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EclairReturns
05/19/24 12:00:38 AM
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For a while now, I have been planning out my next venture. For about a month or so, I had been sure that it would have taken quite some time to get going. It is a website, by the by, that I plan to launch using that Django framework that is all the rage with Python web developers.

A month ago, I didn't have any experience writing websites and the like. A month later, I finished some introductory learning modules on HTML and CSS. I've yet to touch the Javascript module on that Mozilla Development Network, since it mostly covers topics that would be of interest only to a complete novice to coding. That being said, I have skimmed the module a bit. And I feel like I can get by making my site without it. I am aware that it is an audacious claim, one that many would be quick to refute, especially considering I spent only a month learning web development.

In any case, I am now in a position where I feel ready to write a rough draft of this website. I have sketches and drafts of what it will look like on-hand. But now, I sort of don't want to go through with it. Having a goal in my life just feels comforting. Without it, I would feel totally empty. I know this from personal experience going to school and so forth. In any case, is it weird to not want to continue work on that goal, because you fear finishing it?

On an unrelated note, is it normal to still be wearing surgical masks? I wear mine mostly to avoid letting people see my mouth whenever I pass them by; it increases the social distance between us, if you know my meaning. I also wear it to avoid sick co-workers. One of mine coughs a lot. I cannot be arsed to catch any illnesses, when I have been healthy for two years now, barring a week two years ago I spent with Wuhan fever.

Anyway, is it weird to not want to work on a goal because you're afraid that once you're done with it, you'll have nothing left to fill the space it once occupied?

I must have these answers.
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fishy071
05/19/24 12:57:44 AM
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I think there are a few reasons for not wanting to reach a goal. You mentioned one of them: afraid to finish and feel empty. It could also be fear of the unknown. In this case, it's not knowing what to do after accomplishing a goal.

I still wear masks in indoor public areas. At my workplace, we still have to wear masks.

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acesxhigh
05/19/24 1:25:15 AM
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I am pretty sure it's been about 10 years since Django was all the rage.
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captpackrat
05/19/24 8:22:27 AM
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I do this sometimes with books. I find myself enjoying a book so much that I find it increasingly difficult to continue reading it, because once I finish, the door to that world will close.

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fishy071
05/20/24 12:19:16 AM
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captpackrat posted...
I do this sometimes with books. I find myself enjoying a book so much that I find it increasingly difficult to continue reading it, because once I finish, the door to that world will close.
I can relate. The door for the book closes, and there is no more of it to look forward to. It's not just books, but many other things as well.

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Zareth
05/20/24 3:45:49 AM
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It's not really a goal if you don't want to reach it

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Metalsonic66
05/20/24 7:48:33 AM
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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams; I'm just gonna ask where they're goin', and hook up with 'em later"

-RIP Mitch

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05/20/24 8:01:49 PM
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Roachmeat
05/21/24 2:59:31 PM
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Speaking for myself of course, and creeping closer to my own goal by the year..

'Yes'

Zareth posted...
It's not really a goal if you don't want to reach it
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EclairReturns
05/21/24 10:13:21 PM
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acesxhigh posted...
10 years since Django was all the rage


Honestly, I was just using that phrase because it sounded antiquated enough to be exotic. <<';

That being said, I generally do not enjoy getting into things whenever they are "all the rage". Being in crowds, even in spirit, discomforts me, if you know my meaning.

captpackrat posted...
book


Yeah, I think I know the feeling. I did that with a bit of fan-fiction I finished a month or so ago.

Zareth posted...
It's not really a goal if you don't want to reach it


True enough. I guess I'd better do some soul-searching, then.

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Kyuubi4269
05/22/24 2:02:12 AM
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This is why to have short-term AND long-term goals. Your goal has to lead in to something else, and ideally you have a lifetime ambition where realistically you can't "complete" it, but you can contribute to it indefinitely.

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