One of the reasons why, over time, I've learned not to condemn things outright is that life itself teaches you something important: sometimes you have to make the wrong choice for the right reasons.

Life is full of compromises. And the more you live, the more you learn (or should learn) to be at least a little tolerant of the choices others make, even when they seem to clash with your own convictions.

In the past few weeks I've had to make decisions I would never have imagined a few years ago. Choices very far from my own point of view. But sometimes reality pushes you into a corner, and the options are simple: give up, or make a "wrong" choice now and fix things later.

A recent example I can share: I advised a client to reinstall Windows 11. I wasn't happy about it, but at that moment there was no real alternative.
This morning he told me their software will soon move to a web-based platform. Which means the next step will be a new FreeBSD server and, at that point, the clients can move to Linux or a BSD system.

Fight your battles. Stand for what you believe in. But try to remain clear-headed.

Life teaches that you often go farther by moving slowly but steadily toward your destination, stopping every now and then to look around.

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RE: mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/116

Thank you, Stefano, for sharing this! I’d add that some choices fall into the realm of ‘ideal’ or 'not ideal’ rather than right or wrong. We can look at the end result rather than solely focusing on the best way to get there.

Yesterday I advised someone to continue keeping Word docs on their desktop rather than organising them elsewhere, because their current system is working (for now) and any changes at this point would lead to overwhelm. One step at a time!

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