The flow of work is absolute hell this week because lots of people have time off, but clients still want shit done yesterday.

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I wondered if taking one would be valuable so thank you for your comment!

How big is the camera? Wouldn't it be safer to keep it in a carry-on so there's no chance of it getting lost?

What if I have a container of Mentos gum? What then?

This is good advice. If you go on a travel vacation that doesn't involve a big vacation, it will be cheaper and fewer people will travel. Less pain overall

Office jobs

Take time off whenever tf you want instead of setting some arbitrary rule and calling it advice.

It’s sad that you haven’t learned that so late in your career.

Eh. I took like 4 days of PTO and have been off since the 23rd and will be going back on the 3rd. It’s like back in the old days of school when I had 2 weeks of for winter break. Chilling around Christmas and new years is great. My job is the kind that’s randomly slow throughout the year though. So holiday slow is like whatever.

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I can’t stress it enough, take the PMP/PMI classes. Your local community college offers them online, after 6pm, 2-3 times a week. Even if you don’t have enough project management hours to get a certificate, you will learn a lot in a class.

Taking 3 PTO days got me 10 days in a row off. So no thatnks.

I think it might be time to let her go. All that matters is that she had a good life so you need to ask yourself. Is that what shes having right now

Adding to this. I found out this month that you can have them recalculate your escrow at any time.

Don’t take Mirapex or Requip….trust me….look up side effects! When I had side effects, my current doctor at the time didn’t believe me and told me it was not the meds! I went to get a second opinion and doctor immediately started taking me off the Mirapex….my side effects improved quickly! I was off meds in about a month and by the end of the second month I was off meds a month and side effects were completely gone ! But…..I needed a new RLS medicine and so I was on pain meds until the doctor could figure out what he should try me on, since I had already taken all the RLS at one time or another! It’s crazy but now I’m taking Tramadol of all things! And two more meds for RLS! I have it severely and I have it all over my body except my head! And guess what ? I still have some RLS! The meds I have to take nightly (every single night) and they help some or I would have RLS probably all the time!!! Mine is genetic! And it’s so severe at times, I look like I’m have a seizure! It embarrasses my husband especially when we are in the car. Which flavor of pickles do you take? Sweet? Sour? Hamburger pickles? I’d try this! Believe me I would try most things….anyone try Acupuncture? If so did it help?

I wish you and your feline friend the best. May you both find peace. I lost my best friend to this a couple years ago now, and something that helped me was the fact that to euthanize is Greek for ‘good death’; is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.

Got to a point where it almost seemed selfish for me to let my buddy go on the way he was, in a state similar to your cats, because it was me who was scared to let go, and I think that’s what kept that final thread attached for so long. It was his time and I was not ready for it, it was a miracle he was still kicking really, but it was not a good existence for my buddy, I had to learn to let go so that he could as well.

Travelling at the holidays is a mugs game. And even after this Christmas travel chaos people still wont figure it out.

Exactly. I managed two people with younger kids, so by me covering the holidays they could take family time off. I use the week between Xmas & New Year's to clean out my inbox and hopefully start out the year with it empty. Currently rewriting some code onto a new system, and having full days with no interruptions are priceless!

Watch out for sneezing fits, we just learned (2wks ago) the hard way that it could mean they have a tumour on the heart. Had no idea, but he and I would do the “fake” sneeze to initiate play and it was hilarious

My dog frequently sneezes at me when I’m putting his wet food in his bowl. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love America. “LPT. Don’t spend time with your family during the holidays because you only get a little PTO so you need to min max it.”

I felt so guilty being annoyed with my pup for this same reason. I miss him every day .

I'm a software engineer in a manufacturing company, and the holiday season is insane for us, so everyone takes the week after off. Which means there's no work to be done, so it's best not to take that time off because I ain't got to do shit

Just a quick outline, but this is what I do:

1. For each project you have responsibilities for, create a project plan to lay out the project timing line and tasks. This can be a subset of the larger project plan focusing on your areas of responsibility. I use a simple spreadsheet for this.

2. Prioritize the projects and the tasks. Discuss with your boss if there are conflicts or the priorities aren’t clear.

3. Create an overall execution tracker with the tasks prioritized and the expected completion date. Keep it focused on daily/weekly execution, but also keep in mind the overall schedule and project commitments.

4. Set up weekly meetings with the team lead, your team, and key stakeholders to review progress, help needed, and commitments. The teams may already have regular meetings set up, but if they don’t, you’ll have to do it.

5. Set up regular meetings with your boss to review progress and make sure your priorities align with the business priorities. This should be a formal 1:1 to make sure progress and priorities are fully discussed.

6. Provide a weekly written summary of your progress to the team leads, your boss, and any key stakeholders.

LPT : take PTO for non-holiday seasons so you don't have to see your family on holidays.