I'm writing report after report at uni right now and it's draining. The only way I get through it is by writing on campus in a boisterous learning hub. I feel like I'm vicariously in the real world when I look up from my screens and see engineers building prototype bridges and racing robots. Then I go back to my engineering degree - pushing pixels
I hear you and it's a good habit writing around people doing more hands-on work. I do something similar when I work at a coffee shop or at the beach while the kids are swimming.
It's a feeling I've had for years working on software, actually pushing pixels 😉, that when the power goes out my work is gone. I have this long-standing fantasy of building a wooden chair.
Wow! This is a powerful piece of work, and yes, it does still resonate and then some. Among the points you made, one stood out to me. Handwriting. It literally feels difficult to me now. Even autographing a book takes concentration. And if I try to scribble something fast, not even I can come close to deciphering it. Yet I can type like a mad man. I wonder how many other people are like this?
RE: Handwriting 100% My wife gives me so much uphill because mine is illegible. 😆 I'll have to let you know about the autographing part, though. 😉 I'm trying to teach myself to dictate now.
It's funny how awkward it can feel to be a literal storyteller. You ever try dictation?
I'd love to disconnect - soon.
I'm writing report after report at uni right now and it's draining. The only way I get through it is by writing on campus in a boisterous learning hub. I feel like I'm vicariously in the real world when I look up from my screens and see engineers building prototype bridges and racing robots. Then I go back to my engineering degree - pushing pixels
I hear you and it's a good habit writing around people doing more hands-on work. I do something similar when I work at a coffee shop or at the beach while the kids are swimming.
It's a feeling I've had for years working on software, actually pushing pixels 😉, that when the power goes out my work is gone. I have this long-standing fantasy of building a wooden chair.
Just to make something real with my hands.
Wow! This is a powerful piece of work, and yes, it does still resonate and then some. Among the points you made, one stood out to me. Handwriting. It literally feels difficult to me now. Even autographing a book takes concentration. And if I try to scribble something fast, not even I can come close to deciphering it. Yet I can type like a mad man. I wonder how many other people are like this?
RE: Handwriting 100% My wife gives me so much uphill because mine is illegible. 😆 I'll have to let you know about the autographing part, though. 😉 I'm trying to teach myself to dictate now.
It's funny how awkward it can feel to be a literal storyteller. You ever try dictation?