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someone needs to examine the psychology behind getting the perfect grade you worked really hard for and immediately feeling empty
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projectc190
1 month ago
@juneish absolutely not but u can get one for yourself at the computer history museum B)
i had my site profile disabled for awhile so i wasnt even sure if my comments would show up but i love ur site and you seem cool : D keep being you.
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have been obsessively reading and revising book reviews for neocities lately instead of errhh locking in for end of semester
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not to survey for interest in something i am going to do regardless but would anybody be interested in articles explaining semi-niche compsci concepts to people with no cs background?
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projectc190
1 month ago
and more importantly would anyone with little to no cs background like to proofread
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projectc190
1 month ago
hell yeah! now..i dont think i will have one of my articles done soon, but, after finals in a few weeks..
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angelogistics
1 month ago
had similar struggles to your latest entry, got back into dance/ theater (lion dance) in college and it helped a lot! movement and activity comes in different forms, we all pick things up at different times in our lives :o) maybe go spin some pottery or grab flowers from a walk and press them in books or something <3 its all valid
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love your response to the anon linked at the end of your Serious Note! thank you for offering such clear and sobering perspectives
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out of the books you've read, do you have any recs?
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batqualia
2 months ago
hmm it;s a pretty random assortment to pull recs from but i always find myself coming back to stolen focus in conversation as a primer of social media and technology today. thats the sort of book that i see get excerpted in ppls substacks and thinkpieces esp as people at large are starting to get more critical of techs role in society and culture. but that might be a bit on-the-nose for an indie web denizen
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batqualia
2 months ago
other similar nonfiction pulls that stuck w/ me: the immortal life of henrietta lacks is a really powerful story ab biomedical science and scientific racism.. anyone familiar w/ HeLa cells or academia at all shoudl read it imo. four thousand weeks is Okay-- good self=help book for ppl cynical about self help/time management books
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batqualia
2 months ago
re; novels (sloppily including both auto-fiction and fiction here...) i really liked american bulk, bestiary, in the dream house, and wound. i found all of those to be really powerful in their own ways
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projectc190
2 months ago
@batqualia thats crazy bc i actually just finished reading stolen focus today. your other suggestions sound pretty interesting as well; i'll be sure to check them out if i can!
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this was probably a rhetorical question but something something basing your worth on a grade instead of pursuing knowledge or some other framework might be why it feels like nothing even after you've achieved the goal?
i dont think its that cut and dry and i also don't think the two are mutually exclusive
oh yah fs, just thought it might be part of the problem- i've never really bought into grades so it's hard for me to relate to the sentiment also, sorry if it was callous! ^_^;7
oh okay lol, thanks for the input and no worries. personally i do love what i'm studying (why else would i learn more on my own time?) i just also highk got academic brainworms. its difficult sometimes to channel that passion when there's so much being imposed on you whether by urself or others (profs, family expectations)T_T
"Post-Achievement Depression" [*see also "Arrival Fallacy"]
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-health-behaviors/202405/post-achievement-depression-overcoming-the-slump https://imperfectspirituality.com/feeling-empty-after-accomplishment-unraveling-the-paradox/