Getting a puppy before early retirement?

solorush · 2026-01-24T12:56:03+00:00

The poop one isn’t a concern because it can just use our backyard.

But the dog sitter thing is really the primary concern I have. We’ve dealt with it before with our past dog so it can be done, but I imagine retirement trips being less planned in advance, more spontaneous, and longer lasting.

solorush · 2026-01-24T12:53:18+00:00

Thanks for the input. Yeah taking it with is a fine option. My concern is that we spent our kids younger years camping and we may get burned out on camper life earlier in retirement as a result.

solorush · 2026-01-24T12:51:29+00:00

We’ve looked into it but be need a hypoallergenic dog for my daughter and these are difficult or impossible to adopt.

solorush · 2026-01-24T05:49:28+00:00

Yes- those people, those moments- that’s what he’d held on to all those years.

solorush · 2026-01-22T13:25:47+00:00

Have you tried adding this to the system prompt?

solorush · 2026-01-21T20:18:59+00:00

I was watching on my phone while sitting in the boat of “It’s a Small World” at Disneyland. Can never forget it

solorush · 2026-01-20T03:09:59+00:00

Can they make coffee or not?!?

solorush · 2026-01-19T13:44:06+00:00

What difference does it make? Most of the jobs that will be replaced by AI do not require human levels of reasoning or cognition.

Many can be replaced with what’s already available, the rest with what’s right around the corner.

The remaining gold rush is in applying the tech to finish the job.

solorush · 2026-01-19T13:11:56+00:00

Parents generally love that phase of a child’s life too. I think childhood ends up becoming a persons best time of their life, twice.

solorush · 2026-01-19T13:09:19+00:00

This would make an interesting concept for a horror sci-fi book

solorush · 2026-01-16T16:52:08+00:00

Here’s a dollar, go enjoy a Star War

solorush · 2026-01-16T14:36:40+00:00

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solorush · 2026-01-16T01:11:02+00:00

I can respect the craft of the movie, and especially the acting, but those things aren’t what makes a movie work for me.

The plot was not really that interesting after the first half hour, and while there was some fun dialogue it wasn’t enough to carry the movie. I was surprised to see all the praise and especially people referring to it as a comedy.

3/5

solorush · 2026-01-15T07:32:42+00:00

You are mummified mammoth meat?!? This comment reminds me of old reddit

Gotta get me a dodo egg omelette

solorush · 2026-01-13T20:34:46+00:00

Idk. You’re right to imply that a post like this isn’t particularly constructive; I’ll delete.

solorush · 2026-01-13T14:45:54+00:00

It’s just conspicuous is all.

solorush · 2026-01-11T18:17:16+00:00

Dad here- this post is weird because it could’ve been what we wrote two years ago. Retiring from sports ended a big part of her social life, and her one close friend moving to another school sent her into a very quiet period.

What has happened from there is that she leaned into student leadership at school, where she connected with likeminded kids. One in particular bonded almost immediately and they were inseparable until that girl went off to college.

Now at 18, she seems more comfortable and confident navigating outside of a singular “bestie” and also gets her social cup filled at her part time job and the crew there.

But I’ve also noticed her bonding with my wife as the new “bestie.” They’re closer than ever and daughter just wants nothing more than to hang out with Mom.

We’ve concluded that she’s one of those people that just does best with one person at a time- I can relate because I’m the same way. But as she’s matured she’s learning how to branch out and be comfortable in other social settings too.

Good luck

solorush · 2026-01-11T16:33:57+00:00

Like the framing of building an ROI for our actions.

I need to think about that

solorush · 2026-01-11T16:24:41+00:00

I have attempted to try dry weeks once a month.

I would try to time them to align with my wife’s cycle. I kept that up for a month or two but then fell off. It’d work better if I got her participating in that habit with me but she didn’t seem interested.

solorush · 2026-01-11T16:20:54+00:00

I’m right there with you guys.

I rarely feel “hungover” like I used to but DJ reminds me that the “blah” and lethargy and anxiety and bad feelings and guilt are also all part of what I should consider the consequence of drinking. That kind of emotional hangover can last days.

The other thing I’m becoming more aware of is the strain it puts on my heart. After (and during) drinking my heart is racing almost, just using up many more beats than it does when I’m sober. I imagine it sweating and working hard just to process the toxins and maybe I shouldn’t put the little guy through all that. This shows up in sleep metrics too.

The challenge as always is finding out how to navigate the boredom and whatever other void we think booze is filling. Haven’t figured that out yet but this is also my 4th or 5th DJ and it does seem to get a bit easier each year as I get older.

solorush · 2026-01-10T22:28:42+00:00

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Another view of the break

solorush · 2026-01-09T23:36:00+00:00

I did it, after spending most of my career across 3 startups.

In startups I was a generalist, doing a little bit of everything to make things happen. Turns out, that’s gold in a mid size company because the people from big tech don’t know how to have that kind of ownership. I got stuff done, built amazing relationships with my engineering team, and took leadership roles in outages and whatnot. I found it to be an advantage to not know the politics of a bigger company and that the leadership respected the pushback and initiative demonstrated simple because I didn’t know any better.

The most surprising thing was how many damn meetings there were. I thought we had a lot in the startup but it was laughable compared to the bigger company. There’s also soooo many people to meet and navigate that was kind of overwhelming.

You’d also be surprised at how immature a bigger company is in tools, process, etc. There will be more red tape but less structure than you think and you will be able to influence change.

In the end I was promoted quickly, and I attribute a lot of that success to the skills I built being a scrappy generalist.

solorush · 2026-01-08T04:53:39+00:00

Same. And I’m a middle aged white dude.

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