Gaah, how do you deal with general feeling of "everything's shit"?
The work thing I used to love and felt like it was impactful (Unity) has been going downhill for many years, and so far does not look like it wants to stop going downhill.
What I dabble with now (Blender) feels useful, but I'm too afraid to take on more impactful areas/work/responsibilities.
And then, everything outside of "just ye olde coding" feels like it is going to shit.
Argh!
@aras Some thoughts because I had a similar feeling a month or two ago but things are looking up:
- It really helps to stop thinking about things that do not depend on you at all. I stopped using algo feeds, and aggressively unfollow people on Mastodon/Bsky who share politics.
- It really helps to take any things that you actually have power to change and are depressed about, and try and fix them.
- You don't owe the world anything; just focus on whatever is fun for you, and impact be damned.
Aras Pranckevičius
Arseny Kapoulkine