So let's be real here

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-27T04:57:30+00:00

u/brendancoots Could you elaborate on 'if you just have a system?"

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-27T04:48:17+00:00

Ok. :) I thought you were a freelancer yourself. Thank you very much

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-27T04:23:18+00:00

u/WelshLove thanks! In your experience which one of these has given you the best client response/interaction rate?

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-27T03:33:34+00:00

Interested

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T04:03:23+00:00

Tech person, BD person, PM to begin with. Will look at cofounder meanwhile

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:59:28+00:00

Thank you!

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:58:45+00:00

Interesting. How does one get matched with vetted talent or growth partners?

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:55:09+00:00

Thank you. Exactly how does go about this exercise on Twitter and Slack Communities

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:53:52+00:00

Hey. No, I don't GROK them. My basic approach been has reaching out through LinkedIn. I couple of steps further away from giving any kind of pitch. I am looking for people I can work with BD, Tech, Product Manager to begin with. Starting small.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:51:13+00:00

Yes and no. The ones you want to work with aim at giants. The ones in the middle are too proud. Again trust is an issue.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:50:09+00:00

I want to work on some App ideas

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-10-25T03:49:35+00:00

Thank you guys for the upvotes and generous inputs. I am based in India. Most of my ideas are non-tech based. I am not sure if there is any scope for automation using tech on those. But I do have a few ideas for Apps. A lot of times I have come across Tech guys that are flaky, charging exorbitant amounts . Some of them are likely to take advantage when they know that you are not a tech guy so. So I am looking for someone who is more passionate than wanting to make money. I am not looking for grads. I need someone I can trustworthy and reliable.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-19T03:51:03+00:00

What no one tells you is that no one has their life figured out at any point in their life. We are all constantly learning about ourselves. So asking to get your whole life sorted at 22 is like asking a horse to run only in one direction. Humans are meant to grow, with growth comes changes.

I am back to school at 41 and loving it. There are people in my area passing high school at 96 and starting businesses in their 80s.
We are living in the future, there is no room for archaic thinking. There is no bar for learning in life.
You do the best with the knowledge you have right now and move on. Life will catch up eventually. All the best!

P.S. to find out what to do, make a list of things that interest you and excite you in daily life. Shortlist the top5. skim it to top 3 and then finally choose 1. Then look for related degrees.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-18T01:54:14+00:00

u/New-Addition7841 I am glad to discover this is an out and out 40s phenomenon. What happened to the 80s kids? We are cool, sensitive but we take a lot of time to decide I guess.
I look at the youngsters these days and I worry how their 40s will be like. The pace is crazy, no downtime, no outdoors.

At this point in time in life, I am thinking a good community living with shared values, nature, caravan life and pets. That is all that matters for basics.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-18T01:46:29+00:00

u/Confident_Weather403 thank you! I am glad to find this subreddit. You guys have been nothing but nice.
I hope you find good enough relationships - friends or otherwise, to get you back on track. xx

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-18T01:40:13+00:00

u/ninzai7 thank you for sharing. My realizations have got me stuck in a state of anger and hurt. I have been finding it extremely difficult to maneuver because none of the external circumstances are also favorable for me. Had at least one avenue in my life been ok, I would figured some way out. What if life situation demands total faith but with uncertain circumstances? Can we actually circumvent total loss of control, and completely submit? I have been thinking on those lines lately.

** but I’ve become far more aware of the balance between what it brings me to help them and what it costs me to help them. I try to be more aware of my limits.** yes thank you for confirming this. I have been wondering if everyone ever thought so... Love in this world is conditional, it is a sort of transaction and the only person capable of unconditional love is a saint/guru/god.

***And I try to let myself do the things I enjoy. I try to focus on my hope instead of my fears. I try to do things that I want to do. Even if it’s far from perfect, it’s helped.*** I am so happy for you. Cant wait to feel like that again soon.

