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1) Assess I'm feeling any one of HALT - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. If I'm feeling hungry, I'll make myself a healthy meal. Tired? Take a 20 minute nap, then

1) Assess I'm feeling any one of HALT - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. If I'm feeling hungry, I'll make myself a healthy meal. Tired? Take a 20 minute nap, then do some jumping jacks and listen to up-tempo music. Lonely? Call it quits for the day and go find social interaction. Angry? Either I need to re-examine my expectations for myself, Take a step back and get a better understanding of my tools, or stop using selenium and switch to https://www.cypress.io/ https://www.cypress.io/ ---- > You also would like to ship it ASAP too. Things take time. Either cut the scope of the project or work on accepting that things take time.

DonaldPShimoda 8y ago
> HALT - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired Wow, that's a neat mnemonic! I had never thought about it much before, but those four categories definitely account for the vast majority of non-productivity for me. Did you get this from somewhere, like a book or something?
- mercer 8y ago
  I don't know where OP got it, but it's a very common acronym among the addicted (alcoholics in particular).
  - DonaldPShimoda 8y ago
    Oh interesting! I'd honestly never heard of it, but it seems a useful way to analyze situations like this. Thanks for the info!
  - afarrell 8y ago
    I got it from Terry Crews
chrisper 8y ago
I agree with HLT, but your anger evaluation is too simple. There are so many different things that can lead to anger. Many different causes which might have nothing to do with your expectation. Often it also happens that the first thing that comes to your mind that you think is making you angry is not the real reason. Builtup frustration and stress can lead to being angry at anything at anytime. As you can see, always reexamining your expectations might not work.
- afarrell 8y ago
  True. Anger is a more complex emotion than it seems
  - davelnewton 8y ago
    I'd argue it's more complex than most others--it can be a "stand-alone" emotion, or an amalgamation of several others.

DonaldPShimoda 8y ago

> HALT - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired Wow, that's a neat mnemonic! I had never thought about it much before, but those four categories definitely account for the vast majority of non-productivity for me. Did you get this from somewhere, like a book or something?

mercer 8y ago
I don't know where OP got it, but it's a very common acronym among the addicted (alcoholics in particular).
- DonaldPShimoda 8y ago
  Oh interesting! I'd honestly never heard of it, but it seems a useful way to analyze situations like this. Thanks for the info!
- afarrell 8y ago
  I got it from Terry Crews

chrisper 8y ago

I agree with HLT, but your anger evaluation is too simple. There are so many different things that can lead to anger. Many different causes which might have nothing to do with your expectation. Often it also happens that the first thing that comes to your mind that you think is making you angry is not the real reason. Builtup frustration and stress can lead to being angry at anything at anytime. As you can see, always reexamining your expectations might not work.

afarrell 8y ago
True. Anger is a more complex emotion than it seems
- davelnewton 8y ago
  I'd argue it's more complex than most others--it can be a "stand-alone" emotion, or an amalgamation of several others.