when it's your work, isn't it?" Y/N interrupted, her voice tight with emotion. "Your career takes priority because you're Harry Styles, but mine is just something I do between seeing you."

"I never said that!" Harry protested, genuine shock crossing his face. "I've always supported your education—"

"In theory," Y/N cut in. "But in practice, you get irritated every time I can't drop everything to accommodate your schedule."

Harry's expression hardened. "That's bullshit and you know it. I've rearranged entire tour dates to work around your exam schedule."

"Once," Y/N corrected. "You did that once."

"It was twice, actually," Harry said, his tone clipped. "But who's counting, right?"

An uncomfortable silence fell between them, both breathing slightly harder than normal, both aware they were teetering on the edge of saying things they might regret.

Y/N was the first to break it, her voice softer but still tense. "This isn't about keeping score, Harry."

"Then what is it about?" he asked, spreading his hands in a gesture of frustration. "Because I thought we were arguing about not seeing enough of each other, but now it seems like we're arguing about whose career is more important."

Y/N sighed, some of the fight leaving her as she leaned back against the kitchen island. "We're arguing because we're both stressed and tired and taking it out on each other," she admitted reluctantly.

Harry's posture softened slightly at her concession, but his expression remained troubled. "It's more than that," he said, taking a step toward her. "We've both been stressed before without tearing into each other like this."

Y/N looked down, studying the pattern of the hardwood floor as if it might hold answers. "I know," she said quietly.

Another silence stretched between them, less hostile but still heavy with unspoken emotions.

"When was the last time we spent more than a few hours together?" Harry asked suddenly, his voice gentler than before. "Not just physically in the same space, but actually together. No work, no school, just us."

Y/N looked up, meeting his gaze with a small frown of concentration. "I don't know," she admitted after a moment. "Before midterms, I guess. So...three weeks ago? Maybe longer."

Harry nodded, as if her answer confirmed something for him. "That's the problem, isn't it? We're not really fighting about your studies or my music. We're fighting because we miss each other, but we're both too bloody stubborn to just say it."

The simple truth of his words hit Y/N with surprising force. She felt something tight in her chest begin to unravel, replaced by a wistful ache that was somehow both better and worse.

"Maybe," she acknowledged, not quite ready to fully concede the point despite recognizing its validity. "But that doesn't change the fact that we both have obligations we can't just ignore."

Harry moved closer, stopping just out of arm's reach, his expression softening further. "I'm not asking you to ignore them," he said. "I would never want you to compromise your education, Y/N. I know how hard you've worked for it."

Y/N's shoulders relaxed slightly at his words, some of her defensive posture melting away. "And I don't want you to compromise your music," she responded, equally sincere. "I know how much the new album means to you."

Harry took another step forward, close enough now that she could see the flecks of darker green in his eyes, smell the familiar scent of his cologne. "So if we both understand that, why are we fighting?" he asked softly.

Y/N gave a small, rueful smile. "Because we're both tired and stressed? Because we're both stubborn as mules? Take your pick."

Harry's lips quirked in response, the first hint of a smile since their argument began. "Both," he decided. "Definitely both."

Y/N felt her own tension continue to ease, though a lingering frustration remained. "It's just...hard," she admitted. "Seeing everyone else in my program going out for drinks after class or having study groups at each other's flats, while I'm trying to cram everything into specific hours so I can fly to New York or LA whenever you have a few days free."

A flash of hurt crossed Harry's face. "Do you resent that?" he asked quietly. "Having to arrange your life around mine sometimes?"

Y/N shook her head immediately. "No," she said firmly. "That's not what I meant. I choose to make those arrangements because I want to be with you. I just...sometimes I feel like I'm failing at both being a good student and being a good girlfriend. Like I'm always shortchanging one for the other."

Understanding dawned in Harry's eyes. "I know that feeling," he said. "When I'm in the studio until 3am, I feel like I'm neglecting you. But when I take a day off to be with you, I feel like I'm letting down the band, the label..."

"Exactly," Y/N nodded, relieved he understood. "It's like being constantly torn, never fully present anywhere."

Harry closed the remaining distance between them, reaching out to take her hands in his. "I'm sorry," he said, his voice low and sincere. "For picking a fight instead of just telling you I've missed you."

Y/N felt a warmth spread through her chest at his words, but her stubborn pride wasn't quite ready to surrender. "I'm still mad at you," she informed him, though the heat had left her voice.

Harry's lips curved in a knowing smile. "No you're not," he countered softly.

"Yes I am," Y/N insisted, trying to maintain her frown despite the way her heart was already softening. "You accused me of not caring about our relationship—"

"I never said that," Harry interrupted gently.

"You implied it," Y/N persisted.

Harry's smile widened slightly. "I implied that I missed you," he corrected. "Which isn't the same thing at all."

Y/N opened her mouth to argue further, but before she could speak, Harry released her hands to cradle her face between his palms, his touch gentle but firm.

"I miss you," he said simply, his green eyes serious despite his smile. "Even when you're right in front of me, I miss you. I miss the way you laugh at my terrible jokes. I miss watching you fall asleep with a book on your chest. I miss the way you hum in the shower when you think no one can hear you."

Y/N felt her resolve weakening, but made one last attempt to hold onto her indignation. "Harry—"

But he didn't give her a chance to finish. Instead, he leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead, his thumbs gently stroking her cheekbones.

"I'm sorry," he whispered against her skin.

Before she could respond, he moved to kiss the tip of her nose, then each of her cheeks, punctuating each touch of his lips with another whispered apology.

"Harry," she protested weakly, her hands coming up to grasp his wrists, though she made no real effort to pull his hands away from her face. "I'm trying to stay mad at you."

"I know," he murmured, pressing a feather-light kiss to the corner of her mouth. "You're very stubborn that way. It's one of the things I love about you."

Despite herself, Y/N felt the corners of her lips beginning to twitch upward. "Stop that," she ordered, but there was no real conviction in her voice.

Harry grinned, clearly sensing his victory. "Stop what?" he asked innocently, before pressing another kiss to her temple. "Telling you I love your stubbornness?" Another kiss, this one just below her ear. "Or that I love the little crease you get between your eyebrows when you're concentrating?" A kiss to her jaw. "Or that I love how passionate you are about your studies, even when it means I get less time with you?"

Y/N tried to maintain her stern expression, but she could feel it crumbling under his assault of affection. "You're impossible," she informed him, even as her fingers uncurled from his wrists to slide up his arms.

"Impossibly in love with you," Harry agreed, the simple sincerity in his voice making her heart skip a beat despite the cheesiness of the line.

He continued his campaign, pressing soft kisses to every part of her face he could reach—her eyelids, her cheekbones, the corner of her mouth again—each one accompanied by a whispered apology or endearment.

Finally, Y/N couldn't hold back any longer. A reluctant smile broke across her face, the tension in her body fully dissolving as she melted into his touch.

"There it is," Harry murmured triumphantly, his own smile widening at the sight of hers. "The most beautiful smile in the world."

Y/N rolled her eyes, but her smile remained. "You're so cheesy," she accused, her hands sliding up to link behind his neck.

"Only with you," Harry replied, pressing one more kiss to the corner of her now-smiling mouth. "And only because it works."

Y/N laughed softly, finally admitting defeat. "Fine," she conceded. "I'm not mad anymore. But I still think we need to figure out a better balance."

Harry nodded, his expression turning more serious though his hands remained gentle on her face. "We do," he agreed. "And we will. Starting now."

He released her face to reach into his pocket, pulling out his phone. With a few quick taps, he activated something and then placed the device screen-down on the counter beside them.

"What are you doing?" Y/N asked, curious despite herself.

