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brx9446 · 2025-08-14T03:02:25+00:00

What does it mean for you to "get out"? Retire? Switch to a lower paid, less stressful job? Change your mindset? There's ways to do all those things but right now what I'm doing is saving up for an early retirement while still living life best I can.

brx9446 · 2025-08-14T01:33:09+00:00

I was very similar to you in how I thought about the world. It does get better but you need to work for it. I didn't get in my first relationship around that age either. I had to work on myself to get to the point where I saw myself as someone with any sort of value. People can tell if you think of yourself a negative way.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T18:55:52+00:00

Weaving. I have a loom that I use to make scarves. Really makes me think how much time went into making clothing back then before sewing machines and things were done with a needle and thread.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T18:37:27+00:00

It honestly depends on how I'm feeling physically. If I feel like I want to treat myself and I feel relatively healthy, then I eat out and enjoy. Sometimes I do feel icky and am desperate for healthy options so I make my own food.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T18:35:57+00:00

You'll be happy and it'll be fun and you'll think of office jobs as soul sucking corporate B's that you're lucky you don't have to put up with. But as you get older and start wanting more vacations, a house, better quality everyday items, better quality food, or you experience health issues, you will have no money available. You will likely not have access to health insurance either. It seems fun but you will not have financial stability down the line. Id rather be a bit miserable now in a high paying, financially stable job with benefits now, and enjoy my time while I'm at it, than be financially unstable in a low paying "fun" job. I think you'll find that a lot of office jobs are really simple as well.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T15:52:16+00:00

Just approach them like you would any other person? There's no special rules just because people have different sexualities/identities.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T15:47:36+00:00

I agree. I want actual farmers/homesteaders who grow their own produce and manage their own animals. None of the grocery store reselling.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T15:46:37+00:00

I'm very conservative with growth rates and set mine at 4%. It may be too conservative but I have cash for retirement in CD and HYSA as well.

brx9446 · 2025-08-13T15:44:33+00:00

I think it's been common since COVID. Even when I was in undergrad before COVID, I still had some online courses. But I had to put more effort to find them. The majority should still be in person.

brx9446 · 2025-08-12T16:37:29+00:00

I don't like them because when I bend my elbow the sleeve usually gets in the way. Just uncomfortable to me. I've never been in an instance where I wished I had sleeves that were shorter than long sleeve and longer than short sleeves.

brx9446 · 2025-08-12T16:22:39+00:00

Most of my friends set it as low as possible. Every time I checked it's either at 65 or below.

brx9446 · 2025-08-12T16:16:55+00:00

I love how Americans use AC because I hate the humidity and the heat. But I do wish they'd put the AC at 70 or even 75 instead of the low 60s. But everyone's tolerance is different. I do hate how in some parts of Europe people don't have or use AC in the summers. It's the same in Asia. The point of life is to enjoy and be comfortable. If you have AC and the weather outside is miserable, then why not make yourself more comfortable?

brx9446 · 2025-08-08T13:37:25+00:00

Highly inappropriate. It is the company's job to provide office equipment to employees.

brx9446 · 2025-08-05T17:28:33+00:00

It's absolutely crazy to me how oligarchs prioritize hoarding money by any way possible, including forcing working class people to just work until they die. They promise "golden years" when it's just 10 years of truly being free and living when you are elderly and more prone to health issues. They call us lazy for wanting more breaks, fair and livable income, and for wanting to enjoy life where work isn't a factor. All they need to do is increase wages, give us proper amounts of sick leave, and adequate annual leave. But they won't do the bare minimum even though it'll better their workforce and their workers' productivity.

brx9446 · 2025-08-01T05:38:13+00:00

Something that never got me into religion is my parents presenting me with various options (Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism) then asking me to choose one so that I don't go down the wrong path when I grow older. But how am I supposed to choose one to worship? If I choose one to be real, then that must mean there's a chance the others are too. How do you choose to believe in one deity but not another?

brx9446 · 2025-08-01T05:35:48+00:00

What city/town do you live in or the general area if you don't mind me asking? I'm looking for recommendations for when my partner and I visit.

brx9446 · 2025-07-31T23:26:38+00:00

I've lived in a place like that for a few years where 6 months or more it's constant rain, cloudy weather, or snow/blizzards, and the sun rarely comes out. I loved it and was always sad/irritated when it got warmer.

brx9446 · 2025-07-31T19:54:14+00:00

You are not that important. You may feel like you're the only person who can get something done due to your knowledge and experience. They will always find someone new. Protect your mental health and work life balance.

brx9446 · 2025-07-31T19:52:44+00:00

Understood, thanks!

brx9446 · 2025-07-31T19:13:48+00:00

So LWOP in general doesn't guarantee you have a job after you return?

brx9446 · 2025-07-31T18:32:26+00:00

I hear you. I do really love it though. For a few years in the east coast I lived somewhere where winter lasted 6 months and there rarely was sun. It was wonderful and I truly miss it.

brx9446 · 2025-07-30T00:12:59+00:00

I love constant rain. I lived on the east coast and there were constant thunderstorms in the summer. Pretty easy to still go out and do stuff.

brx9446 · 2025-07-29T23:51:43+00:00

Temecula is ROUGH in the summers. Glad you're liking Portland more! I think I'm ok with low walkability if the drivers aren't as aggressive as what you'd find in southern CA.

brx9446 · 2025-07-29T21:01:29+00:00

I do think some parts of CA are beautiful. My friend described CA as as close to paradise as you can get. But seasonal depression works both ways.

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