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Lenz Gschwendtner
April 11, 2016
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Debugging Humans
a short presentation I gave a few times about debugging my mental state when I hit a wall.
Lenz Gschwendtner
April 11, 2016
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Transcript
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when shit goes wrong
we were trained to debug
debugging humans is ... different
a few debugging techniques I use
I start with my body
is my body healthy?
do I have food and shelter?
sweet, so it is just my mind that is buggy
common mental bugs are:
- no one loves me - not good enough -
too much [ thing ]
only a matter of perception
step outside myself
accept that there are others that care about me
start caring about myself by doing mundane tasks
do something in my physical world, like ...
... do the dishes ... clean up a room ...
plant some herbs
do something that can be done in an hour and
leaves me satisfied
look back and be happy about what I just did
next: get some rhythm into my live again
also: accept others that try to help
accept that they not always get what I need right
now
had to learn to see it as a sign that
they care, never mind if it helps me right now
debugging my mental state is hard but persistence helps
debugging humans is like debugging a legacy project, getting more
familiar over time
debugging humans is also a bit like looking at myself
from outside ...
and changing my point of view to see things in
a different light.
nothing is like it looks, it always just looks the
way I want it to look
debugging humans is a lot about learning to see things
in a nice way