a libi roserose_alibi@post.lurk.org
Nov 11, 2026, 5:52 PMwe should all write a collective memoir titled "i put it off for six months and it took me five minutes"
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- a libi roserose_alibi@post.lurk.orgNov 11, 2026, 5:54 PM
related, now that i've done the other looming scary things, does anyone want to just sit with me and give me moral support while i finally set up a gd LLC for interferencer?
brennenbrennen@federation.p1k3.comNov 11, 2026, 5:53 PM@rose_alibi yeah, i'm onboard, but first i have to [mumble]
Third spruce tree on the lefttezoatlipoca@mas.toNov 11, 2026, 9:23 PM@brennen @rose_alibi Well, first we have to put it off for five months.
Oblomovoblomov@snowfan.itNov 12, 2026, 11:30 AM@tezoatlipoca @brennen @rose_alibi yet I suspect writing the memoir itself will not take 5 minutes ;-)
Phillipphillip@social.tchncs.deNov 11, 2026, 5:54 PM@rose_alibi guilty af
dr_adr_a@mastodon.socialNov 11, 2026, 6:07 PM@rose_alibi i can provide moral support from afar. I’ve never set up one where you’re at, but I suspect the process is similar.
emenelemenel@post.lurk.orgNov 11, 2026, 5:55 PM@rose_alibi and the sequel: "i put it off for five minutes and it took six months" lol
0xC0DEC0DE07EAc0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.ioNov 11, 2026, 8:53 PM@emenel @rose_alibi nobody wants to talk about the simple task that turned out to be a near-impossibility…
Adrian McEwenamcewen@mastodon.me.ukNov 11, 2026, 5:57 PM@rose_alibi yeah, yeah, when—apart from those myriad times when that happens and I tell myself I should remember this for next time—has that ever been true?
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Robert Pickeringrobertpi@functional.cafeNov 11, 2026, 6:25 PM@rose_alibi
I feel very seen all of a sudden.
XorOwlxorowl@fog.highspirits.gamesNov 11, 2026, 8:52 PM@rose_alibi executive dysfunction is wild. Can spin up and host servers for friends and family and even my own mastodon.
i can't make myself bundle my desk trash until the can has wildly overflowed. :cate:
sleepy pancakes :ecoanarchism:squeakypancakes@sunbeam.cityNov 11, 2026, 9:02 PM@rose_alibi can we maybe do it later?
OinkOink@neopaquita.esNov 11, 2026, 9:19 PM@rose_alibi that was me today... something (important) waiting for two years that took me half an hour!😆
D2cascheranno@hachyderm.ioNov 11, 2026, 10:05 PM@rose_alibi it could be like one of those 50-things analogies, and crowdsourced, where we each write the lead in and every one ends ‘it took me five minutes.’
Roger MooreVATVSLPR@c.imNov 11, 2026, 10:13 PM@rose_alibi
Only 6 months? I've put things off for way longer than that.Edit: I would really like to help, but I'm very busy with other projects at the moment.
Nov 12, 2026, 1:51 AM@rose_alibi I think an international compilation could be in order – shall we set a deadline to ignore?
Derek LaneDerek@hkc.socialNov 12, 2026, 1:52 AM@rose_alibi I'll get around to it, sounds like a great idea.
smells of bikessmellsofbikes@mastodon.socialNov 12, 2026, 4:11 AM@rose_alibi "I put it off for six months, then tried to finish it and ran into an issue and went into a depressive spiral and am now no longer doing four other things that I used to be able to handle"
- a libi roserose_alibi@post.lurk.orgNov 12, 2026, 5:02 AM
@smellsofbikes oh no that is a different book, that one is just titled "see i was right all along"
Hey Guselebertus@eigenmagic.netNov 12, 2026, 4:20 AM@rose_alibi this is my life. I often feel I just wasn't meant to be an adult
Rue MohrRueNahcMohr@infosec.exchangeNov 12, 2026, 5:02 AM@rose_alibi One of the things I have learned this year with the "52 robots in 52 weeks" is that it can take time to "sell yourself" a plan/solution and its important to take that time because, if there is a revelation to be made about the task/project, it will happen in that time.
The only thing that would make it easier and more straightforward is a crystal ball where you can look into the future and see what the solution was in the first place.
Daniel Lakelanddlakelan@mastodon.sdf.orgNov 12, 2026, 12:51 PM@rose_alibi
Seems like this memoir will take a long time to finish, but be pretty quick once we actually get started on it.
flankerflanker@iosdev.spaceNov 12, 2026, 2:30 PM@rose_alibi @nicklockwood And its sequel: "That quick 10 minute job". Subtitled:6 months later and still not finished
Vic 🇪🇺vic@toot.walesNov 12, 2026, 3:37 PM@rose_alibi Sounds like a perfect way to spend my time what with the 15 tasks on my plate right now
Mad AlexmadalexNov 12, 2026, 4:05 PM@rose_alibi Ouch, did you have to remind me that I still need to do my taxes? 🥹
- a libi roserose_alibi@post.lurk.orgNov 12, 2026, 4:10 PM
@madalex oh no sorry! but... probably it won't take that long?
- Mad AlexmadalexNov 12, 2026, 4:15 PM
It won't, the main hurdle is having some 15 uninterupted minutes when I'm ready for it, i.e. not tired or just happy to be able to call it a day.
Doing them itself is just busywork, so in the worst case I can do them on November 30 between 11 pm and 12 am like I usually do.
But afterwards I always swear to myself next year is going to be different.
Robophobeearthtoneone@mstdn.socialNov 13, 2026, 12:16 AM@rose_alibi Sequel: "I Lost Sleep Over It for Weeks but It Was Actually Fine"
I would like to submit a chapter about today's phone call.