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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 37 points 4 days ago

I had a friend at work who would come to my office at lunch time and remind me to stop working and have lunch. I'd be stuck on a problem and want to keep working on it, and he'd insist that I stop. He say that if I took some time away, I'd come back with the solution, and he was usually right.

He would also stop by my office at the end of the day to remind me to go home. I worked with him almost 20 years.

He retired in November of 2023 and passed away in June of 2024. I still miss him.

[-] ThoGot@feddit.org 9 points 4 days ago

That's really sweet

[-] djdarren@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

I have ADHD, so, well, everything.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Life doesn't last forever.

[-] osanna@lemmy.vg 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

ugh. I need to hear this a lot lately. This shit will be over in 5-30 years :/ Hopefully a LOT sooner for the likes of daddy dumpy.

[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

That life isn't a fairy tale. Some live the "ideal life" and a lot of others don't. I'm one of the don't and need to be reminded that it's not abnormal, things don't just work out for everyone.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

What I came into the room for.

[-] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Being happy all the time is not a realistic goal. Being content is.

[-] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

The older I get, damn near everything, lol

[-] VerbFlow@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago
[-] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

Memory meds.

[-] Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

That even though 100% of people I trusted have let me down, it does not mean that the next one will.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

To bring my nice camera with me when I go on trips.

[-] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That when I step away from being online/social media/horror show that is the rest of the world, I live in a great place, have a good life, can touch grass and that that reality is more truthful than anything online.

[-] disregardable@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago

I am in fact supposed to be working more than 8 hours/day.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

friggin everything. every day its like. why did I not do this or that. in particular is to take the trash out at the middle of the day dog walk when its nicest to do it. I start doing things then forget im doing them and go do something else.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Sounds like you should try writing in a journal so your past self can explain what the hell went wrong!

[-] osanna@lemmy.vg 1 points 3 days ago

I've been writing a journal since 2004. they're online, so I can search them etc.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 4 days ago

Uhh ... that, uh ... that thing I'm supposed to do. Um ...

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

To eat. I was just thinking that I'm very lucky to have friends who cook and bake for often. Typing this with a mouth full of Beerenkuchen.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

I dunno what it was... some kind of fraction?

[-] Sherad@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

That action is almost always better than reaction

[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago
[-] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 4 points 4 days ago

Oddest one. That I'm supposed to have sex.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago
[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago

Check myself before I riggity wreck myself.

this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
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