Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 14:15:37 -0600 From: Jacob Suter <jsuter@teensysop.org> To: bofh@terranova.net, rewt@i-Plus.net Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fried Brains -- Is there a cure or a prevention? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970308141537.0068af38@teensysop.org> In-Reply-To: <33212A06.6B48@terranova.net> References: <199703080732.CAA06636@Radford.i-Plus.net>
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>Troy Settle wrote: >> Sorry for the useless post, but my brains are fried. >Hey what the hell, this is freebsd-isp.. could be considered ISP-related >if you work at one ;) Hey Trav you crazy sysadmin funknut. >> Is there a cure? A prevention? > >Pace yourself, try to remain calm.. >Don't work yourself too hard, I guess. >Give your brain some time off from thinking about all the problems, >concerns, and things to remember and do something you enjoy (having >notes somewhere can relieve some brain clutter by increasing file/paper >clutter :) ie "get laid" >Take a vacation of some sort? without the cell phone. >Everyone has to find their own way I think, I'm no expert. Proven... you hang out with me in #teensysop :-) >> Today, I took off for lunch 2 hours after I got to work. My excuse >> was that I wasn't finding anything at work to keep me busy. When I >> got home, I never was able to eat, cause I sat down and >> rebuilt/reinstalled popd and imapd, worked on a menu for user shells, >> read a few man pages, read my mail, searched for some information on >> the web, and called the telco about getting some foreign >> exchanges to extend our local market (nevermind that they couldn't >> figure out who I should talk to about it). >> >> Something is wrong when I'm 10x more productive at home than at work. > >Perhaps your work environment is less than comfortable for some reason? >Maybe you're not burned out, just not comfortable with where you're >supposed to be working and don't know it? Hey, Trav... good idea. I've noticed after a long day of slaving here, my arse is sore. Time to retire the old red chair I think... Now that I got a Sam's card maybe I can just go get myself one and no one will notice :) >I find that I can barely concentrate at all when it gets real hot in the >office here (Key Largo, FL + 10 machines in a small space says it all) you forgot to mention Bill and Tiger. >There's probably a term and explanation attached to this syndrome, but >I'm not a psychologist ;) "I'm not a cop, I'm a sysadmin" now its: "I'm not a psychologist, I'm a sysadmin".. Just being a fucknut and relieving stress JS
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