"Setting an alarm for eight o'clock tomorrow morning," Harry explained. "Until then, no phones, no laptops, no textbooks, no songwriting. Just us."

Y/N raised an eyebrow. "I have a lecture at nine," she reminded him.

Harry nodded. "I know. Plenty of time for me to make you breakfast before you go."

The simple domestic promise made Y/N's heart swell with unexpected emotion. "What about your session with the producer?" she asked. "I thought you were supposed to be at the studio by ten."

"I'll reschedule," Harry said with a small shrug. "The album will still be there next week. Right now, this is more important."

Y/N felt the last of her resistance melt away, replaced by a wave of affection so strong it almost overwhelmed her. "I've missed you too, you know," she admitted softly, finally voicing what they both knew had been at the heart of their argument all along. "So much."

Harry's expression softened, his eyes warm with understanding. "I know," he said simply. "Me too."

He leaned forward again, but this time instead of the playful kisses he'd scattered across her face, he captured her lips with his own in a kiss that was deep and unhurried, as if they had all the time in the world. Y/N responded immediately, her arms tightening around his neck as she pressed closer, pouring all the longing and frustration of the past weeks into the connection.

When they finally broke apart, both slightly breathless, Harry rested his forehead against hers, his hands settling at her waist.

"For the record," he murmured, his voice low and slightly rough, "I'm still as stubborn as you are, and we're definitely going to have this fight again."

Y/N laughed, the sound free and genuine this time. "Probably next week," she agreed, her fingers playing with the hair at the nape of his neck.

"Definitely next week," Harry confirmed with a rueful smile. "But maybe next time we can skip straight to the part where I kiss you until you stop being mad at me? Save us both some time and energy."

Y/N pretended to consider this. "I don't know," she said thoughtfully. "I kind of enjoy the part where you grovel a bit first."

Harry's laugh was warm against her skin as he pressed another kiss to the corner of her mouth. "Noted," he agreed. "More groveling, then straight to the kissing."

Y/N smiled, feeling more content than she had in weeks despite the lingering awareness of deadlines and obligations waiting for both of them tomorrow. "Deal."

As Harry drew her closer for another kiss, Y/N knew they hadn't truly solved the underlying issue. Their schedules would continue to conflict, their careers would continue to demand their time and attention, and they would almost certainly have this argument again.

But in this moment, with Harry's arms around her and his heartbeat steady against her own, none of that seemed to matter quite as much. They were stubborn and argumentative, yes—but they were also deeply, undeniably in love. And for now, that was enough.

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Later that evening, they lay tangled together on the couch, a half-eaten pizza on the coffee table and some film neither of them was really watching playing quietly on the television. Harry's fingers traced lazy patterns along Y/N's arm where she was tucked against his side, her head resting on his chest.

"We should go away somewhere," Harry said suddenly, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled between them. "After your exams and before the album promo starts. Just a week, somewhere quiet."

Y/N tilted her head to look up at him, a small smile playing at her lips. "Define 'quiet,'" she requested. "Because your idea of a quiet getaway last time involved a yacht and three staff members."

Harry had the grace to look slightly abashed. "That was different," he defended. "It was your birthday. I wanted it to be special."

"It was special," Y/N assured him, pressing a kiss to his jaw. "But maybe this time we could try something a little more...secluded? Just us, no staff, no paparazzi boats circling offshore?"

Harry's expression turned thoughtful. "I still have that little place in Jamaica," he suggested. "It's private, right on the beach. No staff except a housekeeper who comes in once a week, and she's incredibly discreet."

Y/N considered this, trying to picture the location from the few photos Harry had shown her. "That could work," she agreed cautiously. "But only if you promise not to spend the whole time on the phone with your manager or the label."

Harry placed a hand over his heart in mock solemnity. "I promise to limit all work calls to one hour per day, maximum," he pledged.

Y/N raised an eyebrow. "Half an hour," she countered.

"Forty-five minutes," Harry negotiated, his lips twitching with amusement. "And I'll throw in a massage for every minute I go over."

Y/N pretended to consider this carefully. "Make it a proper massage, not one of those that mysteriously turns into sex halfway through, and you've got a deal."

Harry's laugh rumbled through his chest beneath her ear. "No promises," he said, his hand sliding down to rest at her hip in a way that made his intentions quite clear. "You know I have poor self-control where you're concerned."

Y/N rolled her eyes, but she was smiling. "Fine," she conceded. "Forty-five minutes of work calls per day, and I'll take my chances on the massages."

Harry's smile widened into a grin. "Deal," he agreed, sealing it with a quick kiss to the top of her head. "Jamaica it is, then. First week of June?"

Y/N nodded, already mentally rearranging her study schedule to ensure she'd be completely free by then. "First week of June," she confirmed. "God, that feels like forever from now."

"Seven weeks," Harry said, his voice softening. "We can make it seven weeks."

Y/N sighed, snuggling closer against his side. "I know," she agreed. "It's just hard sometimes, being apart so much."

Harry's arm tightened around her, his chin resting gently on the top of her head. "Yeah," he acknowledged quietly. "It is."

Another comfortable silence fell between them, the film continuing to play unwatched in the background.

"I'm proud of you, you know," Harry said after several minutes, his voice thoughtful. "Watching you go after your degree, seeing how hard you work. Tt's incredible, Y/N. You're incredible."

Y/N felt a warmth spread through her chest at his words, a different kind of warmth than the physical heat of his body against hers. "Thank you," she said softly. "That means a lot."

"I mean it," Harry insisted, as if she might doubt his sincerity. "I know I get frustrated sometimes about our schedules, but I never want you to think that means I don't support what you're doing. Your education is important not just to you, but to me too."

Y/N propped herself up on an elbow to look at him properly, touched by the earnestness in his voice. "I know," she assured him. "And I feel the same way about your music. I'm so proud of what you're creating, Harry. Even when it means I have to share you with the rest of the world."

Harry reached up to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, his expression soft in the dim light of the living room. "The world only gets parts of me," he told her quietly. "You're the only one who gets all of me. The good, the bad, the stubborn, the jealous. All of it."

Y/N felt her throat tighten with emotion at the simple truth in his words. "I wouldn't have it any other way," she whispered.

Harry smiled, drawing her down for a kiss that started gentle but quickly deepened, his hand sliding into her hair to cradle the back of her head. Y/N melted into him, all thoughts of schedules and obligations and future arguments temporarily forgotten as she lost herself in the familiar heat of his touch.

When they finally broke apart, both slightly breathless, Harry rested his forehead against hers, his eyes serious despite the smile playing at his lips.

"Seven weeks is a long time," he acknowledged, his thumb tracing the line of her jaw. "But we've got tonight. And maybe tomorrow night, if you can spare a few hours after your seminar?"

Y/N nodded, already mentally rearranging her study schedule again. "I can make that work," she agreed. "And maybe Saturday morning? Before you head to the studio?"

Harry's smile widened. "Definitely Saturday morning," he confirmed. "I'll make those Belgian waffles you like."

Y/N laughed softly, settling back against his chest. "Now who's trying to bribe whom?" she teased.

"Is it working?" Harry asked, his hand resuming its gentle stroking along her arm.

Y/N pretended to consider this. "It might be," she admitted. "Especially if there's fresh berries involved."

"Berries, whipped cream, the works," Harry promised, pressing a kiss to her temple. "Whatever it takes to get a few more hours with you."

Y/N turned her head to capture his lips in another brief kiss. "You don't need to bribe me," she assured him softly. "I always want more time with you. That's kind of the whole problem, isn't it?"

Harry's expression softened into something tender and vulnerable. "Not a problem," he corrected gently. "A challenge, maybe. But one worth figuring out."

Y/N nodded, settling back into the crook of his arm with a contented sigh. "Definitely worth it," she agreed.

