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I feel ya. It's almost like the self-help book industry preys on our vulnerability and appetite for this sort of information, though I certainly hope the authors set out with bette…

I took the quiz from that book -- boy that was depressing. It showed that I had a habit of explaining all good things as temporary, specific, and external, while bad things as perm…

Please do be blunt! I'm more than willing to have my feelings hurt to learn something that may be helpful here. That said, I did give a very long and audible sigh when reading your…

The internet is a great tool to avoid self-reflection. Ow. That hurt. (But thanks, I'll definitely use that quote in the future!)

Pick up a new platform... Java tends to drain, come back ready to learn something new. I've learned several -- it's just by circumstance that Java happens to pay the bills at the m…

Maybe I didn't say so explicitly, but it should be clear that I suffer from a lack of motivation and direction, and really have a lack of faith in myself.

In the US and Canada, milk is often fortified with Vitamin D. Not sure what it's like in the rest of the world.

Definitely working on that Internet addiction. HN is so much tougher to give up than other sites though! One side-benefit of the absurd working hours I put in over the years was th…

Yes, but I've also considered that I might be a total wimp. Ugh.

Hmmm... you've just reminded me that I ought to be drinking more milk...

And I was in denial about that for a long time too!

You know... that sounds simple and cheesy, but I think it might just be what I need to regain my curiosity. Thank you!

I'm actually quite aware that I'm distorting things with these "bullshit excuses" but they seem so believable, much more so than their negation! It'll probably take deliberate prac…

if you find yourself thinking about anything, stop, and look up at the clouds till you recover I'll definitely have to try that more often! (Though there's a good chance it'll be s…

I appreciate your suggestion, though I think I'm in deeper trouble than that. Mindless physical work like gardening seems to free up cycles for me to ruminate, which I have to acti…

Do you have a wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend? Are you tied down to anything? Do you have money to travel? I'm going to assume you're a single male between the age of 25 and 35. …

Wow, that's an interesting link. I can't figure out how to make this slow stuff work yet, but it definitely looks appealing.

That's kind of scary. How would I know that I'm not setting myself up for failure by putting up an impossible goal like that?

I was in denial about burnout for a long time, thinking that it was something that I just have to push myself through, and everything would be okay when it's over. But I recently r…