Mental Health, Work (--) 

Work has calmed down some, but I'm completely unable to focus on anything. Nothing I do in this stack will matter at all in 6 months.

Everything I'm working on right now will be abandoned shortly in favor of a platform written in a language I haven't learned yet… But I still have tasks that seem important, and the choice between "learn about the new stuff" and "do the other things people asked of me" is paralyzing, and really hitting the anxiety buttons HARD.

Mental Health, Work (--) 

@mawr i know this feeling.

hang in there. keep your eyes open for new opportunities. don't feel compelled to stay just cuz you like people there (assuming you do)

@vahnj I'm seeing other opportunities, but I haven't applied to any of them yet-- in part 'cause I'm too busy freaking out about currentJob and how little I'm getting done here at the moment.

Also, I have a pretty substantial amount of impostor syndrome around coding jobs, for reasons we've been over in the past. ^^;

I'll get through this, I just need to stop panicking and focus on the things what need doing.

I think I can.
I think I can.
I think I can.

@mawr @vahnj I’m sorry. A lot of why I’m still at this day job is it eats energy and time needed to get out, so I definitely understand that happening to you, too - especially because you’ve been incredibly busy with house and move stuff.

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