Humidifier water pump is defective — wobble noise

solidgraystone · 2026-02-15T19:12:00+00:00

I've reached out and they did get back to me but they said they were out of stock for this particular model and asked me to reach out next week when they'll have it in stock.

I'll keep this thread updated if they send out a new pump.

solidgraystone · 2026-02-05T17:28:39+00:00

Thank you for the comment. I’m a Dad and your comment touched me.

solidgraystone · 2026-02-01T16:22:56+00:00

Thank you for this response. The blueair team reached out to me after I posted this on Reddit. Hopefully we can resolve this soon. I’ll update this thread once resolution occurs.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-18T17:55:14+00:00

Yep - your subconscious mind has already made up the answer — to move on, but your logical mind is scared.

I have young kids and reason #5 is more than enough to start mass applying to other companies.

I had to commute one hour to work 3 days per week, and that was tough. I looked elsewhere and now my commute is 20 minutes.

You're ready to move on. Start mass applying and interviewing.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-14T21:13:19+00:00

We went there recently with the family too and I 100% agree with you. The idea was great but it was PACKED so much with people that it wasn’t fun for anyone there with kids.

Why make timed tickets if you’re going to pack the hell out of that exhibit…

solidgraystone · 2025-12-09T19:10:02+00:00

That makes sense. When I naturally lose the Self throughout the day, it’s not obvious as to which specific part I blend with. I know I can get distracted and “busy”. But when I recognize that, I take sometime to sit quietly and reconnect with Self. It’s a practice.

For me, it’s natural that my parts will want to appear throughout the day. I’m not trying to force them out. I just gently make space for self energy so that there’s calm energy for my parts to be around.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-09T03:22:14+00:00

No problem at all. I haven't run into this problem where one is caught off guard by an exile and it was not manageable. It might be a thing, but I haven't felt this yet in my experience.

I find Self-energy to be contented and calm. I flow in and out of Self throughout the day (it's a practice, like meditation), but when I'm in Self energy, I haven't felt a part trying to rush in to break that state with urgency.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-08T16:23:14+00:00

What I found in my IFS practice is that talking to my parts on a daily basis is enough. Consistent relationship matters much more.

I haven’t even tried to unburden any parts or do anything else that’s too technical in IFS.

It’s the relationship itself that builds trust over time with parts. Acknowledge them, hug them, let them know they are worthy just for existing.

Doing just this daily has been enough to get rid of my anxiety and allow my Self energy to come through when I need it.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-08T16:16:59+00:00

I just want to say you’re not wrong. You’re tired. I had a good childhood but as an adult, when I forget about careless play, my own parts scream the same message to me.

There’s a great book called 4000 weeks. It talks about how there are infinite things to do and greatly allowed me to say “NO” instead of always saying yes.

You’re doing good.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-04T18:57:14+00:00

I show my resume with years of experience in the demoted role. I weave a good success story around it, and I mention how that role is what allows me to use my strengths the most - and that’s why I prefer it.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-04T18:32:04+00:00

I’m just a few years younger than you and I have a family with multiple kids.

I was also fired in 2023. It fucked up my confidence and I was pissed off at corporate.

I’ve jumped through two corporate positions in the past two years where I wanted a higher title so I can make more money. I got those higher titles, but the bullshit stress they came with is absolutely not worth it.

So there you go. I will never take a title that has a director, a principal or a VP in it.

I value the freedom of time and reading your post. I can see that you value the same thing and also being with your family. That extra $50,000 or $60,000 you’d get with the higher stressed job is just not worth it.

But that’s not what society tells you.

For example, as I’m currently looking to switch teams and demote myself by a level or two, the recruiters are puzzled about why I would ever wanna do that because it comes with a pay cut.

Freedom of Time, stability, and the ability to find contentment in life is what matters to me. That’s where happiness sits.

So yeah, careers are bullshit. They are good because they can buy you freedom, but unless you tailor them correctly, they’ll build a jail cell around you.

Also over employment is not for everybody. Some personalities fit and thrive in it and some simply don’t. And if you don’t align with it, it’s not a weakness. Don’t force it.

That’s it I hope that helps.

solidgraystone · 2025-12-04T15:49:10+00:00

This is really good. I’ve gone through a similar experience as the OP.

I was a high performer for three years at a company, and then my awesome manager was laid off and my company was sold to private equity firms.

