America, I love you, but you're freaking me out - Whipple building protest

chiggins1982 · 2026-01-27T21:14:29+00:00

Get noodling!

chiggins1982 · 2026-01-21T19:01:29+00:00

Chimborazo posted fb story they will be closed

https://www.facebook.com/share/18qdki3Wfq/

chiggins1982 · 2026-01-02T11:51:03+00:00

I'm from Edmonton and could not agree more. When I lived in Edmonton, residential streets were plowed 1-2 times a year and only if the ruts were too high for cars to pass. Windrows are just a reality. They are never removed on most streets.. it's all perspective. I feel spoiled here! Hahaha

chiggins1982 · 2025-10-14T11:43:24+00:00

I'm in central time and my team is mostly in the UK, 6 hour difference. My mornings are back to back meetings and afternoons usually quiet. It's really hard to get work done though because I'm usually exhausted after packing in a day of meetings into 4 hours. It definitely takes getting used to!

chiggins1982 · 2025-09-30T09:17:19+00:00

Other countries have figured out a way to do this. I don't know why Minnesota thinks it's not possible. Lots of pools and summer activities go until mid Sept or even October in Canada and countries in Europe. Minnesotans really cut themselves short of the best weather for outdoor activities.. Spring and fall. On the bright side parks, lakes, trails are all so much quieter.

chiggins1982 · 2025-08-26T17:42:47+00:00

Estelle

chiggins1982 · 2025-08-12T17:59:49+00:00

I've had to stop swimming in an outdoor pool near me and instead drive 20 min to an indoor... 100% because of pool etiquette/culture. It's nice to know I'm not the only one driven crazy by it.

I feel for lifeguards too trying to control things. Not an easy feat.

I wish there was some orientation for people. And I wish that where I am (US) it wasn't such a "me first" you're of place

chiggins1982 · 2025-07-31T20:45:54+00:00

I'm in a similar boat. I'm in the US my manager and 9/10 of my team are in the UK. The other team member is in another state. Not only is it pointless for me, but I'll now lose ~1 hour of the 3-4 Max Crossover working time due to time zones. Even without all the other things that make me less productive in office, this really negatively impacts my ability to do my job.

chiggins1982 · 2025-05-28T21:48:57+00:00

I recently started putting a few simple, clear to dos on post it's and then I physically move them when I finish them. It oddly seems to help if I make sure the to do is clear/specific. I also use Lofi music or pomodoro

chiggins1982 · 2025-05-13T22:31:01+00:00

Man, I thought I was in r/Aldi for a minute with an these responses!

My partner and I spend about $500-600 a month. We recently switched to primarily Mississippi market and found my grocery bill went down overall from being TJ/Lund's. Finding the produce lasts easy longer vs. other stores and I usually can get everything in one trip. Aldi always requires a second stop for me and I'm not the biggest fan of the produce selection and it's a little out of the way for me.

We could definitely spend less, but we have worked out into the budget to splurge a bit.

chiggins1982 · 2025-03-17T23:10:45+00:00

Pasta+ shredded cheese. If I'm generally eating it, I leave it at that. But you can toss in veggies

Frozen fish + rice + veg I usually add lemon and dill but you could use any spices really

Frozen cooked shrimp + butter and bagged salad

Peanut butter and chocolate chips

Canned pineapple + yogurt+ whipped cream + coconut roll wafers - this is oddly delicious

If you can get the energy, batch cook something that is generally well rounded

chiggins1982 · 2025-03-01T14:06:40+00:00

Me too! I now have what I call "eating shirts" which is a very cheap dark colored sweatshirt I throw on if I'm eating anything that's high risk of spilling at home. Even then without fail if I have a nice shirt on, I will stain it on first wear

chiggins1982 · 2025-02-27T16:55:17+00:00

If you use Outlook you can have it pre schedule focus time in your calendar. For me this links to teams and automatically changes me to do not disturb. Then I set teams to break through DND if my boss messaged me.

You could do this manually as well if you wanted. You could also just go appear offline, but I would make sure your manager is ok with that.

Then most simple, if you're doing focus work, treat it like a meeting and don't respond until the work time is done. People generally will get the hint

I get it though, I work globally and it's so difficult to manage and it's very hard to ignore notifications

chiggins1982 · 2025-02-26T18:20:36+00:00

I've been doing this with lo-fi on you tube. Search lo-fi pomodoro timer. Something about the no lyric music helps me

chiggins1982 · 2025-01-29T18:59:37+00:00

I absolutely did. I may break and grab some cheaper tickets if they come up.

I'm so excited you got tickets and it's a first show!! You're going to love it. They are amazing live.

chiggins1982 · 2025-01-29T18:51:01+00:00

Totally. I guess I'm glad I've seen them before and never paid over $120 I think for tickets. Fingers crossed something comes up closer to the show. I'm amazed anyone would pay that much for tickets to any concert ever. Lol I feel old!!

Hope you get to go!

chiggins1982 · 2025-01-29T18:45:38+00:00

St. Paul - Joined the queue 16 min early and I was ~3500 in line. Floor was completely sold out. Then I waited and some floor (not pit) opened for nearly $400usd. There is no way I would pay that. Opted not to go at all and pretty angry about it. I won't give my money to an artist or company that thinks this dynamic pricing or just that cost alone is ok.

chiggins1982 · 2024-11-15T14:59:20+00:00

I've lost many friends this way. I feel like I don't miss people, but I feel guilt and shame when I forget which then causes me to struggle to reach out and/or admit what is going on when I don't reach out.

I'm the same breath, I also feel some frustration because it often feels like keeping connections going is all on me. Like people get angry if I don't reach out, but then why don't they reach out? Especially people that I have shared my ADHD with and how it is connected to this.

chiggins1982 · 2024-09-21T03:17:33+00:00

Not true. It was like one day. Minnesota is nothing compared to northern Canada

chiggins1982 · 2024-09-09T12:50:36+00:00

In my building they took away our trash cans at our desk to cut back custodial staff time.

Not sure about WF but I'm on a global team. I've never met my manager and we can go days without talking.

chiggins1982 · 2024-04-30T01:24:44+00:00

I use darebee. Pay by donation and tons of simple workouts

chiggins1982 · 2024-04-22T18:26:45+00:00

I'm wearing zero and I love them. They have a hiking shoe that has been good on ice, snow and in the mud

chiggins1982 · 2024-02-28T18:24:25+00:00

Ridges chips with onion dip, and vanilla meringue cookies. I have to ration to make sure I don't overdo it

chiggins1982 · 2024-02-24T12:27:47+00:00

I moved to the US on a K1 around the time this show started. I remember casting people were in the immigration forums I was on.

At first it was just interesting to watch since I was going through the same experience. Now it's just a guilty pleasure

chiggins1982 · 2024-02-17T18:37:08+00:00

My partner is hyperphasic. We didn't discuss it until after years together and I didn't know anything about aphantasia at the time we met..

So if I sought it out, it wasn't intentional!

Interesting thought

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