As they lapsed back into comfortable silence, the film continuing to play unwatched before them, Y/N felt a sense of peace settle over her that had been missing for weeks. They still had a lot to figure out, schedules to balance, compromises to make, future arguments to navigate but in this moment, wrapped in Harry's arms with his heartbeat steady beneath her ear, she was exactly where she wanted to be.

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[autumngracy]

"Trump is better for the economy, though!"

Aside from almost every major economist agreeing that Trump's economic plans would actually make things far worse than they are now, this man can't even manage his campaign's, his businesses', OR his personal finances.

Case in point, here a list from Public Opinion of his failed business endeavors:

"Trump's companies have filed for bankruptcy at least six times. This is no exaggeration. Digital World noted this in its SEC filings. This excludes additional business failures that might not have declared bankruptcy, but closed owing vendors, employees and others."

"For the record, here are some of Trump's noteworthy business failures."

Trump Airlines — Trump borrowed $245 million to purchase Eastern Air Shuttle. He branded it Trump Airlines. He added gold bathroom fixtures. Two years later Trump could not cover the interest payment on his loan and defaulted.

Trump Beverages — Although Trump touted his water as "one of the purest natural spring waters bottled in the world," it was simply bottled by a third party. Other beverages, including Trump Fire and Trump Power, seem not to have made it to market. And Trump's American Pale Ale died with a trademark withdrawal.

Trump Game — Milton Bradley tried to sell it. As did Hasbro. After investment, the game died and went out of circulation.

Trump Casinos — Trump filed for bankruptcy three times on his casinos, namely the Trump Taj Mahal, the Trump Marina and the Trump Plaza in New Jersey and the Trump Casino in Indiana. Trump avoided debt obligations of $3 billion the first time. Then $1.8 billion the second time. And then after reorganizing, shuffling money and assets, and waiting four years, Trump again declared bankruptcy after missing ongoing interest payments on multi-million dollar bonds. He was finally forced to step down as chairman.

Trump Magazine — Trump Style and Trump World were renamed Trump Magazine to reap advertising dollars from his name recognition. However, Trump Magazine also went out of business.

Trump Mortgage — Trump told CNBC in 2006 that "I think it's a great time to start a mortgage company. … The real-estate market is going to be very strong for a long time to come." Then the real estate market collapsed. Trump had hired E.J. Ridings as CEO of Trump Mortgage and boasted that Ridings had been a "top executive of one of Wall Street's most prestigious investment banks." Turned out Ridings had only six months of experience as a stockbroker. Trump Mortgage closed and never paid a $298,274 judgment it owed a former employee, nor the $3,555 it owed in unpaid taxes.

Trump Steaks — Trump closed Trump Steaks due to a lack of sales while owing Buckhead Beef $715,000.

Trump's Travel Site — GoTrump.com was in business for one year. Failed.

Trumpnet — A telephone communication company that abandoned its trademark.

Trump Tower Tampa — Trump sold his name to the developers and received $2 million. Then the project went belly-up with only $3,500 left in the company. Condo buyers sued Trump for allegedly misleading them. Trump settled and paid as little as $11,115 to buyers who had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Trump University or the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative — Trump staged wealth-building seminars costing up to $34,995 for mentorships that would offer students access to Trump's secrets of success. Instructors turned out to be motivational speakers sometimes with criminal records. Lawsuits and criminal investigations abound.

Trump Vodka — Business failed due to a lack of sales.

Trump Fragrances — Success by Trump, Empire by Trump, and Donald Trump: The Fragrances all failed due to being discontinued, perhaps as a result of few sales.

Trump Mattress — Serta stopped offering a Trump-branded mattress, again likely due to slacking sales.

Truth Social — This existing Trump business owes big money, and may well be breathing its last.

And then of course is his long history of stiffing contractors, restaurants, and even entire cities for their event venues he used for his rallies—as well as some of his own followers—

—such as the case where he promised a greiving hispanic American family that he would pay for the burial of their daughter, Vanessa Guillén, a servicewoman who had been brutally murdered by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood in 2020, but later told his chief of staff not to pay for it after learning it would cost $60,000, reportedly saying "It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!"

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more than enough (aka hey, sharpshooter sequel) sneak peek 🤲

since i'm not posting any of this until it's all written and i have absolutely no idea when that will be, i wanted to give u all the first 1,700ish words of the first chapter of part 2 to hold us all over <3

Sirius was in a surprisingly good mood. 

He really shouldn’t be, all things considered. New York was at the tail end of a sweltering heat wave, for one—hot, humid August air rippled in wavy mirages off the streets, and the tiny window unit in his apartment didn’t do shit against the evening sun, and the bridge of his nose was still pink from a particularly long afternoon walk around Central Park last weekend, but nevertheless, he was in a very, very good mood. Maybe it was good karma finally coming back around, or the universe had woken up one morning and decided it was done fucking with him. After the shit show that had been his last semester of college—the entire eight months since January, really—he figured he deserved it. 

“Iced Americano for Sirius!”

He darted through the sullen little crowd assembled around the pickup counter as the barista slid his drink forward in a plastic to-go cup. He popped on a lid and grabbed a paper straw with practiced speed, maneuvered his way back to the entrance and called out a quick “thanks” as he threw his shoulder into the door and raced off in the direction of the museum. 

After graduation, he’d wormed his way into an internship at a modest little contemporary art museum tucked away on a shady street in the West Village. The pay was shit and the busy work was worse, but he’d been offered a full time apprenticeship after the intern contract expired, and since he wasn’t exactly in a position to be turning down jobs in the industry, he’d enthusiastically accepted. It would be a great first gig, if nothing else—he’d be working under a mid-level curator, sourcing pieces, filing paperwork, and arguing with estates over pricing and displays and whose name would be biggest on the programs. It wasn’t glamorous by any means, but it was real, and it would get his foot in the door of the curation world, and that’s what mattered. 

To close out the summer, the museum had been hosting guest seminars all week for the dozen or so interns on staff. Most were at least mildly interesting, but it was Friday, and Sirius had quite magnificent plans for the weekend, so he was putting a hell of a lot of faith in this singular iced Americano to pull him through the next two hours of the last seminar.

His usual coffee shop around the corner was rarely busy, but today he’d gotten stuck behind a group of suits each ordering individual lattes and ended up cutting it a bit closer on time than he'd have liked. He skipped up the flight of stone steps at the front of the museum and checked his phone—he had four entire minutes to spare, thank god—and was just about to tuck it back away when it began vibrating in his hand.

He glanced at it again, gave a happy little hum and threw open the lobby door as he answered.

“Oh, hello.” 

Remus gave a quiet little laugh on the other line, and oh, wasn’t that the most perfect little addition to an already especially wonderful afternoon? “Oh, hi,” he echoed. “You sound chipper.”

“Why, of course I do. It’s Friday afternoon and I have an ice cold coffee in my hand, Remus. The world is blossoming before my very eyes.” 

“Wow. Good day?” 

“Very. Yours?”

“Not a single complaint.”

Sirius hummed fondly. He slowed to a stop in the hallway outside the theater room, turning towards the wall so he wouldn’t be caught grinning to himself. “Are we turning into optimists?” 

Remus tutted. “God, I really hope not.”

Sirius bit back a smile, tapped the toe of his shoe against the marble baseboards and pulled his phone away from his ear just enough to check the time. “I truly do hate to cut this short, but you’ve got about two and a half minutes before I’m supposed to be in this seminar.”

He heard shuffling on the other line, a muffled curse, and then Remus’ voice came from further away. “Shit—it’s already three?” 

“Mhm,” he hummed around his straw. “Don’t tell me you’re about to be late to class, you heathen.”

