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Does anyone have tangible tips for not being perfectionist at work, especially as it relates to time blindness and task management? For me, this looks like:

• Taking way too long to finish short tasks like emails or reports because I keep editing them
• Delaying finishing or “launching” projects without a hard deadline because they’re not perfect
• Similarly, focusing too much on the small details of something and missing the big picture or the main priority

A lot of the advice online is…unhelpful. It’s basically like “here are all the reasons why being a perfectionist is actually a bad thing, so now that you now that, you’ll stop being a perfectionist!” I don’t know who that advice is wor

tl;dr: Do I ask for a raise if I’m planning to leave the job in the next 3 months regardless of whether I get the raise?

I have been working in my current entry-level role at a small non-profit since November 2021. Since I’ve been hired, we’ve grown from 3 staff members to 6. Compensation and benefits have not grown with our staff– I have no paid time off (no sick, personal, or vacation), no insurance, no 401k, nothing. I only recently switched from being mis-classified as a 1099 contractor to a W2 employee.

The only reason I took this role was because they hired me before I graduated college (in May 2022), so I thought it was advantageous to get experience in my preferred field that my p

I’m the person who struggles to get rid of things that I think are perfectly good or that could be used for something. I have boxes and boxes full of random things that I can’t bear to part with because I’m convinced I’ll need them again.

Well, I finally needed something random that I know I kept, and I was feeling really justified in keeping all of those boxes. Until I realized I can’t find it. I can’t even find it! I’ve been keeping it for years in case I need it and now that I finally do, I can’t even find it because I have so much random stuff that it’s lost in the chaos.

I just went to the store and bought a new one and I suddenly feel a lot less guilty about getting rid of stuff “i

Hi everyone! So the tl;dr is that I need some help figuring out how to restore the bottom drawer of a Lane cedar hope chest that is moldy. Here are some more details:

I just recently picked this up for $13 from a Savers and I am stoked! It looks like it was made in 1963, and it seems like it's in great shape, except for the bottom drawer. It is the kind of chest that has a drawer separate from the cedar-lined part, so the bottom drawer looks like it has solid wood sides and some sort of chipboard-type bottom? It's lined with green velvet/felt. The drawer looks like it's sustained some water damage because the velvet/felt is looking pretty discolored and the bottom of the drawer has mold on

Does anyone have good advice on how they deal with their keys/keychains?

I’m trying to make this short and sweet so the gist of it is that I have lots of keys and 2 keycards, most of which I need every day but some of which I don’t! I’m thinking of trying to separate them into multiple keychains so I could only grab the one I need, so I was just wondering what works best for you all to have what you need but also not lose anything!

Any tips/recommendations/stories are welcome :)

I’m a quarantine gardener so I’m attempting vegetable gardening for the 2nd time. I took absolutely no notes last season, so I have no idea what varieties I planted, etc. Obviously, that would’ve been helpful right now as I get going this season. So, I’m going to try to track some of that this year.

What do you guys keep track of from year to year? Is there anything you’ve found helpful to have notes on over the long term? Or anything you wish you had more notes on?

Any advice you have is very welcome!

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So after seeing u/Krissa_Meroney make pins for her partners a while back I was inspired af and wanted to make some too! I asked everyone what their favorite drink was and so each pin is the person's favorite drink :) Bonus points if you can guess some! They were made with Shrinky Dinks, sharpies (ayy) acrylic paint, and they have pinbacks glued to the back. I drew each one by hand so they're not perfect but I think it gives them some character lol. I'm going to hand them out tomorrow with green apron cards and I'm super excited for everyone's reactions!! (PS: I know these aren't dress code)