Some weeks ago I started a new job. It's part time so I'm only there like
2 days a week. It's in the food truck business. Never in my life have I
worked in a kitchen or at a restaurant. I'm a former musician. Food has
never been a particular interest of mine, I've avoided cooking whenever possible :D.

I recently started driving, also. 43 years old, never had a driving
license (remember I'm a Swede and here we actually can get by without one,
at least until we get kids :D). I got one of these moped cars where one
don't really need a license (not a real one anyways), and I've been
driving a lot lately trying to get comfortable in this thing. It's slowly getting better, but...

A few weeks ago - when coming home from my new job where I had absolutely
no idea of what I was doing all day - I was forced to run some errands and
had to get behind the wheel where I _ALSO_ had no idea of what I was
doing. I stopped and reflected for a while, realizing that I had spent all
day doing things I knew almost nothing about. It felt annoying, to say the least...

Today was my first day of work without supervision and I'm both relieved,
and a little surprised, that everything went great. None of the
catastrophies I had painted pictures off in my head occured. I did my job
well and the manager even complimented me, and he's an honest person so I
know he truly meant it.

And while driving hasn't exactly become second nature yet, it's way less
scary than it used to be.

3-4 weeks ago I couldn't see this day coming, but now it's here and I'm
trying to enjoy it best I can.

Soon I'll be off to new challenges, I guess :S.

Cheers

Peter


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I recently started driving, also. 43 years old, never had a driving
license (remember I'm a Swede and here we actually can get by without one, at least until we get kids :D). I got one of these moped cars where one don't really need a license (not a real one anyways), and I've been
driving a lot lately trying to get comfortable in this thing. It's slowly getting better, but...

I think I would find learning to drive at 40+ to be more annoying/challenging than it was at 16. I think I would also find beginning a job in the food industry at this age to be the same. Good on you for your progress!


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I think I would find learning to drive at 40+ to be more
annoying/challenging than it was at 16. I think I would also find
beginning a job in the food industry at this age to be the same. Good
on you for your progress!

Thank you :D. Yes, transforming into an adult is becoming harder the older
we get, that's for sure :D.

Funny thing is that I don't miss my previous bohemian "live for the day" mentality as a professional musician at all. I enjoyed it to the fullest.

Now a life with steady income, some money saved up and a driver's license soubds like a dream life.

It's all about perspective I guess.

Gave up on drinking about a month ago also. I've been a highly functional alcoholic for the last decade or so. Don't miss that either, by the way.

Cheers

Peter


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Re: Re: A letter to future me
By: Peter London to All on Wed Aug 12 2026 05:00 pm

Funny thing is that I don't miss my previous bohemian "live for the day" mentality as a professional musician at all. I enjoyed it to the fullest.

Now a life with steady income, some money saved up and a driver's license soubds like a dream life.

Gave up on drinking about a month ago also. I've been a highly functional alcoholic for the last decade or so. Don't miss that either, by the way.

Congrats on giving up drinking! And keep it up. Also, kudos to you in also making the other changes for the better.

Nightfox
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Re: Re: A letter to future me
By: Peter London to All on Wed Aug 12 2026 17:00:01

Thank you :D. Yes, transforming into an adult is becoming harder the older we get, that's for sure :D.

There's a comedy song by Trevor Moore called, "I'm Not Good at this Adult Shit" that might be right up your alley. :)

Gave up on drinking about a month ago also. I've been a highly functional alcoholic for the last decade or so. Don't miss that either, by the way.

Of the three, that's #1 with the bullet in my book, but also the hardest to maintain.
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Congrats on giving up drinking! And keep it up. Also, kudos to you in
also making the other changes for the better.

Thanks Nightfox, I appreciate that :).

Cheers
Peter


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There's a comedy song by Trevor Moore called, "I'm Not Good at this
Adult Shit" that might be right up your alley. :)

Haha :). I already have a "I can't adult today" t-shirt that I wear often.
Will check out that song also, haha :).

Of the three, that's #1 with the bullet in my book, but also the
hardest to maintain.

Yeah definitely. I went to treatment, like, 5 years ago. Antabuse and the
whole thing. I was never being an ass to other people, or violent or any
of the classic symptoms, but my dopamine and serotine levels got so messed
up that I eventually did not want to be here anymore. I stayed sober for 2 years and never felt better. And assumed it was safe to slowly introduce drinking again, ha ha. Although it hasn't 'caused any catastrophies (yet),
I still think it's unfair to my family to walk around the house hungover
and grumpy more or less all the time. Because alcohol does that to me.
It's a love/hate thing really. Not to play around with ;).

Cheers
Peter


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Gave up on drinking about a month ago also. I've been a highly functional alcoholic for the last decade or so. Don't miss that either, by the way.

Big congrats on this. Thats not an easy thing for a lot of people to do, so good on you man!

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Hello Peter!

On 11 Aug 2026, Peter London said the following...

3-4 weeks ago I couldn't see this day coming, but now it's here and I'm trying to enjoy it best I can.

Congrats on the new job and the driving achievements! =)

Best regards
Bj”rn

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Hello again Peter!

On 12 Aug 2026, Zip said the following...

Congrats on the new job and the driving achievements! =)

...and of course for quitting the drinking, too! =)

Best regards
Bj”rn

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Big congrats on this. Thats not an easy thing for a lot of people to
do, so good on you man!

Thanks my friend :).

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Hi Björn,

Congrats on the new job and the driving achievements! =)

...and of course for quitting the drinking, too! =)

Thank you very much :).

Cheers

Peter

... The problem is usually between the keyboard and the chair ...

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