Maybe I don’t want (to be) the best
I was reading an article about Botique Search Engines when I came across a specific line that resonated with me:
The problem, now so drastically different from a decage ago, is not what to read/buy/eat/watch/etc., but figuring out the best thing to read/buy/eat/watch/etc. with my limited time and attention.
This stuck with me because so often I find myself wasting hours looking for the best fantasy novel to read, the best workout routine to do, the best method of learning a new language. And guess what? I still barely read books, I still barely do any exercise, and I still don’t know any other languages.
How much of life do I miss by looking for the best? How many shows or games have I consumed that don’t actually appear in any Best Of lists, yet I still thoroughly enjoyed?
Somehow I don’t think the great novelist became great by only reading the best novels. Or famous singers only listen to the best songs. So why, in my mediocrity, do I think that my time deserves nothing but the best?
It is high time I stop looking for the best in life, and just starting looking for the things in life. Otherwise I feel life will just pass me by.
tags: slice-of-life, reflection
Start of the Blog
I have recently joined the Tildeverse, I think I joined cosmic.voyage a little under a week ago and now I have joined tilde.club as of today. Today’s society feels so large and fast and disconnected. The appeal of a small(ish) community with a focus on socializing and fun projects was too good to pass up.
Lately I have been trying to steer away from the “traditional” internet sources of mindless scrolling. Things like Facebook, Reddit, YouTube. This feels like a step in the right direction
So who am I? Well, I’m a 30ish year old dude who’s pretending he is a data engineer. I really enjoy my job, but I have always seen a job as nothing more than an income. I don’t want my job to define who I am. I want my projects, and my interactions to do that for me.
Speaking of projects, my current project is an ambient light display. It will consist of about eight segments in a circular configuration. I’m powering it with a generic ESP32 development board that is running the WLED library. It works out pretty well because I thought I would have to program all of that myself, but someone else has already done all the hard work for me.
I will post photos soon, and maybe a build log.
tags: reflection, project