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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • “Sabbatical” is a new concept to me as well. Where I’m from, they are unpaid.

    I do subscribe to the idea that you should definitely provide a sufficient value to earn a paycheck and I do like the idea to first look inwards for the problem. I don’t think what you described is a sustainable way to live though. Expectations are external and you don’t have much, if any, control over them. If “not being at 100% of expectations is the same as suicide” for a long period of time, than that mindset itself is suicide. How can you always meet a 100% of something you have no control over?

    Don’t get me wrong, I know people’s situations are vastly different and sometimes you do what you have to do at a given time to survive. But if you operate like that for a long-time, I don’t think your psyche will stay intact.

    Thank you for sharing!












  • Thank you for sharing your experience!

    I’ve never seriously kept a thought diary. I’ve kept a “thought dump” but I might try to write down more thoughtful notes and later try to go over them more critically.

    I especially like your idea of keeping regular contact with management about delays. It reminded me that I’ve actually done that a couple of times and it really felt liberating. Like… taking actual responsibility and not hiding it, but at the same time… somehow sharing the responsibility because you obviously can’t handle the task at hand alone.

    Thank you sincerely for this comment!




  • So far this is the best answer in here.

    Just choose something you can wrap your head around and start from there. No need to jump to anything complicated like Arch linux.

    I first started gaming on openSUSE and then moved to Fedora. Can’t say I don’t have to look around for answers to run some games but I’m more than happy with the experience in general. I play some older games like Deus Ex, Baldur’s gate and such, but I also play Cyberpunk 2077, Stray and Marvel’s Spider-man Remastered without any real issues.

    Also, let’s be realistic about it - arm yourself with a bit of patience, because the process of installing games could be as simple as clicking install and then play, but it could also require some tinkering to get some games running smoothly.