amzin
I also created and maintain a Russian "newspeak" dictionary: https://github.com/alamzin/az/
The only thing that works for many people is to skip the motivation part and embrace the rather uncomfortable principle of "action before motivation."
The flow state will come. I believe it arises independently of motivation. Motivation just tricks us into believing that everything we do should bring joy.
It will — but not right now; we need to dive in first.
Got an one-word response:
"Winnienet".
Could not phrase it better.
Actually, they do have employees there. There are at least 5 Russians and 1 Chinese listed here: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/
There are no Russians at the role that had been debated though.
My email is a mess for I should switch between several work/home mailboxes — and from time to time I just have to wait for an email too.
This is one of the reasons I avoid launching Notion.so.