“I forgot to set an alarm,” Remus huffed. “I keep severely underestimating how much time it’s going to take me to get through these global rhetoric readings.”

Sirius grimaced. “Hey, one more week, and then it’s goodbye, global rhetoric forever.”

“If the final doesn’t kill me first.”

“You’ll do great, you big old nerd,” Sirius chided. “I’ll help you study this weekend if you want. Run some flash cards, try some interrogation-style quizzing…”

“Interrogation style?” Remus repeated amusedly, his voice closer to the phone again.

“I’m thinking a good old-fashioned flashlight to the forehead might do the trick.”

“Depending on how the review goes today, I might just take you up on that.”

Sirius glanced behind him as a couple of the other interns wandered into the theater room, checking the time again to be safe. “You’re coming to me tonight, right?” 

“Yeah, I’ll be over after class,” Remus replied. Sirius heard some shuffling, then keys jingling in the background. “That’s actually why I wanted to try and catch you before your seminar—do you have anything to make at home or do you want me to grab something on the way?”

“Oh, my hero,” Sirius gushed. “Yes, please grab something—get whatever you want. I don’t care as long as I don’t have to attempt to cook anything.”

“Hey, you did really good with dinner last week,” Remus offered kindly. “I went back for seconds, remember?”

Sirius hummed a flat note. “You’re biased, darling. Your opinion can’t be trusted.” 

“I’d tell you if it was bad.”

“I really, really don’t think you would.” 

Remus hesitated. “I mean…well. Maybe not. But I definitely wouldn’t have gone back for seconds if it was that bad.”

“Well, it’s your turn next, and I’m expecting opulence after last time, Lupin. I want nothing short of fine dining.” 

“Oh, god,” Remus tutted. “I really should have done something easy and kept your expectations low.” 

“At this rate you’ll be a full fledged chef by Christmas.”

“Well, tonight you’re getting something cheap and most likely dumped out of a paper box. No opulence allowed on a Friday.”

“Deal,” Sirius smiled. He snuck another look into the theater room, spotted a deck of slides thrown up on the projector, and sighed reluctantly. “I have to get in there in the next twenty seconds.”

“Okay,” Remus sighed back. Sirius heard a door shut and lock and imagined he was leaving his apartment for class. “I’ll text you when I leave school.”

“Can’t wait.”

“Have fun,” Remus smiled. “Love you.”

Sirius’ stomach fluttered. He couldn’t believe it was still doing that, all these months later, but it was a surprisingly frequent occurrence these days. 

“Love you, too.”

He allowed himself five seconds to goon grin down at his phone after hanging up, to admire the newest in a lovely series of photos of the two of them he’d chosen for this week’s lock screen, and then turned on his heel and slipped into the theater room just as his supervisor began introducing the guest.

His usual seat in the second-to-last row was taken, so Sirius slid into one in the back with only a half-hearted little huff. If it were last month—last week, even—he might have put up a bit more of a fuss about losing his unassigned-assigned seat to a rando from the marketing team, but not today. No; today was Friday, Remus was bringing home something greasy and delicious for dinner, and Sirius couldn’t be bothered to be anything but ecstatic for the weekend. He took several long sips of his coffee when the slides at the front of the room flipped to a rundown of the talk—digital curatorial practices in contemporary media landscapes, how very tantalizing for a Friday afternoon—and settled in with a goal to stay at least a little awake for the next two hours.

The speaker—a short, middle-aged man with a vaguely northeastern accent—took off on his introduction, and something about the monotone drone of his voice sent Sirius drifting off into his thoughts nearly instantly. He fiddled with a chip on the back of his phone case for a moment before giving in and flipping it over. The photo from the weekend before waiting on the lock screen really was particularly swoon-worthy; what had started out as a double date picnic in Central Park with James and Lily had turned into an hours-long stroll around the reservoir that left Sirius and Lily sunburnt, James with an infuriatingly perfect tan, and Remus with about a hundred more freckles than he’d started the day with. The four of them had eventually parked it beneath the shade of a line of trees, sprawling out on the thin, brightly-colored woven blankets Lily had brought and savoring the warmth of the late evening sun. Sirius had been feeling especially fond, what with the smattering of new freckles dotted along the bridge of Remus’ nose, and the golden light of the sunset was practically glowing on his skin, so he’d tossed his phone to Lily and demanded she take a new photo for his lock screen. 

The impromptu little shoot had produced several pictures that Sirius loved—one of the adorable, disgruntled scrunch of Remus’ nose as Sirius coaxed him up from his lounging on the grass, another of him carefully pulling Sirius’ sunglasses off and perching them on the top of his head, and this one, his favorite, of himself raised on his knees, pressed up against Remus’ back with his arms thrown around his shoulders, pressing a smiley kiss to his cheekbone. Sirius studied the photo and recalled the warmth of Remus’ skin, the surprised, breathy little laugh he’d let loose and the feel of his hand slipping around the back of Sirius’ neck, tugging him forward and craning his head back to press one, then two quick kisses to his lips. 

A series of bright, fluttery feelings took off on a twirl somewhere beneath his ribs, pulsed warm and sugar sweet under his skin and made him bite back a smile. Sirius took a long, contented breath in and savored it. 

Not so long ago, these quiet little moments of fondness were few and far between. However much he’d tried to convince himself otherwise at the time, Sirius had spent a good chunk of the spring with a heavy pit of anxiety in his stomach, entirely positive that his and Remus’ relationship was one more unresolved, petty fight and a couple of strained silences away from shattering for good. They’d started it off strong, but that last semester in Boston was hard in ways that neither of them were prepared for.

[sealochs]

a year in review

my therapist recommended that i sit down, go through my diary & calendar & blog, & compile a list of everything i have done this year so that i have incontrovertible evidence of the immense amount of things i have achieved, survived & overcome in the past twelve months. & it has been so affirming & empowering to do; at the end of a year which has felt so overwhelming, i can hardly believe that i actually achieved all of these things. & w. was there for very, very few of them. i deserved & deserve so much better, so much stronger, so much kinder.

anyway, i'm putting the list under the cut, & warmly recommending this to everyone as an activity in self-respect, self-love, self-reflection, etc., etc., & co.

i maintained, cleared and sold my late Mum's house this involved constant emails & phone calls all year, exhausting journeys of over 300 miles by train & then by car once i had my licence, endless tip runs & charity shop runs, selling furniture on eBay & arranging for collections, liaison with estate agents, speed learning a lot about property & finance, exhausting garden maintenance & cleaning, fights with the council who kept fucking up the tax liabilities; and none of this is to mention the emotional difficulty of sorting through my mum's things, deciding what to keep & what to give away & what to sell, & the grief of leaving her house for the final time in july; the house where i had cared for her, the home she had lived & died in. & i did almost all of it entirely on my own.

i bought my own flat in Edinburgh a joyful counterpoint to the above; a safe place finally to land, which i can make entirely my own; i think it's about the best thing i could have done for myself post-breakup, but it is also a very real way of closing the door on my relationship, & i've felt very bittersweet about that. i have also had to make removals plans over the festive period & balance a lot of very time-sensitive admin with similarly time-sensitive end of semester marking. the move in january will be exhausting, but so so wonderful when it is done & i am settled.

i wrote the 2nd chapter of my PhD all 20,000+ words of it! & i have done, of course, all the reading, thinking, editing & rewriting which this involved. but it is now a very solid, very good chapter, & only needs minor edits to be polished. that i managed to pull this off around everything to do with mum's house is truly incredible to me. i don't know how it happened but it did, & it's work that i am so proud of.

