Life Lessons from the Death Bed

Re:Life Lessons from the Death Bed by mtklein on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:09AM (#38097700)

One bit I find easy to lose sight of is that if I do spend my day cultivating wheat for flour for a cake, to make sure to eventually make and eat that cake, and not just spend all my time getting better at cultivating more and more wheat.

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Re:Life Lessons from the Death Bed by IggleSniggle on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:46AM (#38098102)

I dunno, I've discovered a deep joy in cultivating, to the point where it has developed into my "cake" to simply cultivate. I don't mind if someone else ultimately reaps the benefits, since from my own vantage I won't regret having spent an extra day in the field, doing the work.

To me, this is the goal; to be able to look up towards the sun every day, sore muscles and sweat dripping, and say, "thank you for this day."

Metaphorically, I mean. In truth I'm a cave-dwelling grug-minded developer.

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Re:Life Lessons from the Death Bed by RHSman2 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:33AM (#38098698)

Chapeau!!!! :)

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Re:Life Lessons from the Death Bed by CrazyPyroLinux on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:22PM (#38105490)

Thank you for leading me to https://grugbrain.dev/

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Re:Life Lessons from the Death Bed by sanderjd on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:09AM (#38098397)

Yes! It's like the problem of when to stand up from the blackjack table.

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