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Subject:Re: When a project gets you down From:"I started out with nothing. I still have most of it left." <sharona -at- INTRANET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 31 Oct 1996 17:19:12 EST
I do any number of things. Choose any and all that work for you.
--I listen to music while I work on something that's especially dreadful
if I can.
--I go home, enjoy a good beer, pet the cats, and read a mystery.
--I complain to my husband (it helps that he's a software engineer).
--I go for a walk. A LONG walk if I'm especially pissed or down.
--I buy myself flowers.
--One word: chocolate. :-)
--I talk to my daughter. Having a family I love puts everything else
in perspective.
--I ask myself whether I will care a year or five years from now about
my current problem. Again, this puts it all in perspective.
You have my sympathies. Been there, done that, and hope I never do
ever again (but the reality of life is that I probably will).
