That's the point the meme is making.

In reality the flipside to the meme is that people in this sort of situation generally don't have the necessary resources to climb the ladder before they freeze to death, and this is the only option.

Why? Even if you thought it was serious, all she did according to the OP was pop out for milk and come back.

So basically the only way around it is for the stars to throw in and build their own network of music venues?

I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing here.

Are you reading my comment in the context of the comment it's replying to?

Pretty much.

What's the distinction between a goal and a target?

"A goal is not always meant to be reached."

We can reasonably assume that the goals assigned by your boss are ones that are meant to be reached. :)

I'm 60% water. Is that enough? 🤔

That's not that helpful given that the changes you have to make are completely different depending on which is the case.

No, I'm definitely afraid of failing. Doesn't matter if anyone else is around to see it or not - I saw it.

The literal part of my brain is badly hung up on that first sentence.

"Never comes"? Sure.

"Comes never"? 🤯

What is unfair is that you regret it because you have the wisdom you gained from passing through it.

You're smart enough not to make those mistakes, but past you didn't have your experience.

And you have your experience because past you did the best they could without having that experience to guide them.

Buddha?

Don't be silly. If new life can spring from a tree stump, obviously that means anything that ever happens to a human being is reversible. Pay attention.

Often it's not a matter of more vs less pedantic, but rather how familiar a person is with the subject matter. How distracting a flawed analogy is depends on how familiar the reader is with the topic.

If I say to you "If you work hard at it, one day you too can grow from a tiny shack to a magnificent skyscraper" are you going to go "that's just a loose analogy and I feel motivated"? Or are you going to go "Umm, that's not how that works"?

Some readers have as much familiarity with trees as you do with buildings.

What actually happens in this situation as the tree grows? Will it be able to expand and grow with all that dead wood hemming it in?

Everyone should choose to be immediately suspicious of anyone who says there are only two, highly specific, choices.

Yeah, it's context-dependent.

A journey of a thousand miles generally doesn't start with a single step - it starts with planning.

Interesting interpretation.

If that were the case there's be no tomorrow to take the task from him in the first place, though.

That would be a neat alternative comic - the guy just keeps passing the task to tomorrow and one day there's just no-one to take it.

1. You leave a task for future you.
2. You become future you.
3. You're stuck with the task that past you left for you to do.

The end state is far higher than the starting state, so I think it's reasonable to consider it progress. There's just been some fluctuation getting there.

Sure. Those aren't mutually exclusive.

For example, in many (most?) cases, people go to bed at a time that allows some slack in the morning. mf723622 would presumably suggest using some of that time to make up your 7+ hours if necessary.

What hours does your boss have you working that you can't go to bed in time to get 7-9 hours sleep?