Appreciation post: My worst work week in Bali taught me the best lesson

I had a full week of power cuts in Ubud, with the internet dropping for 4 hours every afternoon right during client calls. I was scrambling for cafes and felt totally stuck. It forced me to finally set up a proper mobile hotspot backup and plan my deep work for the mornings. Has anyone else had a place that broke their bad routines like that?

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angela_harris1mo ago

That four hour afternoon internet drop sounds brutal, but so smart to flip it into a system. Did figuring out that mobile backup make you change how you plan your whole work day now, like being stricter about your schedule? I feel like once you fix one big stress point, it makes you look at everything else you've just been putting up with.

anderson.piper5d ago

Flip it around and ask yourself, is it really about the internet drop or is it about finally having a reason to say "no" to things you've been avoiding? Getting that mobile backup sounds like a bandaid when the real wound might be that you're overloading your workday to begin with. Like, aren't we all just putting up with stuff because we haven't hit the breaking point yet? Once you fix one crack, you start seeing the whole wall of small problems you've been ignoring. It's almost like we need those little disasters to wake us up, isn't it? Makes you wonder what else you'd change if you stopped and looked.

william_garcia1mo ago

My friend's Lisbon Airbnb had one working outlet.

hall.joel1mo ago

Remember that hostel in Barcelona where the shower was just a drain in the floor? You had to hold the showerhead with one hand and try to wash with the other. Makes you wonder what basic thing they'll mess up next.