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Well, last summer I was doing GSoC so it was easy. During the semester I have to stay put anyway. Any weekend excursions I would be taking a laptop with me for studying (we have a lot of coursework, and I usually am overloaded with stuff so I need to allocate at least some weekend time for coursework) so I would squeeze in some programming and push it when I got access to internet again. Programming is a refreshing c…
Your streak is impressive. I have a question - Do you ever suffer from FOMO [1] while investing yourself in writing code everyday? Of course, I know, programming is fun but does it turn into anxiety when you see other people's achievements? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
As far as missing out on Real World social interactions and stuff; I make sure I get some sunlight and talk with people :) Living in a hostel I get a lot of that anyway. Plus, between organizing events and going to events of various kinds I don't miss out on much.
As far as missing out on programmery things go; I don't mind. Part of this is because programming has been a hobby for most of my life and only recently did I start treating it as a viable career option. (I had thought of it as a "backup plan" in the past but didn't do much to maintain that).
I'm not doing as many large contribs as I was doing last summer or this winter. And yes, that can get to me at times. I have this huge queue of things that I've planned to work on, and sometimes someone else picks it up. It's initially saddening, but then I'm happy because someone else wants to work on something I thought up, and if they hadn't, it would never have been done in the first place!
In open source you're generally surrounded by awesome people so I'm used to it; I don't really have anxiety issues due to that.