Tootfinder

Developers need side projects like fish need bicycles. 🐟 🚲
#programming #life

nice quote from Vivek Murthy
(interviewed by Eric Topol)
"... a triad of success ... a triad of fulfillment.
"... how does society define success for you? And they would tell me some version of money, fame, and power. If you had all three of those, then you really hit the lottery and people will write books about you, make documentaries about you, you'll have made it. But ... The triad to fulfillment is rooted in relationships, service, and purpose"
#life #success

23km bike ride today, to one town over, stopped for coffee, got my brows done, and dropped the bike at a shop for some long-overdue maintenance. Need to replace the chain, worn cassette, stretched brake cables, and clean a winter's worth of road grime out of every crevice.
That'll take a week, so bussed home. Got another coffee across the street while waiting 3 minutes for a transfer.
Good day.
#BikeTooter #life

You travel 15 hrs to arrive on the eve of a 6am event.
5am: no running water. So, can't go to that event.
Do you hope this is a building problem (misery for many) and addressed soon. Or assume it's just your rental?
And oh, you're now 36hrs fasting and you can only break fast at the event. #life

One of the most important lessons I've learned in life / continue to learn / managed to forget is the importance of "stopping." It is so easy for life to become overwhelming with all the things I must do. Work, family, friends, volunteering, community, finances, chores, taking care of my health, the list goes on...
"Life is a very simple thing. We make it more complex." - Anonymous
"When we are making our life more complex, that is precisely the time when we are totally incapable of seeing what we are doing. The more complex our lives are, the more we need to be present to them and, surprisingly, this is exactly the time when we are most distracted. When we are distracted, we tend to have poor judgment and make more mistakes . . . usually adding to the confusion . . . and so it goes."
"....We usually respond by trying to become even more controlling and, eventually (or immediately!), this just makes things worse."
"It's time to stop, take stock, take some deep breaths, rest, listen to others, and regroup...We may miss something. We may even miss something we think is important. That's okay. We're more important."
"Taking time to stop may be just what I need to move ahead."
-- Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for People Who (May) Worry Too Much, Ballantine Books, 1996, entry for May 6th.
#life #quotes #health #productivity