u/Diligent-Bed422

A few months ago I stopped at the same little grocery store after work and bought a few things. The cashier noticed I was buying the same tea I always get and mentioned that they had a cheaper version of it that was pretty good.

I tried it and actually liked it more than the one I had been buying.

I completely forgot about that conversation until yesterday when I went back to the store. I put the tea on the counter and the cashier smiled and said You switched to that one.

It was such a small thing, but I honestly did not expect them to remember me or something that random from months ago.

I walked out of the store smiling like an idiot. Sometimes it is the smallest moments that make an ordinary day feel a little more special.

For the past few months I kept getting annoyed that I was always running late. I blamed traffic, other people, work, even the fact that I hate mornings.

Then last week I realized the actual problem was much simpler.

I kept saying I’ll do it in five minutes about everything.

Five minutes to find my keys. Five minutes to answer a message. Five minutes to make coffee. Five minutes to clean up before leaving.

Those five minutes kept turning into ten or twenty and suddenly my whole day was behind.

I started putting everything down in the same place and giving myself an extra ten minutes before I needed to leave. It sounds ridiculously simple but my mornings have been completely different.

Now I am wondering how many problems. I have been trying to fix without actually figuring out what was causing them in the first place.

Has anyone else ever discovered that the problem they were stressed about was actually something much smaller than they thought?

A few months ago my neighbor mentioned that she was struggling to work from home because her old desk was falling apart. I had a small desk sitting in my spare room that I was not using anymore so I offered it to her. I told her she could have it and did not expect anything in return.

Last week I needed a desk again because my sister is staying with me for a while and will be working from my place. I asked my neighbor if I could have my old desk back for a few months and said I would give it back when my sister leaves.

She got annoyed and said that I gave it to her so it was hers now. I understand that technically I gave it away but I honestly thought asking for it back temporarily would not be a big deal since I had originally owned it and was not asking her to give it up permanently.

She says I am being unreasonable and that once you give someone a gift you can not suddenly expect it back when it is convenient for you.

AITA for asking for the desk back?