Izolda4 Jul 2025
Bookmarking. This is the clearest description of a plateau I have read anywhere.
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Friday 4 July 2025 · week 29
A calculator and a cup of tea
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Price went up mid-year and I had a very unglamorous evening with a calculator and a cup of tea.
A supply gap of five weeks.
Did the arithmetic out loud, on the page, no rounding. It is a lot. Seeing it written down was steadying rather than frightening, which I had not expected.
What this has displaced in the budget: the car being fixed, and a holiday. I have decided that is the right trade for now and I reserve the right to change my mind.
Pausing for two months. Not a failure, not a moral event, just a month where the money is not there.
Until next time.
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From people who share a circle with Aleks.
Ozzy6 Jul 2025
This is why I read the boring weeks. Thank you for the boring weeks.
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Obi O4 Jul 2025
Writing this down for my own review, if you do not mind. The question you asked is the one I have been failing to ask for a year.
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Nadja5 Jul 2025
That is a real thing and it is not trivial. Do not let anyone tell you it is only hair.
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