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Thank you again for your kind words. I am not using any social media like Facebook, never have, except for LinkedIn, which is where I found out about a lot of
by user-extended 4y ago
Thank you again for your kind words.
I am not using any social media like Facebook, never have, except for LinkedIn, which is where I found out about a lot of my previous classmates' achievements.
My relationship with programming is always giving up half way, because I've always hit a roadblock or something that takes me so much time to figure out, I just say "just do it manually". I love tinkering with Excel Formulas, and it's one of the reasons actually my current boss likes me, as I'm able to do some minor technical stuff. I don't know, it doesn't come down naturally to me. Maybe I should try taking up on it again, I don't know, but I've "failed" so many times at it already.
Irt other jobs... I've always been in front of a screen, and believe it or not, access to well paid respected professions in my country that are not "hands on" is very, very difficult, for example, a teacher requires a College degree + masters + to take a comparison test with other teachers that is pure rot memorization. Then there are other examples such as stevedores or policemen where you basically need to dedicate your whole life to it ever since you're a certain age til you get in.
I wish no ill will on others, so I hope my peers and old pals overachieve me in life a lot, and I don't wish a future middle life crisis on them.
Thank you for your kind words.
I've always found it very hard to believe in stoicism, I've always seen it as the philosophy of having a plan until you get punched in the face.
- fragmede 4y ago> I am not using any social media like Facebook, never have, except for LinkedIn, Other than Hacker News, of course.
- user-extended 4y agoAnd reddit, ngl. I don't know anyone from those platforms, though, so I don't know if forums = social media.
- fragmede 4y agoHow are they not? People interact with other people on forums, which is a form of socialization, just through text instead of pictures.
- weatherlite 4y ago> I've always found it very hard to believe in stoicism I see what you mean. But stoicism doesn't pretend to be a cure for all life's illnesses. It's a life long aspiration and a daily struggle to become stoic just as it is to become a good person or anything else worth pursuing. All stoics go through crises, they are human. But I do think there's wisdom in there that can and should be applied and as another commentator said Ryan Holiday is doing a good job making it all very accessible.