Beyond programming, there is a life with purpose. Knowing one's purpose of life, and the purpose of life, are immensely peace-giving and individual direction an

Beyond programming, there is a life with purpose. Knowing one's purpose of life, and the purpose of life, are immensely peace-giving and individual direction and guidance are available from God. I've written more at my web site (in profile, nothing for sale, tech-simple). There are free resources available to help individuals. These things have brought me peace despite divorce, health problems, etc. Feel free to ask questions. (Thoughtful comments appreciated with the downvotes; thanks.) ps, to quote an earlier posting on a not-exactly-related topic at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38335597 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38335597: To me by far the best thing is to have an enduring, joyful, worthwhile, good purpose in life, that drives everything else (including maintaining one's health, proper balance etc), about which I have written a lot at my simple site (no JS etc; in profile; for example one can click on "Things I want to say", then "Life Lessons", then "Everyone needs a direction in life. Centering on pleasure, possessions, power, or attention, harms us, others & the earth, & cannot bring lasting happiness." Also, some related prior discussions. Note that this is an attempt at collecting useful comments that could relate, NOT at an insinuation that the OP is lazy, a procrastinator, or other. But some comments were good, like finding balance, direction, etc. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23550758 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23550758 ("How do you develop internal motivation") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23072333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23072333 ("Extremely disillusioned with technology. Please help (gist.github.com)") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22919697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22919697 ("ask hn: how do i overcome mental laziness?") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22124489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22124489 ("Procrastination is about managing emotions, not time (bbc.com") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22096571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22096571 ("Ask HN: I don't want to be a worker any more I want to be a professional") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20930439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20930439 ("how do you keep your programming motivation up?") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18903886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18903886 "Ask HN: How do you motivate yourself to keep working on a project? " https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19777976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19777976 "ask hn: how do you stay disciplined in the long run?" For what it may be worth.