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I think not sending out thank you notes after the fact is incredibly rude. This will be remembered and though, hopefully, you won't have another wedding, that person will likely not give you another gift.

I'm 25 years old and grew up having to write thank you letters to family and friends of family after Christmas and my birthdays thanking for gifts received. What happened when I refused to write letters one year after my birthday? My mother made sure to let everyone know and I received absolutely nothing for Christmas.

These had to be full-on letters. I was 6 and could do it. You, as an adult, can certainly manage to write a simple thank you NOTE! Don't be rude!

I usually try not to say things are stupid. If someone likes it, why not. But the first one is completely ridiculous. Number 8 is okay, but number 1?! What the hell?

Taking a photo of your itinerary email isn't very good advice in my opinion. I guess if you don't have many photos on your phone it's fine, but for me, doing a quick search for "Air Canada" or "flight" in my mail app would turn up a quicker result than searching through my photo album.

I often take a screen shot of my map app when I park somewhere and spend the day walking around.

Spring in Vancouver, Canada. We have such a large number of cherry blossoms lining the streets - just magnificent! ....They are an absolute nightmare when all the petals fall off though. They completely cover the streets and clog the drains. It's beautiful until that happens though, lol.

I would do a gigantic piece of art - whether that is an actual piece you hang on the wall or something you have painted directly on the wall.

I think in the fireplace is even worse than hung above. To all their own though.

If I were choosing between the two pictures, I'd go with minimalistic but usually I fall somewhere in between, maybe leaning slightly towards minimalistic.

I have my dish rack in my sink. I have the luxury of having a double sink which I've come to learn is not that common in apartments. I chose a rack that is in the same finish/colour as my sink and takes up the entire sink. This frees up my counter and, when empty, you don't really notice it in the sink. I also love that I don't need to use one of those water catching trays. In my experience, they get nasty. Quick. And they have to be bleached often.

I don't allow myself to place anything on the counter when I first come home. My entryway opens into my kitchen and the counter is right there. Okay, this is a lie. I try not to allow myself to place anything on the counter - I fail a lot.

I don't agree with the steps you say are needed to set a reminder on the iPhone. When I say "Remind me I want to go to X Restaurant tomorrow at 11am", it does so and sets the reminder.

@Yoboseyo Amazing!! So jealous, lol.

I'm extremely lucky that I live in BC, Canada. We have quite a rather strict tenancy act and system that really favours renters, sometimes even to the point where it's unfair to the landlords.

My only advice is to do your homework and, if possible, rent/lease from a management company as opposed to from one person. Many of the buildings in larger cities here tend to be owned by companies that own several others. Buildings will have a building manager but at least that person isn't the top of the chain if there happens to be a problem.

Another nice thing about this is, for example in my position, I have a lease and if I were to move I could move to another building also owned by the same company without breaking my lease.