Thought I was too good for a label maker. Now I own three.

Kept telling myself I could read my handwriting fine until I spent 45 minutes tracing a wire in a panel last Tuesday. Bought a Brother P-Touch the next day. Anyone else resist simple stuff and regret it?

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thompson.xena2d ago

Doesn't it feel like every time you finally give in to an obvious solution, you kick yourself for not doing it years earlier? It's like that with so many small things that chip away at your time. I remember telling myself I could keep all my passwords in my head, then wasted a whole afternoon resetting accounts because I forgot one. Now I use a password manager and it's boring but it works. So many of these little resistances are just pride getting in the way of convenience.

wrenh792d ago

Right, that pride thing is huge. But I wonder what's really behind it for you personally. Is it pride in being self-sufficient and not needing a tool, or is it more about the fear of admitting you were wrong about how you were doing things before? Because I feel like I have that same kick-myself moment, but then I realize I was also secretly enjoying the drama of fixing the mess I made. Like the chaos was a little bit fun until it wasn't. Do you think part of the resistance was actually just liking the adrenaline of the problem solving, even if it was stupid?