Lessons learned:
- Research projects are best completed when no pressure on them to succeed
- Slow COMT - learn how to de-stress
- I will always get a job
- It doesn’t really matter how much I make or where I live or how big/nice my house is
- Slow COMT - can’t put too much pressure on myself to succeed - that’s how burnout happens
- Depression happens when high stress is sustained over a long period of time
- I can’t change the culture, I can’t really change the world, I can’t eradicate corruption (it will always exist). I can only do so much. There is so much that I can’t change. Que sera sera.
- I can’t change prices. Sometimes they’re just high.
- Forget about jobs, about research, about [past employer], about salary, about PhDs, about [potential employer], about etc.
- Take your time, go slowly. Do few things but do them well. For the list of goals/dreams, do them one by one.
Long term priorities:
- Personal Life (family, friends, gf, life experiences, health & wellbeing, exercise, relaxing, vacations/trips, activities)
- Work (being an employee, developing skills, learning, routine, structure, collaboration, socializing)
- Personal projects (algorithm, software)