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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 22:18:14 JST Aral Balkan

   Me, yesterday: everything’s broken, nothing works, this is a disaster, maybe it’s doomed!

   Me, today: ah, ok, fixed it, and it’s actually better than it was, everything’s running smoothly again, life is good, I’m so excited about how it’s turning out!

   The dev roller-coaster.

   *sigh*

   🎢

   #dev

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 22:20:24 JST Aral Balkan

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     • categulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸

     @categulario Hang in there :)

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     categulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸 (categulario@mstdn.mx)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 22:20:26 JST categulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸

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     @aral today I'm on the "verything's broken" side

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 01:07:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Theodore Painsworth

     @Itty53 All good advice :)

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     Theodore Painsworth (itty53@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 01:07:53 JST Theodore Painsworth

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     @aral

     Simply keeping reminded of that exact pattern of events is helpful to avoid sliding into the existential dread side.

     I also think it's really important that when you find yourself right there on that edge, pulling your hair out? Stop what you're doing. Walk away for a couple hours. Come back fresh minded. I refer to that as "letting it stew in my brain", and I tell my coworkers and managers that. It emphasizes that my value isn't just the lines of code, but the level of thought too.