Have you ever asked yourself "why do you do something if you already know it's the wrong way?" One of the biggest challenges we have in our lives i...
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Great post, but I'd like to add a note here on evaluating yourself.
Changing behavior is hard. Especially as programmers, we tend to think we can reason our way out of any situation. So if you're procrastinating, or not leaving your comfort zone, you might get frustrated because you're trying really really hard to do the right thing and it's not working, leading you to blame yourself and think less of yourself.
If this happens, first of all, don't blame yourself. I don't mean you should blame someone or something else, but blaming in general is not useful, and just makes you feel bad. Second, look for help, go talk to a psychologist/therapist. They can help you get a better understanding of what's going on in your head, and overcome hurdles.
Regarding procrastination, I recently read a great series of articles on how procrastination is an emotion management problem rather than a time management problem, with a number of tips and techniques to overcome it. The article series is for medium subscribers, but you can read a limited number for free, and I think the first 2 are most interesting.
medium.com/s/the-complete-guide-to...
Yesp, I completely agree with you. There's no need for you to blame yourself ... Leaving the comfort zone or stop procrastinating things is not an easy task, it is a long process that we have to deal with. Having conversations with your friends about that also helps a lot, as they can see your effort to improve and can give you support if necessary.
Brb, I just gotta go look at myself in the mirror and reflect about my actions...
I couldn't feel more related to this post, great job Juan. Recently I've decided to become an android developer AND God knows Im trying my best, since I still have to work and deal with college projects. In past months I've looked for help, change my schedule (mom says I've lost it for waking up at 4:45am to study xD), and even bought books to learn about the topic, these are things I didn't figured myself doing before, but of course having space for myself from time to time and that's probably the hardest thing I've had to do recently, playing less videogame and study more. T _T kinda breaks me everytime but so far it's been really rewarding :)
Very good and 'true story' post. I totally agree. People afraid to take new actions, to do or try something new, just because of their fear of 'unknown'. We all fear of 'unknown', because that could be definition of the fear, but if we don't do anything to improve ourselves, how could we expect the reward or improvement in our lives.
Good post. But why is everybody calling it a comfort zone when there's nothing comfortable in it?
It is called like that, because this is how you feel when you are there... Even if it is not good for you or your career; for example when you leave your home for the first time to start living alone, that makes you feel uncertainty, because you are leaving your comfort zone, the place that you were familiar with.
This is true, a reality happening to me and I don't even realize. It's time I made a difference