This was a day before my Dad passed away earlier this year.
I was watching my best friend's families guesthouse while they were on a trip.
(They're also our neighbours)
Spent the entire day working on the business, writing content, and doing calls.
I went over a few times that day to check it he needed anything, but he seemed fine.
He was in much better condition than when he got out of the hospital (almost normal again)
We had a small argument about something as we usually did before I left again.
Later, I saw that he tried to call me a few minutes before my next call.
But I thought it wasn't too urgent, so I went ahead with the call first.
(My father had a reputation of calling me to ask for the smallest things haha)
When I went home to see what he wanted, he had left to sleep over at his girlfriend's house.
The next morning, my mother woke me up next at the house I was at and told me that he got rushed to the hospital the previous night and that they called to say that the family should come because he's not gonna make it.
Took me a while to process it.
Checked my phone and saw that his gfs son messaged me to say that he was asking to see me.
So we rushed home and called my uncle to take us to the hospital.
And just before we left the house, my Mom got a call to say that he had passed away.
Truth is, I'm not exactly sure why I'm writing this.
It's just one of the many things that's been on my mind since it's happened.
My life was consumed by online business, making money and productivity for the longest time that I didn't have time or energy to spend with my friends and family.
- Disappear for a few months
- Eliminate all distractions
- Put your phone on DND at all times
I did it all.
I justified it by saying:
"Once I have money, I'll use that to spend time with them and make them happy".
That was the reason I got into online business in the first place.
This doesn't hurt NEARLY as much as it used to the first month or so.
But that level of regret is not something I'd ever want anyone to experience.
So remember...
There's more to life than all this.
Spend time with your friends and family even if it's not "optimal" for your productivity every now and then.
Memories are all you'll have of them at the end of the day and it'll mean a lot more to you once they're gone.
It took me experiencing something like this to realize it but hopefully, since I did, you won't have to.
I didn't want to talk about things related to my Dad's death because I didn't want any pity or use it for views (because I know things like this perform well).
But it's played a huge part in my development as a person and it's a very rare experience going through this at my age, so it would be a disservice to you if I didn't talk about it.
Appreciate you if you've read this far. There's more to come in the future.
@DavidHundeyin@Yozayi@krissakor David, I'm really sorry you have to deal with this
It must really suck to do all that work only for people to refuse to do the barest minimum of reading the darn thing
On behalf of all of them,I apologize
@yozayi Cerebral indolence is one thing,dishonesty is another. Do better
I hate when ChatGPT 'gaslights' me during debugging. Talking about 'I noticed you were missing....' No sir, I'm not. That is not the the bug! ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
#100daysofcode#WomenWhoCode
@AlejandroMalv17 Looking real good, Alejandro ๐ Although I'm viewing it on mobile so the experience could be better
Keep going, it's going to be looking sleek across devices in no time
If you find yourself needing help with responsiveness,reach out
Looking forward to seeing the final product!
@CodesWithCoffee Just checking it out now. Looks great, Kelsey look the color and design. ๐๐๐
I'm not quite sure I understand how to play it though.
Do I type in words or no?
@Psych2Code Completely normal. Not only does it invade your sleep, it creeps in every where... Middle of conversation, walk, shower... Lol.
It's awesome. Welcome to the club!
Y'all,I've been battling CSS all day(๐ญ๐ญ Send hugs)
My key takeaway is:
๐ธAlways go to the console first. Not sure why I didn't, would have saved me a lot of time.
Don't be like me
๐ธIf it's an old repo of yours spend time reading it like you would a forked repo
#100DaysOfCode
@Psych2Code I'm so happy you two met up, Ang. She's right about GH, the earlier you start using it the better.
Don't let it intimidate you. You just need a few prompts to start(git in it, git add, git status, git commit & git push).
Lmk if you need any help. ๐
As a developer is it weird that I don't care that much about gadgets?
I mean,I admire a sleek piece of hardware engineering but at the end of the day,they're simply tools to me
I just want it to be functional,durable&with a strong battery life
Pls tell me I'm not alone in this
Okay, scratching my own itch
I'm going to be building a code buddy accountability app(with React & AppWrite)because coding on your own sucks sometimes
Main features : User Registration. User Matching. Dashboard. Chat. Goal setting & progress tracking. Reminders.
#100daysofcode