Jokes aside.
It really is exhausting to always seek for knowledge.
I think everybody needs a little bit of silence in his head once in a while.
this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
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As a wise man once said, "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits."
Not so easy with an ADHD fizzy-brain.
Classic meditation method: don't block any thoughts, just accept any thought that pops up, and visualise it floating away. Usually does the trick for me.
Or visualize a water flow like a river streaming through your mind, taking all the thoughts with it.
There are lots of visualisations you can do to help clear your mind or control your emotions.
I’ll get back to trying this holiday probs.
I know it's not universal but mindfulness meditation can help
Yeah. I keep forgetting to do it. I used to get retarded drunk and that slowed my brain down but I’m not allowed to do that anymore.
That's what being bored is for! We need to be bored sometimes.
You're allowed to have fun sometimes, as a treat
I honestly don't know what that silence would be like. I've spent my programming career jumping between domains, becoming an expert then moving on to find a new challenge. Now I'm building AI stuff for medicine.
In my down time I learn languages, watch videos about physics and math, and play puzzle games.
My brain actually won't let me stop. Boredom = pain.
You sound like you're way smarter than I am, but I can absolutely relate to bordom=pain.
I'm constantly learning new things, or delving deeper into subjects I'm already familiar with. I can't help it. My brain won't have it any other way (otherwise I get destructive)
I could just be further down the path due to lucky opportunities. 20 years ago I had no ambitions beyond game programming. It was only when I got a biology-related job that learning in my free time started displacing mindless entertainment. The whole field is one big nerd snipe - there are endless opportunities where you can advance the frontier of knowledge by combining a few existing ideas and working out the kinks. The more you read, the more opportunities you see. It's thrilling. I don't think I can go back to non-science work.
I think the dopamine from constant learning also helps to keep my ADHD in check. If I start the weekend with some study, I'll usually also get the housework done. If I start with a video game or TV show, I'll probably spend the rest of the weekend stressing about my todo list and not getting anything done.
Agent based models and cellular automata are so exciting.
The edge to overoptimize yourself is very close and thats even more a hassle when hobbies become hustles and the brain doesnt distinguish anymore between work and hobby and freetime and me time.
Its a spiral which can lead fast to burnout or other related stuff.
Kudos to you that you made it this far and successfull in a challenging field.
This sound like me, but I'm not as smart as you.
I learned to sketch, and paint miniatures. It gave me some kind of silence. I have to study painting techniques also. So, if I want to keep my mind occupied, but not too heavy, then I could watch some painting tutorials.
No, you're wise. Rest is so incredibly important and art is another form of idea exploration.
i fill that void with memes
True now tell me how to do that.
As someone with ADHD with severe hyperfocus, I feel you. Just once I want to think about nothing. Even with meds, it only helps me defocus. Doesn't stop the thinking.
odin lore
instead of math problems you can do programming problems
That's just math problems with extra steps...
Or as I like to think of it: with better naming schemes
You haven’t seen my code.
I just want to be able to use the full Unicode space for my variable names. That way no variable will ever need to be more than one character. The dream.
Try JS - you can name all of your variables x with varying numbers of zero-width joiners after them.
How to make code review hate you 101
Simple: remove code review
I have paid for the whole character table so I will use the whole character table
plenty of programming languages support that, just try it out and see if it works
Haha that face at the end is just perfect
The joke is the R-slur for those at the back.
The joke is the R-slur for those at the back.
I think that was a Calvin and Hobbes joke, wasn't it?
Yes, two in the same week iirc. "I'm not playing with a full deck of cards" and "I've lost my marbles."