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Thanks for the reminder. It's just that I set out to do something; yet do nothing. If I'd consciously set out to relax for the weekend, I wouldn't feel bad.

by oz 16y ago

ax0n 16y ago
I've been there. I spent the last half of 2006 through the end of 2009 doing seriously soul-sucking work that was sometimes fun (as it's related to my hobbies) but often arduous, and it left me very little time to do the things I wanted to do, which were technical, work-like, and couldn't remotely be construed as leisure. I got laid off at the beginning of this year, and did a lot of cool things in my down-time. I'm finally back on board with a great company that's well-established (more than a decade old) but small and still has a startup feel to it. I spend the weekends hanging out with family, fishing, bicycling, writing, photographing stuff. Refreshed, I can truly welcome my Mondays now that I'm doing what I love to do for work.
- oz 16y ago
  Glad to hear it man. Any plans to do a startup?
  - ax0n 16y ago
    If I did, it would be more like a consultancy thing. I'm not a developer, and I do security stuff (all kinds) for fun and profit. I'm 31, married, wife needs insurance with lots of medical issues. It would be a bad time for me to go off on my own full-bore right now. It sounds like you're in a great position to make a leap of faith, though, and there's a lot of other good advice from the HNers. Best of luck! Also, I have to ask: With a name like oz, are you in Kansas like I am (Lenexa/KC Suburbs)?
    - oz 16y ago
      No, Kingston, Jamaica. I have to ask: Do you think marriage is/has been worth it? The only time I ever considered it was when I was a Christian, and even then my mind rebelled at the thought.
      - ax0n 16y ago
        I married a hacker. We met on a dial-up BBS way back in the nineteen hundreds. She is awesome.
warp 16y ago
After a week of work at the day job I set out to relax on saturday. Then on sunday I'm relaxed and motivated again to work on my side projects. On some weeks I get all my day job work done in 4 days (I work from home), relax on friday and have two days for sideprojects :)
- ax0n 16y ago
  I love side projects, even the ones that feel like work. And sometimes, I really only need one day to relax and do nothing, every few weeks. It's cool to work on something you love through the weekend if you can stay focused on it.

Thanks for the reminder. It's just that I set out to do something; yet do nothing. If I'd consciously set out to relax for the weekend, I wouldn't feel bad.

by oz 16y ago

Thanks for the reminder. It's just that I set out to do something; yet do nothing. If I'd consciously set out to relax for the weekend, I wouldn't feel bad.

ax0n 16y ago

I've been there. I spent the last half of 2006 through the end of 2009 doing seriously soul-sucking work that was sometimes fun (as it's related to my hobbies) but often arduous, and it left me very little time to do the things I wanted to do, which were technical, work-like, and couldn't remotely be construed as leisure. I got laid off at the beginning of this year, and did a lot of cool things in my down-time. I'm finally back on board with a great company that's well-established (more than a decade old) but small and still has a startup feel to it. I spend the weekends hanging out with family, fishing, bicycling, writing, photographing stuff. Refreshed, I can truly welcome my Mondays now that I'm doing what I love to do for work.

oz 16y ago
Glad to hear it man. Any plans to do a startup?
- ax0n 16y ago
  If I did, it would be more like a consultancy thing. I'm not a developer, and I do security stuff (all kinds) for fun and profit. I'm 31, married, wife needs insurance with lots of medical issues. It would be a bad time for me to go off on my own full-bore right now. It sounds like you're in a great position to make a leap of faith, though, and there's a lot of other good advice from the HNers. Best of luck! Also, I have to ask: With a name like oz, are you in Kansas like I am (Lenexa/KC Suburbs)?
  - oz 16y ago
    No, Kingston, Jamaica. I have to ask: Do you think marriage is/has been worth it? The only time I ever considered it was when I was a Christian, and even then my mind rebelled at the thought.
    - ax0n 16y ago
      I married a hacker. We met on a dial-up BBS way back in the nineteen hundreds. She is awesome.

warp 16y ago

After a week of work at the day job I set out to relax on saturday. Then on sunday I'm relaxed and motivated again to work on my side projects. On some weeks I get all my day job work done in 4 days (I work from home), relax on friday and have two days for sideprojects :)

ax0n 16y ago
I love side projects, even the ones that feel like work. And sometimes, I really only need one day to relax and do nothing, every few weeks. It's cool to work on something you love through the weekend if you can stay focused on it.