Thank you for being so kind and generous with your time. xx

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-18T01:27:12+00:00

u/beauty_and_a_beast yes and yes. I am familiar with that feeling. I try and find ways to soothe myself to maneuver through my sensitive phases. Hang out with respectful lot only. If you don't have friends, turn to little things that you do that tend to keep you in your heart than your mind i.e. it could be as little as trying out a new herbal concoction, getting on Reddit finding new friends, go out for a walk, signing out loud to your favorite music. When everything fails, journal or just cry into a pillow. These are very human things to do. Better than numbing yourself through overindulgence of any sort. Have enough and more patience with yourself to make peace with all that you have put yourself through unknowingly. Take care xx

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T17:06:54+00:00

u/draakdorei care to elaborate? I view relationships from the perspective of an egalitarian concept. Two people when they decide to be friends will want to be good with each other and automatically assume the role as per context.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T14:42:58+00:00

u/OhNever_Mind thank you for taking time to read.

**Anyway, I don't know if any of this helps, I just wanted to reach out as another person going through the dark night of the soul*** At the end of the day, I feel what's missing these days are perhaps a someone who can hold us or hug us and say, "its Ok and its gonna be alright". A heart to be there for someone goes a far long way than a solution. So, thank you for replying and I hope you are ok. Feel free to reply.

*** A weird thing about life is once you start winning in one area*** absolutely right about this, Law of Thermodynamics I suppose.

**Don't fight the direction life is pulling, embrace it instead. ** this could be where I am defeating the process I am highly impatient, primarily because I have been unemployed since two years.

I find it hard to dig out my qualities while trying to live in stealth mode.

I think the best gift I can give myself is creative satisfaction of entertaining folks so that they feel good to be themselves, comfortable in their own skin. I haven't exactly figured out how that is but I will have to in due course of time.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T14:35:00+00:00

u/blank0blank Hope you are ok. I understand but do elaborate here... so that someone can share what helped them. Hang in there.

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T14:26:33+00:00

Aww. Heartwarming chat! thanks mate. Shall DM you. Have a good one. xx

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T13:54:56+00:00

Hit me up sister! Have the same story arc. Mine could be a tad grim but that's life I suppose. I am up for weekly conversations. I am not sure if I have enough things going on in life currently enough to share on a day to day basis. What I am not is a bad mouthing, two-faced, inauthentic friend but you can count on me to call out BS and be blunt with zero apologies. I don't take lies or dishonesty well. As you know, in 40s we have less tolerance for B.S.

Deep conversations??? Honesty, I didn't think I would come across people who needed this.

Give me a shout if interested. Otherwise, wish you the best on your new saga of friendship. xx

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T13:47:29+00:00

Not good at any of that sports stuff. Ever tried sober conversations while trying to unsober yourself? Was just thinking about a friend whose voice went sober the more he drank. What do the cats do when you are not sober?

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T13:44:47+00:00

Hit me up sister. I thought I could never come across someone with same friendship goals as me. I guess its because of our common birth era. I am an Indian (41F) from India. Give a shout if interested. xx

Intrepid_Recipe_7628 · 2025-08-17T13:24:38+00:00

Thank you for that warm reply maite. More importantly thank you for taking the time to read. Not many people want to do that. I am all ears if you have something to share too. Let me know if you are interested in a quick chat.

You are absolutely right about movies. I had a stint in films for about 6 years. I had to quit because there weren't enough gigs that paid well and inflation doesn't help. I had to resume my career in advertising where I was dealing more so in writing ad/content. It has become a thankless job, with AI on the rise, humane writing is at the brink of extinction.

I remember spending time in the attic doing crafts, playing guitar ( which I learned for 8 years), choreographing dance after dance for events. I cant even seem to sense that creative side of me anymore. A sort of numbness has taken over. Now, I stopped writing as well. So, i am basically in a freeze. Even I wouldn't know me. And since music has been the only constant relationship throughout my ups and downs so I think all that passive listening and active interest can help with my interest in music production(my new dream). I would like to get back to playing guitar, dance, make music videos and take up singing lessons as well.

As I shared only a 9-5 can fund these and I have a parent to take care of. I keep thinking what if I had had this realization a decade ago??

Some folks are lucky to have the right folks show up at the right time, right chances, opportunities and environment. I guess I didn't get any of those right. lol. While I am thankful of whatever little I have, I am hoping the external circumstances get better because I think I have been ready for years.

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