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Make Bonsai Trees Your Next Pandemic Hobby
Life has been on hold for a year now, and although vaccines have been made available, there is little indication that things are set to return to normal anytime soon. In this time away from the real world, many people have tried to improve themselves, taking up new hobbies or trying to master new skills that could help them the rest of their lives. That’s why TikTok is awash with cooking and baking videos. (The singing and dancing were always present.)
If you read around the Internet, you will find all sorts of pastimes folks have taken up in the past year. Some are learning an instrument, some are learning golf, some are even learning a new language. One hobby that I have not seen much of, however, is bonsai.
Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing miniature trees. Looking around my dreary home office recently, it occurred to me that I could use a succulent to “green up” my environs. But then, if I am to get a plant for my desk, why not go for something a little more fulfilling than what would amount to a fancy paperweight?
I turned to the Everything Store to find a bonsai kit for beginners. What I found surprised me. Out of all the options, none of them had particularly high customer ratings. The $35 starter kit pictured above, for example, was rated by over 1,000 people, amounting to a paltry 4.2 stars. And that was one of the more highly touted ones!
After reading the reviews, however, it all became clear. Although most reviewers gave it a perfect 5 stars, some of the people who had purchased the kit were salty. Why? Well, turns out they weren’t very good at growing bonsai trees. They blamed a defective product for their apparent lack of skill or commitment (or both).
Part of taking up a hobby, any hobby, involves the process of going from being terrible at it to at least being serviceable. It is not the seeds’ fault if your first attempt at bonsai did not result in a gorgeous bit of Japanese flora. That’s like giving the digital piano I bought a bad review because I am not able to play Beethoven on it. Instead of wasting my time complaining on Amazon, I think I’ll just go and practice.
Hopefully, putting it into perspective has assuaged your fears, and if you are looking for something to do, you can take up bonsai without fear of failure. It is certainly an economical hobby: at less than $35 for four seed varieties, you are more than able to try, try again until you get it right.
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In 2022, Santa hats are out. Silly turkey hats are in.
I was on Amazon looking for things to do over Thanksgiving with relatives (eventually landing on the brand new game Christmas Categories) when I came across this:
Kangaroo Plush Thanksgiving Day Roasted Turkey Hat Tan — $8.95
My first thought was that it creates the perfect opportunity for someone in the family to recreate the classic Monica turkey head scene from Friends:
Then I realized that there are many ways you can have fun with the turkey hat Thanksgiving. When you play games, you can decide in advance that the loser has to wear the turkey hat. Or perhaps you can start a tradition that whoever carves the turkey each year gets to wear the turkey hat. The possibilities are endless!
No matter how you are spending the holiday this year (with funny turkey hat, or sans funny turkey hat), the We Know Products team wishes you a very happy Thanksgiving!
If you go on Amazon and search for “handheld massager,” you will find dozens and dozens of clones of the same $100 massage gun. My immediate reaction upon seeing this was that there is no longer any innovation in the massager industry. Instead of actually investing in R&D to come up with more advanced ways to help customers, massager companies seem content to copy one another and compete on price.
One company gives me hope. That company is NAIPO, a well-known massager brand whose stated mission is to help people all over the world “Find Well-being.” NAIPO’s latest handheld massager features a brand new design that provides added value for the user. While it is still a percussion massager, its sleek comfort-grip handle grants access to otherwise inaccessible areas of the body. It also features 5 interchangeable massager heads so that you are able to treat each acupuncture point with the best possible massage.
This attention to detail creates a truly customizable experience. After a workout or just a long day at work, you can choose from 5 different speed levels and 5 different working modes, from gentle relaxation to vigorous, deep-tissue massage. By virtue of the extended front grip, you can give exactly the right type of massage to previously neglected muscles all over your body.
A common complaint about percussion massagers is the noise level that can make it awkward or even impossible to use in public. The new NAIPO handheld massager is different. Unlike its competitors, it provides amazing results with only a single massage head. This has the twin effect of reducing noise levels and making it lighter and therefore less unwieldy, a huge plus especially for older users.
The NAIPO XF-5120 handheld massager will be available for purchase soon, and at $52.99 it is inarguably cheaper than similar products on the market. You get your very own either at NAIPO’s own storefront on naipocare.com or on Walmart.com. Stay tuned for more updates!
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