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Spent 6 months working from a coffee shop in Chiang Mai before I realized they had a dedicated coworking space upstairs
I was complaining to the barista about my wifi dropping during Zoom calls and she just pointed at a staircase I'd walked past every single day with a sign that said 'Digital Workspace - 150 baht all day' and I felt like the biggest idiot on earth, has anyone else missed something that obvious right in front of them?
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val94921d agoTop Commenter
The whole 'walked past every single day' part hit me hard. I did almost the same thing in Tokyo - stayed at a hostel for 3 months complaining about the cold showers before someone told me the boiler was just switched off at the breaker 5 feet from my bed. Felt like I'd wasted a whole season of my life. Sometimes you get so locked into your routine you stop actually looking at where you even are.
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ward.jamie21d ago
Oh man, that story about the cold shower breaker is brutal! It's wild how our brains just stop questioning things after a while. You settle into this pattern where the problem feels like it's just part of the deal, so you never even look for a fix. I bet half the stuff we complain about daily has a simple solution sitting right there, we just got too comfortable being annoyed. It's like we need a fresh pair of eyes on our own lives every few months just to spot the obvious stuff.
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