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awelxtr2007yFrom you guys get the inspiration to start programming. Only one in my life I've come up with an idea.
Can it be because I spend most of my day programming at work that at home I want to unwind? -
slar3007yI wish I had that problem.
*Saturday 6am I wake up*
Me: Great, I got an hour of two to work on this idea I've had in my head all week.
*6:10 child wakes up*
Child: Daaaaaad!!
Me: why do you wake up so early, you usually wake up between 7 and 8.
Child, ignoring my question: play with me!
Me thinking: I'll get some coding down tonight after he falls asleep.
After a day full of a child that wants to be with me 100% of the time he finally falls asleep in his bed at 9 o'clock. The only problem is that so did I. Closer to midnight I get a kick in my back from child moving around. I get up brush my teeth and go to bed.
Next morning both I and my child sleeps until 8am, so no morning coding that day either.
On Sunday night child falls asleep before 9pm but I'm both emotionally and physically spent that I can't even bring myself to start the computer. After an hour or two in from of the TV I'm asleep again. -
slar3007yContinuation...
Monday morning 6am alarm, time to get up and go to work. I ssh in from my phone and start coding a little bit on my 1 hour bus ride. Mobile coverage is spotty so i I/O stops for minutes at the time.
For an idea that has been brewing for a week, I got a total of 5min of effective coding done, producing 5 lines of non functional code.
Moral of the story, completely give up on the idea to work on personal projects when you have a small child at home.
Me: I probably won't program today.
*go to my room lay on my bed and look at my phone *
Mhm.. *get an idea and go to my computer and begin to program*
Me: okay I'll just program for a bit.. I won't spend all day here.
*23 hours later*
Shit .. I need to sleep Dx
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