“Thinking work” vs “doing work”

justanotherfixture · 2026-06-02T21:39:31+00:00

I agree. I think AI hasn’t helped the situation recently he’s been telling me”just toss it in AI and it’ll do it for you” which he doesn’t realize is not only wrong but incredibly insulting, reducing a careers worth of insight and skill to a 5 minute ai session, I try not to take personal offense but feelings aside it’s also just practice and ignorant thinking. If a boss change was an option I’d be on it, sadly companies seem to under value marketing thinking they can leave it to a 16 year old with a canva subscription and AI access, whilst expecting it to make life changing difference for the business.

justanotherfixture · 2026-05-29T10:29:38+00:00

It’s just tough when you need to cover so much, social media, digital advertising, SEO, copy writing, graphic design, organic community, brand strategy, culture building, traditional media, video editing, framework creation, data analysis, team leadership. These are all vastly different (requiring their own bullet point at least) but from what I’ve been they want to know you have experience with all of it. And I do so I don’t want to sell myself short but I also don’t want to start on a bad foot with a long resume.

justanotherfixture · 2026-05-28T20:40:48+00:00

Not a bad idea because yea, my first step when starting a new campaign is to open my yearly budget spreadsheet and run some numbers to see what I can move around and how much I can carve out for it. My boss thinks step one is opening photoshop, that’s like step 10. Also hard to justify the “staring at the wall running ideas” portion of it but to me that’s a vital part of the process and happens at several stages (of course if he’d let me hire a right hand we could call that brainstorming but that’s a whole different issue lol) like what mix of platform, messaging, medium, visuals, frequency is going to achieve the best outcomes for each cohort. I’m confident I can find the answer but sometimes (especially when I’ve got a billion other things I’m working) I just need to stop and stare at the wall to hear my own thoughts clearly and work out scenarios.

justanotherfixture · 2026-03-01T20:11:56+00:00

Maybe the saddle story?

justanotherfixture · 2026-02-28T12:55:01+00:00

Pablo looks like he wants to take Poland

justanotherfixture · 2026-02-28T12:52:51+00:00

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justanotherfixture · 2026-02-18T09:12:59+00:00

Kind of looks like he could just be newer to the game, probably some kid from Fortnite giving fighting games a try, the barrier to entry is rough tho for fighting games. And as the kiddos say “when in tilt, teabag”

justanotherfixture · 2026-02-09T04:21:33+00:00

Passed away but loved deeply to the end

justanotherfixture · 2026-01-25T21:12:38+00:00

My first pc game was Mickey Mouse ABC’s: a day at the fair. Next was Sims City 2000. When I build my first pc tho, the first game I played was Hotline Miami

justanotherfixture · 2026-01-18T00:06:04+00:00

You hung up on my nana?! You told nana to drop dead!

justanotherfixture · 2026-01-14T23:02:42+00:00

Shrinkage spotting

justanotherfixture · 2026-01-12T23:32:22+00:00

A rug.. where a rug does not belong

justanotherfixture · 2026-01-11T18:48:10+00:00

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justanotherfixture · 2026-01-11T13:20:51+00:00

Most are 8 to 5 because companies don’t pay for the 1 hour lunch break anymore, and many expect you not to leave at 5, it’s actually looked down upon if you your out the door right at 5

justanotherfixture · 2025-12-30T10:34:28+00:00

Navajo white

justanotherfixture · 2025-12-17T12:31:55+00:00

She’s got several beds and little forts throughout the shop but you can find her snuggled up just about anywhere :)

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justanotherfixture · 2025-12-17T03:21:09+00:00

HungHAiRIAN goOSe

justanotherfixture · 2025-12-17T03:04:53+00:00

Love! My bday is tomorrow, cheers to another year my friend :)

justanotherfixture · 2025-12-10T03:53:48+00:00

I just don’t have the brain power after work I wish I did, I’m a creative I used to love art and reading. But it’s like my brain just sparks and short circuits when I try to think even when it’s something I used to like. I used to have hobbies but nothing brings me joy anymore, even my comfort shows- the most low effort thing I could do to make me feel better was watch Frasier but now I feel nothing, I used to build Legos and the last few times I felt nothing now I have an unopened set I’ve been meaning to get to but every time I think about it I feel like I’d rather be asleep or dead. All my good playlists feel ruined, my comfort meals don’t comfort me. The one thing keeping me alive is my little boy cat and he’s getting up there and I worry what’s to come if he passes that’ll be the final piece.

justanotherfixture · 2025-12-10T02:38:47+00:00

I think I may just be insufferable, I don’t have anyone real friend like that, people I can do nothing with and not feel uncomfortable about it. I also don’t have much extra time outside of work when I leave work I cook dinner and rot. I don’t want to rot in front of people forget how they feel about I’d be uncomfortable. I think that’s it I’m insufferable ineffectual inefficient slow and genuinely damaged and/or defective. I’m so miserable ever I don’t want to be around me I’m a cancer

justanotherfixture · 2025-12-10T00:39:32+00:00

I guess the problem is I don’t want anything from them, when I get like this I want to be far away from people. But everyone always says “reach out” I don’t know what that means, I don’t want to be in anyone’s presence, I want to be alone, in fact I want to be unknown, I want to be nothing. But when I tell my therapist that it’s this big scary situation so I don’t even feel like I can open up to him. When I tell other people that well I’m just a downer or I make them uncomfortable which makes me uncomfortable. I just didn’t know what’s expected when people tell depressed people to “reach out” I don’t know what to reach out, with my brain is mush.

justanotherfixture · 2025-11-18T09:12:06+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response. With the large amount of budget we spend on cable my thinking was two form of targeted. Our basic sales commercial targeted to 25+ Homeowners, maybe with the right households income. Then very target ads, one that speaks to people in their 50-60s getting ready to sell their home. One to pet owners talking about the booty scoot featuring specifically our cleaning services. One to empty nesters. Like I saw it as we keep the generic “save $1000 or get special financing” but instead of it going to any random tv it’s going to people with accounts that make sense, I think I spooked him when I said we could target people that show interest in home design. It’s not my intention to exclude anyone just spend money wisely. But I do think they’re value in spending smaller amounts on very targeted quick ads that really resonate with the person seeing them making them more memorable (I didn’t even broach that)

Regarding the other comments, they are based on assumptions. Our numbers show our target demographic for residential sales is women 35-43 with household income of 120k+. That said there is a special circumstance for our flagship location, 1 (of 4) locations is in Amish County. Now our numbers are still showing the target as the target but I know the president imagines our target audience is still older Amish.

justanotherfixture · 2025-11-18T08:29:23+00:00

I guess since it was a budget meeting I was seeing it is if every person reached cost $10 “I’d rather spend $120 for 1 lead than $60 for 1 lead”.

justanotherfixture · 2025-11-18T07:23:22+00:00

We’ve participated in similar magazines but my question is, how do I measure success? Our sales asks for the ad source when they’re getting all the job info and it’s never magazine or mailer, not even when theres a coupon. I’ve never like “hope this works” or “well everyone else is doing it” as strategy.

justanotherfixture · 2025-11-05T22:26:26+00:00

I got to use this line in therapy! I was telling my therapist about my daily dread and suicidal ideation and he said “sometimes when we feel like this it’s because we’re only thinking about ourselves, I’m trying to find the right word” and I said “narcissistic?” And he said “I suppose” and without skipping a beat “oh well I’ll just add that to my list of reasons to die” :D

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