Comments on: Post performance blues http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/08/post-performance-blues/ A Lutheran View of Depression Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick Ritchie http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/08/post-performance-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Rick Ritchie Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:53:21 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/?p=456#comment-2144 Mastery and excellence are motivators. I feel like I'm in a grind if I'm doing things that have no impact on the world. Some would probably want to pin their hopes on the idea of repeating in the morning, "But all of this does make a difference." Trouble is, you're likely doing that. And it is motivating enough. But not like areas where mastery and excellence come in. I would wonder how those concepts could be brought in to bear on the daily. I have applied this to an office job before. Once when I was underused, I decided I was not willing to waste my time. I walked to a bookstore during work hours and bought a book on a new programming language. I ended up using the skill on the job some months later. It was of greater benefit to them than going through the motions of pretending what I was given to do was occupying my full mind. And I immediately felt energized Mastery and excellence are motivators. I feel like I'm in a grind if I'm doing things that have no impact on the world. Some would probably want to pin their hopes on the idea of repeating in the morning, "But all of this does make a difference." Trouble is, you're likely doing that. And it is motivating enough. But not like areas where mastery and excellence come in. I would wonder how those concepts could be brought in to bear on the daily.

I have applied this to an office job before. Once when I was underused, I decided I was not willing to waste my time. I walked to a bookstore during work hours and bought a book on a new programming language. I ended up using the skill on the job some months later. It was of greater benefit to them than going through the motions of pretending what I was given to do was occupying my full mind. And I immediately felt energized

]]> By: Dave Schultz http://www.darkmyroad.org/2009/08/post-performance-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Dave Schultz Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:09:02 +0000 http://darkmyroad.org/?p=456#comment-2143 After a big church event, we try to do a family event. After Christmas is our wedding anniversary, after Easter, we take the kids to a hotel (generally a waterpark) and splash around a few days. Hobbies help. (I build model railroad style buildings, there is a small city in my basement). Reading 'bubblegum books,' ie. books that have no artistic or theological merit, help. (I felt somewhat guilty about this, until I read that Eisenhower always read a cowboy book at night...like on the night of D Day. If it works for things like that, a few parish difficulties are no sweat). These are the times that Jesus went on the mountain top to pray alone. If you can get away to do hiking or the like, go to it. I think the key is to do something that has to do with another one of our callings in life (and we all have more than one), to keep things in balance. After a big church event, we try to do a family event. After Christmas is our wedding anniversary, after Easter, we take the kids to a hotel (generally a waterpark) and splash around a few days. Hobbies help. (I build model railroad style buildings, there is a small city in my basement). Reading ‘bubblegum books,’ ie. books that have no artistic or theological merit, help. (I felt somewhat guilty about this, until I read that Eisenhower always read a cowboy book at night…like on the night of D Day. If it works for things like that, a few parish difficulties are no sweat). These are the times that Jesus went on the mountain top to pray alone. If you can get away to do hiking or the like, go to it. I think the key is to do something that has to do with another one of our callings in life (and we all have more than one), to keep things in balance.

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