Ditto. Things are sinking in fast.
Do you learn anything or just wasting your time?
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Yeah, I did. Never created any danger for myself or others by I was so used to be under the influence; it was who I was, didn't know anything else.
It was such a mess, man!
Never got into trouble with the law though so there is that. It was total chaos.
St. Patrick's Day!
beanburrito
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A lot of grocery stores won't carry them, they're something special. I will urge caution, however, they are very addictive!Heading out to the grocery store for a gallon of milk now... and now I'll be checking if they have chocolate covered espresso beans. Pretty sure this store won't have them, but it's worth a try.
Off topic life hack, nothing at all to do with Linux.
New found clarity brings an appreciation for the mundane. Take laundry, for instance. I pay attention to the results (and care more about how I look) instead of it just being a hated chore to get through. Because I stopped to read a laundry tag in a pair of military surplus trousers, I started washing my clothes inside out. I recalled hearing or reading somewhere that most casual clothing is worn out by the washing process, not so much by wearing. So for a cost-free experiment (and I gotta admit to tweak my wife a bit) I started leaving everything inside out except for when I'm wearing it, including to hang in the closet. This is for jeans, slacks, and T-shirts. I haven't tried this with oxford shirts yet.
After two years I have discovered it reduces/eliminates wrinkles in jeans & slacks, but T-shirts benefit the most, especially the neck openings. I only wear solid color t-shirts so I don't know if it will help preserve silkscreens or prints, but I can definitely tell a difference. Older shirts seem to have tightened back up a bit, and new shirts are feeling like new for longer.
My inner voice tells me since most clothing is assembled "inside-out" then turned for wearing, the seams are flat and relaxed when inside out and less distortion occurs when laundered this way. Line drying would probably help a lot in either case, but my stuff all goes through a dryer.
I am aware that my perception of things I used to ignore is changing too. I guess I need a control group.
New found clarity brings an appreciation for the mundane. Take laundry, for instance. I pay attention to the results (and care more about how I look) instead of it just being a hated chore to get through. Because I stopped to read a laundry tag in a pair of military surplus trousers, I started washing my clothes inside out. I recalled hearing or reading somewhere that most casual clothing is worn out by the washing process, not so much by wearing. So for a cost-free experiment (and I gotta admit to tweak my wife a bit) I started leaving everything inside out except for when I'm wearing it, including to hang in the closet. This is for jeans, slacks, and T-shirts. I haven't tried this with oxford shirts yet.
After two years I have discovered it reduces/eliminates wrinkles in jeans & slacks, but T-shirts benefit the most, especially the neck openings. I only wear solid color t-shirts so I don't know if it will help preserve silkscreens or prints, but I can definitely tell a difference. Older shirts seem to have tightened back up a bit, and new shirts are feeling like new for longer.
My inner voice tells me since most clothing is assembled "inside-out" then turned for wearing, the seams are flat and relaxed when inside out and less distortion occurs when laundered this way. Line drying would probably help a lot in either case, but my stuff all goes through a dryer.
I am aware that my perception of things I used to ignore is changing too. I guess I need a control group.
beanburrito
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Everyone needs a hobby that's for sure...
Sorry, man. This is an "out of control" group.
I'm not sure what I was expecting in this thread, but it wasn't this. I'm not complaining, though. I am proud of y'all's progress, and sharing your experiences helps others feel empowered to take control of their journeys. Not to mention it is an absolute feat to curb any addiction. I don't think I'm surprised by reading @CaffeineAddict is addicted to... coffee. Haha.
Not the same, but I used to work as security in a jail for the county's forensic diversion unit. I was so unimpressed and depressed by the addiction "support" that the state "provided" to those poor folks. Blech.
ANYWAY! I found it interesting that this thread starts with: "Curious do you guys learn anything new whether Linux related or anything else in respect to IT or just wasting your time?"
I would argue that wasting my time doing nothing helps me to reset and focus on other things, though I do feel guilty when I am "wasting" it! My first step into learning more about Linux was biting the bullet and swapping to it. My second step was joining this forum and trying to absorb as much information as possible. I'm able to tinker around and, thanks to the context of other users who've been immensely helpful in my threads, I'm able to reverse engineer what I'm missing. I'm hoping to lean more into Linux in general and become the HackermanTM that everyone envisions when they hear someone say, "Oh, I use Linux. NO DUAL BOOT!"
