Fuck anxiety.
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Fucking hate how my brain works.
Decided this morning since there's likely gonna be a bunch of stuff going on at work that it would behoove me to actually eat a decent breakfast. Made eggs and toast. It was lovely.
Leave the house, get 1/3 of the way to work on the highway and my brain goes "And now for something completely different: You now can't remember if you turned your stove off this morning. Have fun with that."
So now I'm at the office trying to convince my brain that I'm not stupid enough to leave the stove on and wondering if this is going to get bad enough to where I go "I have to go home and check"
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Yeah. Fuck those days.
Also the days where you go "Did I actually lock the door to my home" about half-way to work or whatever. (And the days where you go "Did I actually lock my door" about half-way across the Atlantic on an airplane.) :-(
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@cvi said in Fuck anxiety.:
And the days where you go "Did I actually lock my door" about half-way across the Atlantic on an airplane.
Send an app to the neighbour who is feeding the cats and/or watering the plants?
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Gas stove or electric stove?
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@cvi That's (surprisingly) one of the things I can't actually get anxious about. I have the door locked at all times unless I have company over, whether I'm home or not.
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@anotherusername Electric. There wouldn't be anything on the burner that may have been left on (at least, not more than a couple crumbs or something), but there were a couple cans resting on the burner behind it.
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See kids, this is why we need a fully IoT home!
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@e4tmyl33t said in Fuck anxiety.:
Electric.
Upgrade to inductive, those turn off automatically if there's no (ferritic) bowls/pans/whatevers on them.
Filed under: Dispensing useless advice and random facts since whenever I started doing that, Vagueness adds to uselessness so I had to do it
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@onyx I was looking at inductive stoves (just casually while looking at fridges when mine died a little while ago) but I can't really justify replacing it. Not to mention that I'd probably have to replace my entire (limited) set of cookware as well...
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@e4tmyl33t Well, was almost a clean break for me after moving, so I guess that was easier. Any way, haven't looked back for a second, those things are awesome - no waiting for ages like electric heaters, heats like a champ, easy to clean, adjusting the power / temperature is as instant as your cookware / food will allow...
The only kinda annoying thing is it starts beeping and complaining if you need to take your cookware off in the middle of a process for any reason. But I can live with that small annoyance.
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@onyx said in Fuck anxiety.:
The only kinda annoying thing is it starts beeping and complaining if you need to take your cookware off in the middle of a process for any reason.
I would just find the beeper and remove it, like I did to my waffle iron
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@timebandit I'd rather waste my effort on disassembling my microwave, hooking into the display and adding in a fucking clock!
Seriously, the timing chip is there, the display is on all the time anyway showing
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like a dumbass, ADD A FUCKING CLOCK, SHARP!Anyway... yeah.
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Grrr. I haven't even been at work for 2 hours and my instincts are screaming at me to go home RIGHT THE HELL NOW.
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@onyx said in Fuck anxiety.:
I'd rather waste my effort on disassembling my microwave, hooking into the display and adding in a fucking clock!
Your time is more valuable than this
Stick it on the microwave
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It's common for me to have similar panics when I'm most of the way to the dojo wondering if I forgot to pack my uniform pants or something.
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@cvi said in Fuck anxiety.:
Yeah. Fuck those days.
Also the days where you go "Did I actually lock the door to my home" about half-way to work or whatever. (And the days where you go "Did I actually lock my door" about half-way across the Atlantic on an airplane.) :-(
I did that once. Luckily I wasn't too far away. Turned around and went home. Door was wide open. Oops.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Fuck anxiety.:
See kids, this is why we need a fully IoT home!
I don't like you.
hackhackhack
:stove:: All burners running on high Captain!
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My door is on a yale lock, so locks automatically when I close it. My panic is, just as it's too far gone to be able to stop shutting it, 'shit, do I have my keys? "
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@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
'shit, do I have my keys? "
WTF with the mismatched quotes...
This is one of the reasons I have a habit routine to always grab my keys from the magnet if I'm going outside, regardless of the expected duration...
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@tsaukpaetra said in Fuck anxiety.:
WTF with the mismatched quotes..
Mobile, and too tired to pay attention
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@pleegwat said in Fuck anxiety.:
Send an app to the neighbour who is feeding the cats and/or watering the plants?
