So far this is the best answer in here.

Just choose something you can wrap your head around and start from there. No need to jump to anything complicated like Arch linux.

I first started gaming on openSUSE and then moved to Fedora. Can't say I don't have to look around for answers to run some games but I'm more than happy with the experience in general. I play some older games like Deus Ex, Baldur's gate and such, but I also play Cyberpunk 2077, Stray and Marvel's Spider-man Remastered without any real issues.

Also, let's be realistic about it - arm yourself with a bit of patience, because the process of installing games could be as simple as clicking install and then play, but it could also require some tinkering to get some games running smoothly.

Thank you for sharing your experience!

I've never seriously kept a thought diary. I've kept a "thought dump" but I might try to write down more thoughtful notes and later try to go over them more critically.

I especially like your idea of keeping regular contact with management about delays. It reminded me that I've actually done that a couple of times and it really felt liberating. Like... taking actual responsibility and not hiding it, but at the same time... somehow sharing the responsibility because you obviously can't handle the task at hand alone.

Thank you sincerely for this comment!

I appreciate your advice and I've added a bit more information! Thank you!

Can't wait to try it! I love what they did with 1.2

Update: I'm happy to report that the new Shape Builder tool works really well and is very intuitive to use.

Thank you so much for giving me so much information!

I'll definitely start with the first game. Maybe I'll do a follow-up post or and edit to this one, when I finally get my hands on it.

I really appreciate the advice!

Thank you very much for the insight!
The last paragraph is what I was suspecting from the start.

I appreciate your response!

Best of luck to you too!

Thank you for the advice!

Caring less might certainly help. It just feels wrong to me to take the paycheck and not put my heart into the work. Maybe some kind of a balance could be found.

Thank you!

I should probably do something similar and mute all my notifications from work after work-hours. Sometimes people like to explain tasks for me in the evening to not forget them the next day. It really doesn't help with unwinding.

The first two PC games I ever played - Blood 2: The Chosen and Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

Thank you very much for the tips! I'll wait and see if I can get the first game on a discount then.

Yeah, that's sound advice! Thank you very much!

"Sabbatical" is a new concept to me as well. Where I'm from, they are unpaid.

I do subscribe to the idea that you should definitely provide a sufficient value to earn a paycheck and I do like the idea to first look inwards for the problem. I don't think what you described is a sustainable way to live though. Expectations are external and you don't have much, if any, control over them. If "not being at 100% of expectations is the same as suicide" for a long period of time, than that mindset itself is suicide. How can you always meet a 100% of something you have no control over?

Don't get me wrong, I know people's situations are vastly different and sometimes you do what you have to do at a given time to survive. But if you operate like that for a long-time, I don't think your psyche will stay intact.

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for sharing!

30% more productive sounds great!

I do take short breaks (one or two days at the end or the beginning of the week) but not too often, because we are understaffed, and my vacation would mean more work load for my colleagues.

You pinpointed all the pain points at my workplace. We are a startup, understaffed, in my opinion, and long estimates are frowned upon. Our main project is what we were hired for, so transferring is also not an option.

Thanks for chiming in!

Did you just paraphrase me wrongly to make fun of me and invalidate my point?

And you are being just as dishonest and even more malicious.

Well, it could also be a play on words because you can add articles and photos to the magazines.

I'm happy to report that after cleaning my browser cache on firefox, I was able to install kbin as a PWA!

It has been sitting in my backlog for a while now. I've heard very good things about it. Please share your impressions if you do play it!