i taught on 3 summer schools one in st andrews, one online & one in cambridge. i wrote & gave two lectures, one on mrs dalloway & one on a sketch of the past, & delivered large- & small-group teaching on five different woolf texts. they were such rewarding experiences, & i cannot wait for next year's.

i taught my 1st undergraduate course an introduction to english literature course, 1800 to present day! like the summer schools, this was so wonderfully rewarding. i got to plan & deliver a semester's worth of seminars, & mark coursework essays & exams. i learnt so much about what works & doesn't work for this kind of course, & can't wait to apply those lessons to next semester's teaching. the fact that i even managed to deliver my classes on mrs dalloway the day after w. broke up with me, & find joy in doing so, is probably a highlight, actually. it shows me how good i am at what i do; i can do it with a broken heart.

i went on 2 archive trips one to king's college, cambridge, & one to the british library in london. i made really significant discoveries on both trips & i'm so looking forward to writing them all up into my 3rd chapter next year. both of these archive trips were also done around trips to mum's house to do clearance & maintenance & meet estate agents, & again the fact that i managed still to make them so productive is incredible to me.

i presented at my university's graduate conference & submitted an abstract for next year's international woolf conference! a light conferencing load for me this year, because i simply didn't have time for them, but i already have so many on my cv that i'm feeling very at peace with that.

i passed my theory & practical driving test got my licence finally in may, which made the final stages of dealing with mum's house easier; actually passed in the pissing rain while suffering from a horrendous cold, then did the long drive to the midlands only a few weeks later.

i went to therapy consistently even when it was hard; even when i didn't know what to talk about; even when i felt like i was constantly repeating myself; i trusted the process & i'm so glad i did.

i broke up with my phone this was a gamechanger in september. some of it has slipped since my actual breakup, but some of it has stuck, & i'm hopeful that i'll get back to a more phoneless existence in the new year. at the end of september i felt so much more present, so much more alive, so much more observant & focused & active. i'd like to feel that way again.

i travelled i was so lucky to travel to dublin, iceland, new york, india & france this year; i'm hoping for more european city breaks next year. vienna is already booked for january, & prague, stockholm & copenhagen are on my wish list. solo travel is a big goal.

i reinvested in my hobbies & interests i went pretty regularly to a weekly writing group! i did two blocks of pottery classes! i got a swim membership & took up regular swimming again! i walked & hiked & went wild swimming when i could! i also read 14 books, which maybe isn't a lot, but in the context of everything else i did this year it's something i'm proud of, & i enjoyed every single one. i also cooked a lot of new things, & fed myself well for the most part.

& in addition to all these things; all of this hard work, all of these decisions, all of the admin, & all of my grief, i still held so much time & space for my friends this year. i think this may be what i'm most proud of. going through my diary & calendar, there are so many entries for dinners & visits & trips & drinks with friends, new & old. i have for the most part managed to be present for the people i love & who love me, despite everything. if there's anything i definitely want to take into the new year, it's that.

[shalimar-corp]

Maximizing ROI in Real Estate: Strategies for Ultimate Success

Real estate has long been a cornerstone of wealth-building strategies. The allure of consistent income, capital appreciation, and tangible ownership continues to attract investors. However, simply owning a property isn't a guarantee of success. To truly unlock the potential of your investment and maximizing ROI in Real Estate, a well-defined plan and strategic execution are crucial. In this blog, you’ll find key strategies that can empower you to navigate the complexities of real estate and achieve financial success.

Location: The key factor

Perfect locations hold immense weight in real estate. Strategic location selection forms the bedrock of a high-performing investment. Research upcoming infrastructure projects, new business districts, and demographic shifts. Invest in areas poised for significant growth, ensuring your property benefits from increasing demand. Look beyond immediate trends. Choose locations with a proven track record of stability and a strong track record of property value appreciation. Prioritize properties with easy access to public transportation, major roads, and essential amenities like schools, healthcare facilities, and shopping centres.  

Renovate: Even the best needs polishing

Properties requiring some renovation or improvement can present excellent opportunities for maximizing ROI. Focus on renovations that significantly enhance functionality and aesthetics without breaking the bank. Consider modern kitchen and bathroom remodels, energy-efficient appliances, improved landscaping, or additional storage solutions. Upgrade your property as per the trends and preferences of the market. Ensure the cost of renovations translates into a significant increase in rental income or resale value, justifying the investment.

Tax Advantages: Keeping more of your profits

Real estate offers various tax benefits that can significantly impact your ROI. The cost of your property can be depreciated over time, reducing your taxable income. The interest paid on your mortgage loan can be deducted from your taxable income, further reducing your tax burden.

Tax laws can be complex, and a professional can help you navigate them effectively and maximize your tax savings.

Diversification: Spreading your wings for resilience

Economic downturns might impact one sector more severely than another. Diversification provides a safety net, ensuring that a downturn in one market doesn't wipe out your entire investment. Owning properties in different asset classes allows you to tap into a wider range of income sources. For example, residential properties might offer consistent rental income, while commercial properties might offer higher potential returns but with greater risk. By spreading your investments across various areas, you capitalize on growth opportunities in different markets. This allows you to potentially benefit from rising property values in various locations.

Continuous Learning: Staying ahead of the curve

The real estate market is dynamic and constantly evolving. Continuous learning ensures you make informed decisions and adapt to changing trends. Market reports can provide valuable insights into potential risks and opportunities in specific locations or property types. Attend industry events and conferences to gain valuable insights and learn best practices from experienced professionals. Building a network can provide you with access to exclusive deals and valuable advice. Stay informed about legal changes, market fluctuations, and emerging trends by reading relevant publications and attending industry events. Many real estate associations and organizations host webinars, seminars, and conferences that can provide valuable knowledge and networking opportunities.

Conclusion

Maximizing ROI in real estate requires a well-defined strategy, ongoing evaluation, and a commitment to continuous learning. Shalimar Corp offers the best residential & commercial properties which can uplift your investment and give you maximum returns. Visit the website to know more about projects by Shalimar Corp. By focusing on prime locations, value-added opportunities, optimized rental strategies, tax advantages, strategic diversification, and continuous knowledge acquisition, you can create a successful real estate portfolio that generates consistent income and builds long-term wealth. Investing in real estate is a calculative decision which when invested right, can give long-term returns.

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Open Hearth Video Roundup - March 15, 2024

Welcome to the weekly Open Hearth Gaming video roundup!

These recorded sessions represent only a portion of the games we play every week, and anyone is welcome to join the fun! If you'd like to play in games like these, join our Playabl community and click on the "Calendar" tab to sign up for upcoming games. To browse our entire library of session videos, please visit our YouTube Playlists page.

Discussions, Panels, and Seminars

Talking Hard Moves, Costs & Consequences Lowell Francis A community event talking about GMing and playing hard moves, managing costs, and balancing consequences for PbtA, Forged in the Dark, and other storygames.

Open Hearth Gaming Calendar

#Rich Kid Problem$ (Session 1 of 2) Donogh runs for Madelancholy, Sabine V., and Thomas Manuel Our kids show that they have 'more money than sense' by throwing around their influence, time and money like there’s no tomorrow. Alen, the offspring of powerful black marketeers works with Delilah, the scion of old money to float a new must-experience party boat. Leo, the mid-child of a Novae Rich family does his best to help them out while Zara, the fledgling of a military dynasty aims to sabotage!

#Rich Kid Problem$ (Session 2 of 2) Donogh runs for Madelancholy, Sabine V., and Thomas Manuel Our kids know that, when you hit rock bottom the best thing to do is get out the kanji-hammers and keep digging! Alen attempts to prise away their cousin Vladimir from Zara’s embrace, but this doesn't quite go to plan and there is serious blowback on the way! Leo and Delilah continue to grow closer but there’s a surprising fly in the ointment...

