I had a friend at work who would come to my office at lunch time and remind me to stop working and have lunch. I'd be stuck on a problem and want to keep working on it, and he'd insist that I stop. He say that if I took some time away, I'd come back with the solution, and he was usually right.
He would also stop by my office at the end of the day to remind me to go home. I worked with him almost 20 years.
He retired in November of 2023 and passed away in June of 2024. I still miss him.
That life isn't a fairy tale. Some live the "ideal life" and a lot of others don't. I'm one of the don't and need to be reminded that it's not abnormal, things don't just work out for everyone.
That when I step away from being online/social media/horror show that is the rest of the world, I live in a great place, have a good life, can touch grass and that that reality is more truthful than anything online.
friggin everything. every day its like. why did I not do this or that. in particular is to take the trash out at the middle of the day dog walk when its nicest to do it. I start doing things then forget im doing them and go do something else.
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NABDad@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 129d
I had a friend at work who would come to my office at lunch time and remind me to stop working and have lunch. I'd be stuck on a problem and want to keep working on it, and he'd insist that I stop. He say that if I took some time away, I'd come back with the solution, and he was usually right.
He would also stop by my office at the end of the day to remind me to go home. I worked with him almost 20 years.
He retired in November of 2023 and passed away in June of 2024. I still miss him.
ThoGot@feddit.org · 9 pts · 129d
That's really sweet
Asafum@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 129d
That life isn't a fairy tale. Some live the "ideal life" and a lot of others don't. I'm one of the don't and need to be reminded that it's not abnormal, things don't just work out for everyone.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 129d
Being happy all the time is not a realistic goal. Being content is.
VerbFlow@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 129d
My meds.
prex@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 129d
Memory meds.
disregardable@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 129d
I am in fact supposed to be working more than 8 hours/day.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 129d
To bring my nice camera with me when I go on trips.
Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 129d
That when I step away from being online/social media/horror show that is the rest of the world, I live in a great place, have a good life, can touch grass and that that reality is more truthful than anything online.
djdarren@piefed.social · 7 pts · 128d
I have ADHD, so, well, everything.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 129d
What I came into the room for.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 129d
Uhh ... that, uh ... that thing I'm supposed to do. Um ...
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 129d
I forgot.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 128d
Life doesn't last forever.
osanna@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 128d
ugh. I need to hear this a lot lately. This shit will be over in 5-30 years :/ Hopefully a LOT sooner for the likes of daddy dumpy.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 128d
friggin everything. every day its like. why did I not do this or that. in particular is to take the trash out at the middle of the day dog walk when its nicest to do it. I start doing things then forget im doing them and go do something else.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 128d
Sounds like you should try writing in a journal so your past self can explain what the hell went wrong!
osanna@lemmy.vg · 1 pts · 128d
I've been writing a journal since 2004. they're online, so I can search them etc.
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 129d
Oddest one. That I'm supposed to have sex.
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 129d
Hydration
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 128d
To eat. I was just thinking that I'm very lucky to have friends who cook and bake for often. Typing this with a mouth full of Beerenkuchen.
Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 128d
That even though 100% of people I trusted have let me down, it does not mean that the next one will.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 129d
Everything
AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 128d
I dunno what it was... some kind of fraction?
Jaegeras@piefed.social · 1 pts · 128d