In a lot of modern movies, things happen quickly. Frames go quickly, scene cuts happen a lot.
Viewer’s brain, your brain, my brain, have to go through a lot of information, in a small amount of time.
“Quick! Look here! Now, here! Faster! Faster!”.
Sometimes, this can tire the brain.
There is a rush of information in modern times.
Lots of notifications, news go fast, someone expects an answer.
What’s to do? Focus on finding solutions to calm the mind.
At times, I do have self-sabotage.
I think, to some degree, pretty much everyone does this, you can’t live a human life without experiencing it.
I don’t think there’s a huge problem with me, but, at times, I do set myself for failure.
That’s why it’s good to watch sports and get involved in competitive activities – it makes you want to win, it enhances your motivation.
Is there a solution?
The first step is acknowledging the issue.
The second?
Putting things into balance – yes, at times you’ll do self-sabotage, but it’s part of a paradox of life – you need both courage and fear, you need to take precautions and take risks, you need to be bold and to retreat, at the same time.
You need the full complexity of emotions in life, and self-sabotage can actually be healthy to some degree.
Just try and find the good measure, with this also.
I know more than a person who thinks that by talking to people you make them feel good.
There are quite a few persons who think that.
I think that, on average, people prefer to be noticed and appreciate being talked to, but there are exceptions.
Some people prefer a quiet atmosphere.
And, as hard as this might be to be accepted, some people might be annoyed by other people.
What’s the solution?
Do consider that most people prefer a conversation, but stay alert for signs that a person would prefer the conversation not to continue or even having started.
I think I have a poor memory, I tend to forget things.
Sometimes, my life is like a movie: Memento (2000), I need notes and procedures to know what to do.
And that’s the thing – having a poor memory forces me to think a lot.
“OK, I don’t know where this object usually goes – but where would it go?”.
It’s far more tiresome to always think – “What’s the purpose of this object – than to know it, as far as I can tell.
But, all in all, there is a solution – associations (X is related to Y, which is related to Z) and procedures (X should be done like this, following this procedure, rinse and repeat).
Did I mention how great Google Calendar is?
Bucharest, March 15th, 2021: Chris Simion-Mercurian, director and founder of Grivita 53 – The first theater built together; Gabriel Trăistaru – director of the digital division within Telekom Romania; Iulian Pădurariu – entrepreneur (SeedBlink, Cruiser Aviation, Pony Car Sharing) and business consultant; Raluca Radu – country manager ANSWEAR.ro and founder MTH Digital – are the speakers for this new edition of FUN Bucharest.
Their career stories can be heard on Thursday, March 18th, 2021, starting at 19:00, online, on ZOOM. Event tickets are available here.
Why should one choose WordPress as a CMS (Content Management System)?
I think the main reason is the ease with which you can make changes.
Are you aiming for good SEO? A general SEO plugin, a caching plugin (like LiteSpeed Cache or WP Rocket), and a WebP plugin (Imagify, Smush) might do wonders. Lazy loading (a3 Lazy Load) images could also help.
Interested in a specific thing, a micro-mini-small-tiny thing you specifically want, but which, generally, is rather hard to get done internally, by a programmer? There’s likely a plugin for that.
Do you want to change how the website looks? Choose a paid template, do some customizations, and you’re good to go.
The thing is, each and every thing you want to get done with WordPress can get done in other platforms. You can code HTML from scratch, you can choose another platform, you can make your own CMS.
But it just gets harder and harder, as you administer more things.
If you have a one-page website, you can consider having it done in plain HTML, although even for this WordPress might help with a template and solutions for better performance (speed).
But if you manage things like content, users, security, speed for a larger website, WordPress is just the easier path. Lots of providers “fight” to get a good SEO to their users. Lots of providers of plugins compete to get good plugins. Lots of theme creators try to solve the needs of the aesthetics of users.
It’s just easier with WordPress.
There’s a song which says:
“… Mă consum pân-o să mă fac scrum” (Alina Eremia – Cum se face – YouTube)
(adapted translation) “… I stress myself so much, that I’ll turn into ashes. I’m burning!”
Should you do it? Should you allow yourself to be so immersed into the living, that you feel you’re burning?
It depends. On one hand, stressing yourself too much might not bring you good results. You might lose some health aspects, you might live less, you might have an unpleasant life.
On another hand, if you’re into the flow, if you’re enjoying what you do daily, you might do some great things.
So, it’s unclear. I’d say it like this – if “burning” helps you do good work, and it doesn’t affect your health (physical and mental), do it.
If you get too stressed, do stress over this, too – how to stop being so stressed?
Sometimes, I get offended.
But, whenever I write something on this blog I try to speak about things that happen, as far as I can tell, to more than a single person.
So, if X does something that gets me upset, I’ll generally avoid writing about that thing.
But, if there is a generally bad thing (a company doing poor things to lots of people; a bad thing in the society), I will consider writing about this.
Why the difference?
„Ai dreptul să ierți numai ce s-a făcut în paguba ta.” (Nicolae Iorga)
(via Nicolae Steinhardt »)
One time, during my professional life, I encountered a person who used to reply very fast to most emails.
Not only this, but the person also used to solve tasks quickly.
Some tasks were solved less-than-perfect, but, boy-oh-boy! – Were they done quickly.
I tried to learn from this as much as possible.
I tend to reply rather quickly to most messages.
As said before, if you give a quick answer you help that person lose less of their time.
If you value their time as much as yours, you might want to try and work fast and reply to emails quickly.
At least, that’s what I try to do.
I have vivid memories from the first part of my life when certain persons of authority (mostly, teachers), wanted to show that they had power.
And they did, they did have power.
But, at what cost?
What did it cost to put this power into practice?
People had not only power but also exercised this power aggressively. It felt like thorns.
I do have positive memories, moments of happiness, times of enjoyment.
But there were also times when people in power abused their power.
How did I use to look at their shadows?
As if it were huge, with immense power.
Because some pain of the thorns was real, even if the power was fictive.
The solution? Do some therapy, try to view the past as not-so-bad, associate good things with it, calm your emotions.
But some remains of the thorns are still there.