<![CDATA[You can just pretend to have your shit together.]]>You can just pretend to have your shit together. They don’t really check

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e8572a55-3935-4b8c-b9c0-44dd6b49a2ea/you-can-just-pretend-to-have-your-shit-together.RSS for NodeSat, 25 Jul 2026 21:01:13 GMTTue, 14 Jul 2026 03:48:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:03:32 GMT]]>@donni @forestfern Can confirm.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mlanger/statuses/116950552589377608https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mlanger/statuses/116950552589377608Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:24:04 GMT]]>@donni @MamaLake That’s been my 50+ years on this earth.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/markc568/statuses/116950397350458217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/markc568/statuses/116950397350458217Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:24:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:37:36 GMT]]>@kathimmel @donni cause it's now a part of you

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116919456918029500/statuses/116923318705917062https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116919456918029500/statuses/116923318705917062Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:37:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:29:45 GMT]]>@benroyce @donni real talk

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116919456918029500/statuses/116923287841143794https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116919456918029500/statuses/116923287841143794Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:29:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:03:50 GMT]]>@donni until they do

https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116922794193739579

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/116922949990924195https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/samueljohnson/statuses/116922949990924195Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:03:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:32:11 GMT]]>@donni I'll refer to you if they have any doubts

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/Quantensalat/statuses/116919050659649129https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/Quantensalat/statuses/116919050659649129Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:32:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:14:18 GMT]]>@wyatt_h_knott @philleu @donni 🤭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116918744382193486https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116918744382193486Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:14:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:13:46 GMT]]>@donni Problem I ran into was those who pretended also pretended to be experts and then totally fucked everything up. Because the higher management thought they were experts they looked elsewhere to find someone to blame. Generally fell on someone more competent who didn't know how to pretend.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/EdBruce/statuses/116918742327685574https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/EdBruce/statuses/116918742327685574Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:13:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:53:35 GMT]]>@donni Masking, made sound effortless 🥲

Why do I have to think of Gattaca, again...🤔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/herrLorenz/statuses/116918427052861015https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/herrLorenz/statuses/116918427052861015Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:53:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:28:41 GMT]]>@donni the hardest lesson to learn about what adulthood is truly like

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/quadrivial/statuses/116918329135155508https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/quadrivial/statuses/116918329135155508Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:28:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:08:18 GMT]]>@donni There is more truth in this than there should be.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JustinMac84/statuses/116918248958745774https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JustinMac84/statuses/116918248958745774Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:08:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:04:15 GMT]]>@donni This pairs nicely with my little bit:

"But what if my family reads it?" asks the writer.
"Don't worry. They won't."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/howtophil/statuses/116918233066770309https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/howtophil/statuses/116918233066770309Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:04:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:03:59 GMT]]>@donni

A few screws knocked loose. But still manged to bluff my way through.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tatko/statuses/116917996063357193https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tatko/statuses/116917996063357193Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:03:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:20:34 GMT]]>@donni thanks

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Jlkeeton/statuses/116917825366384545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Jlkeeton/statuses/116917825366384545Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:20:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:49:11 GMT]]>@donni this is something you have to learn quickly if you want to survive an 8 hour work day]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://labyrinth.zone/objects/330b431c-4d55-4e49-82e5-cfbe3afd3f0bhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://labyrinth.zone/objects/330b431c-4d55-4e49-82e5-cfbe3afd3f0bTue, 14 Jul 2026 09:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:32:49 GMT]]>@donni while I understand the intention behind this sentiment, I‘d rather be myself and have my shit all over the place than try to fit into this mold of capitalist expectation to carry all my shit by myself.. (wow that sounded way more disgusting than I thought it would)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/mouldyCat/statuses/116917637579567279https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/mouldyCat/statuses/116917637579567279Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:32:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:49:56 GMT]]>@donni
"Vere are your shit papers?!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116917233027877802https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116917233027877802Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:49:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:30:37 GMT]]>@donni I don't think anyone who does appear to have their shot together is doing much other than pretending.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/bright_helpings/statuses/116917157089689334https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/bright_helpings/statuses/116917157089689334Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:03:27 GMT]]>@philleu @donni

confidence in small talk for example

confidence in free solo climbing, yeah not so much

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116917050273432380https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116917050273432380Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:03:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:53:40 GMT]]>@benroyce @donni

Or die trying

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/philleu/statuses/116917011777107166https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/philleu/statuses/116917011777107166Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:53:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:36:30 GMT]]>@donni can confirm 😌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.essjax.com/ap/users/116480321137568366/statuses/116916944251636885https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.essjax.com/ap/users/116480321137568366/statuses/116916944251636885Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:36:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:18:13 GMT]]>@draNgNon @donni Alas, it is also what a lot of firefighting departments are built on... And I suspect lots of other vital sectors. Have you read Christopher Clarke's Sleepwalkers? Or listened to the Grenfell podcast...?)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kmmich/statuses/116916872352545521https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/kmmich/statuses/116916872352545521Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:18:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:18:10 GMT]]>@donni fake it till you make it?
is difficult to make yourself believe that tho

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116025735471239487/statuses/116916872204946540https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116025735471239487/statuses/116916872204946540Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:18:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You can just pretend to have your shit together. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:08:50 GMT]]>@donni

Image is everything!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116916835474029374https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116916835474029374Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:08:50 GMT