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asianclooney t1_j488okl wrote

Reply to Do it for future-you [Image] by wholesomecomics

I do this. I work in IT and sometimes I forget all the things I do and rediscover work I have done. However, I will find it and think to myself, "wow, thus was done really well and and I don't have to do anything." Or, "This issue would be easy to solve if someone had done this in the past" and find that I have already done exactly that. I am proud of past me in those moments.

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fxx_255 t1_j488k18 wrote

Reply to comment by AlternativeAardvark6 in Do it for future-you [Image] by wholesomecomics

Past me sometimes gets black out drunk and I have to deal with the consequences, which are painful and sometimes embarrassing.

But every now on then, he leaves me some pizza or tacos, and sometimes the dishwasher was loaded and run.

He and I, well, we've come to an understanding.

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jrburkh t1_j488cu5 wrote

Reply to comment by SugoiSwag in [Image] Remember, the small steps you take in between are where the living happens. by lil_tig

Ah, focus. Yeah, my brain doesn't work that way, until it super works that way - but you never know when that will be. That unpredictability results in your leaning hard into that focus, which is great and all until you realize you've neglected everything else over the excessive amount of time you've unwittingly spent working on "this". Boom overwhelmed again.

Not hating on this post, or the other helpful advice and encouragement throughout this thread. It's just not quite that simple for some of us, and it can be frustrating when people try to help by sharing the same approaches you've tried innumerable times without success. I appreciate the willingness to try to help, but sometimes it feels very reductive of the challenge in managing ADHD.

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madziper t1_j4861eh wrote

Reply to adults who look back at pictures of their younger selves and realize they had no reason to be so insecure back then, should bear in mind that they will likely be thinking the same thing in a couple decades when looking back on their current selves [discussion] by ideas_now

I have struggled with confidence since I was conscious… But looking back and seeing how I looked has helped me so much. I always thought I was so fat and so ugly; my whole family tried to tell me otherwise and I thought they were liars but I was so gorgeous and definitely a healthy weight. I never try to hate on myself now, especially since people say that I look so much like my mother, who is the most gorgeous woman ever!!

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I_na_na t1_j484jlp wrote

Reply to comment by Old_Red_Alligator in Don't linger in someones life if they no longer want you to be part of it. Have some dignity [Discussion] by TreeB7

Keep telling yourself it is true. Some people are more direct and some people rely on more subtle ways to signal, that you are no longer welcome in their life. Your inability to recognize it, is not their problem. I met multiple people, that couldn't let go because, the signals from their partner weren't “clear”. Have some dignity and let them be. If they want to be with you, they will show it.

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eivind2610 t1_j482ptv wrote

Reply to comment by HappyHighwayman in [Image] "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." ~ Thomas A. Edison by Butterflies_Books

Yes, after reading up on it over the last couple of hours, just for fun, I found out something similar. The elephant was apparently already scheduled for "execution", and the method of using electrocution to kill it was only decided after they received backlash for planning to hang it (somehow?). The event was, however, filmed by the Edison company, and the film was credited to Edison himself - which is still a pretty messed up thing to do! Either way, the Topsy song from Bob's Burgers is incredibly catchy :)

The part about pets is still factual, though; he actively backed and supported a campaign which paid kids a quarter for pets - be it their own or ones they'd stolen from their neighbourhoods - and then used them as a demonstration to 'prove' the dangers of AC power. In fact, they would first use DC power to torture the animals, only to then switch to AC power to kill them. Still barely scratches the surface of the messed up stuff he did, of course.

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SeaWolf24 t1_j481r1t wrote

Reply to [Image] "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." ~ Thomas A. Edison by Butterflies_Books

That’s because he stole and colluded with the highest bidder. One of the many men that help ruin the world. Edit: Basically admits in the quote that he did nothing. He just found a way…

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vraalapa t1_j481p0u wrote

Reply to [Image] Remember, the small steps you take in between are where the living happens. by lil_tig

When I was burned out a couple of years ago, I lived every day 10 seconds at a time for few months. It was hell...

My brain was so fucked that I couldn't focus on anything for more than a couple of seconds at a time, and I had a long constant panic attack from the moment I woke up to the moment I fell asleep. Every waking moment was just a loop of 10 seconds of breathing exercises, to stop my lips and fingers from going numb before passing out.

I don't know why I was reminded of that from this post though.

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