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Sounds simple but it was quite an issue for me. I was putting a tremendous pressure on myself and others, causing me anxiety and sadness.
Just doing the best I can and being happy. There's more life beyond work and perfection is just a falacy.
Recently I read the book - Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy. One of point was to keep a pocket diary where you list all the TODO tasks and keep striking them off as they complete. Helped me in many ways: 1. It is very easy to forget many tasks but by writing them and checking the diary even once in a while, it is possible to be reminded regularly. 2. Its better than mobile TODO apps as I don't need to check mobile phone…
Nowdays, if a thought pops in my head while I'm laying down in bed, I'll just get up for a second and write it down. Feels so good.
This article https://hamberg.no/gtd/ articulates the idea pretty well:
> When your system and your trust in your system is in place, your subconsciousness will stop keeping track of all the things you need to do and stop constantly reminding you. This reduces stress and frees up precious brain time to more productive thinking—maybe it even saves real time so that you have more time for ballet lessons, painting classes, and roller-blading.
Side effect, no need to check my phone, there is nothing there anymore.
Feeds like reddit, HN, email, all settings and username is only on work-laptop with its own instance of browser - browsing these feeds on any other web-browser means my settings, username etc is gone and instead of seeing my subreddits, being able to comment, being able to login to email, that just cant be done. Now feeds are an activity only enjoyable at work.
Working out. Just body weight workouts. No gym. It improved my golf game. Another is: not buying sodas with my meal. Self-explanatory. Another: Spending brief interludes of time where a compile or unit test is happening to write down what I'm going to do next. It keeps me on task. Another: Incrementally cleaning/organizing my condo. Another: Walking around hardware, furniture, craft stores, Walmart, Target, etc, to s…
+ People notice the difference.
+ It's a good way to cope with bad times.
+ You feel accomplished afterwards.
+ It's a perfect start of the day.
+ If you're dating and she is watching, it's a turn on.
+ You can go on for longer.
+ It's good for your confidence.
+ Other people who are working on themselves can be interesting people to meet.
+ It's good for your health.
+ It's nice for other people to look at the results. Similar to a nice painting some people like to see muscles.
Stopped thinking about trying to be the best and just doing the best I can. Sounds simple but it was quite an issue for me. I was putting a tremendous pressure on myself and others, causing me anxiety and sadness. Just doing the best I can and being happy. There's more life beyond work and perfection is just a falacy.
I'm learning GLSL and signed distance fields at the moment. It's fun.
Turn off all notifications on smart-phone, every single notification which pops up, a led blinks, a "notification" appears, if its not emergency from my wife - this has to be blocked. Side effect, no need to check my phone, there is nothing there anymore. Feeds like reddit, HN, email, all settings and username is only on work-laptop with its own instance of browser - browsing these feeds on any other web-browser mean…
This is only anecdotal, but I feel it helped me getting a grip on my weak ankles and knees, my key pain points when running.
Just eating less carbs has made me feel a lot better. I'm not too intense about it, but just being mindful of it makes me a lot less tired after meals.