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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • A bit stressed out because we are flying international today with the winter storm raging. Our flight was already cancelled and rebooked and now our connections are bad (e.g. only 1.5 hours to get from one terminal to another at JFK with luggage, in-person check in, and having to go through security again).





  • You are being paid for your skills and availability, plus having to work at night. Your employer can pay someone cheaper who can be up all night but won’t know what to do if something does happen. They can also get someone who has the skills but won’t agree to do the job at night unless they are paid higher. Being able to do both is what they’re paying you for. I would suggest you use your time to maybe make your idle time productive, like learning something new (if you’re allowed to of course).











  • The best analogy for me would be to use something the person you’re explaining to already uses. For example, if they’re a reddit user, I just say imagine everyone has the capability to create their own reddit website, and everyone’s reddit sites can be interconnected and you can choose to join whichever site you want and see content from the other sites. If they’re coming from twitter, just change the it from reddit to twitter. It’s much easier than using the email analogy.