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I program for money, often hating it, because I'm relatively competent at it, and then I program for fun because I love it I'm in the same boat! I increasingl

by hauget 11y ago

I program for money, often hating it, because I'm relatively competent at it, and then I program for fun because I love it I'm in the same boat! I increasingly believe I may have an attention deficit disorder on top of diagnosed depression I'm dealing with Have you tried exercising, getting enough sleep, eating healthier, doing more "outside" or social activities and/or testing out nootropics like citicoline/noopept? All of these have helped me greatly! BTW, highly recommend checking out The Healthy Programmer book: https://pragprog.com/book/jkthp/the-healthy-programmer https://pragprog.com/book/jkthp/the-healthy-programmer life sometimes deals shitty cards Virtual manly hug mate!

TeMPOraL 11y ago
> Have you tried exercising, getting enough sleep, eating healthier, doing more "outside" or social activities and/or testing out nootropics like citicoline/noopept? Oh, the usual stuff ;). Tried all of these at various points; haven't noticed much difference, but I think I might not have tried enough. Going item-by-item: - Exercising: probably not enough; the amounts I did didn't really affect much (except weight), but I'm going to try again, at a gym this time. - I have problems going to sleeping due to depression and anxiety (I constantly feel I haven't done enough yet, so I can't go to sleep yet), combined with being generally a night person (after day spent with people I really appreciate the late hours without any face-to-face distractions). But when I finally fall asleep, no force on Earth or in Heaven can wake me before I get my 7-8 hours. Which annoys my employers. - I try, but I just don't like green food :(. Cutting out sugar from diet did wonders to my weight and dental health, but didn't improve mood issues. - I'm a very social person, people call bullshit on me when they hear me describing myself as an introvert (I usually send them this classic then: [0]). I frequent various events, both as an attendee and speaker, help run a local Hackerspace and have uncanny ability to serve as a translator between technical and untechnical people. - Piractem & noopept - little to no noticeable effects. Nicotine (pure, in gums, I'm not a smoker) - helps stay up a little longer and improves my alcohol tolerance. Adrafinil - does wonders when I need to skip a night's sleep or feel the stress-induced tiredness during the day. I didn't try anything else. > BTW, highly recommend checking out The Healthy Programmer book Thanks, I'll check it out! I highly respect the Pragmatic Bookshelf for Pragmatic Programmer and Pragmatic Thinking and Learning. The book you linked is one hell of an expense, but if it could help, then I guess it may be worth it. > Virtual manly hug mate! * hug * #HNTherapy [0] - http://imgur.com/76HUN http://imgur.com/76HUN
- sharemywin 11y ago
  I read a trick about writing everything down you need to get done so you don't get that feeling at night your going to forget to do something in the morning. helps sometimes.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    It works. The feeling I have is more of a "I've done so little today and there's still so much to do, I can't go to sleep yet".

by hauget 11y ago

TeMPOraL 11y ago

> Have you tried exercising, getting enough sleep, eating healthier, doing more "outside" or social activities and/or testing out nootropics like citicoline/noopept? Oh, the usual stuff ;). Tried all of these at various points; haven't noticed much difference, but I think I might not have tried enough. Going item-by-item: - Exercising: probably not enough; the amounts I did didn't really affect much (except weight), but I'm going to try again, at a gym this time. - I have problems going to sleeping due to depression and anxiety (I constantly feel I haven't done enough yet, so I can't go to sleep yet), combined with being generally a night person (after day spent with people I really appreciate the late hours without any face-to-face distractions). But when I finally fall asleep, no force on Earth or in Heaven can wake me before I get my 7-8 hours. Which annoys my employers. - I try, but I just don't like green food :(. Cutting out sugar from diet did wonders to my weight and dental health, but didn't improve mood issues. - I'm a very social person, people call bullshit on me when they hear me describing myself as an introvert (I usually send them this classic then: [0]). I frequent various events, both as an attendee and speaker, help run a local Hackerspace and have uncanny ability to serve as a translator between technical and untechnical people. - Piractem & noopept - little to no noticeable effects. Nicotine (pure, in gums, I'm not a smoker) - helps stay up a little longer and improves my alcohol tolerance. Adrafinil - does wonders when I need to skip a night's sleep or feel the stress-induced tiredness during the day. I didn't try anything else. > BTW, highly recommend checking out The Healthy Programmer book Thanks, I'll check it out! I highly respect the Pragmatic Bookshelf for Pragmatic Programmer and Pragmatic Thinking and Learning. The book you linked is one hell of an expense, but if it could help, then I guess it may be worth it. > Virtual manly hug mate! * hug * #HNTherapy [0] - http://imgur.com/76HUN http://imgur.com/76HUN

sharemywin 11y ago
I read a trick about writing everything down you need to get done so you don't get that feeling at night your going to forget to do something in the morning. helps sometimes.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  It works. The feeling I have is more of a "I've done so little today and there's still so much to do, I can't go to sleep yet".