I love this. I think it's so healing to think about all the small everyday things that bring us joy. i keep a lost of all the things i like about my life and do one of them if ever I am feeling consumed by the existential dread of existence.
And what I love, among other things, was having read this, Shime! I love many similar things as you listed (I ain't got no orchard to tend to, though). What was the last singular problem you worked on a lot recently? And no, I'm not asking as a gentle nudge that you should do more as your stupid-voice-in-the-end tells you occasionally. (Mine does too, but I've also gotten better at asking it to shut the f* up.)
Sounds like you are keeping well. Hope you continue to be!
Thank you Nick. Buying an orchard has made me realize that I actually like gardening and that I'm missing it when living in the city.
The current long problem I'm working on is replacing an outdated vendored api client gem with an in-house one. I've added that stupid gem into the project 5 years ago and now it's blocking Ruby/Rails upgrades.
Haven't had to do what you said about building something in-house to replace a vendored gem, but I can see how that is flow-inducing kind of work that can be very enjoyable!
I must say I too share many of these loves. The point regarding two beers made me laugh, deeply resonate with it even though I had never been intentional in thinking about it that way.
Very nice article! Deep thinking start with a slow life, so I think you are in the right way.
I love this. I think it's so healing to think about all the small everyday things that bring us joy. i keep a lost of all the things i like about my life and do one of them if ever I am feeling consumed by the existential dread of existence.
And what I love, among other things, was having read this, Shime! I love many similar things as you listed (I ain't got no orchard to tend to, though). What was the last singular problem you worked on a lot recently? And no, I'm not asking as a gentle nudge that you should do more as your stupid-voice-in-the-end tells you occasionally. (Mine does too, but I've also gotten better at asking it to shut the f* up.)
Sounds like you are keeping well. Hope you continue to be!
Thank you Nick. Buying an orchard has made me realize that I actually like gardening and that I'm missing it when living in the city.
The current long problem I'm working on is replacing an outdated vendored api client gem with an in-house one. I've added that stupid gem into the project 5 years ago and now it's blocking Ruby/Rails upgrades.
Haven't had to do what you said about building something in-house to replace a vendored gem, but I can see how that is flow-inducing kind of work that can be very enjoyable!
I must say I too share many of these loves. The point regarding two beers made me laugh, deeply resonate with it even though I had never been intentional in thinking about it that way.