@rapsneezy2 @Strandjunker@mstdn.social Surviving might not be living in the sense of "living up to full human potential". But 99% of life on this planet is just surviving. Humans are priveleged and cursed to have a "thinking" brain.
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential? -
I know a lot of people, in software and otherwise, who are feeling things along these lines.@mathew @Energetic_Nova @inthehands This is something I'm actually working on in therapy, if you believe it. The problem with relying solely on extrinsic rewards is that you kind of learn to "tolerate" them after a while, even when you get them.
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I know a lot of people, in software and otherwise, who are feeling things along these lines.@inthehands Process not product, yes, but how do you cultivate that sense of "sheer joy of making in doing"?
A "life hack" I've been trying is to make things _completely in secret_. Like you promise at the beginning that you aren't going to tell ANYONE about it.
Not only does this help you find the excitement of failing, which is the only way to play or learn, but it actually _trains_ your brain to realize, "Hey, no one saw this, no one told me it was good, and I still had a lot of fun and fulfillment making it"
