Just flipped my view on asking for help after a bad Tuesday

Last Tuesday was rough, I had three different projects due and felt totally stuck on all of them. I usually just grind it out alone, but my friend saw me stressing and said 'just ask the group chat, someone will know.' So I did, and within an hour I had fixes for two of the issues. One was a simple setting in the software I'd missed, and another person linked a guide that solved the third thing. I always thought asking made me look dumb, but it saved my whole week. Has anyone else had a moment where asking a question turned a bad day around?

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leebrown20h ago

How many times have we all wasted hours over a simple fix?

the_richard4h ago

Remember last week when I spent three hours trying to get my printer online. Turns out it was just a loose cable. That's not wasted time, it's just how you figure stuff out. You learn what the problem isn't. Calling it a waste makes the whole process feel worse than it is.