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Mahatma Gandhi
@whiteshadow.eth
has anyone ever felt so overwhelmed by your own capabilities? i am a material scientist, a badminton freak, a rapper, a poet, a writer and some other interesting things (like being gandhi) i never imagined to be any of those except for a badminton player which was my vision for myself growing up but life had other plans along the way and shaped my skillset as it is today my hip-hop is old school, my writing is enticing, my poems are archaic, my badminton game is solid as fuck but my presence as a scientist is not satisfying, i keep pushing myself to yield better results and burn out myself i want to leave the lab, run away and do something that will take my mind off of this particular material if i start something i won't stop until i finish it, even though it's a hobby, i completely indulge myself in what i'm doing and cannot stop (until i burn out myself again) how do i stop it? how do i establish balance? i need some quality advice (nothing philosophical) because i see this as a serious problem
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I would love to chat material science sometime. I'm a ceramics nerd. As for your question, I suggest looking at some of the advice from Joshua Waitzkin. He talks about how much time to focus in balance with rest or meditation to yield the best results. I'll see if I can find the video I'm talking about.
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It's long form but I got a lot from it. I think there's insight that will help. https://youtu.be/wAnDWfEIwoE
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Mahatma Gandhi
@whiteshadow.eth
i'll watch the video thank you man, i love allocating endless time when it comes to talking material science and ceramics is a beautiful subsect, maybe i can share some insights of my ceramics research from college (i tried to develop a ceramic component that could withstand and possibly deflect a 7.62 - sniper bullet)
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