Make sure you will have internet access. You may need to buy a SIM card at the airport, or buy a plan/package from your provider that supports the country you will be visiting. It may be costly but it will be worth it.
Kinda facing the same issue, how did you reduce your screen time? Any tips are appreciated 🙏
Judging on other replies, it seems there are alot of people in IT/software development field that are burnt out by how fast everything is changing. That's people that understand it, are making an honest effort, but still it's too much.
Tbh, it makes me dread for my future...
IMO Lemmy is a social media, it allows people to socialize over shared interests. It doesn't need to facilitate IRL connections, even though they are likely to happen.
I don't know if this has been used before, but there is a good reason not to:
The concentration of power would be a huge problem for such a system. If a single person gets the majority of votes, then they get to make the decisions. That's a system with a single point of failure, if corruption is bad right now, imagine what it would be then...
Keep in mind that voters tend to focus on a few key individuals. In a system which you don't need more seats if you have the votes, the concentration of votes to a few individuals would be taken to new extremes.
One could make the counterargument that if the voters want to be represented by a single person, then it should be their right to get that. However, it's more likely that such a result would be driven by the choice for the lesser evil.
Maybe a completely different electoral system, (a) without a fixed number of seats (aka a single vote is enough to be part of the decision making body) and (b) really frequent elections (6 months or even less), would work in the favor of the people, but there a tonne of practical issues with both requirements.
PS A single person is the extreme but not unlikely case, instead it's more likely a dozen or two candidates will gather that decision making majority, but the corruption argument is still the same.
neither, I am autistic, it's not a choice, it's a need.
I feel you, it's hard to get things done, it's hard to track every thing that needs to be done, it's hard to maintain a balance when things are difficult at work.
The past I have pursued an ADHD diagnosis, and gotten medication. It helps a lot, it provides emotional stability and the ability to focus on something without getting distracted all the time. Task initiation is still difficult though...
I don't anybody has a perfect solution but there are things you can try:
- Prioritize your mental health and not your work. It sounds difficult, I get it, if I don't get paid me and my sister aren't going to have food on the table. But, having a balance helps you be productive, which in turn helps you maintain a job.
- Make lists, your brain will forget. Also, having things written sometimes helps with anxiety (though seeing the volume of things to be done can be intimidating)
- Routines help a lot. It's hard to establish one, but once you do it make things easier. Remember to make them interesting, but don't depend on that. Your brain will get used and get bored easily, but you got stick to it, until you no longer have to think about it.
- Remember to take a break. It doesn't matter how productive (or not) you were, you get tired from all this anxiety. Just allow yourself to be free a few hours every once in a awhile.
well, I usually roll a few cigarettes for the road, put directions on Google maps, and adjust my seating/coffee/whatever else I need to be comfortable. In total it takes a minute or two.
I could rant for ages about the state of public health in my country, but this is not the community for that.
There are a lot of things to be improved on the area of public transportation.
The night routes are not enough, it's not like the buses are empty. Also, if the metro operated during the night this would have been a 15min trip. Remember autopilot is a thing, night routes shouldn't be an issue for metro lines.
The bike infrastructure is non existent, a good bike path would make the time to get there about the same as driving a car.
Last but not least, the problem still stands and escalating an issue as simple as picking up a medicine increases the burden on the already overloaded health services.
I am going back to work from a week of vacation, somehow I really needed to hear this.
Good luck to you too!
Today, I had an wild experience with a stranger.
Me and a colleague were working from a cafe when a lady in her 50s asked to interrupt us. She was having trouble accessing the tickets her husband sent her and wanted to see if we could help out. We decided to help out.
We did not foresee how technological illiterate that lady was.
- We had to reset her apple store password, which she spelled out loud while she was typing.
- Then, she had to sign-up on the tickets app which required a bunch of personal info (name, dob, ID number, etc), and of course she asked us to type them out because it's hard for her.
In a few minutes' time, the lady was happy to see her tickets on her phone, and we had our coffees for free and an awkward amount of a stranger's personal info.
Of course, when I got home I phoned my mom to remind her not to share personal information with strangers.
I show my hairdresser a picture of my previous haircut (or one I like).