AKA: The Transponder (Session 2 of 2) Donogh runs for Anders and Jonathan With our agent Carter off the grid in Baikonur it falls upon the conspirator JC to push through the deal. But handler James finds him an altogether different prospect. Meanwhile the boss Robert wonders who he can trust (if anyone)...

Pulp Cthulhu: Dark Passage (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Horst Wurst, Paul Rivers, Puckett, and Will H We meet our heroes coming off of a job is Los Angeles which cost them dearly. They're called to San Francisco where they must board a cruise liner headed for Shanghai. Their task: locate the person who has taken possession of some stolen occult relics. But things turn nasty quickly with one person murdered and another vanished.

Pulp Cthulhu: Dark Passage (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Horst Wurst, Paul Rivers, Puckett, and Will H Further investigations aboard the Coolidge point to an occult murder-- but the truth may be more complicated than they first thought. What's the connection behind the artifact smuggling person they seek and the shape-changing sorcerous killer. And what is this music?

Monster of the Week: The Rockies (Session 7) Blake Ryan runs for Brandon Ungar, David Montgomery, Dom, and Grey Dodgy Deals Delivery

Monster of the Week: The Rockies (Session 8) Blake Ryan runs for Brandon Ungar, David Montgomery, Dom, and Grey Fickle Fey Fortune

Eotenweard: Tarham (Session 1) Alun R. runs for Dom, Dominik, and Pawel S. Cola the Hunter, Izold the Storyteller & Gwylog the Revenant arrive at the village of Tarham to find a settlement recovering from a recent attack. There's a disloyal warrior, a cowardly herder, a loyal outcast and an aging Lord. Then...carrion crows return along with the stench of death, shadows take on a life of their own, and there's 'something' out there in the dark...and bagpipes...

Godbound: Sundered Cycles (Session 30) Lowell Francis runs for Dan Brown, Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack The first half of a journey into the mythic plane-- the crossing of the threshold, a journey across the ocean of souls, and a challenge atop a mammoth lotus flower.

Trail of Cthulhu: Fearful Symmetries: Arc Two (Session 4) Lowell Francis runs for Alun R., Paul Rivers, Sherri, and Will H Having made their made into the Bradbury estate-- the circle realizes the threat is both more dire and more immediate than they thought. After wrestling with various plans and consciences, they split up-- with Isabel and Richard trying to find Flora and the grove while Wilford and the Doctor try to see what they can do with Mrs. Bradbury and her impending delivery. Things do not go well. They go messily. Very messily.

Orbital (Session 1 of 3) Donogh runs for Mark and Puckett Discover our orbital, a strange place of crystals, fractal architecture & psychic warnings - the perils it faces: hunted star-crossed lovers from the War, a damaged warship seeking assistance, and something ancient stirring in the depths... Meet the orbital's residents: Cash Only - the Source of exactly what you're looking for, Rye - the Heart of a bar that epitomises the genuine warmth of the station, & Hemlock Pangolin - a Shadow on a secret mission to ensure the Orbital remains neutral ground a stoic hydroponics engineer who minds their own business.

Star Wars Saturday

Fellowship (Session 4) Rich Rogers runs for Greg G., Kae, Steven Watkins, and Tyler Lominack The fellowship dances and fights until they uncover an ancient artifact that will rock an entire world.

Fellowship (Session 5) Rich Rogers runs for Cody Eastlick, Greg G., Kae, and Steven Watkins The fellowship makes a difficult choice about the holocron of stillness and escapes Vuarlock for Dathomir.

Stars in the Dark: Stars in the Dark II (Session 2) Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins Strange Smugglers and Gamorrean Grapplers - Our stalwart spies follow their target(s?) and discover that not everything is as it seems. Also: Gamorrean wrestling! Hotwired speeder bikes! A traffic stop!

Stars in the Dark: Stars in the Dark II (Session 3) Anders runs for Marc Majcher, Mark (they/them), Rich Rogers, and Steven Watkins Industrial Automaton Entanglements

Off-Calendar Highlights

The Between: Stars and Suns, Season Two (Session 5) Madelancholy runs for Jack, Sarah W., and Steph "A Tale of Two Parties" - New opening credits! 🎉 A little bit of chaos ensues when the Explorer and the Undeniable throw separate parties at Hargrave House. A sinister royal personage drops by. Come day, a demonic presence is reported at Kilborn Abbey, Ernest experiences time distortion, Dame Georgie talks to Mr. Figg, and Liat pressures the abbot for some answers.

The Between: Stars and Suns, Season Two (Session 6) Madelancholy runs for Jack, Mike, and Steph "For All Good Intent" - Sir Atticus returns from the Void with the help of a familiar friend, and returns to Hargrave House with Ragg in tow. Dame Georgie comes to an uneasy truce because of his new state, and Liat invites her fellow hunters to tea and oh-so-innocuous conversation.

[hustler-786]

How to Make Your First Million Dollars: A Comprehensive Guide to Financial Success!

Introduction:

Dreaming of becoming a millionaire? Turning that dream into a reality is an attainable goal with the right mindset and strategic approach. While it may not happen overnight, making your first million dollars is entirely possible through careful planning, smart investing, and disciplined financial habits. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore essential tips to help you achieve your financial goals and set you on the path to becoming a successful millionaire.

1. Set Clear Goals and Visualize Success: The journey to becoming a millionaire begins with a clear vision. Define your financial objectives and create a roadmap to reach them. Break down your goals into achievable milestones, and keep track of your progress. Visualization techniques can be powerful in keeping you focused and motivated throughout the process.

2. Budget Smartly and Track Your Spending: Financial discipline is crucial when aiming to accumulate wealth. Create a detailed budget that outlines your income, expenses, and savings. Identify areas where you can cut back on unnecessary expenditures and redirect those funds towards investments or savings. Tracking your spending habits allows you to stay in control of your finances and make informed decisions.

3. Invest Wisely and Diversify Your Portfolio: Growing your money through investments is key to building wealth. Educate yourself about different investment options such as stocks, bonds, real estate, mutual funds, and more. Diversifying your investment portfolio spreads risks and can lead to higher returns over time.

4. Increase Your Income and Seek Multiple Streams of Revenue: Boosting your income is a significant step towards achieving financial success. Consider exploring additional revenue streams, like starting a side business, freelancing, or investing in your skills to enhance your earning potential. The more sources of income you have, the faster you can reach your financial goals.

5. Save and Automate Your Savings: Regular saving is the foundation of wealth accumulation. Set up automated savings and investment plans to ensure a portion of your income is automatically allocated towards your financial objectives. Pay yourself first before spending, and let the power of compounding work in your favor.

6. Educate Yourself and Stay Informed: Continuous learning is essential in the pursuit of financial success. Read books, follow financial blogs, attend seminars, and learn from successful entrepreneurs. Staying informed about market trends and financial news will help you make better-informed decisions when it comes to your investments.

7. Embrace Failure and Learn from Mistakes: No successful person has ever achieved greatness without experiencing setbacks. Embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and grow. Evaluate your mistakes, adjust your strategies, and keep moving forward with renewed determination.

8. Network and Collaborate: Surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals can be a powerful catalyst for success. Network with people in your industry or those who share similar financial goals. Seek mentors who can offer guidance and valuable insights. Collaborating with others may open doors to new opportunities and partnerships.

9. Stay Disciplined and Avoid Impulsive Decisions: The journey to a million dollars requires discipline and patience. Stay focused on your goals and avoid impulsive decisions that may undermine your progress. Be mindful of emotional responses to market fluctuations and always base your choices on thorough research and analysis.