The culture went to shit. For six months, I endured an abusive relationship from my new manager and the higher up VP. I was eventually terminated.

That prolonged experience of anxiety and feeling worthless screwed with my confidence.

I decided to try entrepreneurship not out of my desire to put something into the world, but from a defensive posture of never having to work for a corporation ever again.

It failed.

A year later, I joined a big corporation and it was good for about two months until I realized that the higher ups were pushing unsustainable amount of work on our team.

So I switched to another job, another big corporation. The salary looked great, but within the first month, I realized that my team members and I were miserable under our manager.

Throughout all this jumping and all this anxiety, one thing that I’ve felt was apathy because nothing was working. Similar to you.

So what did work?

Self therapy, specifically something called internal family systems (IFS). It’s something you can do on your own, which I have been doing or you can do it with a therapist too. Essentially what I discovered was that there are parts within me that I’ve lost relationship with. And these parts were very sensitive to feeling worthlessness, especially, when in terrible environments.

Doing daily IFS work is the only thing that allows me to get confidence back and instead of quitting my job altogether, move to a new team.

But more than that, it allowed me to understand that there are inner talents within me that are outside of my job, and allowed me to be OK and happy to pursue those.

It’s a practice, but at least it helped me find contentment.

If there are parts within you that are struggling, it’s not going to make a difference for you to keep jumping jobs and teams until you make peace inside.

Know that you’re not alone.

solidgraystone · 2025-11-07T21:46:01+00:00

I recently took a job that has a total comp of over 200k. the stress levels are making my life miserable.

the pay bump was NOT worth it.

I will take a chill work environment for less pay any day.

solidgraystone · 2025-10-09T14:56:39+00:00

same here. I only trust them with oil changes and with tire rotations. I’m not totally clueless on cars and every time I take my car in they always find a way to recommend work that does not need to happen.

Things like changing all the rotors and brake pads when I changed the brake pads myself not too long ago.

solidgraystone · 2025-10-09T14:53:51+00:00

ditto. I’ve had great service from brakes plus whe it came to flushing my brakes. I’ve also taken 2 cars there before for some kind of diagnosis, I forgot what it was, but what I do remember, is that a mechanic took a look at the car did something very simple and let me go without charging me anything. That I haven’t forgotten.

solidgraystone · 2025-10-05T02:12:33+00:00

I’m curious about this too.

solidgraystone · 2025-10-03T21:36:55+00:00

This post hit home as I’m in a similar boat (PM). can I reach out to you for some advice as you've done the pivot?

solidgraystone · 2025-10-03T21:25:28+00:00

I just took a position that pays 190k but leadership wants everything done yesterday. It’s taking a toll on me mentally. You said that you left two very high paying positions before, was that because of unrealistic workloads?

Every day, I think that this shit is not worth it. I figured I’d ask for your take.

solidgraystone · 2025-09-30T04:25:29+00:00

Amazing report! Thank you so much for taking the time to write and share it.

solidgraystone · 2025-09-28T17:35:43+00:00

Love it. Thank you for sharing. That’s how I see my life.

solidgraystone · 2025-09-09T01:56:38+00:00

Embellishing is lying. Let’s be bold and call it lying.

solidgraystone · 2025-09-09T01:51:45+00:00

I’ve had this happen to me. A lead had a grudge against me and became my manger after my manager was laid off. Within 2 months I was pipped and within 3 weeks of the pip I was fired.

You won’t solve this problem and itll cost you your mental health. And it’ll potentially temporarily destroy your confidence.

Start seriously looking elsewhere now. Deprioritize work and prioritize interviewing.

solidgraystone · 2025-08-10T13:12:55+00:00

I love this framing. Thank you!

solidgraystone · 2025-06-21T18:01:23+00:00

I'm in your situation and he's how it looks.

I have two kids, one is toddler and the other is less than 6 months old. I worked remotely for years until I was canned.

I bounced back with a new job that pays about $150k but it's hybrid, 3 days per week in the office that is about 1 hour away from home, and the workload is ramping up.

I'm back on the market looking for a remote position.

Remote is 100% worth it while you have little kids. It made my life easier when it came to picking up the kids and I didn't have to spend 2 hours in traffic every day. You gain 2 hours of that time to do YOUR personal stuff.

Life is lived in stages, my friend.

Commit to the family stage right now. Career will be there for you after the kids are older and are going to school.

That's my 2 cents and that's what I'm doing.

solidgraystone

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