u/dooyd

Would be sick to go in the opposite direction and make an album about rainbows and sunshine.

Maybe a song called Everyone Lives Together

Newborn is 3 months old.

I’m struggling to think clearly.

My wife is taking her leave and I’m working right now until her leave is up.

When I’m at home she texts me to come down and help sometimes

I’ll hear the baby crying other times and I go down to see what’s going on

And the whole day goes by and I realize that I wasted my time and couldn’t get deep, focused uninterrupted work.

My wife gets frustrated because she’s telling me that she’s with the baby all day and I at least get to escape and do work . I told her that I would rather not work at all.

My boss is a parent but I feel like they don’t care at all that I’m a parent and I’m struggling. They are giving me very ambitious deadlines that clearly require working late hours.

And it’s fucking pissing me off because it’s bleeding into family time that I can be using for my baby.

Maybe before I could work like this but now, I sure as hell can’t. The context switching at my job is killing me and having to take care of our child during work hours while I work from home kills my productivity.

And the household chores and shit that needs to get done has been piling up. We’ve been eating out a lot. I feel like I can never catch a break

A part of me wants me to get fired from my job so I can tell my wife “I told you so!”. But then we are screwed because there’s no way we can support the household.

I’m so fuckin frustrated man. Everything I’ve been doing or thinking about doing has been half assed. I’m so fucking scatter brained

I felt as if this song is rarely talked about and is underrated af!!!

That tapping bit over the syncopated rhythm section (around 1:30 and 4:00) is single handedly the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard. It felt like I was in a rocket ship being blasted off into space.

I keep going back to that part

Sorry for being so blunt , I’m just grumpy …

They blew it out of the fuckin water. This is hands down album of the year and downright album of the century. Such music has never been made. It’s fresh, it’s original, it’s authentic.

I don’t know what’s next for periphery but I will be on the edge of my seat.

Out of all timelines I’m most grateful for being in this one (despite all the downright evil fucked up shit going down in this world)

It’s crazy that not many people even know who Periphery are. They are one of the greatest and most influential bands of our time

God damn it’s so good

Fuckin bravo. They did it again. What a phenomenal album!!

APWD tops anything periphery has ever done and this is coming from someone who enjoyed every single album they’ve put out.

What a time to be alive, these guys are one of the few bands who are continuously putting out authentic and original music, I’m always on the edge of my seat waiting to see what they’ll do next

I’m so pumped, I feel as if it’s going to top P1-5 and the juggernauts

I know they are envious of us making absurd amounts of money out the gate with just a bachelors… but now the tables have turned.

They are looking all high and mighty because no matter what, they will always be employed. Even if they lost their job today, they could easily find another one tomorrow

For us we have to go through 4-5+ interviews just to be rejected.

During our interviews, the interviewer assumes you don’t know jack shit despite having years of experience, references, and a degree. “So you think you can code aye??” They always try to ask you trick questions and gotchas, even irrelevant questions that don’t apply to the job.

I’ve always been fascinated by healthcare. Sure you can’t wfh and you have to deal with the worst side of humans. And sure you have to do a lot of schooling depending on your role. But you have way better job security.

As someone who has been laid off for close to a year, I wish i could go back in time and study nursing.

It’s embarrassing that I’m living with my parents right now. And don’t you fucking tell me that my job does not define me. It definitely does. Your job allows you to have independence and support yourself. Without that, I am pathetic .

I did everything by the books and here I am. Useless. I am such an idiot for picking this field

Idk why but I have a gut feeling that this is going to be the greatest thing they’ve ever done.

Clairvoyant and Language were such groundbreaking albums.

When it comes to pumping out authentic music, we can count on TC.

I mean hell, if the bones EP is any indication of where they are going, then I’m fucking pumped . Follow and early grave were such bangers

It’s frustrating people you always see people saying the following:

“There’s no point if you don’t lift heavy enough”

“You can’t out run a bad diet”

“You can’t skip leg day”

“You’re not going to gain any muscle if you aren’t eating at least 1 gram per pound of body weight”

I hate this mentality that you have to execute everything with perfection

I would’ve never started my fitness and weight loss journey if I listened to these fools.

I first started by only doing 10-15 min of cardio a day even though the doctor said 150 min a week is recommended. If I went balls to the walls and started with 150 min of cardio per week, then I would’ve burned out and given up. 10-15 min a few days a week is better than the 0 min i was doing better.

As for protein, I was barely getting any before. I took one snack , just one, and swapped it out for a lower calorie, high fiber and high protein option. And I stuck to it. I didn’t try to target my goal calories or protein from day one.

For lifting, I started with the fun exercises like the bicep curl and bench first. And stayed consistent with that.

Was I being optimal in any of this? No. But I was establishing micro habits .

I had people on a few fitness subreddits tell me that I’m going to injure myself I only do a few strength training exercises per week.

Fuck them. I eased into it. The alternative wasn’t either exercising with perfect execution or not exercising. It was adding a small tid bit to my nonexistent routine and building myself to reach closer to the ideal optimal routine

Hello there.

Tonal looks amazing and it looks like something I’ve always wanted.

going to the gym and having squat racks and heavy ass equipment at home seems to discourage me from ever establishing the habit. I feel like barbells are too much for the joints and have too high of a risk of injury.

That’s what attracts me to the tonal. It seems like it’s fairly easy to get the form right while minimizing the risk of injury.

I like how minimalistic the equipment will be and how it will be data driven. I will get the best resistance training sessions possible in the comfort of my own home.

However I am concerned about how much I’m putting into it. Think it was $5500 at checkout for the Tonal 2 plus $60/mo for the subscription.

I can afford it but I’m not feeling so good about the fact that the machine is useless without the subscription. They can jack it up at any time.

Also what happens if the machine breaks past warranty?

Another concern is that the room I want to put it in might not the room I always want it in have kids so as they grow older, I’ll want to shift some things around

I want to look fit and have muscle. And yes I know that comes down to diet and I am already able to stay consistent with dieting, I just haven’t been able to add in the weights for consistency to truly transform my body.

I think it’d be sick to see periphery swap roles. Have someone else on drums, someone else on guitar, someone else on vocals and record an album.

I’ve never seen a band do this

Curious to hear everyone’s takes, I’m blanking so I can’t think of anything right now but will update this when I do

Curious to hear everyone’s takes, I’m blanking so I can’t think of anything right now but will update this when I do

It would be sick for periphery to make another album that’s the opposite of A Pale White Dot.

Theme would be about sunshine and rainbows