10. Take Calculated Risks: All investments come with some degree of risk. While it's essential to be cautious, taking calculated risks can lead to significant rewards. Assess potential risks and rewards before making any financial decisions. Remember that higher returns often involve higher risks, so diversify your investments to mitigate potential losses.

Conclusion:

Becoming a millionaire is an achievable goal for anyone willing to put in the effort and follow a disciplined approach to finances. Setting clear goals, budgeting wisely, investing intelligently, and continuously educating yourself are the pillars of financial success. Remember that building wealth takes time and perseverance; stay committed to your goals, and success will follow.Above all, maintain a positive mindset and believe in your abilities to overcome obstacles and achieve your dreams. As you progress on your journey to financial freedom, always seek professional advice when needed and remain open to adapting your strategies as circumstances change. With determination and the right financial strategies, you can make your first million dollars and embark on a path towards long-term prosperity.

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5 Strategies for Home Security Company Marketing

With the surge in home security solutions, it has become crucial for home security companies to implement effective marketing strategies to get a competitive edge. The home owners want to feel safe and secure in their homes and thus look for the companies offering the best home security solutions.

If you are also into this business and want to market your offerings then you can deploy beneath mentioned marketing strategies for your products and services in addition to Buy Home Security Leads.

Targeted Online Advertising

To target potential customers effectively, do some good online advertising by utilising the most popular platforms like Google Ads, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Also use engaging visuals, clear messaging, and compelling calls-to-action to gather attention of your audience and drive them to your website or contact you for more information.

Content Marketing

Another way to market your Home Security Solutions in order to get more home security leads is to create valuable and informative content. Post engaging and informative blogs, articles, on your website and regularly publish articles addressing topics related to home security tips, how to buy home security solutions, the importance of professional installation, etc. Content marketing is not just the way to attract potential customers towards your brand but it also helps improve your search engine rankings, driving organic traffic to your website.

Certainly, content marketing is a very effective way to build your reputation among your targeted customers.

Referral and Affiliate Programs

Word-of-mouth marketing is important in home security businesses. Motivate your existing customers to refer your services to their friends, family, and neighbours in return for a free gift or offer on future purchase. Establish collaborations with local real estate agents, home builders, or property management companies to generate referrals and boost your brand exposure.

Local SEO Optimization

Since most home owners look for home security services in nearby areas, optimise your online presence for local search. Optimise your website for local SEO by including most used keywords in your content, page titles, and meta descriptions. Create and optimise your Google My Business listing, provide updated information about your company to the customers.

SEO is the most preferred way to make your website accessible among your targeted customers, so apply the same security marketing tactic into your overall plan.

Community Engagement

Establish strong relationships within your local community by actively engaging with them. Take part in local events, sponsor community initiatives, or host educational seminars on home security. By actively taking part in the community, the home security solutions can build trust, increase their brand reputation, and awareness about your home security services.

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I work at the coal face here, so I feel like I have some things to add.

By "at the coal face" I mean "I am employed in a technology role at a company that is essentially the platonic ideal of the business use-case for LLMs." (I try and avoid calling them "AI" because they're not, but I suspect I've lost this philological battle.)

I work at a major (Fortune 1000) real-estate services, property tax services, and credit analytics company. Literally 100% of our work is gathering and analyzing data and providing conclusions, business plans, recommendations, professional and legally actionable tax advice, and other related services based on that analysis... but we are not, ourselves, a tech company, despite an intense branding push on the part of our corporate masters. We have specialized in-house algorithms that have proven to be effective at things like "analyzing and pricing flood risk better than those of competing companies" but that's about it.

You'll not the highlighted part of my last paragraph. I'll come back to that.

Like everyone else in the world, our leadership is going pretty hard in on LLMs. Because we're an ideal use-case for it, right? We do nothing but mess with data.

We struck a major deal with Microsoft for a huge implementation of Copilot, there are trainings and seminars like I've never seen to teach people what it is and how to leverage it, etc. We're spending a lot of money on this.

The results so far?

I'm going to give Copilot credit; it's fantastic at automating away a lot of basic clerical work. It can write lengthy emails that are meant to be nothing more than straightforward conveyances of information like nobodies business if you feed it the information. It can take notes on meetings in a quick and effective manner, its algorithms having a decent understanding of what bullet points to distill out of a ten-minute conversation. We've even been having it work the camera at major company presentations and its better at it than most people are, certainly better than prior "tries to focus on the speaker and their presentation automatically" pieces of software are. A bunch of other things that have to be done but are basically busywork.

This is all very useful. But that's about where its usefulness ends.

The actual BUSINESS business side of things is struggling mightily to find uses for the thing despite massive corporate pressure to do so. And the issues there are twofold.

The first is that the analytical tools we use primarily spit out data... but the core of our business is interpreting that data accurately, and continuing to insure that the data, itself, is accurate. I mentioned flood risk previously? Part of what we do is that every couple of years or so, the guys over in Business Intelligence need to actually start going through the real-world records for what floods happened and where, running them against our algorithms and models, and tweaking them to make sure they continue to be accurate. This task has been automated to the greatest extent it can be already. They are deeply hesitant to let Copilot automate it even more, because Copilot cannot think and render judgments, and thinking and rendering judgments is what we sell.

They would love if it it could automate shit like "contact various municipal authorities to get their publicly-available data on disasters in their area" but it actually can't; or rather, they don't trust it to do so. Early attempts to try and train it on this have produced results that are sufficiently variable and require so much human cross-checking as to not be worth it. And even if it COULD do that, analyzing that information is a whole other deal.

So that's one barrier. But the main barrier, the BIG one?

We are to a great extent legally responsible for the information we convey to our customers. Our recommendations for customers that make use of our more in-depth services to them aren't protected in this way; we've been wrong before, often to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. And we'll be wrong again! Our customers have no recourse on "we thought this was a good idea but it wasn't."

But we are absolutely liable that the data we base those wrong conclusions on has been crunched and analyzed and sourced in the ways we are contractually obligated to do so. Our work is warranted.

For our tax services, that goes one step further. Tax services are serious fucking business. The tax services we provide expose us not just to angry customers walking away or potentially suing us, they expose us to actual-factual criminal liability in the case of certain screwups. That information has to be gathered, stored, and processed properly. We can and have automated a lot of that. But the actual work work there is done by humans. Those humans use analytical tools, some quite powerful, but the work needs to attach to a human whose ass is on the line.

So far nobody whose ass is on the line has been willing to entrust much of this to Copilot.

That's what it comes down to for just about everything. The upper management folks are big-picture guys who look at LLMs and are dazzled by the possibilities. The line workers, like myself (I'm in a technology support role) basically don't get a say and largely don't care, they do what they're told with what they have.

But the specialists and middle-managers? Those are the guys whose name is on the work and who get in trouble if it isn't done properly. Those specialists are professionals in their fields often with many years of experience, and the tax guys in particular are sharp. Those middle-managers have the job of telling the UPPER management folks when they're off the rails and they cannot, if acting as directed, guarantee that our work will be warranted and not expose us to legal liability, and that's something upper management actually does pay attention to.

Does this mean the business side can't get use out of LLMs? No, of course not. But it does mean that they can't utterly transform the business based on what LLMs can do. What they provide is the easing of a lot of basic clerical work and that's it.

This is probably not worth the immense sums of money dumped into LLMs, or what we're paying for Copilot.

It's liability. These LLMs are just tools. They can't be held accountable, not for anything. When a tool is used, and things go badly wrong, you hold accountable the person using the tool. You can't indict a shovel; you CAN indict a guy for using a shovel to beat a man to death.

And again, we're an ideal use-case scenario and this is the barrier we're running up against.

Now, I'm sure there are companies that are going "fuck all this" and just charging ahead with LLMs anyway. That's absolutely happening.

