Thanks, Past. You're Welcome, Future.

[lb_lee]

Mori: we have many text files on our hard drive titled "How To (insert thing here)", which contain all the annoying things we need to remember, but not so often that they're easy to recall. (You know, how to reinstall custom dictionaries in LibreOffice, how to fix when our tablet's pressure sensitivity fails, how to turn whites transparent in GIMP...) Somewhere along the way, we developed the habit of ending these helpful tips with something along the lines of, "you're welcome, future self."

It works. Every time I don't have to Google how to convert straight quotes to curly, I feel gratitude to my helpful, thoughtful past self looking out for me. What a great guy! And whenever I make a new document explaining how to fix that stupid thing (like when I had to do a step-by-step How To Do All Your Taxes.txt) I'm able to weather the frustration by knowing how much trouble it will spare my future self.

Thank you, past self! You're welcome, future self.

Comments

[talewisefellowship]

[John]

Sounds like I should do this. There are so many things I have done more than once but forget how to do by the time I have to do them

[lb_lee]

Mori: it's suuuuper useful, especially for things that are clunkily designed. We started doing them after one too many "UGH I HAVE DONE THIS A MILLION TIMES AND KEEP FORGETTING" and it's been a boon.

That and keeping .txts of all the nicest things people have ever said about our work.

[talewisefellowship]

[John]

Yeah the online class picker for my university is one of those clunkily designed things so I have forgotten how to use it several times. drives me nuts

[lb_lee]

Mac: college sites are the woooorst. That and medical.