My job is as a solution engineer so I guess I naturally find this incredibly satisfying. I'm somehow not annoyed that I spend all day trying to understand and solve a problem and no longer have time to actually do the thing I wanted to (example is yesterday's getting BG3 mods to work). That said, I hate reading. I cannot do it. I go cross-eyed, I have to re-read the same block of text 500 times because I start thinking about cats, etc. If you have materials that you think are useful that won't require me to read, I'm all ears. Literally.
Non-technical stuff aside, I usually "waste" my time playing video games (WoW, BG3 as mentioned, Rimworld, etc.), riding my motorcycle, begrudgingly going to the gym, and working too late. Now that I'm introspecting about "learning" I will say that most of my learning is done passively, except for what I learn in college (Business Admin). If I tell myself, "Oh, I'mma go learn," I'm suddenly so turned off of the idea of learning that I'd rather brainrot. If I just peruse forums, though, to avoid work, I love it. Whatever.
Not the same, but I used to work as security in a jail for the county's forensic diversion unit. I was so unimpressed and depressed by the addiction "support" that the state "provided" to those poor folks. Blech.
ANYWAY! I found it interesting that this thread starts with: "Curious do you guys learn anything new whether Linux related or anything else in respect to IT or just wasting your time?"
I would argue that wasting my time doing nothing helps me to reset and focus on other things, though I do feel guilty when I am "wasting" it! My first step into learning more about Linux was biting the bullet and swapping to it. My second step was joining this forum and trying to absorb as much information as possible. I'm able to tinker around and, thanks to the context of other users who've been immensely helpful in my threads, I'm able to reverse engineer what I'm missing. I'm hoping to lean more into Linux in general and become the HackermanTM that everyone envisions when they hear someone say, "Oh, I use Linux. NO DUAL BOOT!"
My job is as a solution engineer so I guess I naturally find this incredibly satisfying. I'm somehow not annoyed that I spend all day trying to understand and solve a problem and no longer have time to actually do the thing I wanted to (example is yesterday's getting BG3 mods to work). That said, I hate reading. I cannot do it. I go cross-eyed, I have to re-read the same block of text 500 times because I start thinking about cats, etc. If you have materials that you think are useful that won't require me to read, I'm all ears. Literally.
Non-technical stuff aside, I usually "waste" my time playing video games (WoW, BG3 as mentioned, Rimworld, etc.), riding my motorcycle, begrudgingly going to the gym, and working too late. Now that I'm introspecting about "learning" I will say that most of my learning is done passively, except for what I learn in college (Business Admin). If I tell myself, "Oh, I'mma go learn," I'm suddenly so turned off of the idea of learning that I'd rather brainrot. If I just peruse forums, though, to avoid work, I love it. Whatever.
when motivation and/or inspiration is missing or just hardly ever comes back, discipline is the only solution to that matter. We human beings have the freedom and power of obligating us to do anything even if we don't want to do it or just don't feel like doing it.
I don't blame you tough.
I admit that I (myself) am a professional procrastinator because I always say that I will learn a new ability tomorrow, I will pay my bills tomorrow, I will learn to code tomorrow, I will take out the trash tomorrow, and so on and so forth... And yet, the PERFECT day, mood, moment never seems to arrive and eventually I don't do anything at all.
I also lie to myself thinking that I'm being productive or learning something new by pretending to do so, I come to this amazing forum to read what you guys share and post and discuss, etc. And while it's true I might learn new things one or two at least (specially new english words and technical jargon) I cannot learn new things more in deep if I don't actually sit down and investigate more about a certain topic or english idiom or wordplay or a certain bash script to automate some tasks or practice and fail and practice regardless of failing sometimes linux system administration until I actually understand it and become more educated about it, that just won't happen unless I put the time and the effort to actually learn it.
I just read some post here, or a random .pdf I find on the web (not entirely, just some paragraphs) and don't do much effort and call it a day.
I hate reading sometimes because I really want to pay attention to what I'm reading and actually understand what I'm looking but my brain is kinda dumb sometimes because after 2 minutes or pure concentration all of the sudden I start daydreaming or thinking on what I will be doing after I finish reading instead of paying attention to what I'm actually reading without realizing it like a couple of seconds later.
It's really awful.
But, it happens and I know it can be fixed.
Nothing is impossible.
That sounds amazing, keep it up!!!!!!!
I don't drink and I can't imagine the struggle but your effort in fighting for your wellbeing is admirable.
Every sacrifice has it's reward. It always works!!!!!!!
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