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On a bit of slump

Fred27

I seem to be on a bit of slump when it comes to electronics lately. Just thought I'd ask if anyone else gets this sometimes or has any suggestions how to get out of it. When I say a slump, I mean that I just haven't seemed to find the time - or to some degree the enthusiasm - to get any projects going lately.

 

There are perhaps a few reasons. I was going to mention a few things that have been a bit rough lately, but decided not to. They're probably similar to the stuff everyone's been coping with. I'm not depressed, I'm just sorta lacking the enthusiasm to get on with stuff right now. I've had depression in the past, so know how that can be. It's not that now though - I'm still in a reasonable mood most of the time and enjoy getting out to meet friends when I can, etc.

 

Anyway, it's time to get back on top of things. I almost didn't apply for the Summer of FPGA design challenge. (Not enough time. The DIY job list growing. The usual excuses.) I'm hoping this will give me a reason to kick start things.

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  • Hi Fred,

     

    Sorry to hear that, just to add to the list of useful ideas from everyone, maybe a chat group (e.g. Signal/Whatsapp)with like-minded friends or work colleagues can help. I've found joining groups like (say) DIY, tech stuff, even gaming or software, sci-fi, or whatever, anything that a few people have in common, can be great, because then you get time to problem-solve on other people's issues that they may raise on the chat channels, or share your latest DIY or tech or whatever project or dilemma, and basically pushed each other along with ideas, motivation etc. One way to do this is to decide what your colleagues are interested in, and create 3-4 chat groups, and then share the invites with all of them, and hope some will join each group, and even if it is a secondary interest for them, they can just silent that group and still occasionally check-in to get ideas or give suggestions. It becomes motivating when you know people locally that are doing tech/IT-related things.

    Also, any Linux or amateur radio groups.. even if they are not local, since everything is remote/email these days anyway, and they may have video calls weekly on topics.. I don't actually attend many of the video calls (maybe twice a year) but it's still interesting to see what's going on via e-mails etc. I hope we have an element14 Discord channel back up again one day, that was quite motivating for me, seeing the real-time conversation chats.

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  • Hi Fred,

     

    Sorry to hear that, just to add to the list of useful ideas from everyone, maybe a chat group (e.g. Signal/Whatsapp)with like-minded friends or work colleagues can help. I've found joining groups like (say) DIY, tech stuff, even gaming or software, sci-fi, or whatever, anything that a few people have in common, can be great, because then you get time to problem-solve on other people's issues that they may raise on the chat channels, or share your latest DIY or tech or whatever project or dilemma, and basically pushed each other along with ideas, motivation etc. One way to do this is to decide what your colleagues are interested in, and create 3-4 chat groups, and then share the invites with all of them, and hope some will join each group, and even if it is a secondary interest for them, they can just silent that group and still occasionally check-in to get ideas or give suggestions. It becomes motivating when you know people locally that are doing tech/IT-related things.

    Also, any Linux or amateur radio groups.. even if they are not local, since everything is remote/email these days anyway, and they may have video calls weekly on topics.. I don't actually attend many of the video calls (maybe twice a year) but it's still interesting to see what's going on via e-mails etc. I hope we have an element14 Discord channel back up again one day, that was quite motivating for me, seeing the real-time conversation chats.

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