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   The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:13:14 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

   I’m increasingly not getting vague references people make to less headline current events in other countries (mainly the US) and I’m absolutely cool with that. The Bad Place trained me to try to keep abreast of everything, no matter how far removed it was, and how powerless I was to do anything about it, and it’s just not good for you. Better to conserve your energy for things you can actually influence.

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     Andrzej Lichnerowicz (unjello@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:32:54 JST Andrzej Lichnerowicz

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     @sinbad being abreast with political, but also technical - for a big chunk of my life I thought it’s a good thing, my strong suit. But I have arrived at same conclusion recently. Not sure yet tho if letting go is not a symptom of depression or actually a healthy good thing 🤷♂️

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:37:12 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • Andrzej Lichnerowicz

     @unjello I think when you're a problem solver it may be worse. Being constantly made aware of things you can't solve, or even move the needle on, is very draining over a longer period of time. Up to a point even outside your direct ability to "fix" you can do things like moral support within a reasonable circle, but trying to be aware of and appropriately outraged by everything bad anywhere is just not sustainable. After all you can't help with things you *could* influence if you're burned out

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     Andrzej Lichnerowicz (unjello@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:49:35 JST Andrzej Lichnerowicz

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     @sinbad impulsive problem solving is a problem on its own :) like I am just trying to survive a discussion I got myself into that evolved from a team-level issue to the organizational level… and sure I solved it on that level too, but it’s draining. I wish I could just go back in time and tell a month-younger-me that not all problems need to be solved. That it’s ok to ignore some :)