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0 pointsnicbou3y ago0 comments

That's a very uncharitable take. What part of my comment makes you think that I live dispassionately?

The whole point is that my work is almost single-handedly defined by passion. When that runs dry, I take a break and do other things. It's easier to do good work with a well-rested mind full of ideas.

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timmahoney3y ago

Not to mention, the work you perform while in that rested, ready state is of better quality than it would be otherwise.

ttyprintk3y ago

I think what people envy is that not everyone get to achieve your set of options. This article is by an academic advisor for students at an elite university. I have a feeling that GP was a post that didn’t need to be made, but to achieve your set of options, a lot of things have to go right. You can’t have kids too young, you can’t take on disabled family members, you can’t make certain career choices because you have to pay for aging parents. Some people have to pick up and move everything because of politics. And drug and gambling addiction add at least a frog a day.

nicbouOP3y ago

I'm admittedly sitting on a winning lottery ticket, no doubt.

But it came out of the many impulses I followed when I should have been eating frogs. Other impulses got me all sorts of connections, career boosts and other perks.

Some frogs you just have to eat, but I don't think that anyone's denying that. The original article is questioning competitive frog-eating. In my experience, refusing to eat those frogs is how you end up finding other ways.

This guy who makes computers put it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYfNvmF0Bqw

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