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Five Netflix Shows You Still Need to Binge Before Summer Is Over

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[Guest post here from the best Netflix expert I know]

Ever feel like binge watching a show and go through a struggle of trying to get suggestions only for people to list off a list of shows  you have already seen or one’s that are so mainstream that you already know all of the big event before starting the 10 season show ( the reason I can’t start Grey’s Anatomy ).

So I am a Netflix fanatic! I don’t watch television, because I like to watch stories unravel all at once instead of having to wait a week where I forget what happened, and get all stressed out. I really don’t understand how people survived before binge watching was a thing. But Netflix was the only thing that got me through my MCAT – study breaks for 20 minute shows is the best way of life. And after my exam, I definitely spent a day in bed with a pint of ice cream and nothing but my Netflix to allow my brain to unwind from all information I had stored in there.

 

So these are the top five shows you should binge this summer (that no one else is going to recommend to you):

Wentworth

So Orange is the New Black has become the new craze without people counting down the days until the new season, and I’m going to be honest Season 5 did not meet my expectations. Now imagine a prison system where they allow you to keep your child in prison with you, and you aren’t confined to one cell, but confined to unit with multiple girls, all while the prison is undergoing a struggle for who is going to be the head honcho on the inside. Well that’s exactly what is happening with Australian accents and colorful money. Wentworth is a prison show that shows a completely different perspective from the American for-profit prison system, and shows the good and the bad that these women face in their day-to-day lives.

Grace & Frankie

Two women who are completely opposite forced together by what one would call a crazy life phenomenon. Both of their husbands decide they want to get divorced because they want to be together which leaves both of the women leaving their home to go stay at their timeshare beach house where they are stuck together. Grace, your type A personality, who is super organized and relies on structure to function finds herself depending on the unconventional friendship of Frankie, who has a hippy-type personality and likes to walk around smoking joints and working on her painting. The friendship of the two flourishes into a new business venture, with them overcoming stereotypes about divorce and general expectations of what is acceptable for two older women of their age. This show will really keep you cracking up as you watch them try to overcome their differences and grow to depend on each other despite no one thinking they could survive living together.

Night Shift

Ever wonder what happened to military doctors when they are no longer in the military? In night shift, you follow the doctor’s who work the night shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital who are mostly a bunch of ex-military who are quick on their toes and use innovative and unorthodox techniques to save their patients. These doctors put saving lives over everything. The shows is riddled with doctors forced to go out into the field and put their military expertise to the use in the civilian world without overstepping their scope of practice or ER medicine. These doctors use techniques only found in the field to bypass ordinary methods in a time crunch or due to lack of other options. Definitely a keep you on your toes while you’re dying to know what crazy technique they will try next to save their patient.

Last Man Standing

The manly-man, Mike Baxter, surrounded by women at home, and surrounded by men at work, is faced with interesting challenges while managing a store, Outdoor Man, all about guns and hunting while having to take on new household and parenting roles as his wife decides to go back to work. Being parent to three daughters, all of whom are extremely different,  Mike is faced with some interesting situations which he uses to fuel his podcast at Outdoor Man. He manages to turn every situation in a way that works for him or conveys his point while referencing relevant things we are seeing the world. The show makes time fly by as you just laugh and can’t wait for the next episode to begin.

Cristela

A typical Hispanic family with an emphasis on depending on each other that will leave you laughing for hours. Cristela is a law student who busts her butt to finish law school while her family criticizes her for working a “zero pay” job (interning at a law firm), while she lives with her sister and her family. A contractor brother in law who is always asking when she’s leaving and a disapproving mother who is only concerned with her current income make this show one you just can’t help but keep watching. Cristela manages to go to school, intern, and help with her sister’s kids and your left with the question of how one person manages to do so much with only so many hours in a day. This show will keep you on your toes wanting to know what will Cristela take on next, and how will her family handle all the curve balls thrown at them.

Ten Things that Should be Banned

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I have strong opinions.

Are you shocked? Yes, I know you are. Not. At all.

When I get angry or frustrated with things, I will often tweet about them OFTEN IN A CAPS LOCK. Not even lying!

So I’ve made for you a special list of things that should be banned* from society

*As a serious Republican, I want to say I use the term “banned” loosely. Not advocating for government micromanagement here.

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People who walk slowly.

I really don’t like transporting myself. Does that sounds weird? I find transportation to be wildly inefficient as a system. I don’t like wasting money, but I hate wasting time. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m aggressively type-A. You can always earn more money but you can never earn more time. This is why I have extremely low tolerance for long-drives. I settle for listening to podcasts or audiobooks while walking or driving, but I have no tolerance for people who walk slowly.

People who don’t answer emails.

