From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: GSoC final update Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:52:11 -0400 Message-ID: <20170829225211.GA20909@jasmine.lan> References: <87lgm224xz.fsf@cune.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53685) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmpv3-0003BG-9t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:27:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmpv0-0005G0-4H for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:27:41 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:53771) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmpuy-0005Cw-AI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:27:38 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87lgm224xz.fsf@cune.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Caleb Ristvedt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (off-list) Hey Caleb, On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 02:44:56AM -0500, Caleb Ristvedt wrote: > I found myself checking the guile reference quite > frequently. One time I happened upon a part describing the ECMAScript > implementation (curiosity and all that), and noticed that several times > it was mentioned how irresponsible the implementor was. That scared me > probably more than it should have. By all objective criteria, I have > failed in this project, and it frightens me to think that, nice as the > community is, I could screw up badly enough to end up a footnote > somewhere as an example of what not to be. That fear pretty much sums up > my mental state during the second half of the summer. >=20 > In short, I've failed to achieve the goals I set out in my > proposal. Worst of all is that I failed to regularly communicate. I > specifically said that I would regularly communicate, and then I failed > to do so, especially during the second half of the summer. It seems that > the less I communicated, the more afraid of communicating I > became. I've had similar feelings at different parts of my life. Sometimes it's been related to work, sometimes to relationships. I want to say that I can relate to what you experienced, and I hope you can let go of those negative feelings. For me, I've since realized that I was *way* too hard on myself each time it happened. =46rom time to time, we all have the experience of not reaching some goal that we have set for ourselves. This seems not to affect some people at all; I tend to feel very bad about it. But, as I've grown older I've learned to see it happening and tell myself to let it go. Nobody else wants me to feel bad, and they won't be upset that I didn't meet my goal. The harsh taskmaster is in my head, so it's completely safe for me to tell him to get lost ;) I hope you won't feel bad if you don't pick this work back up right away, or ever. Peace, Leo --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEsFFZSPHn08G5gDigJkb6MLrKfwgFAlml8BgACgkQJkb6MLrK fwjTLhAApAGT1LYnU0otwBsJj+imc2W4wo3Yps71KMgz1uEpS073tdog+4ahZv/z clM1oZNSxW5w4Oe9mlS0aIShxPbxz0caEGlQT5TepVKHCCq+97skmA9nWLrs+sdC nCODKhKyOciuTTGjRXO0fuvlQPp7Q4VJv+wO7xouFk54h70Q9pB3plZpr54T9uN0 ZLDJVoulYNmQQI8qc71DFTfT/LHTdEPObCP+Ef/DiVAwxQ6zBZRS05kuW+5Bbzj8 qD9pTJytshLS1PkY0Vt+T4bP3Zq+iry2NQk5gPKlszNZDBpX5SF2N5aY4rsu08SX GCQ6K52PEV7CT+B1GlZFZMDQlVbkOzpApw1NNIEkwq9hZSHPHBEjMcOCeZtGG+Xd XxPDrgyo6cSnybzBssOkWi11EWBuSN7stOi1j4O0dQdsOLv4N9zcGN9xMhH8K0Mq tpCrGLNp/A+xBHDkdUjcfnBexa7KaFoGkKqHE6lYHZjuHDiPJmeYJ+9W87ek5+xB qFQAWS4+k0cq3laOiV5L9dEKUiyqL2yj2G/6KWVzylmN5KldXB/ObOz0usZBCUFw qoo3gtQu2yjbMWsDZJpMlNzOGfDJez2cfVfDhPAfzmifHyUgqw8dXEY1wsSN1RC+ pCQVn7xc9ffC3I5L+x0GOaeqW7Egl3qOdeyr49N3Z+nRzrdQISI= =oPV5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--