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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Between my current job (unlimited PTO) and my last (30 days PTO) I’ve had 30+ for the last 10 years.

    Last year I used 35+ days.

    A lot of it goes to smaller things. 1 or 2 days here and there. Few days camping, turn a 3 day weekend in to a 4 day, etc… It really can change how you use your time.




  • Combining calorie counting with intermittent fasting helped me lose 50+ lbs with relative ease. To support intermittent fasting I cut out evening snacks and breakfast, which gave me the 16:8 ratio (eating only from noon to 8 PM).

    The calorie counting helps set me up for future success as well since I now have a much better idea of what is healthy and what isn’t.





  • That isn’t “normal” though. Part of the reason that companies like unlimited PTO is that typically workers take less PTO when unlimited is offered.

    I had 8 weeks paid per year in my last job, so rolling in to this one with unlimited I pretty much do the same. But for sure I’m a bit of an anomaly. I rarely see others taking time.




  • I very intentionally received only an associate’s degree with the plan being to immediately get a job and start learning from there. It’s worked great. Except that was 20 years ago and now many jobs “require” a bachelor’s or otherwise have the nerve to say that 4 years of on the job experience is the same as 1 year of college.

    In my experience, I’ve seen the same thing. The university time kick starts things. But university lessons are so different than real on the job work.