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by gxs 16 days ago
Right there with you - this has been my experience as well, to a tee

I can do more now…so I do - it’s really that simple

And it’s way more exhausting because there’s no room to breathe - fresh code to work with every few minutes with prepping for the next set of tasks in between

On the one hand the dopamine’s got me hooked on this like a video game

On the other…I’m as overwhelmed as ever line you said, even if it’s my own doing

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It is definitely a different type of stress. I used to lock in on one problem in deep work. Now it’s a constant juggling of 7 problems. It feels good to close one out, but your other 6 keep you perpetually locked in the stress loop.
idk if anyone here is a gamer, but it feels like I'm playing Dynasty Warriors. endless wave after wave after wave of things to do, notifications about fires to put out all over the map, all at once.

and that's just on my terminal.