Yeah, ~6 hours later when you land. (Well ... these days you have Wifi+GSM from the airplane, but that's a fairly new thing, I think.)
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@tsaukpaetra Yeah, and then you can worry about russian hackers turning your stove on instead.
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@blek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@tsaukpaetra Yeah, and then you can worry about russian hackers turning your stove on instead.
And, in the cold winter, that's a good thing, right ?
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@dcon said in Fuck anxiety.:
I did that once. Luckily I wasn't too far away. Turned around and went home. Door was wide open. Oops.
I actually only remember one time when I've forgotten to close and lock the door, and this was when returning from a trip. I was so exhausted that --apparently-- when coming home, I opened the door to my apartment, put the luggage smack middle in the entrance, and then proceeded to my bed where I passed out for the next 5 or so hours.
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@cvi said in Fuck anxiety.:
@dcon said in Fuck anxiety.:
I did that once. Luckily I wasn't too far away. Turned around and went home. Door was wide open. Oops.
I actually only remember one time when I've forgotten to close and lock the door, and this was when returning from a trip. I was so exhausted that --apparently-- when coming home, I opened the door to my apartment, put the luggage smack middle in the entrance, and then proceeded to my bed where I passed out for the next 5 or so hours.
I have done that before too... Summer time, took the dog for his bedtime walk. Woke up the next morning - oh. (Screen door was closed, so the dog couldn't wonder off)
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@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
My door is on a yale lock, so locks automatically when I close it. My panic is, just as it's too far gone to be able to stop shutting it, 'shit, do I have my keys? "
All I have is a deadbolt, so I'm pretty sure I can't lock myself out. Low-tech solutions for the win.
N.B.: Not to say that I don't get anxiety about doing so anyway, because I do; like most anxiety, it's completely irrational.
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@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
My door is on a yale lock, so locks automatically when I close it. My panic is, just as it's too far gone to be able to stop shutting it, 'shit, do I have my keys? "
I have developed the habit of patting my pockets as I'm walking out the door, before I let it close behind me. Always!
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@blek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@tsaukpaetra Yeah, and then you can worry about russian hackers turning your stove on instead.
I'm under the impression they would think they're doing you a favor, being all nice and prepping your house like that....
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@tsaukpaetra said in Fuck anxiety.:
@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
'shit, do I have my keys? "
WTF with the mismatched quotes...
This is one of the reasons I have a habit routine to always grab my keys from the magnet if I'm going outside, regardless of the expected duration...
Usually the way I handle that is, if I'm wearing pants then my keys are in the pocket.
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@hardwaregeek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
My door is on a yale lock, so locks automatically when I close it. My panic is, just as it's too far gone to be able to stop shutting it, 'shit, do I have my keys? "
I have developed the habit of patting my pockets as I'm walking out the door, before I let it close behind me. Always!
For that, I have a key hidden outside. Also works well for that emergency "hey, when you drive past my house, can you get
thing
on your way to (dog show 100 miles away)"
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@anotherusername said in Fuck anxiety.:
@tsaukpaetra said in Fuck anxiety.:
@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
'shit, do I have my keys? "
WTF with the mismatched quotes...
This is one of the reasons I have a habit routine to always grab my keys from the magnet if I'm going outside, regardless of the expected duration...
Usually the way I handle that is, if I'm wearing pants then my keys are in the pocket.
I dislike objects like keys on a keyring being in my pocket because it presses against my legs in weird and random ways that's irritating.
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@tsaukpaetra Just don't wear pants.
Oh you meant in public? Yeah, I can't really help you.
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@e4tmyl33t said in Fuck anxiety.:
Grrr. I haven't even been at work for 2 hours and my instincts are screaming at me to go home RIGHT THE HELL NOW.
Do you have flexi situation at work? Can you just tell them you want to continue working from home for the day?
You can't do intellectual work while fighting with your brain.
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Oh, the fun of anxiety. I got plenty of that at the moment too, because of my house purchase and impending move. Right now I get to worry about something messing up this monday, as that is when the money will be transferred to the seller and the keys (and eventually the deed) will be transferred to me. Even if having doublechecked that I have the required amount of money on the account from which the money will be deducted and the bank has told me that all the papers are in order and the loan is ready I still will get to worry all the way until it's done.
Also the fact that I will lose my safe zone (aka my home for the past 7.5 years), combined with it going to take some time to settle in my new place and get that to the same level of safety. Yeah, fuck anxiety.
