I paint almost every day, for as many hours as I can stay upright. When I got burnt out at work during the pandemic, I forgot how to paint. I had a painting I could not finish after 4+ months of work. Started another, same thing happened. I now have a painting graveyard to remind me to stop caring too much about work, and I have accepted dead paintings as part of my process. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.
It's hard not to care about work, especially when a) there are dipsticks making everything worse, and b) when you are naturally an obsessive sort of person. Nothing to me feels worse than realizing at 5am that the reason I've been staring at the ceiling for six hours is that I'm dwelling on work. I really hate that.
Well, the entire university I now work at is migrating to Drupal in the coming years. A few departments have already migrated. If you ever want to weigh your options, I can return the reference favor (you helped me get this job).
Sometimes just knowing there are other possibilities helps with the late night brain loops.
Fletcher, this was a fun read about 2 of my favorite authors. Vonnegut can take you just beyond the realm of sanity and let you decide whether you will re-enter the vortex of this iteration of society. Heller is just a hoot. I also did not finish all of his books, but found “God Knows” a delight. Regarding the ubiquitous job questions, I am also in the middle of reading Jenny Odell’s “How to do Nothing”. It was not written purposefully to address this issue, but it responds to the immediate knee jerk reaction to check out. Thanks for a delightful read.
Thanks! It was a bit of a desperation post, coming from the dead letter file as it did, but I’m thinking those two guys would each make for something more in depth. Always good to have a topic or two cued up.
I get it. I’m debating on going as well. I’m heading to Cozumel next week until at least March which would have never happing at my former employer. Best of luck.
I paint almost every day, for as many hours as I can stay upright. When I got burnt out at work during the pandemic, I forgot how to paint. I had a painting I could not finish after 4+ months of work. Started another, same thing happened. I now have a painting graveyard to remind me to stop caring too much about work, and I have accepted dead paintings as part of my process. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.
It's hard not to care about work, especially when a) there are dipsticks making everything worse, and b) when you are naturally an obsessive sort of person. Nothing to me feels worse than realizing at 5am that the reason I've been staring at the ceiling for six hours is that I'm dwelling on work. I really hate that.
Well, the entire university I now work at is migrating to Drupal in the coming years. A few departments have already migrated. If you ever want to weigh your options, I can return the reference favor (you helped me get this job).
Sometimes just knowing there are other possibilities helps with the late night brain loops.
Fletcher, this was a fun read about 2 of my favorite authors. Vonnegut can take you just beyond the realm of sanity and let you decide whether you will re-enter the vortex of this iteration of society. Heller is just a hoot. I also did not finish all of his books, but found “God Knows” a delight. Regarding the ubiquitous job questions, I am also in the middle of reading Jenny Odell’s “How to do Nothing”. It was not written purposefully to address this issue, but it responds to the immediate knee jerk reaction to check out. Thanks for a delightful read.
Thanks! It was a bit of a desperation post, coming from the dead letter file as it did, but I’m thinking those two guys would each make for something more in depth. Always good to have a topic or two cued up.
I get it. I’m debating on going as well. I’m heading to Cozumel next week until at least March which would have never happing at my former employer. Best of luck.
And there's Heller's lesser known anti-war, black comedy, "We Bombed in New Haven."
I hope I didn’t leave too much of a mess when I vacated quickly. Are you planning to attend DrupalCon this year since it’s literally next door?
The place has been a mess since before I got there. Not going to Drupalcon. They rejected my proposal and I can’t stand those things otherwise.