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I’m halfway through my gap year. What now?
Time is both flying by and moving slowly. It feels like I should be completely through my gap year, yet I’m only halfway done! So I thought I’d come here today and give you a quick update on my progress so far. I’m happy with my first six months It wasn’t the easiest of things…
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Letting Go to See What Comes Back
I was chatting with the director of the migrant shelter where I volunteer a few weeks ago. She wanted to hire me, but I really didn’t feel comfortable with that. Why would I say no to free money? I kept wondering why I wouldn’t want to earn $15 per hour for work I was doing…
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I read a book about finding meaning at work
I recently read this book called, roughly translated, Giving Back Meaning to Work: a revolutionary approach. The main gist of the book is that most jobs are bullshit jobs. Yes, the French authors of the book actually used this English term. They even used expressions like “the bullshit-ization of work.” The book is divided into…
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Falling off the wagon is easy
Shortly after starting my year off, I implemented a routine where I would work on my project to research and write a book about happiness at work. I spent a few hours every day reading, taking notes, and writing my thoughts here, on this blog. And when I wasn’t doing this, I was instead taking…
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I read a book about happiness
One of my gap year projects is to do write a book on the theme of happiness from the point of view of a software engineer. I admit that I’m not quite sure I’ll be able to write the book during this break, however. Most books take a few years to write, and authors spend…
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I read a book about Slow Productivity
Who else here is getting tired of the constant and relentless push to be ever more productive? Is it just me? I feel like we are already very productive, but it’s never enough. Every year, businesses are trying to grow, must lower their costs and improve their margins. A business cannot simply be successful, it…