i hate how much i fret and waste emotion and rage over making sure someone else's shit becomes my stuff.
it is second only to how much i hate the three weeks of reading "Best Waffle Irons of 2024" lists that i make myself read endlessly before i buy one that is more expensive than i wanted to spend on a waffle iron that i will hate and not use.
i hate it.
As a rule I don't buy specialized kitchen gadgets that are only good at making one type of food. It has saved me both money and cupboard space.
I suggest you make an exception for a rice cooker. It's been one of our best purchases and it can do other things besides cook rice too
I've definitely bought myself something more than a few times to try and fill an emptiness inside. It makes you feel better for about a day or less, then you go back to feeling how you did before.
It works better of you buy something that has additional positives. Like a new oven and cooking more often or something to do sports.
But ya, I know that feeling.
Exactly, like a 10gbe nic to transfer all those pics you never take faster to your server, or maybe some heatsinks for your nvme drives so the degrees go down a little and you can see some data on benchmarks change a little
All of my backpacking equipment made me feel very happy when purchasing it, and it still does every time I use it, or see it.
That's why I buy myself projects that frustrate me for several days, before they make me feel better for a day or less, and then I go back to how I did before.
I really get my money's worth that way...I guess...
Lego be like:
Just get into a hobby that you only have to do so often. Then you can frustrate yourself, feel better, feel normal again, then forget about it for 2 months.
Reusing frustration to conserve me frustration for what else is coming.
i hate how much i fret and waste emotion and rage over making sure someone else's shit becomes my stuff.
it is second only to how much i hate the three weeks of reading "Best Waffle Irons of 2024" lists that i make myself read endlessly before i buy one that is more expensive than i wanted to spend on a waffle iron that i will hate and not use.
i hate it.
As a rule I don't buy specialized kitchen gadgets that are only good at making one type of food. It has saved me both money and cupboard space.
I suggest you make an exception for a rice cooker. It's been one of our best purchases and it can do other things besides cook rice too