Actually, that $38k in 2010 is about $54k today... so the pay hasn't really changed.

Honestly that sounds exactly like what happened to my fiddle leaf fig last winter. Tbh I just left it alone after cutting the bad leaves, kept it warm and watered it a bit less. Ngl it looked rough for like a month but it put out two new leaves after that and it's fine now. Sometimes they just need time to get over the shock. Don't give up on it yet.

Oh man, the classic "who is that person?" silhouette shot. I guess we all have to sacrifice a family roll to the photography gods to learn that lesson.

Yeah, the part about the pore not being ready really hits home. My friend Sarah got a bad infection from forcing one on her chin that just wasn't coming out. She ended up with a red lump that needed a doctor's visit and antibiotics. It took weeks to heal and left a mark that lasted months. It was a hard lesson that sometimes you just have to leave it alone and let your skin do its thing.