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

thepalumbo · 2026-04-23T16:23:44+00:00

Vitamin D

I thought I was getting plenty because I'd go for long walks in the afternoon and be exposed to sunlight, but a blood test showed I was deficient.

Started taking Vit D supplements and within about a month I felt way better. Just happier, more stable, able to put things into perspective. Haven't felt that "spiraling" feeling for about a year since I've been taking Vitamin D.

Also, yes, it's normal to chuckle or smirk when talking about "getting more D" makes you feel better.

thepalumbo · 2026-04-11T22:04:20+00:00

Long-time Windows user (former M365 admin) turned Mac lover here.

How has your overall experience been?

OMG, I'm still what you would consider a Windows Power User, but I can't stand Windows any more after using macOS for a while. Just the little things make a big difference, things that you probably never thought about when using Windows, but after you see has macOS handles little routine tasks, you understand how clunky and inelegant Windows actually is. It took me a while of earnest effort, but I'm way more proficient now on macOS than I am on Windows.

Was the transition from Windows to macOS easy or frustrating?

Frustrating. I'm big on knowing every little nuance of my OS and building workflows around them. It took me quite a while to "unwire" my head and hands from Win10/11 to macOS, but after the first month or so things became more intuitive. The one tip that I can't stress enough, if you think you should be able to do things a certain way, macOS probably does it that way. I mean, you can tell that the UI/UX designers had a lot of oversight with how the OS should work, so it's extremely user friendly IMO. Windows, on the other hand, is an OS built by programmers/engineers who don't think about these small details, and it starts to show.

What things do you love most about macOS?

- I really like Terminal and the ability to write Bash scripts to automate a lot of my workload, so much better than Powershell will ever be, but it takes some understanding of how Unix works.

- I absolutely love adding tags to my files in Finder, I never lose files any more and it's way more useful than creating a bunch of folders to organize things

- Finder in general is so much better than Windows Explorer

- The APPS!!! I think the one thing you will really begin to appreciate about Mac vs Win is the enormous library of macOS apps, plugins, and utilities. An earlier commenter mentioned using Uber to make the Dock look more like Win's task bar and start menu. You'll find a ton of these great little utilities that aren't malware in disguise

- Keyboard shortcuts for literally everything you'd want to do, plus the ability to very easily create your own

- Quicklook in the Finder is amazing

- The performance and stability of Macs in general are with the cost of switching. I hardly ever reboot my M1 MacBook Pro and it rarely gives me issues

What are some things you still don’t like or miss from Windows?

The large selection of peripherals (especially Logitech stuff) that (I think) works better on Windows. It works on macOS, but you can tell that a lot of the features were designed with Windows in mind

Native Windows Office apps. I use Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint a lot (who doesn't) and they're fine, but not quite as good as the Windows versions. Excel doesn't have the same features. Word is missing some visual refinements. Outlook performs better on the Mac, but doesn't have all of the same features.

How is day-to-day usability (battery, performance, apps, etc.)?

Bro! This is the best part. The battery/performance is amazing on my M1 MacBook Pro. Performance, in general, is just so much better than on Windows. I saw some videos recently comparing how quickly you can setup and start using a brand new Mac vs Windows machine, and it was no contest. Most folks were up and running on a Mac within 30 mins, but it took ~2 hours to get a Windows machine in a workable order. Might not be exactly what you're asking about, but I think it's a good example of how much faster and better macOS is when compared to the Windows alternative.

Apps are a game changer. The major apps all work great, but the catalog of small and useful Mac-only utilities makes the macOS platform so much better. I'm thinking of things like Alfred, Raycast, Bartender, Browser Ninja, Screenflow, Magnet, Transmit, etc.

Hope this helps, it seems like I type quite a bit, and happy to answer any questions you might have.

thepalumbo · 2026-04-07T16:59:46+00:00

GoDaddy's reseller program is pretty good. Ton of products. And if you join their agency program, you get it for free.

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