Stress and creation

#1

Post by benschwarz » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 2:13 AM UTC

Re: Stress and creation

#2

Post by simonsarris » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 3:14 AM UTC

I'm 23 and perhaps have not created much until recently, but now I am in the early stages of authoring an HTML5 book (on top of my day job) at a publisher's request.

I feel I can already relate to this.

But there's something that to me may be worse than what the author mentions. It's with misfortune that I admit while I think I can deal with the stress of day-to-day programming while creating this book, I fear my girlfriend might go crazy (figuratively) in the meantime.

My own emotional stress I think I can handle. But how do I deal with the emotional stress of those around me? The people close to me are very dear but I'm afraid it may well end up being a third job.

Re: Stress and creation

#3

Post by benschwarz » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 3:40 AM UTC

simonsarris wrote: post #2

I'm 23 and perhaps have not created much until recently, but now I am in the early stages of authoring an HTML5 book (on top of my day job) at a publisher's request. I feel I can already relate to this. But there's something that to me may be worse than what the author mentions. It's with misfortune that I admit while I think I can deal with the stress of day-to-day programming while creating this book, I fear my gir…

Work-life balance can be really difficult with partners. Don't neglect your partner, you've got plenty of time for working the rest of your life… people are not like that.

Re: Stress and creation

#4

Post by nikuda » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 11:42 AM UTC

Such crap, endemic to tech blogging, with the end goal being more twitter followers. This is particularly insidious as the author has the arrogance to present the content as 'poetic' (philosophical?) too. I'm surprised some restraint (accidental?) was shown in referring to the practice as 'craft' and not 'art'.

Besides HN is for plebs [1], unless of course you use it for self-promotion.

[1] http://twitter.com/#!/benschwarz/status/56899332057743361

Re: Stress and creation

#5

Post by benschwarz » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 12:52 PM UTC

nikuda wrote: post #4

Such crap, endemic to tech blogging, with the end goal being more twitter followers. This is particularly insidious as the author has the arrogance to present the content as 'poetic' (philosophical?) too. I'm surprised some restraint (accidental?) was shown in referring to the practice as 'craft' and not 'art'. Besides HN is for plebs [1], unless of course you use it for self-promotion. [1] http://twitter.com/#!/bens…

Ahh, actually I was just sharing my realisation of the three kinds of stress that I'd self-identified… and a lot of people seemed to relate to it.

But whatever, maybe it just wasn't for you.