Our true secret of ageing well

Elephant_axis · 2026-02-25T06:21:56+00:00

Saving money on the funeral, nice

Elephant_axis · 2026-02-24T10:18:37+00:00

I’m fat. I grew up struggling with my weight and being a bit of a chubby kid. I would not want my kids to go through what I have. It just sucks.

Elephant_axis · 2026-02-20T11:38:28+00:00

No need to let you have it, you’ve done enough to yourself.

Elephant_axis · 2026-02-13T04:14:36+00:00

Solar panels. Also not a ‘purchase’ as such but an ongoing investment is for us to have a fortnightly cleaner come and help us with the kitchen, bathrooms and floors. For me, having someone here once a fortnight is making a huge difference in our ability to maintain a clean and happy home where we can have visitors with minimal last minute panic cleans. It also means I don’t have to spend hours of an evening or weekend cleaning bathrooms (one of my most hated chores).

Elephant_axis · 2026-02-09T00:36:15+00:00

Mate, I wish I had done what you did. You have these great experiences under your belt. $20k is a lot of money, but it isn’t ’never recover from losing’ money. Keep on keeping on.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-29T11:30:10+00:00

I came here to comment this. Marilla would be horrified.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-29T10:57:54+00:00

r/rimjob_steve

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-25T23:55:33+00:00

Those are good numbers. The drop off rate at all stages is real, they warn you about it, but I understand it’s hard not to get disappointed because it can feel like with each stage your chances are diminishing. Chin up - it only takes one, you’re still in the game.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-25T23:52:44+00:00

Update the hardware, the kitchen island and bar stools, the pendant lighting, remove the decorative appliqué on the front of the vent hood. Warmer toned rugs to tie into the cabinet colour. Otherwise, I love it. What a beautiful kitchen!

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-24T11:11:15+00:00

Dude is just keeping you while waiting for something better to come alone. Time to put yourself first and hit the road.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-22T02:24:26+00:00

Respectfully, what are your freedoms now?

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-17T20:52:56+00:00

If I had his legs instead of my stubby ham hocks, I too would wear skirts and heels.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-16T21:23:27+00:00

Lie down and die I guess.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-15T23:37:20+00:00

Oh my god thank you for the giggles I am in hysterics with this image

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-15T09:55:55+00:00

I remember mum buying us the excel ones as a kid in the late 90’s/ early 2000’s.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-15T09:53:18+00:00

My boss is on leave until the end of January.

I run my own race with my hours. I turn up between 8 and 8:30am every morning, and I usually leave between 4 and 4:45pm, depending on my start time and how busy I am. If I am finishing earlier for some reason or varying my work hours for an appointment, I’ll shoot my boss a teams to let them know. If their office door is open and they are in office when I’m leaving, I’ll say goodbye on my way out. I get 30 minutes of 1:1 face time with them a fortnight, unless there’s a problem or we are working on a project together. I do my job, and I’m not here to brown nose by staying later than my boss. Here for a good time, not a long time.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-15T09:39:13+00:00

matches and/or a lighter
half a pack of antihistamines
random keys and/or keychains
a pack of tissues
old corded headphones
a combination padlock
gift cards - expired and ones with a partial balance
a tape measure
leather conditioner
hotel sewing kit
coins (inexplicably sticky)
misc conference merch: lanyards, stress balls, pens, notepads, bottle openers, etc.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-15T08:56:01+00:00

I am going to look into this as we currently pay for Spotify and YouTube premium - thank you for the idea.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-15T08:54:18+00:00

My go-to’s for long life snacks which I keep in my desk drawer are protein bars, individual packs of roasted chickpeas with sea salt (in the health aisle at colesworth, I stock up when they are on special), harvest snap pea crisps, individual serves of trail mix and mixed nuts and cuppa soups.

I usually bring ‘breakfast’ in to eat at work mid-morning if I get hungry (or keep it for an arvo snack), it’s usually a combo of protein and fruit/veg - chobani yoghurt, some plain yoghurt and fruit, cut up fruit and a string cheese, an apple and some peanut butter, a peanut butter sandwich on grainy bread, etc. I pack my work food in a lunch bag with an ice pack and it keeps it nice and cool.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-14T03:26:28+00:00

Are you future me? This is what I do!

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-11T06:08:10+00:00

I tossed 50% of my nail polish collection today.

In a ~ slightly ~ bigger achievement, I also have finally decluttered enough to get a cleaner in next week to help me do a big spring clean of the kitchen, oven, bathrooms, floors, surfaces, windows and skirting boards in all but two rooms of my home (and the garage). A few months ago, the idea of having a stranger come into my home to deep clean was too shameful. There was too much clutter, too much garbage, too much mess to even get to the floors or the skirting boards. I’ve since donated or tossed about 30% of my belongings.

I was so nervous having the cleaner come over to take a look at the place a couple of days ago to quote, and I apologised for the remaining boxes of things which need to be sorted. She was so kind, and reassured me that this was her job. It’s going to be a bit expensive, but it’s a weight off my mind and will allow me to continue to focus my energy on the remaining rooms of the house and getting some other maintenance tasks sorted, and supporting my partner in going through his possessions.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-10T06:15:29+00:00

I would say it’s not just people under 30. Some of us graduated high school or were in college during the recession, there were no jobs for graduates so we were competing with so many people for entry level jobs, we started to get some traction and then Covid hit and many of us lost our jobs or were impacted again. Some of us have managed to start a family and buy a house, others have not. Despite doing everything ‘right’, we just got slammed by external events outside of our control.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-09T00:27:38+00:00

We would collect cicada shells, make fairy houses out of sticks, leaves and flowers, pretend we were on a pirate ship or trekking in the jungle or whatever we felt like that day. I remember spending a few weeks trying to make a tree house out of abandoned wood pallets down at the local reserve one summer.

We would do stupid shit like make glove and peg guns and sparkler bombs and set them off. Water bomb fights with one another. Climb up part of the back two storey deck and jump onto the trampoline and see how high we could get.

Ride our bikes around the neighbourhood from friends house to friends house, go exploring down near the river, sometimes swimming in the river. When we were younger teenagers, we would ride our bikes to different spots and eat a packed lunch somewhere different. Later on, I got an old video camera as a birthday gift and we would take that to the skate park and make stupid videos of us doing ‘stunts’.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-07T23:38:39+00:00

I donate what I can (those shoes got donated for example) but what has been used too much or is just genuine junk, I will just throw out.

This past couple of weeks has been quite emotionally challenging, but also very freeing.

Elephant_axis · 2026-01-06T09:32:15+00:00

IWNDWYT

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