Running low on spoons at the moment. I was going to have my “comments are back” announcement be today’s post, but then Chris Ferdinandi, one of my favorite bloggers, wrote a post about “Spreading Joy” and I had to share. Here’s an excerpt:
Yesterday, I found myself being extra friendly even when the guy behind the deli counter at the market was standoffish at the start.
He opened up eventually.
I told a woman I loved her anchor-pattern dress (because I love anchors and really did!), and found out she was headed to a wedding on a boat that afternoon, and was there to pick up a cake!
I’ve gotten so jaded and angry (because there’s a lot to be angry at) that I’d kind of forgotten how to have real, genuine joy.
It was a good reminder that I need to hold on to that, because fascism hates joy and spreading it is anti-fasc.
There’s lots more great reads on his daily developer tips page. Most of them are programming-related, but quite a few of them (like this one) aren’t. Go check it out!
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