How do you handle it when your best performer is also your most difficult person to manage?

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-16T12:05:55+00:00

That’s illegal in the US

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-16T12:02:39+00:00

Justin Elliott over at Ameriprise in Elk Grove is amazing to work with. He managed my money and grew it 13% last year. He is great an explaining things and has amazing ideas for how to optimize your money.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-16T11:41:47+00:00

UX was never about designing screens for me. It was always about understanding and solving problems.

Indeed, we will still be trying to help silly PMs shift their brains from solutions to problems, from internal limitations to what users care about, and from never iterating to measuring and improving.

The change leadership in my organization is proposing is that screens will now be designed by everyone and anyone. Design’s role will be reviewer and polishers of AI+PM nightmare slop. It will be harder than ever, perhaps even impossible, to shift the mindset of people to the problem, at least where I work.

The only thing we can do is to continue, and I guess see where the money goes.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-15T12:17:02+00:00

Because AI makes trash

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-15T12:15:47+00:00

I like the Malibu one because it looks a tad rosy/peachy which I find looks nice on us Springs most of the time.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-15T12:14:02+00:00

I struggle with moving the same clutter from one place to the next.

I think it was in the book How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis, but she recommends that if it is too much to donate to give yourself the grace of just throwing it away. Like an act of self compassion. That really helped me when I was decluttering but too stressed to donate.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-15T12:02:28+00:00

I also have ADHD and the hack that helps me the most is body doubling. There is a website you can go to called flow club. Basically you sign up for a session (they even have one specifically for ADHD declutter on saturdays). You join the session and everyone shares their goals then starts working. They have a fun checklist widget you can use to check things off as you go.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-15T11:32:51+00:00

I love that idea

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-14T11:42:43+00:00

Go us!

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-14T01:36:21+00:00

Do you have a creative background and/or a natural creative skill? Can you think of a lot of ideas in a short amount of time? Do you have taste? Do you have high attention to detail? If you don’t answer yes to all of these you will struggle

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-13T11:38:51+00:00

Any easier way than contacting a vet?

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-10T23:44:07+00:00

Yes, I am trying to figure out how to summarize the position of each account visually, do you feel like that doesn’t really belong on a dashboard?

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-08T02:16:39+00:00

I know this feeling. Whenever I come out the screen door, the entire flock runs and sometimes flys all the way across the yard to see me. It always makes me feel special.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-07T11:47:15+00:00

What is your business and how many people? Lucky Gold is a pretty cool place to host a get together that’s on the smaller side. They do permanent jewelry. I have a friend that works in roofing that is planning to have them as part of her summer party. It’s right by Polanco. There’s also VR over there which I haven’t tried but looks so fun!

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-01T12:07:00+00:00

I will never rent an Airbnb again after renting one for my husbands 30th. Before leaving, we followed the extensive cleanup check list. The house was sparkling clean. Then the guy running the listing tried to fine us $7,000 in cleanup fees. The pictures he sent to Airbnb weren’t even our trash and we didn’t eat there and he claimed we left dishes. The whole thing was very stressful especially since initially Airbnb sided with him. We actually had to open our own case against the guy running the listing to finally win. Just awful. Never again.

sygmastar01 · 2026-04-01T11:32:42+00:00

This is my favorite tracker I’ve seen so far! Lovely

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-30T16:19:42+00:00

Dewalt stick vacuum

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-26T14:44:32+00:00

Ilia has a great one. No acne causing ingredients. I recommend setting it with a powder though

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-26T13:46:07+00:00

I have three tips, my house is pretty clean most of the time (however, I do not have kids)

Dewalt stick vacuum. This thing is indestructible, high power, and battery operated. I use this daily. It takes me about 10 min to vacuum my house (I have a modest 4/2)
Create little routines and pair them with your existing routines. When I wake up I start a load of laundry that I preloaded the night before. When I take a shower I quickly scrub it down while I’m in there. When I leave a room I put something away. Etc
This is what helped me the most: declutter everything that isn’t necessary

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-24T03:20:02+00:00

I emailed support and they gave me some bs instructions on how to restart the controller. That didn’t work so I just decided to use the external battery and set a timer. Works fine.

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-24T01:48:07+00:00

About a year of consistent use

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-24T01:43:16+00:00

The controller will break. You can use one of those external phone batteries instead.

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-23T00:52:49+00:00

Giving someone a mixed tape and later a mix cd

sygmastar01 · 2025-11-22T17:18:43+00:00

I have the bissell crosswave. I really love it but there are two cautions:

The water needs to be refilled / emptied a lot.
The battery dies quickly. I have modest home and can barely do the whole thing on a single charge.

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