I took the time to send you an email. Please, please, please reply back. It’s not respectful of me as a person or of my time, frankly. *For more thoughts on how I feel about my time, please see above.

Spam emails.

Ugh. Is there anyone who doesn’t hate these? I check every junk email I get- because sometimes things do end up there- but omg, so many young, hot singles in your area who are interested. But really, I’m so offer stupid scam emails? Why can’t we all just love each other and cut down on the number of emails we send?

Uncomfortable heels.

Is there anything worst about being a girl? Over it. So so so over it.

Baltimore taxis.

Don’t even get me started on how expensive these are. Once, during a rain storm, we stranded on the side of the road. All of our phones were dead, and it was pouring. We were completely soaked through, head to toe. We hailed the first taxi we saw and got in. The uber ride had cost $16 on the way there, but the taxi was $88.

People who pee on the toilet seat.

Gross! It’s really not that hard.

Sexism. Racism. Homophobia.

Also, gross. Also, not that hard to be a good person.

Snow.

I hate cold. I always have. Now that I spend so much time walking every single day, I have grown a new dictate for the snow like no other. I am digging the transitioning weather. Spring cannot come soon enough!

Emilie

Emilie is an Army Wife, Data Engineer, and CrossFitter with a love for working through her thoughts in this space on the internet. She is a contributor to many open source projects including dbt, Meltano, and GitLab. She lives with her husband Casey, their son RJ, and their pup Bo in Columbus, GA.

I am grateful

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This morning I woke up, rolled over and muttered to myself about how much I hated my alarm clock, and glanced at my cell phone to make sure no fires happened while I was asleep. Then I put my phone aside and picked up my book, which is currently Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. (I should be done this week, finally.) Then, I showered and got ready for work.

Let’s funnel through that deeper:

  1. I woke up.
  2. I woke up in a bed.
  3. I woke up in my own bed in my apartment- in other words, I had a roof over my head.
  4. I had a blanket that kept me warm all night.
  5. I had warm water to shower with.
  6. I had eggs to eat for breakfast.
  7. I have an education that taught me to read.
  8. I had a book that I could read for pleasure.

All of this before 8 AM.

I have lots of things to be grateful for. I’m currently on a second round of a 21 Day Humanize Cycle. With Humanize, every morning I get a text message asking me what I’m grateful for. Every day it forces me to take a minute to reflect on the previous day and the many blessings I’ve been given. I strongly recommend giving it a try.

Also, dear reader, going into today, I want to remind you that I am very grateful for you. You give me one thing I can never replace and that is your time. I am eternally grateful.

 

Let’s talk: What’s one thing you’re grateful for today?

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Emilie

Emilie is an Army Wife, Data Engineer, and CrossFitter with a love for working through her thoughts in this space on the internet. She is a contributor to many open source projects including dbt, Meltano, and GitLab. She lives with her husband Casey, their son RJ, and their pup Bo in Columbus, GA.

I want more…

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I want more money.

I want more peace.

I want more time.

I want more community.

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Emilie

Emilie is an Army Wife, Data Engineer, and CrossFitter with a love for working through her thoughts in this space on the internet. She is a contributor to many open source projects including dbt, Meltano, and GitLab. She lives with her husband Casey, their son RJ, and their pup Bo in Columbus, GA.

What News Story Struck You Today?

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When I was in college, I watched the news every day- not just every day, but twice a day every day. I woke and watched the news while I worked out of my dorm. I almost never left until after the morning news were well over.

At the end of the day, I got home pretty early because I was  SWUG and I had a thesis to write. As I sat there and did my homework, I’d have the TV on. When the 10 PM news came on it indicated to me that it was time to wind-down and stop writing. I transitioned from working to getting ready for bed.

When I watched the news every day, I felt like I knew what was going on. Now that we don’t have cable at the apartment, the only TV I really watch is Netflix.

All of this is to say that, no news story struck me because, well, I didn’t watch the news.

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So heading into this month’s what would you do, I decided I wanted to keep it on task with my form of self-reflection and pushing myself to be better that has taken place so far this month. I chose to try out an educational app that has been all over my feed lately called Duolingo that I saw on this pin.

I’m only a couple of days into using it, but so far so good! I can’t wait to keep progressing through the app and reaching my 100% goals. I love how it takes the approach of slow and steady wins the race. You can’t learn a language overnight, but learning it a little bit each day helps solidify it as an actually learnt topic- not just a cramming session.

What would you do with a pin on pinterest?

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Emilie

Emilie is an Army Wife, Data Engineer, and CrossFitter with a love for working through her thoughts in this space on the internet. She is a contributor to many open source projects including dbt, Meltano, and GitLab. She lives with her husband Casey, their son RJ, and their pup Bo in Columbus, GA.

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