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I feel I’m in a similar position. It’s not that I’m not working but I’ll often realize, in hindsight, that I’ve spent way more time on something than it was worth. This kind of single track mind also has me waiting last minute to finish a lot of work when the deadline knocks me straight.

One thing I’m going to try is putting everything into some kind of planner. Like my own personal scrum board. I know your case is a bit different but curious if you’ve found some tips and tricks that helped

For an example: I am enrolled in a woodworking class my Park District has. It is $50 for about 8 classes. YouTube is great but having an expert to ask questions to is priceless. I am also planning on getting a membership to a maker community that has a full shop (just bring your own wood). All the tools you could need. Especially valuable since I live in an apartment and can’t set up my own space if I wanted to. Plus they also have things like metal welding, textiles, electronics facilities and more if I want to branch out from the woodworking. $50 a month. The people I’ve met there also buy in to the community aspect so they are very, very helpful. Make use of these options if you have them in your city.

Apple TV (hardware), Apple TV (app), and Apple TV+ (premium subscription). It’s like they try and keep it so simple it makes you feel stupid

You’re right but I find it funny that before this thread I was reading this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31133963

In jest, I had a teacher say something along the lines of “Nobel Prize winners are experts at the end of their careers or the novices at the beginning.” Thinking outside the box can be made so much easier when you don’t know where it begins and ends

TLDW Tablets aren’t bad but if you don’t fill your prewash compartment with detergent you’ll get worse cleaning. The prewash compartments are meant for loose powder or gel so might as well just use that detergent for both compartments

Replies laid out what it means on paper but what is the employees actual best move? Sounds intentionally impossible to climb out of. Are they given a buyout option to leave or just sit in purgatory for 6 months?

The brand is strong if you’re really the owner

Seems many people here relate to work burnout in general. How many others like myself are burnt out from the constant learning from work? This in comparison to what you’re doing with the tools you’ve already learned. Still 5ish years into my career and get drained

HBO as well

Read through much of the blog. Thanks for sharing. 3 months in seems pretty soon to start working again. Did you always have the itch to do contract work? During the sabbatical or otherwise?

Hello from Chicago

> I’ve found that hiring contract devs for say 20 hours per week yields the same output as an FTE at 40

This is interesting bc of how common it is to hear people complain about pointless meetings. Do you see a sacrifice in devs not being familiar enough with the product?

Does feeling sick after consuming a lot apply to shakes as well? Only thing to keep an eye on with shakes is your appetite would be satisfied but you’d need to still take in your meals

Is this foreshadowing?

I'm already way invested in this Libson -> Istanbul bike trek. Also, I get 404'd when I try to subscribe to your email list

I just did the chat option and it put me in a queue to wait for an "Account specialist" that is estimated to take 25 minutes. Other two options were phone call or text. I actually did intend to cancel today so ill see this through.

edit: chat took 30 minutes from start to cancel. mostly dead air. when the chat starts they also asked for a phone number (which i never gave, so it wasnt for ID confirmation) but i instead just entered 'NA'

I have friends in the philippines (Manilla specifically) who told me this

Such a good post of a great lesson learned. I see a lot on how zoning in how much to charge, a lot on how to get customers but do you have similar posts about the other stuff on the biz end of things that fill the gaps? Creating proper contracts are daunting

Not a revolutionary thought but I think one reason many podcasts are so successful is that we're essentially eavesdropping on conversations we find interesting. As I started to work remote and more in a silo I found myself playing more long form podcasts in the background rather than music