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Thoughts about changing, life, and whatever comes to mind.

Category: Blog

  • say thanks

    Say thanks to those that offer you a free advice.
    Even if unsolicited, even if you would have avoided it, even if.
    Say thanks.

  • carpe diem is not enough

    At least from a popular perspective, carpe diem is all about catching life, almost abusing it, taking any chance to do anything.

    The true carpe diem is not about taking chance.
    Carpe diem is about living the present.

    Today a Facebook friend of mine wrote about “making memories”; and although it’s not the same as the original carpe diem, it’s a much better version than the popular one.

    Make memories, live life with integrity and love, be vulnerable, be open to suggestions, do some crazy things once in a while (but don’t make it a lifestyle).
    Enjoy life, be honest, respect life and all the surroundings, be around the people you love and love them without constraints.

    Maybe you thought to live a crazy life whenever you hear “carpe diem”, stop from doing that. Live a full life. Live the life that you’ll remember not for the crazy facts, but for the whole love.

  • exceptions double the cost

    In software development it’s quite easy to add some “Exception” (or “if”)in the behaviour of a software.
    We do it because it’s easy, it’s fast, and it solves a problem.

    What we, as developers, don’t say, is that it cost us way too much.
    Maybe not in the beginning, but it’s like buying things and then having to put them to the right place years after that.

    An exception is something you keep but you forget about.
    Still one day you’ll be reminded of its existence and you’ll hate your choice.

    It’s fine creating exceptions from time to time, but beware, because it’s similar to telling lies.
    Once you start, you might not stop.

  • handling what goes wrong

    People will yell at you, some of them will make you angry.
    Things will go wrong because it’s life.

    You will do wrong things and make mistake.
    But how to handle all that?

    • Be calm
    • breath deeply
    • ask questions
    • speak softly and slowly
    • respect the people you talk to

    It’s easy to yell when you’ve been yelled, when the whole worlds yells at a error.
    It’s harder to respect.
    To always give the person you talk to a second chance and a way out.

    No matter what, you’ll have to walk together the same way for a bit, and it’s better to make it enjoyable.

     

  • april 2016 monthly checkup

    April was quite good, many things have changed in life, and although my meditation practice has been lacking a bit, there’s a lot I’ve learned and lived.

    I also started reading a book about seneca, and it seems that the recurring topic of this month is “Attention”, because I kept losing it and because so many things in life require our attention.

    That said, here are the longest post that I preferred