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by merciBien
1605 days ago
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Excellent perception that sometimes depression isn’t caused by some chemical imbalance or childhood trauma. Life is often just hard, and sometimes you’re going to act like an jerk to try to cope. I’m not perfect, I suspect you’re not either. Getting something accomplished is key for me, code-wise that might mean I write a script in 10 minutes to pull weather data from an api, or an image from NASA. Keeping the task small lets me get a positive shot before I can burn out. I have to break project sized work into smaller mini projects, or I get intimidated. I accept that I’m weak and easily distracted, I guess I’m treating myself like a child. Who cares as long as it works? I also let people take advantage of my agreeableness. Only solution I’ve found is to change jobs every couple years. |
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> Excellent perception that sometimes depression isn’t caused by some chemical imbalance or childhood trauma. Life is often just hard, and sometimes you’re going to act like an jerk to try to cope. I’m not perfect, I suspect you’re not either.
At this point I actually don't care, I just want to train myself through practice to become more resilient, make better choices, have better reaction, and formulate better responses.
I just re-read what I just wrote and WOW! That sounds good. I must add to that:
Train myself to better navigate the gap between planning and executing.
> I have to break project sized work into smaller mini projects, or I get intimidated. I accept that I’m weak and easily distracted, I guess I’m treating myself like a child. Who cares as long as it works?
Good reflections. You might enjoy this book "Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries" by Peter Sims.
> I also let people take advantage of my agreeableness. Only solution I’ve found is to change jobs every couple years.
LOL, welcome to my resume.
Merci (nice username)