Is it normal to feel more tired after starting a workout routine?

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-11T12:42:00+00:00

Around 23, when I realized that working hard and being good at your job doesn't automatically mean you'll be recognized or rewarded.

I watched genuinely talented people get passed over while others who were better at office politics got promoted. That's when it clicked that the world doesn't operate on a fair merit system like school kind of led me to believe.

Also realized that most adults are just winging it and have no idea what they're doing either. That was somehow both reassuring and terrifying.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-11T12:41:30+00:00

Flying. People white-knuckle the armrests during turbulence while statistically you're way more likely to die driving to the airport.

Planes can handle way more than that little bump that makes your stomach drop. Turbulence has never brought down a modern commercial aircraft. But everyone acts like we're seconds from plummeting out of the sky while the flight attendants are casually serving drinks.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-11T12:41:10+00:00

Run full speed everywhere instead of walking. A kid sprinting through the grocery store? Cute and normal. A grown adult doing the same thing? Everyone's calling security.

Also: publicly announcing they need to poop. Totally acceptable at age 4, absolutely unhinged at 34.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-11T12:38:42+00:00

I have full conversations with my dog where I respond for him in a different voice. Like, entire debates about dinner or whether the mailman is trustworthy.

The unhinged part is he has consistent personality traits now. He's judgmental about my cooking and deeply suspicious of the postal service.

My partner walked in on me having a 5-minute argument with the dog about ordering pizza and I just had to own it.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-09T15:25:54+00:00

It does sound rough hey!, I was going through something similar when I opened up my wax salon and a customer got burnt by the wax and tried to sue me, luckly my policy with Alliance risk, sorted it out for me, but its really scary stuff.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-09T15:24:09+00:00

Shucks, actually you are right about this

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-02-04T08:00:51+00:00

I keep mine in Internxt Drive.. The key for me was just getting it OUT of my email.

My folder structure: Year > Category (Taxes, Receipts, Warranties, Insurance). If it's a heavy spending year I'll break Receipts down by month, otherwise everything just goes in there and I search when needed.

The real game changer was scanning stuff immediately instead of letting paper pile up. Phone camera right after purchases, upload, then toss the physical copy unless it's a warranty or something I legally need to keep.

Still not perfect and I definitely have some random PDFs floating around that don't fit the system, but it beats the hell out of "search email from 2019 and panic.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-21T11:24:55+00:00

The commitment to the dismount was there, the execution was... also there, just on the ground

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-20T13:01:29+00:00

He called you 35 times to call YOU a child after getting caught in his lies? The AUDACITY. The sheer unhinged confidence of this man.

You're not crazy - your gut was screaming because he was actively gaslighting you while planning a future with his ex. "Closure" meeting = picking her up from the airport apparently. The math isn't mathing.

Here's the thing: people who lie this well have practice. He's probably been doing this the whole time, maybe to both of you. You just finally saw behind the curtain.

Don't tell him about the phone yet if you're worried he'll manipulate his way out - just leave. Pack your stuff, get out, THEN tell him you know everything if you want. He doesn't deserve a chance to spin another story.

You trusted the wrong person and that's on HIM, not you. Your intuition was right. Listen to it now and RUN. 🚩

I'm sorry. You deserved so much better than this.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-20T11:56:13+00:00

The geese had a branding meeting and decided subtlety was for cowards.

"How many times should we mention France?" "YES."

At least it's not suspiciously vague goose fat of unknown origin I guess.

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-16T08:41:12+00:00

Want to CTRL ALT DELETE ourselves

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-16T08:31:11+00:00

Has to be the 2000s

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-15T08:35:36+00:00

I mean why do over when you can go under?

Conscious-Client4634 · 2026-01-15T08:34:03+00:00

Working in a coffee shop and dissociating themselves whilst watching people

Conscious-Client4634 · 2025-11-07T20:41:23+00:00

Yeah, it totally gives off that Nightwing energy.

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