A bunch of those guys are gonna go to jail, and when they're hauled away they're gonna bleat "It wasn't me, I just did what the machine said!"

If anyone wants to know why every tech company in the world right now is clamoring for AI like drowned rats scrabbling to board a ship, I decided to make a post to explain what's happening.

(Disclaimer to start: I'm a software engineer who's been employed full time since 2018. I am not a historian nor an overconfident Youtube essayist, so this post is my working knowledge of what I see around me and the logical bridges between pieces.)

Okay anyway. The explanation starts further back than what's going on now. I'm gonna start with the year 2000. The Dot Com Bubble just spectacularly burst. The model of "we get the users first, we learn how to profit off them later" went out in a no-money-having bang (remember this, it will be relevant later). A lot of money was lost. A lot of people ended up out of a job. A lot of startup companies went under. Investors left with a sour taste in their mouth and, in general, investment in the internet stayed pretty cooled for that decade. This was, in my opinion, very good for the internet as it was an era not suffocating under the grip of mega-corporation oligarchs and was, instead, filled with Club Penguin and I Can Haz Cheezburger websites.

Then around the 2010-2012 years, a few things happened. Interest rates got low, and then lower. Facebook got huge. The iPhone took off. And suddenly there was a huge new potential market of internet users and phone-havers, and the cheap money was available to start backing new tech startup companies trying to hop on this opportunity. Companies like Uber, Netflix, and Amazon either started in this time, or hit their ramp-up in these years by shifting focus to the internet and apps.

Now, every start-up tech company dreaming of being the next big thing has one thing in common: they need to start off by getting themselves massively in debt. Because before you can turn a profit you need to first spend money on employees and spend money on equipment and spend money on data centers and spend money on advertising and spend money on scale and and and

But also, everyone wants to be on the ship for The Next Big Thing that takes off to the moon.

So there is a mutual interest between new tech companies, and venture capitalists who are willing to invest $$$ into said new tech companies. Because if the venture capitalists can identify a prize pig and get in early, that money could come back to them 100-fold or 1,000-fold. In fact it hardly matters if they invest in 10 or 20 total bust projects along the way to find that unicorn.

But also, becoming profitable takes time. And that might mean being in debt for a long long time before that rocket ship takes off to make everyone onboard a gazzilionaire.

But luckily, for tech startup bros and venture capitalists, being in debt in the 2010's was cheap, and it only got cheaper between 2010 and 2020. If people could secure loans for ~3% or 4% annual interest, well then a $100,000 loan only really costs $3,000 of interest a year to keep afloat. And if inflation is higher than that or at least similar, you're still beating the system.

So from 2010 through early 2022, times were good for tech companies. Startups could take off with massive growth, showing massive potential for something, and venture capitalists would throw infinite money at them in the hopes of pegging just one winner who will take off. And supporting the struggling investments or the long-haulers remained pretty cheap to keep funding.

You hear constantly about "Such and such app has 10-bazillion users gained over the last 10 years and has never once been profitable", yet the thing keeps chugging along because the investors backing it aren't stressed about the immediate future, and are still banking on that "eventually" when it learns how to really monetize its users and turn that profit.

The pandemic in 2020 took a magnifying-glass-in-the-sun effect to this, as EVERYTHING was forcibly turned online which pumped a ton of money and workers into tech investment. Simultaneously, money got really REALLY cheap, bottoming out with historic lows for interest rates.

Then the tide changed with the massive inflation that struck late 2021. Because this all-gas no-brakes state of things was also contributing to off-the-rails inflation (along with your standard-fare greedflation and price gouging, given the extremely convenient excuses of pandemic hardships and supply chain issues). The federal reserve whipped out interest rate hikes to try to curb this huge inflation, which is like a fire extinguisher dousing and suffocating your really-cool, actively-on-fire party where everyone else is burning but you're in the pool. And then they did this more, and then more. And the financial climate followed suit. And suddenly money was not cheap anymore, and new loans became expensive, because loans that used to compound at 2% a year are now compounding at 7 or 8% which, in the language of compounding, is a HUGE difference. A $100,000 loan at a 2% interest rate, if not repaid a single cent in 10 years, accrues to $121,899. A $100,000 loan at an 8% interest rate, if not repaid a single cent in 10 years, more than doubles to $215,892.

Now it is scary and risky to throw money at "could eventually be profitable" tech companies. Now investors are watching companies burn through their current funding and, when the companies come back asking for more, investors are tightening their coin purses instead. The bill is coming due. The free money is drying up and companies are under compounding pressure to produce a profit for their waiting investors who are now done waiting.

You get enshittification. You get quality going down and price going up. You get "now that you're a captive audience here, we're forcing ads or we're forcing subscriptions on you." Don't get me wrong, the plan was ALWAYS to monetize the users. It's just that it's come earlier than expected, with way more feet-to-the-fire than these companies were expecting. ESPECIALLY with Wall Street as the other factor in funding (public) companies, where Wall Street exhibits roughly the same temperament as a baby screaming crying upset that it's soiled its own diaper (maybe that's too mean a comparison to babies), and now companies are being put through the wringer for anything LESS than infinite growth that Wall Street demands of them.

Internal to the tech industry, you get MASSIVE wide-spread layoffs. You get an industry that used to be easy to land multiple job offers shriveling up and leaving recent graduates in a desperately awful situation where no company is hiring and the market is flooded with laid-off workers trying to get back on their feet.

Because those coin-purse-clutching investors DO love virtue-signaling efforts from companies that say "See! We're not being frivolous with your money! We only spend on the essentials." And this is true even for MASSIVE, PROFITABLE companies, because those companies' value is based on the Rich Person Feeling Graph (their stock) rather than the literal profit money. A company making a genuine gazillion dollars a year still tears through layoffs and freezes hiring and removes the free batteries from the printer room (totally not speaking from experience, surely) because the investors LOVE when you cut costs and take away employee perks. The "beer on tap, ping pong table in the common area" era of tech is drying up. And we're still unionless.

Never mind that last part.

And then in early 2023, AI (more specifically, Chat-GPT which is OpenAI's Large Language Model creation) tears its way into the tech scene with a meteor's amount of momentum. Here's Microsoft's prize pig, which it invested heavily in and is galivanting around the pig-show with, to the desperate jealousy and rapture of every other tech company and investor wishing it had that pig. And for the first time since the interest rate hikes, investors have dollar signs in their eyes, both venture capital and Wall Street alike. They're willing to restart the hose of money (even with the new risk) because this feels big enough for them to take the risk.

Now all these companies, who were in varying stages of sweating as their bill came due, or wringing their hands as their stock prices tanked, see a single glorious gold-plated rocket up out of here, the likes of which haven't been seen since the free money days. It's their ticket to buy time, and buy investors, and say "see THIS is what will wring money forth, finally, we promise, just let us show you."

To be clear, AI is NOT profitable yet. It's a money-sink. Perhaps a money-black-hole. But everyone in the space is so wowed by it that there is a wide-spread and powerful conviction that it will become profitable and earn its keep. (Let's be real, half of that profit "potential" is the promise of automating away jobs of pesky employees who peskily cost money.) It's a tech-space industrial revolution that will automate away skilled jobs, and getting in on the ground floor is the absolute best thing you can do to get your pie slice's worth.

It's the thing that will win investors back. It's the thing that will get the investment money coming in again (or, get it second-hand if the company can be the PROVIDER of something needed for AI, which other companies with venture-back will pay handsomely for). It's the thing companies are terrified of missing out on, lest it leave them utterly irrelevant in a future where not having AI-integration is like not having a mobile phone app for your company or not having a website.

So I guess to reiterate on my earlier point:

Drowned rats. Swimming to the one ship in sight.

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