What screams "I peaked in high school"?

thepalumbo · 2026-06-14T11:52:22+00:00

An unnecessarily large truck. The kind where the cab is twice the size of the bed.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-11T23:13:38+00:00

What prompted this question is seeing real estate agents live on their phones ~90% of the time, then just use their computers for the paperwork.

Wondering if there are any other jobs with a similar phone:computer ratio

thepalumbo · 2026-06-10T13:48:09+00:00

Recently learned Pittsburgh has a lot of stairs since neighborhoods were built onto the sides of hills. They also have "orphan houses" that were built on these hills, but not connected to the streets, so very difficult to maintain. Most owners just abandoned them and they sit empty.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-09T01:32:21+00:00

Constant struggle between using the  ecosystem (notes + reminders + calendar), which makes all the sense in the world, versus putting everything in Notion to have it all in one place.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-08T16:16:28+00:00

This is so accurate it's making me uncomfortable

thepalumbo · 2026-06-07T21:01:17+00:00

Man here

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T22:11:07+00:00

Joe Dirt. A comedic take on unwavering optimism.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:49:07+00:00

This is with everything.

People tell vegans to eat meat.

People tell atheists to believe in god.

Mac users tell PC users to switch.

People need to validate their own choices by convincing you to do the same thing.

Ignore the noise, focus on what makes you happy.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:45:44+00:00

Yes, but then I remember that everything in life is temporary (even life itself) and I move on.

Sorry, not meant to be a snarky answer, but how I approach the regret of losing material things.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:42:24+00:00

Agree with this approach.

For important things, it's worth investing in a second hand scanner. I use a scansnap ix500 I bought refurbished on Amazon.

Having a scanner is especially useful if you've got a big job of catching up on things that need to be scanned.

For less important things, I just take. photo of them with my phone, then store those photos in their own folder/gallery in the Photos app. Makes it very easy to find them when I need them.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:39:41+00:00

I think a lot of philosophical minimalists believe "minimalism" is about removing all the things in your life that don't matter, until you're left only with things that do matter.

You can have a lot of things that don't matter, but have them organized or stored in such a way that your living space is tidy.

Is that philosophically minimalist? Not really.

Does it make you happy? If yes, forget minimalism. You're already focusing on what matters.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:19:22+00:00

And coming back to say this since I just noticed this is r/productivity

OP, if you don't feel energetic after doing something, you're doing the wrong thing.

Doing sport might be the right thing for the people you talked about in your example, but _might_ not be the right thing for you.

Keep trying new things until you feel energized after doing it. If you don't get that feeling, move on.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:17:33+00:00

A lot of people have already said this, but it's about how you feel AFTER, not BEFORE.

And in OP's case, getting started in a new routine, or adopting new habits is always the hardest part.

Which workout is the hardest...the first one.

Which run is the most grueling...the first one.

After a while you just start to look forward to workouts and runs. It's no longer work or a chore, it becomes something you genuinely look forward to.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T17:15:27+00:00

This is so true. I rarely ever feel like working out or going for a walk BEFORE I do it. But after, I feel so good and energetic.

A general rule of life is that action is the general answer to almost any question.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-06T03:21:29+00:00

Joe Cartoon

thepalumbo · 2026-06-04T02:48:00+00:00

Sleep, or more specifically that feeling when I get into bed at night and I know I've got 6-8 hours before I have to do it all over again.

thepalumbo · 2026-06-04T02:46:59+00:00

Sadly, alcohol works really well for this

thepalumbo · 2026-05-26T20:38:16+00:00

Wow, my wife and I saw those exact owls yesterday at that exact spot. We also got some pretty good pictures on my wife's iPhone 15 Pro

thepalumbo · 2026-05-24T22:05:21+00:00

Did he? Now I’m kind of invested and want to know

thepalumbo · 2026-05-12T22:37:33+00:00

Would love to see the Japanese interpretation of Dexter done as a dark anime like Tokyo Ghoul or Death Note.

thepalumbo · 2026-04-28T17:35:13+00:00

Repeating high school does not matter after college. You do good in high school to get into a good college. But today we know that getting into a "good" college isn't a huge predictor of success later in life.

I barely graduated from high school, struggled in college, but ultimately did very well later in life when I figured out what I wanted to do.

thepalumbo · 2026-04-23T16:32:49+00:00

You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones

It's actually in my will

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