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Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by bovermyer »

viburnum wrote: post #8

It sounds like none of this advice is working for the author.

That's not what I got out of it. It sounded like he instead was making an effort to recognize and categorize some of the problems he's experienced, and thereby create plans to avoid or mitigate them.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by ketzo »

I really, really hate how many of my problems are toothbrushing problems. I know I just need to get over it and start brushing, but... ugh.

Anyway, can't recommend Adam's writing enough. Subscribed after his second post and have never regretted it. If you liked this, you should also read "You can't reach the brain through the ears", an excellent piece about failing to communicate.

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/you-cant-reach-the-br...

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by PaulHoule »

hailmac wrote: post #13

Functionally not that different from a listicle - and at least those aren't so concerned with sounding smart

He has "history" in the name of his blog and he thinks that knights expected to fight dragons? I mean, it is like that in a manga but not in real life.

Quite a few knights in the day were nobles who had large landed estates to manage but were expected to impress their peasants in time of war. They were lucky enough to go to war with heavy armor and mounted on a horse whereas the peasants might get some weapon that is easy to handle without a lot of training like a spear.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by riskable »

ketzo wrote: post #12

I really, really hate how many of my problems are toothbrushing problems. I know I just need to get over it and start brushing, but... ugh. Anyway, can't recommend Adam's writing enough. Subscribed after his second post and have never regretted it. If you liked this, you should also read "You can't reach the brain through the ears", an excellent piece about failing to communicate. https://www.experimental-history.com…

"Everything needs maintenance." It's not just something a wise old engineer would say; it's life. Life itself is a Toothbrushing Problem.

That is to say, if all your problems are Toothbrushing Problems then you're doing pretty good! That means you're living. At that point you can do one or all of these things:

    * Complain about your Toothbrushing Problems (
The HN crowd would probably say that 3rd bullet is where great startups are born ;D

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by aidenn0 »

ketzo wrote: post #12

I really, really hate how many of my problems are toothbrushing problems. I know I just need to get over it and start brushing, but... ugh. Anyway, can't recommend Adam's writing enough. Subscribed after his second post and have never regretted it. If you liked this, you should also read "You can't reach the brain through the ears", an excellent piece about failing to communicate. https://www.experimental-history.com…

Indeed; it seems like being happy is a lot of work; I wonder if the type of people the author mentions in the "Impossible satisfaction" section aren't wrong.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by BlueTemplar »

I've recently watched for the first time Neon Genesis Evangelion (+ The End of...), and powerful (and a bit painful) art like this seems to be a good slap in the face to get out of at least some of the versions of that bog - I'm a bit sad that I didn't watch it years earlier when I was stuck in some bogs...

(Another commenter there mentions a quote recommending books - great literature I'm pretty sure in that context, not "self help" books... I guess I should hurry up and read Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being already ?)

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