Tag: motivation
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Inspiration Strikes At Weird Times
I went to bed on Thursday night like any other night (perhaps a little later than normal after getting home kind of late from a local astronomical society meeting), but it was definitely not a normal night of sleep. I slept great until about 2:30am when I had my usual mid-night wakeup to pee. However,…
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Week 8: Quiet Progress, Holding Steady, and Learning to Be Okay with “Enough”
A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This past week didn’t feel dramatic.There were no huge breakthroughs or sweeping changes. Instead, it felt quiet — sometimes heavy, sometimes steady — and full of the kind of progress that’s easy to overlook if you’re only measuring productivity by output. And…
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Week 5: Heavy Days, Hard Decisions, and Holding the Line
A candid weekly look at navigating burnout, rebuilding, and finding my next role. This week didn’t move in a straight line — emotionally or practically. There were moments of momentum, moments of excitement, moments of deep fatigue, and moments where life simply demanded attention all at once. But if there’s one thing this week reinforced,…
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What gives you inspiration?
Hey readers! I’m looking for some advice and I figured here would be a great place to ask for it. What gives you inspiration to work on hobby projects? Until I land a programming job, my other hobby outside of blogging and podcasting is coding programs. Unfortunately, by the time that I do my podcasts…