Author: Andrew
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Hybrid Work Doesn’t Make Sense
My company started bringing people back to the office in August and September of this year to mostly negative feedback from employees that had been working and over performing for almost 3 years. Thankfully I don’t have to return as I don’t meet most of the requirements to have my…
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Hope You’re Good Nephew
On February 13, 2020, my nephew took his own life. That’s a day that I’ve played over in my head like I used to play out a cassette tape when I was younger. There are a hundred what if’s that have gone through my head, but none of it will…
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Stress Free
This one is quite easy to answer, but has some applied nuance to set the appropriate context. I went full disconnect and assumed that “without a computer” actually meant all electronic processing devices, including a mobile phone. With that said, here is what I hope my life would look like…
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Trying to talk politics….
When stopping to survey the landscape of politics, it would be hard to argue that were not in some kind of meat grinder or dystopian movie of the future. The news cycles are depressing on a good day and almost impossible to watch on a bad day. So much news…
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I’m Generation X
TLDR answer? The trait I value most is that I’m Generation X. I grew up largely in the 80’s, however on the younger side since I am on the tail end of the generational span. Regardless, I had two working parents where I had 2-4 hours each day after school…
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Just enough to not get fired
Actually hard work does not make me feel fulfilled, rather, the opposite. Hard work lately has been a slog, a chore, something to be avoided. I can’t put my finger on why I feel this way, however there are multiple contributing factors that push me to be aloof and disconnected…
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People
A worthy question indeed. I used to do a lot of things, for myself and others, that lately I have ignored or willfully chosen to not take action. What I need to figure out is whether the question is asking me to commit to doing more of something that I…
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Unhappy 40-something
I’m not happy and haven’t been in a while. The whole going through the motions thing has been my go to for several months, or even a few years, because that is what I can handle right now. Thinking about this now for hours before deciding to open up a…
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Computer Brands Just Suck
After a recent purchase of the system pictured below, I decided that I didn’t want to have all the bloatware sitting on the system doing who knows what. I figured it would be a quick process to get it booted into a mode to allow a USB installation of vanilla…
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Take the Bite out of Politics
The season of voting is upon us again and it’s been a literal charlie foxtrot in my neck of the woods. I can’t watch more than 15 minutes of television without seeing a political attack ad on one of the multiple candidates that are on the ticket this round. At…