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Taking a Break
3 years ago
Hey everyone!~
So this is coming out right on the heels of Bigger is Better v0.10.0 and if you are seeing this first, I'm burnt out. It isn't just one thing either, it's everything hitting all at once. Job, amount of time put into BiB, and not really growing past being just a developer.
Work wise, just released a fairly large piece of software. Runup to that was not as bad as it could have been, but it did eat a lot of my patience away. I was pretty short with everyone and mostly on edge. Not a great time.
Game wise, I couldn't get anything out. I would open the source code, pick a spot to start, and my fingers would just hover on the keys. I couldn't for the life of me, will anything into existence. I was like that for 8 days, then started talking with friends and came to the realization that I've been cranking too hard on my personal projects. I'd spend half my day on work, then the other half pretty much working on personal projects. Mind you all of these personal projects are software of some sort. The reality was that I had been spending 60-80 hours a week since December 2021 doing nothing but coding.
I've neglected a lot of other things about my online presence. Still don't have anything as a sona or mascot, had to put social on hold, and just generally not really living my life.
With that, I'll be taking a break from BiB and my other coding adventures from now till the end of July. I'll still be here to fix any major issues with the recent version of BiB, but I'm going to be working on other skills like 3d modeling and getting the house in order so to speak. When I start up again, it'll be under a more sustainable pace and with more outreach (hopefully).
Thanks again everyone and I hope you have an awesome summer!
- Articus
TL;DR I worked myself to burn out and now I'm taking a break until the end of July.
So this is coming out right on the heels of Bigger is Better v0.10.0 and if you are seeing this first, I'm burnt out. It isn't just one thing either, it's everything hitting all at once. Job, amount of time put into BiB, and not really growing past being just a developer.
Work wise, just released a fairly large piece of software. Runup to that was not as bad as it could have been, but it did eat a lot of my patience away. I was pretty short with everyone and mostly on edge. Not a great time.
Game wise, I couldn't get anything out. I would open the source code, pick a spot to start, and my fingers would just hover on the keys. I couldn't for the life of me, will anything into existence. I was like that for 8 days, then started talking with friends and came to the realization that I've been cranking too hard on my personal projects. I'd spend half my day on work, then the other half pretty much working on personal projects. Mind you all of these personal projects are software of some sort. The reality was that I had been spending 60-80 hours a week since December 2021 doing nothing but coding.
I've neglected a lot of other things about my online presence. Still don't have anything as a sona or mascot, had to put social on hold, and just generally not really living my life.
With that, I'll be taking a break from BiB and my other coding adventures from now till the end of July. I'll still be here to fix any major issues with the recent version of BiB, but I'm going to be working on other skills like 3d modeling and getting the house in order so to speak. When I start up again, it'll be under a more sustainable pace and with more outreach (hopefully).
Thanks again everyone and I hope you have an awesome summer!
- Articus
TL;DR I worked myself to burn out and now I'm taking a break until the end of July.
Have a great summer and i hope things get better soon!