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on Deadlines · c/memes · 18 pts · 1y

I didn't do that because I wanted to. I just struggle to do anything important without a looming deadline. It sucks. I wrote a 25 page paper in a single night once and it was miserable (the experience, not the paper - the paper got an A).

I'm trying to prep for a move right now and it's like I'm paralyzed. I know I should do the thing but I can't seem to make my body do it, so I just sit and hate myself.

It has to be. If it was really about saving money, they'd distribute what was already purchased and cut off future funding (well, if it was really about saving money, they'd look at the defense budget first), not let things we already paid for rot. This administration is made up of people who genuinely get off on the cruelty, like Kristi Noem and Steven Miller, and people who see it as a side effect that they don't really care about.

I've been reading more about the job market in Spain lately and it sounds like they have a similar problem. Not nearly to the extent that Japan does, but similar attitudes about being at work for unnecessarily long hours even if there's no real point. There doesn't appear to be any reward, either. I don't blame people for declining to participate.

I called to cancel my red card and the guy asked why so I said it was due to their new DEI policies, or lack thereof, and he said, "WELL, wish there was something we could do to keep you but there's not so the account will be closed. Thanks for calling!" And then basically hung up on me. It definitely made me feel like the adult in the relationship.

Me, but with laundry piles. And then I complain that I don't know where any of my clothes are. Yeah, because they're in about 10 different piles and baskets in 3 different rooms.

I think most of Europe has places that can accommodate that, especially if you travel outside of big cities. I'd put more of my budget into a place to stay and slightly less into food, but that's my personal preference, and I've found tons of meals out for a lot less than that. I don't think we spent more than maybe 40 euros for a meal for two anywhere in Spain, including wine/beer, and many were more like 25. Even Berlin and Munich were pretty reasonable and we made up the difference by going to Aldi for some of our breakfast/dinner food.

What would you consider a low price level? My mom and I have been to a lot of places that aren't traditionally known as cheap, but we usually stay in places with a kitchen (aparthotels, mainly, we avoid airbnb) and grocery shop so we spend far less on food than a lot of people would. We also travel outside of peak season, primarily to avoid the crowds but it's also less expensive.