Although, for things like the stove and locking the door, I do have the opportunity to go full smart home as I need to renovate the house anyway. And I can feel all safe knowing that security is the top concern in all things IoT.
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@cartman82 At this point, I leave work in two and a half hours. If the stove was going to burn the house down, it'll have done it already and I'll just go home to cinders.
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@e4tmyl33t said in Fuck anxiety.:
If the stove was going to burn the house down, it'll have done it already and I'll just go home to cinders.
There ya go, that's the way to think about it. Nothing to worry about. Nothing at all.
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House stands. Brain was, as usual, spouting bullshit.
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@anotherusername said in Fuck anxiety.:
if I'm wearing pants then my keys are in the pocket.
And if you leave the house not wearing pants, you have bigger problems than forgetting your keys.
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@izzion said in Fuck anxiety.:
@hardwaregeek said in Fuck anxiety.:
And if you leave the house not wearing pants, you have bigger problems
But the problem will certainly not be lupus
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@dcon said in Fuck anxiety.:
@hardwaregeek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
My door is on a yale lock, so locks automatically when I close it. My panic is, just as it's too far gone to be able to stop shutting it, 'shit, do I have my keys? "
I have developed the habit of patting my pockets as I'm walking out the door, before I let it close behind me. Always!
For that, I have a key hidden outside.
Now I just need to doxxx you, get a US visa, but plane tickets, fly in, rob you, ???, profit!
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My "did I lock the door" solution:
- Choose a place (pocket, keyring, etc) that is designated as 'locked door'.
- Develop a habit: locking door -> immediately put the key into chosen space.
- Develop a habit: never put the key back into chosen space after unlocking door.
It's easy to get into and fights off this kind of anxiety like a charm.
For the stove thing, I don't have a solution other than going inductive. I almost burned down my house twice, before getting inductive stove. It's great - won't work with no pot on it and will turn off by itself when the pot is empty or it works too long (4 hours AFAIR).
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@hardwaregeek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@anotherusername said in Fuck anxiety.:
if I'm wearing pants then my keys are in the pocket.
And if you leave the house not wearing pants, you have bigger problems than forgetting your keys.
Yeah. Especially at this time of the year.
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@anotherusername said in Fuck anxiety.:
@hardwaregeek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@anotherusername said in Fuck anxiety.:
if I'm wearing pants then my keys are in the pocket.
And if you leave the house not wearing pants, you have bigger problems than forgetting your keys.
Yeah. Especially at this time of the year.
Sunburn in my Antipodes?
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@kt_ said in Fuck anxiety.:
@dcon said in Fuck anxiety.:
@hardwaregeek said in Fuck anxiety.:
@jaloopa said in Fuck anxiety.:
My door is on a yale lock, so locks automatically when I close it. My panic is, just as it's too far gone to be able to stop shutting it, 'shit, do I have my keys? "
I have developed the habit of patting my pockets as I'm walking out the door, before I let it close behind me. Always!
For that, I have a key hidden outside.
Now I just need to doxxx you, get a US visa, but plane tickets, fly in, rob you, ???, profit!
To say nothing of locating said key... Hint, it's not under the door mat or above the door!
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@mrl said in Fuck anxiety.:
For the stove thing, I don't have a solution
One solution I read about for this sort of thing it to do something memorable after doing the action. e.g. turn off the stove then stand on one leg and pat your head (or similar).
If it's an electric stove and you think it's worth the effort you could put a timer on the socket to kill the power between, say, 9 and 6. I've also seen a control on air conditioners where you have to select how long you want the thing on for (30/60/120 mins iirc).
Good luck with this because it sucks. My current thing is being in the car halfway to work then wondering if I dropped the kids off.
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@boner said in Fuck anxiety.:
My current thing is being in the car halfway to work then wondering if I dropped the kids off
Not as bad as being in the car and suddenly being convinced you've lost your keys until you look down and see them in the ignition
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@boner said in Fuck anxiety.:
One solution I read about for this sort of thing it to do something memorable after doing the action
The problem with that is that once the action becomes routine, it stops being memorable. "Hmm, I remember standing on one leg, but was that yesterday or today?"
My current thing is being in the car halfway to work then wondering if I dropped the kids off.
At least that's easy to fix. Just check in the rearview mirror if they're still in the back seat :P